Toilet Tourism

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...