In urban settings, where soil fertility and water access can be limited, urine has gained quiet traction among permaculturists and eco-conscious gardeners. Once seen as taboo, human urine is quietly ...

Human urine is emerging as an unlikely climate solution, and a Swiss startup is betting that what we flush away could help feed crops and cut pollution at the same time. By turning this nutrient-rich ...

Chelsea Wald is a freelance reporter in The Hague, the Netherlands, and the author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet. On Gotland, the largest island in Sweden, fresh ...