Wednesday 19 November 2008

World Toilet Day

I found this article today on QBN - Design Industry News & Discussion. At first I thought it was a joke about crazy toilet designs, but its actually about something much more serious. It's a day to celebrate toilets and raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis.

"The WTO (World Toilet Organization) is committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. An estimated 2.6 BILLION and - including 980 million children- don't have access to basic sanitation." Wendy Cohen


NOVEMBER 19, 2008- World Toilet Day
Theme: We Deserve Better
5 Ways YOU Can Help


World Toilet Organization (WTO) stands up for the 3 "WE (s)" in the theme "We Deserve Better".

WE: Toilets deserve better social status. WTO has been striving to elevate the status of toilets to make them a status symbol and an object of desire. WTO speaks on behalf of toilets "WE DESERVE BETTER SOCIAL STATUS".
WE: The second WE are the toilet cleaners. WTO aims to professionalize the sanitation and restroom industry and to upgrade the skill sets of the restroom cleaners. WTO speaks on behalf of the toilet cleaners "WE DESERVE BETTER PAY, RESPECT AND PROSPECTS".
WE: WTO speaks on behalf of 2.5 billion toilet-less people, "WE DESERVE BETTER PLACE TO DEFECATE, A TOILET".

This information can be found also at our Get Involved Link
© Fountain 1917 Marcel Duchamp

5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR WORLD TOILET DAY:

1. JOIN the cause on Facebook: Toilets for the Poor
2. BLOG about the cause 19th November, and write an article about why we all deserve better.
3. PROMOTE November 19th, 2008 by putting your instant messenger or Facebook status as : TODAY IS WORLD TOILET DAY :) http://www.worldtoilet.org/.
4. CREATE an event in your school or city. Add your event for World Toilet Day and email nora@worldtoilet.org to inform us that you have prepared your own event to spread the importance of why toilets are important, and we all deserve better sanitation. (Other events can also be viewed on our Get Involved link)
5. SHARE this information with others by "cutting and pasting" this message to all those who you feel deserve better or believe in our cause.

** Lastly if you can't do any of these, but you have 5 USD (dollars) to spare, then DONATE to http://www.worldtoilet.org/donateform.asp

Thank you for your time in spreading the word!
Sincerely,
The World Toilet Organization Team
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Toilet Art Exhibition, 2008

"Professional artists and art students from renowned schools in Singapore, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and La Salle are painting 100 toilet seat covers which will be exhibited on 19th to 21st of November at the 2nd level of Scape and series of exhibits planned until first quarter of 2009. Each toilet seat converted into a piece of art will convey message on toilet and sanitation." World Toilet Organisation - Get Involved

© Uta Brauser Source: Fish with Braids

© Alé Garza

© Alex Pardee

This last artist, Alex Pardee has an incredible portfolio called Eyesuck Ink and his Blog is pretty cool too.

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