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What’s that smell?

Here's a little science fact for you. The average human fart has the following basic gas composition: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and methane:

This is very...

Grand Poo Design 2.0

As announced in our June (Winter) newsletter, we said goodbye to SDF team members Fransiska, Alexia and James who worked very hard over Semster 1 with their contributions to Poo Power! But over their break Crystal decided to seek new adventures; and Dom was...

Poo Power! Rises

PRESS RELEASE

Melbourne, VIC; 21 August 2013 6:00 AM

POO POWER! IS AN EDUCATION FINALIST IN THE BANKSIA AWARDS

Poo Power! and its creator Duncan Chew have been announced as a finalist of the Banksia Sustainability Awards in recognition of demonstrated leaders...

Poo Power! Poster Competition

The Poo Power! Poster Competition encourages Australian students (K-12) to take their passion for poo to a new level by creating an engaging and eye-catching poster which will be used to educate, encourage and urge people pick up their dogs' poo.

The Competiti...

The scoop on Earth’s best friend

The following has been edited from the original article by David Wilson. The full article can be accessed on The Saturday Age (Date: Jul 20, 2013; Section: My Career; Page: 1)

In light of spiralling carbon dioxide levels swelled by our 200­ year binge on foss...

Poo Power! named as finalist in national industry award

PRESS RELEASE

Melbourne, VIC; 15 July 2013 6:00 AM

POO POWER! NAMED AS FINALIST IN NATIONAL INDUSTRY AWARD

Clean Energy Council has recognised Poo Power! and its creator Duncan Chew as a finalist of the Clean Energy Awards in recognition of demonstrated outsta...

Power Shift 2013: The Power of Poo

It's one week until Melbourne Water and Poo Power! join forces at Power Shift 2013 on Saturday, 13 July at 1:30pm (Monash Clayton, Building 11, Room W215).  We have included the workshop overview for you below.

Disposing of human waste is not a problem, but an...

SDF mid-year progress report

Last night all Swinburne Design Factory student teams presented their projects to over 100 guests, including the Poo Power! SDF Unit.  The team also presented their mid-year report and provided the following summary of their outcomes:

The SDF team began with a...