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For the full version of this article, check out our free Substack post . This month, Toilet Equity turns four. Four. If you’ve ever known a four-year-old, you know that’s a very specific age. Old enough to walk confidently into a room. Young enough to still ask “why?” about absolutely everything. Capable. Curious. Occasionally chaotic. Full of big dreams and very sticky hands. Four-year-olds aren’t babies anymore. They’ve found their footing. They have opinions. They test boundaries. They...

For the full version of this audio, recorded by writer, coach, and TE volunteer Rebecca Mullen, check out our free Substack post . This year at Toilet Equity, our theme is incubation . Compost doesn’t become healthy soil overnight. It needs the right ingredients. It needs structure. It needs time. And apparently… so do engineers. We sat down with Professor John Boulden (CU/CMU Partnership + City Engineer for Fruita) to talk about his senior engineering students taking on a big challenge:...

Because of you, people had a safe place to go in 2025. Imagine needing a bathroom, and having nowhere to go. For many people living without shelter, that’s a daily reality. But this year, you changed that . Because of you, toilet access was clean, reliable, and treated as the essential infrastructure it is. (If you’ve ever had to go right now, you already get it.) Because of you: 7 toilets stayed open and clean 365 days of reliable access 200+ people served each day 4 locations across the...