Turning Waste into a Resource: SOIL on the waste(d)water Podcast
Episode 4 of the waste(d)water podcast features SOIL Haiti
How can wastewater fuel homes, nourish crops, and mitigate climate change? The latest episode of the waste(d)water podcast hosted by the Nature Conservancy explores this question with guests from around the world, including Dr. Sasha Kramer, Executive Director at SOIL Haiti.
Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in Haiti, SOIL shared how community-led models can succeed in contexts where centralized wastewater infrastructure is absent. Wastewater pollution is a hidden threat in many communities — undermining water quality, coastal resilience, and ecosystem health worldwide. By safely collecting and transforming human waste into nutrient-rich compost, SOIL demonstrates how sanitation can serve simultaneously as a public health intervention, a climate solution, and a pathway to food security.
The episode highlights how innovative approaches are helping to reframe waste as a resource. SOIL’s work in Haiti is to show that circular sanitation is not only possible but essential, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting ecosystems, and restoring dignity in communities long underserved by traditional infrastructure.
Listen to the full conversation on the Waste(d)water podcast here: https://wastedwaterpod.blogspot.com/