Gord Baird's Composting Toilets Course: Design & Maintain Systems
By Gord Baird
TL;DR: This course equips you to design, build, and maintain composting toilet systems, ensuring safety, legality, and environmental benefit across diverse settings.
- Learn to design and implement various composting toilet systems.
- Understand health, safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Master pathogen elimination through thermal processes and time.
- Gain skills in site selection, construction, and operation.
- Effectively manage leachate and troubleshoot common issues.
Why it matters: Composting toilets offer significant water savings and enable nutrient recycling, crucial for sustainable living and regenerative agriculture, reducing environmental impact.
Do this next: Explore local regulations regarding composting toilet installations in your municipality or region.
Recommended for: Anyone from beginners to experts interested in implementing safe, legal, and sustainable composting toilet systems in various environments.
This self-paced online course by Regenerative Living teaches designing, implementing, and maintaining safe, legal compost toilet systems across contexts like commercial buildings and remote cabins. Instructor Gord Baird, an experienced designer, policy influencer, and long-time user, covers health/safety, regulations, and sustainability integration. Key modules detail pathogen elimination via composting thermals and time; site selection for drainage/ventilation; construction of DIY or commercial units; operation including cover materials (sawdust/peat), agitation for aeration, and emptying protocols; leachate management to prevent contamination; legalization strategies navigating codes. Practical insights: water savings (thousands of gallons yearly), nutrient cycling closure for regenerative farms/homesteads; troubleshooting odors, imbalances; testing compost maturity. Emphasizes standards evolution in North America, equipping practitioners for compliant installs boosting system resilience. Comprehensive for beginners to experts, blending theory with actionable steps for real-world application.