Globally

Intensive industry and agriculture, whether in chronic or accidental ways, provoques the pollution of natural water channels. ​

About half of the rivers and streams of the earth are polluted.

This chronic pollution stems from the use of industrial fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture, as well as from the output of industrial activity and mining endeavors.

The infiltration of rain water deep into the soil, carries pollution towards underground water ways an eventually the ocean.

Over time, underground water ways, theoretically less vulnerable than surface water, are nonetheless contaminated often for extended periods of time, because of the slow renewal of underground water.

Out of the 10,000 known species of freshwater fish which inhabit the rivers and ponds of the world, one species out of five (one of three in Europe) is in danger of extinction, for these reasons.

In Lebanon

Sewage and household waste are dumped untreated within close proximity to the sea, lakes, rivers and streams.

Areas that lack access to sewage networks dump their wastewater directly into substandard septic pits.

Factories dump their industrial output into lakes and the rivers.

Pesticides and fertilizers are the primary causes of toxic compounds in underground water reserves.

War-torn Syria a safer option for Lebanese family seeking to escape trash

Lebanon’s marine turtles are dying and their lives are completely connected to ours.

The land of pollution

Is that really the right way to do it?

The shore belongs to you, protect it,

Straight into the sea

Tons of garbage dump in valleys and mountains

LIFEHAUS constitutes a shield against manmade pollution.
​It prevents the pollution of the soil, underground water currents, rivers and oceans.

Water: After having been filtered by both botanical cells and purification stations (for the versions equipped with conventional toilets), domestic wastewater eventually irrigates the gardens that surround the dwelling.

Food: Organic trash will be stockpiled within compost cells, in order to transition into garden fertilizer.

In its attempt to achieve maximum self-sufficiency, LIFEHAUS economizes the use of non-biodegradable material, since it allows its possessor to produce directly from nature, all which could be needed while avoiding plastic packaging.

The strict minimum output of plastic, glass, and metal, must be collected and sent by the dweller to a separate entity that specializes in the recycling of such materials, or you can even build your plastic recycling machine.

Dry toilets are encouraged in the project, for the following reasons: • No black water treatment, wastewater would be limited to greywater, which is easily recycled and is less polluting.

Dry toilets permit the acquisition of natural fertilizer from the processing of human faecal matter.