Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.
蘿絲喬治:我們談談糞便吧,真的
Rose George looks deeply into topics that are unseen but fundamental, whether that's sewers or latrines or massive container ships or pirate hostages or menstrual hygiene. Full bio
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卻沒有真正看進眼底
我們當笑話來看待的病
卻沒聽說過腹瀉的問題
把它鎖在門後面
“排泄物”又太醫學了
腹瀉與環境衛生的問題
花在乾淨的供水系統上
把它轉化成資源的可能
激起巨大發展的可能
譬如一個儲槽
叫做艱難酸菌
可是接受此程序的人寥寥無幾
在二十世紀初的時候
但沒人要買
所有人都買了
只是一個宣傳手段
可是我們是在講廁所的問題
怕有醉漢會在外面遊蕩
也害怕被強姦
需要多大的勇氣
極為強大的力量
運用各種不同改變行為的技巧
對他的腸胃卻不太好
千禧年發展目標
自動提高馬桶蓋裝置
從鎖上的門中帶了出來
將此類的議題變得正常
這並不是困難的事
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rose George - Curious journalistRose George looks deeply into topics that are unseen but fundamental, whether that's sewers or latrines or massive container ships or pirate hostages or menstrual hygiene.
Why you should listen
Rose George thinks, researches, writes and talks about the hidden, the undiscussed. Among the everyone-does-it-no-one-talks-about-it issues she's explored in books and articles: sanitation (and poop in general). Diarrhea is a weapon of mass destruction, says the UK-based journalist and author, and a lack of access to toilets is at the root of our biggest public health crisis. In 2012, two out of five of the world’s population had nowhere sanitary to go.
The key to turning around this problem, says George: Let’s drop the pretense of “water-related diseases” and call out the cause of myriad afflictions around the world as what they are -- “poop-related diseases” that are preventable with a basic toilet. George explores the problem in her book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters and in a fabulous special issue of Colors magazine called "Shit: A Survival Guide." Read a sample chapter of The Big Necessity >>
Her latest book, on an equally hidden world that touches almost everything we do, is Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, Food on Your Plate. Read a review >>
In the UK and elsewhere, you'll find the book titled Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry the Brings You 90% of Everything.
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