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Global sanitation, clean water, hygiene, and sustainable development are deeply connected. Without proper sanitation and clean water, communities face ongoing health, economic, and education challenges but real change happens when solutions are built with the community, not for them. Lonny Ward, Director of Operations at CHOICE Humanitarian, shares how global sanitation, clean water access, and co...

Global sanitation, toilets, clean water, and hygiene are at the center of solving one of the world’s biggest public health challenges. The World Toilet Summit 2022 brought together global leaders, innovators, and organizations working to improve sanitation solutions and end open defecation worldwide. From Nigeria to global initiatives, this episode shares powerful insights from the World Toilet Su...

Global sanitation, toilets, clean water, and hygiene are at the center of one of the world’s biggest public health challenges. The World Toilet Summit brought together global leaders, innovators, and organizations working to solve the sanitation crisis and improve access to clean water and toilets worldwide. Suzanne Godfrey joins the ZuLoo Pōōdcast to share a behind-the-scenes recap of the World T...

Menstrual health, sanitation, hygiene, and access to toilets are still major challenges for girls around the world. In places like Ghana, lack of sanitation and period products impacts education, safety, and even leads to exploitation and human trafficking. Brynn Martindale and Milli Beach share their powerful experience traveling to Ghana on a humanitarian mission. From witnessing sanitation chal...

Ocean sewage, wastewater pollution, global sanitation, and clean water are more connected than most people realize. Even in developed regions, untreated sewage, aging infrastructure, and wastewater failures are polluting oceans, harming ecosystems, and putting public health at risk. Kassie Morton from The Nature Conservancy breaks down the global sanitation crisis and how wastewater pollution is i...

Menstrual cups, period poverty, hygiene, and sustainable sanitation solutions are transforming women’s health around the world. With millions of women lacking access to basic hygiene products, innovations like menstrual cups are changing the future of menstrual health and global sanitation. Jillian Moore from Pixie Cup shares how menstrual cups are helping solve period poverty while providing a su...

Global sanitation, clean water, toilets, and hygiene are changing lives in ways most people never see. In communities across India, lack of sanitation and water access forces families to leave their homes, impacts health, and creates serious safety risks especially for women and children. Meera shares a powerful update from India, revealing how sanitation solutions like bore wells and toilets are...

Potty training, toilet fear, hygiene, and early childhood development are challenges every parent faces. For many toddlers, fear of the toilet, falling in, or loud flushing sounds can make potty training stressful and even impact their health. Judy Abrahams, inventor of the Super Potty Trainer and entrepreneur featured on Shark Tank, shares how she turned her daughter’s fear of the toilet into an...

Female urinals, sanitation innovation, and public health collide in this episode exploring how better toilets improve hygiene, clean water access, and gender equality in the global sanitation space. What if better toilets could transform public health, improve hygiene, and create real gender equality? In this episode, we head to Bristol, UK to talk with Amber Probyn, co-founder of PEEQUAL, a groun...

Designing a toilet for space isn’t just engineering, it’s sanitation, public health, and innovation at the highest level. This episode explores how space toilets impact hygiene, waste systems, and future missions. What happens when sanitation meets space travel? We sit down with Boone Davidson, winner of NASA’s Lunar Loo Challenge, to explore how designing a toilet for space pushes the limits of s...

Smart toilets are transforming sanitation, public health, and clean water systems. This episode explores how toilets can track health data, improve hygiene, and revolutionize wastewater innovation. What if your toilet could detect disease, monitor your health, and transform wastewater into clean water? In this episode, we go inside Hall Labs to explore the future of sanitation, where toilets are n...

The ocean sewage crisis is impacting clean water, public health, and marine ecosystems worldwide. This episode explores how wastewater pollution is destroying oceans and what sanitation solutions can fix it. What if the biggest threat to our oceans isn’t plastic… but sewage? In this episode, we sit down with Chris Clapp, Executive Director of the Ocean Sewage Alliance, to uncover the global sanita...

Clean water, sanitation, and cultural experiences collide in this episode from Peru. Discover how access to toilets impacts public health, hygiene, and everyday life around the world. What does sanitation really look like around the world? In this episode, we sit down with Adriana PeñaFiel, Spanish teacher and Peru native, to share a firsthand look at sanitation, clean water access, and cultural e...

Smart toilet seats are changing sanitation, hygiene, and public health. This episode explores how one invention is transforming dirty restrooms into cleaner, safer spaces. What if every public toilet seat could clean itself before you even sit down? In this episode, we sit down with Rob Poleki, inventor of Washi, a smart toilet seat designed to improve sanitation, hygiene, and public health in pub...

On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we check in with our friend Kali Canedo of Omigo , a fun and quirky bidet company founded by Tom and Thomas Lotrecchiano, a father-and-son pair of entrepreneurs in North Carolina, USA.  Omigo's mission is to revolutionize the way Americans think about bidets and their bums and shed light on a bum-cleaning device Europeans have used for centuries. How do y...

Uganda’s sanitation crisis is being tackled through compost toilets, clean water access, and community-led solutions. Learn how sanitation innovation is improving public health and hygiene. What does real sanitation impact look like on the ground? In this episode, we sit down with Lydia and Liam, co-founders of Project Blueprint, to explore how compost toilets are transforming sanitation, clean wa...

The global sanitation crisis is impacting public health, clean water, and safety. This episode reveals how lack of toilets affects hygiene, gender safety, and millions of lives worldwide. What if going to the bathroom wasn’t safe? We sit down with Arturo Fuentes, Director of Global Philanthropy at the Young Living Foundation, to uncover the real impact of sanitation, clean water, and public health...

The global sanitation crisis is impacting billions without access to toilets, clean water, and hygiene. In this episode, Rose George explains why sanitation remains one of the biggest public health challenges and how toilets, wastewater, and infrastructure shape health, safety, and equality worldwide. Why are billions of people still living without access to toilets, clean water, and basic sanitat...

The global sanitation crisis is leaving millions without toilets, clean water, and basic hygiene. Why is this still happening? We break down how sanitation, public health, and water infrastructure are deeply connected and why funding, policy, and outdated systems continue to fail communities around the world. Featuring insights from Sanitation and Water for All, this conversation explores how gove...

Smart toilets are changing sanitation, hygiene, and public health. In this episode, we explore the future of toilets, from turning waste into energy to tracking health through advanced toilet technology. Featuring Michael Hall of Hall Labs, this conversation breaks down how new sanitation systems can operate off-grid, reduce wastewater, and even analyze human health using smart sensors. Learn how...

On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we catch up with one of our heroes, Robin Cho, Head of Impact at Who Gives a Crap (WGAC). We chat about the impact WGAC is having using it’s fun, witty, and whimsical style and B-corp business model to sell sustainable bamboo-sourced toilet paper while at the same time donating a HUGE percentage of their profits to help build toilets with their charitable par...

Food poisoning, sanitation, and hygiene can be life-threatening in parts of the world without clean water or proper toilets. In this episode, Jarond Suman  shares a shocking real-life story of severe illness caused by unsafe food and poor sanitation conditions. From global travel to the realities of sanitation and public health, this episode explores how hygiene, clean water, and access to toilets...

The global sanitation crisis is leaving millions without access to toilets, clean water, and safe hygiene. This episode reveals how lack of sanitation impacts women’s safety, dignity, and public health worldwide. Millions of people around the world still don’t have access to something most of us take for granted, a safe, private toilet. This powerful episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast explores the glob...

The global sanitation crisis is impacting millions without access to toilets, clean water, and hygiene. This episode explores how Nigeria plans to end open defecation and drive sanitation innovation worldwide. What does it actually take to solve the global sanitation crisis? On the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we sit down with Shael Igwe, Global Project Director in the WASH sector, to break down how Nigeria is...

Human waste, sanitation, and clean water are at the center of the global sanitation crisis. This episode reveals how poop could become a powerful solution for energy, sustainability, and global health. What if human waste wasn’t just waste… but one of the most powerful resources on the planet? On the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we sit down with documentary producer Troy Hale, creator of Sh* t Saves the World,...