\nand protect the pond, he ordered a new toilet from Sweden
\nfor the Vermont house. <\/p>\n
The Destroilet. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I kid you not.<\/p>\n
This toilet rid the world of human waste by incinerating it. After
\nuse, when the top lid was closed, a small, thick, double-layered metal lid would simultaneously seal over the well at the bottom. A jet of burning gas would leap forth into the well, cremating the solid waste and vaporizing the liquid. A chimney to the
\noutdoors carried away the vapors. <\/p>\n
Not very far, it didn’t. The air quality in the vicinity after use
\nof the Destroilet was indescribably memorable. The pond remained pristine; fish frolicked, newts flourished, we and the neighbor children swam and splashed. Who knows what was floating around in the air. Imagine if all our neighbors had installed the same? <\/p>\n
We children gleefully terrorized our youngest brother with the
\nDestroilet for years. It’s a wonder the poor child was ever successfully trained. All too often, raising the
\nlid before the recommended 5 minutes of cremation would reveal burning embers of waste, glowing and pulsing a terrifying and hellish red. A toasty seat indeed.<\/p>\n
Oh, those environmental Swedes; Oh, those conscious engineers. The pond was pristine; the air was . . . odd. Actually, the whole neighborhood smelled funny sometimes. We cringed about Dad and the Destroilet for years.<\/p>\n
Years later, when I started studying Buddhism, and when I read One City <\/i>and started thinking seriously about interdependence, I remembered the Destroilet.<\/p>\n
Every action we take has effects. But that’s no
\nreason not to take them. It’s just good to remember how big our
\nneighborhood is. To remember we have neighbors, in fact. Who breathe, just like we do.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That’s what I try to remember. Every since Buddhism. Ever since the Destroilet.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The eco-yoga toilet post here a few days ago made me think. About interdependence. About my childhood. About the Destroilet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-right-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"\n