Words to Know aromatic Having a distinct smell biodegradable Able to be broken down by living organisms or the environment brood ball A ball made by dung beetles to house their eggs cob house A house made of natural building materials such as dirt dung and straw concrete A rough building material made of gravel and sand flammable Able to catch fire easily insulator Something that keeps heat in and cold out saliva Watery liquid made in the mouth to help with digestion sewage Waste water poop and urine stucco Fine plaster used on buildings
Contents Poop Happens 4 A Natural Resource 6 Snug as a Bug in a Poop 8 Tower of Turd 10 Fecal Fences 12 Make Your Own Cob House 16 Mixing Manure Bricks 20 Hold That Flush 24 What to Do with Your Doo-Doo 28 Learn More 31 Index 32
Poop Happens What is brown and a bit smelly and you can build with it It’s not dirt or even mud It’s poop That’s right The stuff you flush down the toilet without any thought could actually be put to good use Believe it or not your number two could be a number one building product Poop is so flexible it can be molded into pretty much any shape or size needed Animals use poop to construct nests homes and even fences People mold poop into bricks for houses and plop it on fences for support Sound gross It’s not Poop is biodegradable and FUN FACT Poop is normally brown but it can change colors depending on what you eat Eating more vegetables might make your poop green 4
Bird poop provides some of the best and most sought after fertilizer in the world environmentally friendly and can make any house more waterproof and aromatic too Add a bit of spice to any home construction project 5
