The value of human waste
What happens when you flush the toilet? It’s not something that many of us think about, but we need to. Globally, only 2.4 billion people have access to safe sanitation. That means there are over 4.6 billion people who don’t. Ever increasing quantities of human waste are contaminating our oceans and rivers with severe consequences for human health and the planet. Join Jacqueline Thomas who will take you on her journey in seeking sustainability through improving sanitation across Africa, India, The Pacific Islands and Australia. She will weave the real-life, and sometimes humorous, realities of sanitation work with the global need to meet our sustainable development goals.
Bio
Jacqueline Thomas is passionate about improving lives and protecting the environment from problems that can’t simply be flushed away. She’s travelled the globe as part of her ongoing research into water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) in developing communities. She understands first-hand the critical importance of effective translation of research into policy and practice. Prior to joining the University of Sydney, Jacqueline started the WaSH research group at the Ikafara Health Institute – a research institute based in rural Tanzania, where she lived and worked for nearly four years.
8:00pm @Button Bar, 65 Foveaux St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Also speaking at this location at 6:30pm is Catherine Grueber
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