重大必需
The big necessity
Rose George、Karen Cass · 初版 2008 年
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人类排泄物是一项重大的公共卫生威胁：人口增长甚至让最先进的排污系统不堪重负，而由排泄物传播的疾病每年在全世界造成的死亡人数超过了其他任何单一死因。即使在美国，也有195万人无法使用室内厕所。然而，这一话题仍然讳莫如深。《The Big Necessity》直面这一禁忌，揭示了人们如何——以及如何未能——处理自身排泄物的所有重要真相。George 还探讨了潜伏的基础设施灾难以及潜在的救星：从中国的五百万口沼气池……
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关于公共卫生的好书，我推荐 Rose George 的《The Big Necessity》。http://rosegeorge.com/site/books/the-big-necessity
For an excellent book on sanitation, I can recommend "The Big Necessity" by Rose George. http://rosegeorge.com/site/books/the-big-necessity
我非常喜欢 Rose George 的文笔。推荐她之前写集装箱货运（《Deep Sea and Foreign Going》）和厕所卫生（《The Big Necessity》）的书。
I really enjoy Rose George's writing. I'd recommend her previous books on container shipping ('Deep Sea and Foreign Going') and toilets ('The Big Necessity').
……教育必须因地制宜。如果你想读一本关于这类问题（公共卫生）的书，了解援助项目为何往往像 OLPC（每个孩子一台笔记本）那样彻底跑偏，可以读读《The Big Necessity》。人们的需求更加基础。在平板电脑能派上用场之前，人们得先在基本生活需求上实现自给自足。赞同你关于女性教育的观点……尤其是商业教育和……
…education would have to be tailored to them. If you want to read a book about one of these problems (sanitation) and how aid efforts tend to go totally haywire for the same reasons OLPC does, read The Big Necessity. The needs are more basic. People require self-sufficiency in the basics before having a tablet computer is going to help. Agree with you on female education… especially also business education and…