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Waste Not, Want Not Estuary Magazine
Waste not: how researchers harness pee and poo for science Nature
Why You Should Pee on Your Garden Johnny’s Garden
Golden Opportunity: Human urine rises to the next level as an agricultural resource Main Street Journal
Waste to Resource: How Human Urine Is Fertilizing the Future of Agriculture The Packer
Vermont company takes fertilizer to new heights Rutland Herald
Human Urine As a Fertilizer NOFA Mass
Is Recycled Urine the Next Liquid Gold? Keene Sentinel
Why Vermont farmers are using urine on their crops BBC
Cape Cod residents will speak at urine recycling conference in Vermont WCAI
10th Annual Rich Earth Summit: A golden opportunity to learn about urine recycling around the world Brattleboro Reformer
‘Peecycling’: Group encourages Connecticut growers to use urine instead of fertilizer The Middletown Press
Rich Earth Institute shortlisted for $2 million Food Planet Prize Brattleboro Reformer
Human urine as fertilizer Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
The future of fertilizer? Pee, says this Brattleboro institute Vermont Public
Pee-cycling: Turning human urine into fertilizer CBS Sunday Morning
FFAR Grant Transforms Wastewater to Crop Fertilizer Morning AgClips
Rich Earth Institute holds presentation on ‘peecycling’ Brattleboro Reformer
Human urine shown to be valuable resource The Valley Reporter
Mashpee, Sandwich Pond Advocates Talk Urine Diversion The Mashpee Enterprise
Rich Earth Institute hosts remote talk on expanding ‘peecycling’ in Franklin County Greenfield Recorder
Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life—and Now Threatens to End It New Yorker
Recycling’s last frontier Brattleboro Commons
Grand opening of the Rich Earth Institute’s Rockingham urine recycling depot Bennington Banner
Rich Earth spinoff gets $1M grant Brattleboro Reformer
Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1. New York Times
Pee on your plants: Human urine can be used as an effective and sustainable fertilizer USA Today
Rich Earth Institute receives three grants; group pioneers use of human waste as fertilizer Brattleboro Reformer
‘Pee for peonies’: Professors push for urine-based fertilizer alternative KVAL 13
Are we flushing away the answer to our fertilizer shortages? DW
Don’t Pee on Your Garden After You Read This: But do be aware that human urine could replace about a quarter of today’s chemical fertilizers. Popular Mechanics
Pees on Earth: Your urine could be key to feeding the world, scientists reveal The Sun
Can pee help feed the world? Today France 24 Inquirer
Human Pee Could Power Our Agriculture In A World Wrecked By Climate Change India Times
Scientists say key to feeding world may be human urine:”We are beginning to understand how precious water is” Futurism
Human Urine, an Unexpected but Effective and Less Polluting Fertilizer The Bobr Times
Rich Earth urine donor kick-off event features ‘Poets for Peecycling’ Brattleboro Commons
The urine revolution: how recycling pee could help to save the world Nature
Human waste composting Rutland Herald
Rich Earth hosts annual global online summit on reclaiming urine as a resource Brattleboro Commons
Peecycling: could donating your urine to farmers help feed the world? The Guardian
Federal infrastructure bill and Vermont wastewater VT Digger
Rich Earth Institute launches Rockingham Urine Recycling Program Vermont Journal
Liquid Gold: How Stronger Food Systems Can Start In Your Toilet Modern Farmer
Your pee could be the golden ticket to a greener world Popular Science
Rich Earth Institute receives $225K grant, takes ownership of research center Greenfield Recorder
Brattleboro organization wins grant to support urine-to-fertilizer work Keene Sentinel
Mining nutrients from ‘LIQUID GOLD’ Greenfield Recorder
Rich Earth Institute expands urine-to-fertilizer research program Brattleboro Reformer
Rich Earth Institute credits VNRC with helping support alternative and innovative wastewater systems Vermont Natural Resources Council
Paving the Way for ‘Pee-cycling’: Researchers set out to address technical, social hurdles of reusing urine Water Environment & Technology
Peecycling: From Liquid Waste to Healthy Crops Earth911
Yes wee can: study gives green light to use urine as crop fertiliser The Guardian
Urine reuse as fertilizer is not likely to transfer antibiotic resistance American Chemical Society
The no-flush movement: the unexpected rise of the composting toilet The Guardian
The Toilet That Dreams of Saving the World Metropolis August 27, 2019
‘Pee-Cycling:’ Vermont Researchers Look at Value in Human Urine, NBC Boston
How India Could Help Solve America’s Sewages Woes Next City
University recycles urine into fertilizer WTOL
Special toilet at U. Mich. takes aim at urine-to-fertilizer San Francisco Chronicle
‘Pee-Cycling:’ University of Michigan uses special toilet to collect urine for experiments WAVY
Local business is Johnny-on-the-spot for the environment The Deerfield Valley News Online
Go for Green: Green Companies in Our Backyard…and the local initiative that’s putting them together to create a “green economy” Stratton Magazine
NSF awards grant to Rich Earth Institute Brattleboro Reformer
Instituto reutiliza urina humana tratada em plantações nos EUA GloboRural (Portuguese)
Concrete Progress: Putting the “P” in “Progress” Orion Magazine
Urine fertilizer could save energy and water VT Digger
Pioneers of ‘pee-cycling’ tout urine’s value USA Today Burlington Free Press
Bodies into food and sewage into beer: you are the hot new thing in recycling The Guardian
Should We Return The Nutrients In Our Pee Back To The Farm? NPR: The Salt
Green from gold: Human urine as a resource for sustainability Southern Vermont Arts & Living
Urine Collection Beats Composting Toilets for Nutrient Recycling GreenSpec
Wish you could fertilize crops with pee? Urine luck Grist
Un poco de orina para que todo sea verde BBC Mundo (Spanish)
Is “Peecycling” the Next Wave in Sustainable Living? National Geographic
Is Human Pee the Future of Fertilizer? Gizmodo
Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers? Modern Farmer
Podcasts
The fertilizer you make every day: fertilizing with urine with the Rich Earth Institute Growing For Market
Pee-Cycling: Taking the Waste Out of Our Waterways by Fertilizing the Garden Growing Greener
Peecycling with the Rich Earth Institute Propaganda by the Seed
Peecycling with Abe Noe-Hays 93.1 WIBC Home & Garden
Good Shit: How Humanure Could Save Agriculture—and the Planet Gastropod
Vermonters want to normalize composting toilets, upcycling human waste Vermont Public
Abraham Noe-Hays on Fertilizer from Urine, The Urban Farm
Could Harvesting Urine Ease Demand For Phosphorus? NPR Morning Edition February 1, 2018
P Is For Phosphorus Planet Money
Organic Farm Stand – Guest Kim Nace , Rich Earth Institute WPKN Community Radio
Urine Diversion with Dan Marks WMPG: Life Simplified Radio (Part 2)
Brattleboro Institute Wins $3 Million To Research The Conversion Of Urine To Fertilizer Vermont Public Radio Human Waste CBC Radio July 14, 2014 Brattleboro Research Group Helps Scientists Study Human Urine As Fertilizer Vermont Public Radio
Urine And Its Effect On Groundwater Vermont Public Radio
Luskin: Liquid Gold Vermont Public Radio May 28, 2013 Luskin: Liquid Gold
Brattleboro Group Researches Innovative Fertilizer Application Vermont Public Radio
Video
This Organization Is Working On Treating Human Urine As A Resource Comcast Newsmakers
Fertilizing Urine Radio Canada English Subtitles )
Can Recycled Urine Turn Into Plant Fertilizer? Now This
Farmers around the world are struggling. Your pee could help CNN Business
‘Processing human urine to recycle nutrients into fertilizer’ National Science Foundation (NSF) video about our ongoing research on urine-derived fertilizers. Science Nation
‘Uri Nation Introduces Urine Diversion and Urine-Derived Fertilizers’ Animation developed through NSF INFEWS grant. Uri Nation Animation
‘Pee-Cycling:’ Vermont. Researchers Look at Value in Human Urine NBC 10 Boston
Liquid Gold: University takes on urine recycling WXYZ
Peecycling University of Michigan
Out & About: Unlikely Foods Vermont Public Television
Print
Love, Joy, and Pee on Earth Brattleboro Reformer
Reclaiming Urine as Fertilizer Green Energy Times
Two area groups join to study waste and waterways The Commons
Windham Regional Commission, Rich Earth Institute seek neighborhoods for ‘Village Sanitation Pilot Study’ The Commons January 31, 2018
Garlic Festival shares message of sustainability Greenfield Recorder September 24, 2017
Enriching the Earth: Abe Noe-Hays ’00 and his Rich Earth Institute College of the Atlantic
Rich Earth Institute moves to WSWMD facility The Commons
Why Your Urine is Too Good to Waste YES! Magazine
Liquid Gold: Why Flushing the Toilet Is a Colossal Waste Pacific Standard
Brattleboro urine reclamation nonprofit hosts forum Brattleboro Reformer
‘P’ is for phosphate: Could urine solve a fertilizer shortage? Earth Magazine
Rich Earth urine project seeks long-term permit Brattleboro Reformer
In human waste, scientists seek new treatments The Boston Globe
We can’t keep using clean drinking water to flush fertilizer down the drain The Commons
Researchers look to Rich Earth Institute for solutions Brattleboro Reformer
Collection and use of urine Brattleboro Reformer
Blowing the lid off the toilet: Rich Earth Institute hosts ‘POOP’ comedian Brattleboro Reformer
Turning Urine into Liquid Gold–Fertilizer from Urine Means Clean Rivers, Sustainable Farms Green Energy Times
Peak Phosphorous: Crisis in the Making or Radical Opportunity? Local Banquet
Looking for a new source of fertilizer? Urine luck Brattleboro Reformer
Rich Earth Institute gets USDA grant for urine reclamation project The Commons
Recycled urine fertilizes hay at local farm The Commons
Closing the Cycle The Commons
Rich Earth Institute testing urine as fertilizer Bennington Banner
Cape Cod
What is Urine Diversion and How Can It Help Cape Cod’s Water Crisis? Ira Wood: Lowdown at WOMR-FM
Renewed Interest in Urine Diversion and Eco Toilets The Point on WCAI
Cape Cod Faces a Rising ‘Yellow Tide’ Scientific American ,
Cape Cod’s ‘power couple of pee-cycling’ wants you to save that liquid gold WBUR , February 12, 2024
Falmouth Water Quality Committee Endorses Urine-Diversion Pilot Falmouth Enterprise ,
Board Earmarks Funds For Urine-Diversion Pilot Program Falmouth Enterprise
State Recommends Fast-Tracking Urine-Diverting Toilets For Provisional Use Falmouth Enterprise
Urine-Diversion Enthusiast Prepares For Falmouth’s Pee Falmouth Enterprise
Falmouth Board of Health Says Urine Tanks Have Minimal Regs Falmouth Enterprise
Other Related Projects
For these Parisians, produce starts with a pee Laura Allen
Jay facility turns urine into compost Adirondack Daily Enterprise
We’re Facing a Fertilizer Shortage and We Could Be Flushing the Solution Down the Toilet Food & Wine Magazine
‘Liquid gold’: Australian scientists look to recycle human urine to fertilise city parks The Guardian
UNH Students’ “Urine Diversion” Program Cleans Water, Fertilizes Farms New Hampshire Public Radio
