Karma Krapper details

Karma Krappers have an aquaponics living-roof system to put the water you use to wash your hands to good use! Filtered water trickles constantly from a point in the ceiling into a beautiful sink. Users wash their hands with special soap safe for the vibrant mixture of marine life contained in the tank below. The fish and plants below the hand washing station add valuable nutrients to the water which is then pumped through a grid of tubes laced across the top of the structure. These tubes contain the roots of the plants that form the ceiling of the karma krapper. After the water passes by all of the plant roots it settles into a chamber passing through a series of filters until in decends- once again- into the hand washing station. 

Most sanitation systems throughout the first world use a large amount of water to manage and transport human excrement. While this may seem clean and convenient, it actually creates considerable harm for our environment. Not only does it require fresh water that could be used for other purposes, it also takes the valuable nutrients contained in human excrement and  places them in an anaerobic environment where they create a toxic liquid substance called " blackwater".  The Karma Krapper avoids creating blackwater by using a clean, dry, organic cover material in the toilet instead of water. Each attendant mixes their own blend of sawdust, dried flowers, spices and herbs specially formatted to smell delicious while breaking down feces into soil. In an aerobic environment  feces can turn into soil within a few weeks. Instead of flushing a toilet each user pulls down a large lever behind the toilet which deposits a generous layer of cover material from the reservoir behind the toilet. At the end of each day the entire mixture contained in the bottom chamber of the karma krapper is emptied into a hole prepared with organic material and microorganisms on a gaia farm and then covered with dirt. The following year that hole will transform into a thick layer of rich compost ready to nourish a large tree or garden. 

Each Karma Krapper user must have a smart phone with cell service or internet connection in order to enter. The door is locked with a code entry system. Users scan the QR code posted on the door which takes them to a page  their email or phone number. Their unique entry code is emmediately emailed or texted to the number they provide. 

Each karma krapper is accompanied by an attendant. Each attendant owns the karma krapper themselves and they have devoted a significant amount of time studying and maintaining the ecology within the structure. Each attendant designs and builds their own structure while attending a six month internship on a Gaia farm. They choose their own artistic style; select their own plants and fish; and mix their own dry cover material. After completing the internship each attendant is free to manage their own schedule and park their karma krapper at whatever location they feel most benefits their community and their lifestyle. These faithful earth heros are paid exclusively by cash tips and donations to SCAI generated by their karma krapper. 

Ten minutes after the karma krapper security code is entered, the user will relieve a second text or email with more information about SCAI. Chances are, if you are looking at our website you've already received this message at least once. This message serves a dual purpose.

#1. Spreading awareness:. SCAI's primary objective is to spread awareness about starlight cycling and how it works. Most people who use a karma krapper just need to go to the bathroom and they don't know how composting toilets, soil regeneration, aquaponics systems, or living roofs work at all! We don't want to explain all of that to someone who just needs to use the bathroom, but as soon as they are on their way we use their contact information to explain the details around this amazing cycle they just participated in!

#2. Economic sustainability:  Our attendants, along with the entire SCAI organization are completely dependant on donations. Each karma krapper is built and maintained with funds collected from donations. Each person who uses a Karma Krapper has just benefitted from the collective effort of many people and they didn't have to pay one thing! That's how karma works. We enjoy positive experiences because someone who came before us made that experience possible. Most karma Krapperchoose to " pay it forward" by donating enough money to support the operation in the future. 

You can request a karma krapper at your next event! Would you like to create an exo friendly bathroom option for your guests? Please send an email to SCAIstarlightCycling@gmail.com with a request including your name, phone number, date and address of event. You will be contacted within 48 hours of your request and a representative will connect you with a karma krapper attendant.