Activities
How diarrhea diseases spread. . . . . 50
Stop the spread of diarrhea. . . . . 54
How do toxic chemicals get into water?. . . . . 59
Clear water might not be clean water. . . . . 69
Two circles. . . . . 72
Detective story: Water contamination. . . . . 90
Removing barriers to toilets for women. . . . . 110
Choosing the right toilet. . . . . 138
Make a watershed. . . . . 158
Planning a community
watershed project. . . . . 164
Sociodramas. . . . . 186
Consider everyone’s knowledge and needs. . . . 191
10 Seeds. . . . . 221
How do pesticides enter the body?. . . . . 260
Body mapping. . . . . 266
Drawing pesticide solutions. . . . . 275
Learning about soil. . . . . 284
What rain does to bare soil. . . . . 289
Toxic chemicals pass from animals to people 336
Organize a trash walk. . . . . 391
Do a health care waste assessment. . . . . 443
Snakes and ladders game. . . . . 468
Do oil and water mix?. . . . . 514
How-to…
How to make rehydration drink. . . . . 53
How to make a fly trap. . . . . 57
How to make a tippy-tap. . . . . 58
How to make a cover slab for a well. . . . . 80
How to make a charcoal filter. . . . . 95
How to make a slow sand filter. . . . . 96
How to disinfect water with sunlight. . . . . 98
How to make a concrete toilet platform. . . . . 121
How to make a concrete ring beam. . . . . 122
3 ways to build a dry toilet. . . . . 130
How to make seed balls. . . . . 204
How to plant seeds or cuttings in containers. . 211
How to read a pesticide label. . . . . 276
How to make an A-frame level. . . . . 290
How to ready an A-frame
by marking its center. . . . . 291
How to mark contour lines. . . . . 292
How to make a natural refrigerator. . . . . 306
How to build a fish pond. . . . . 309
How to double dig a garden bed. . . . . 311
How to examine your breasts. . . . . 329
How to make a bleach solution. . . . . 358
How to make a simple roach trap. . . . . 367
How to make safer cleaning products. . . . . 373
How to make natural earth plaster. . . . . 382
How to compost with earthworms. . . . . 400
How to make slow compost. . . . . 401
How to make fast compost. . . . . 402
How to make a safe disinfecting solution. . . . . 430
How to make a disinfecting bleach solution . . .431
How to make a bleach bucket. . . . . 431
How to make sure items are disinfected. . . . . 432
How to make a sharps box. . . . . 434
How to wash and disinfect a syringe. . . . . 435
How to make a covered waste pit. . . . . 439
How to seal sharps containers. . . . . 439
How to clean up a mercury spill. . . . . 441
How to dispose of medicines safely. . . . . 442
How to make a bowl-style retort. . . . . 489
How to make a galvanized pipe retort. . . . . 490
What to put in a first aid kit. . . . . 546
How to make an activated charcoal mask. . . . 551
A Community Guide to Environmental Health 2012