There’s a household object that’s instrumental to global health—and it may not be what you think. 🚽That’s right: toilets! Around the world, 3.5 billion people still lack access to proper sanitation. But here’s the good news: Scientists have developed toilets that can neutralize waste at the source, meaning there’s no need for sewage systems that are breeding grounds for diarrheal diseases like typhoid and rotavirus.On #WorldToiletDay, check out our “A Better Way to Go” exhibit through the eyes of Doulaye Kone and Bill Gates to learn how better toilets can save lives: https://www.discovergates.org/exhibitions/a-better-way-to-go/
We've waited all year and we made the nice list!❄️ Join us at our annual Giving Marketplace, the holiday giving event of the season. Find unique gifts from over 35 vendors with proceeds supporting global health, women and girls, education, refugees and so much more. Your gifts truly keep giving!
35+ Incredible Vendors with great causes🎁
Live Music Performances🎵
Card and Jewelry Making✨
People and Pet Portraits🐶🐱
Dec 6-7th, 10am-5pm. Free!
Event details: https://www.discovergates.org/events/giving-marketplace/
We’ve waited all year and we made the nice list!❄️ Join us at our annual Giving Marketplace, the holiday giving event of the season. Find unique gifts from over 35 vendors with proceeds supporting global health, women and girls, education, refugees and so much more. Your gifts truly keep giving!
35+ Incredible Vendors with great causes🎁
Live Music Performances🎵
Card and Jewelry Making✨
People and Pet Portraits🐶🐱
Dec 6-7th, 10am-5pm. Free!
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Everybody poops. It’s universal. Yet 3.5 billion people lack access to sanitation systems that safely manage human waste resulting in disease, disability, and death; amounting to roughly 800,000 people per year! The sewage systems that people do have access to are aging quickly. However, there are sustainable sanitation innovations on the horizon including Georgia Tech's G2RT reinvented toilet. This #WorldWaterWeek Patrick McMahon and Doulaye Kone talk some sh*t about our current systems and where we can go from here.
Everybody poops. It’s universal. Yet 3.5 billion people lack access to sanitation systems that safely manage human waste resulting in disease, disability, and death; amounting to roughly 800,000 people per year! The sewage systems that people do have access to are aging quickly. However, there are sustainable sanitation innovations on the horizon including @georgiatech G2RT reinvented toilet. This #WorldWaterWeek Patrick McMahon and Doulaye Kone talk some sh*t about our current systems and where we can go from here.
Today is #WorldMosquitoDay 🩸🦟
Did you know the world’s deadliest animal is... THE MOSQUITO!? This tiny killer transmits malaria, a disease that is responsible for over 600,000 deaths per year. That’s more than sharks, crocodiles and snakes combined!
Our newest Paw-tners of Human Potential, Guide Dogs for the Blind, came to the Discovery Center a couple weeks ago for some puppy training! Here's how it went.🐾 Learn more about Guide Dogs for the Blind and their mission, that everyone deserves to move through the world safely and confidently, here: guidedogs.com
The average person in the U.S. uses 77 gallons of water per week flushing their toilets. However, new toilet innovations could help decrease water waste and increase access to safe sanitation systems.
This #WorldEnvironmentDay visit us to learn about better ways to go 💩 and how you can take action to reduce your use of this precious resource🚰
Can you taste the difference between tap water, bottled water, and filtered water? 💧 Test your taste buds with the water bartenders in the Discovery Center.
While here, learn about ways to increase access to clean water and safe sanitation for everyone, globally.
Did you know the toilets we rely on today are outdated and overworked? Learn more as Jen Hatmaker and Georgia Tech's Dr. Shannon Yee speak about how our sanitation systems need to evolve – and quickly in this episode of the "Make Me Care About" podcast. Listen here: https://gates.ly/3R3Z9iM
Plus, you can learn more about the the newest toilet innovations in person at our latest exhibit "A Better Way To Go".🚽🚰💩
Gates Foundation staff enjoyed celebrating #AfricaDay at the Discovery Center this week with African music, dance, and food. 🎉
