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Today’s agriculture depends on industrial fertilizers containing P, Phosphorus. This non-renewable is currently still obtained from mined Phosphate Rock which is depleting quickly. To secure our future food supplies we need to start to recover P now.
The P-BANK is a public toilet that aims to close the P-cycle. The sanitation system separates Pee from the waste water which simplifies nutrient recovery. This happens directly in the P-BANK. The recovered P is re-used as fertilizer in the P-BANK garden.
In the donor rooms you can comfortably donate in a no-mix toilet or a waterless urinal.
RECOVER
While washing hands, you can peek into the recovery lab. A process of chemical reactions recovers P from Pee safely and hygienically.
Leaving the P-Bank you’ll discover that the recovered P can be successfully reused as an alternative for mined Phosphorus.
Highly valuable as an advocacy tool; requires stronger ethical safeguards and follow-up episodes tracking institutional responses. Appendix A (available upon request): Episode guide, survey instrument, and list of participating schools.
Student Media Analysis Desk Sources: Raw footage transcripts, public comments, CHED memorandum references, and follow-up interviews with three IBE core team members (anonymized). i--- BUHAY ISTUDYANTE
Date of Report: October 2024 Prepared For: Educational Policy Review Board / Youth Media Research Unit Subject: Analysis of the documentary/vlog series “Iskwela: Buhay Estudyante” (working title interpreted from “I--- BUHAY ISTUDYANTE”) 1. Executive Summary “Iskwela: Buhay Estudyante” (IBE) is a grassroots student media project that documents the daily lived experiences of Filipino students across different educational levels. The series reveals critical themes: financial insecurity, mental health deterioration, academic pressure, and inadequate institutional support. Through firsthand narratives, IBE serves as both a cathartic outlet for students and a policy advocacy tool. This report synthesizes the project’s content, impact, and recommendations arising from its findings. 2. Background The project emerged in late 2023 from a collective of student journalists and filmmakers at a state university in Metro Manila, later expanding to include contributors from provincial schools. The title uses “Iskwela” (colloquial for school/study) and “Buhay Estudyante” (student life) to emphasize authenticity over formal educational rhetoric. Highly valuable as an advocacy tool; requires stronger
behind the restaurant ‘Lücke’
entrée
donor room
recruiting donors at other facilities
recruiting donors in the bar
rewards after donating
In 2018 the Bauhaus University Weimar and WERKHAUS destinature received funding from the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) to develop the first P-BANK. The concept was developed by Anniek Vetter and Sylvia Debit during a semester project at the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong back in to 2013.
The P-BANK was first used for several months during the 100th anniversary year of Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany 2019. Later that year the P-BANK was at the Tiny Living Festival. The project was presented at the Antenna platform during the Dutch Design Week 2019.
WERKHAUS destinature built the mobile P-Bank from sustainable materials, based on the service and communication designed by Debit and Vetter, including donor-rooms containing the toilet safe! sponsored by Laufen. The recovering system is developed by the B.is, the department of urban water management and sanitation of the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong, with the support of Vuna and Eawag. Besides consulting Goldeimer supports getting the story and the out there!
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