When you think of a Kenyan vacation, what comes to mind? Probably a sunrise safari in the Maasai Mara, flamingos shimmering over Lake Nakuru, or Diani’s postcard-perfect beaches. Toilets? Not exactly what you'd highlight on Instagram.

When visiting New York City's Tenement Museum, our Founder was drawn to a critical aspect of immigrant life that's often overlooked: sanitation. How did early urban immigrants in the US handle something as fundamental as going to the bathroom? This blog will explore some of the important history in the US, specifically, how immigrants navigated urban life.

Let’s be honest. When was the last time you got excited talking about a toilet? For decades in Tanzania, sanitation has been the wallflower at the development party. It sat quietly in the corner while water, education, and roads hogged the dance floor. Toilets? Functional. Forgettable. Often a little embarrassing.

Our Founder recently visited Mexico City (MX) and drove to the mystical town of Tepoztlán to see some fun toilet poems in a convent.

Beneath the cities of Ancient Rome lay a dark, labyrinthian drain system called the Cloaca Maxima, which swept up stormwater and wastewater.

Our Founder recently visited an archaeological site near Rome (Italy) to look for some toilets.

The projects we do to handle waste sometimes produce their own waste—or become it. What do we do with the waste of our waste treatment?

Earlier this year, our Founder visited St. Louis, Missouri—the Gateway to the West. On this trip, we visited the Gateway Arch’s museum.

FLUSH's founder recently went on holiday in Uzbekistan and took some fun pictures of toilets. While we looked for some interesting tidbits o

FLUSH recently visited the Bill and Melinda Gates Discovery Centers ’ new exhibit, A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of...

FLUSH’s Founder visited Seattle, Washington, for a work event! Through a few underground tours, we got the download on Seattle’s early...

FLUSH's Founder recently went on a road trip across Aotearoa/New Zealand (used interchangeably) and got to experience some of the most...

Australia. Land of strange and wonderful things. The platypus and echidna. Vegemite. Australian football. So many highly venomous...

You may be surprised to learn that there are museums dedicated to the history of toilets and hygienic practices in different parts of the...

FLUSH was delighted to visit Brussel's Sewer Museum recently! There, we learned a lot about how Brussel's sewer history works and its...

The Founder of FLUSH recently visited the historic Alcatraz in San Francisco, CA (USA). Viewing the prominence of toilets in prison cells...

Recently our Founder was in North Carolina and was able to visit the Old Salem Museum & Gardens, a historic Moravian site. There, she...

While in Stockholm for a conference, FLUSH was honored to get a private tour of Sweden’s Plumbing Museum! Their resident plumbing expert...

Toilets and trash – sanitation – are a big deal. Not just existing sanitation systems, though – we mean all toilets and trash that have...

FLUSH recently got to visit the "Ô merde!" exhibit at the Musée de la Civilisation in Quebec City (Canada)! It was a delightful time, and...