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Oxbow National Wildlife refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wanted to provide visitors to Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge in Harvard, MA, with restroom facilities at an area with no running water but did not want to bring in portable toilets, especially ones that use chemicals.  So, just like Rachel Carson NWR before it, Oxbow installed a Clivus composting system with waterless toilets. The new restroom building provides clean and odor free facilities in a remote, waterless location.  It is

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Ninigret Park in Charlestown, RI, gets Clivus

Ninigret Park in Charlestown, RI, is certainly the place to be in the warmer months!  The park boasts several soccer and athletic fields, tennis courts, a nature center, a bike path, playgrounds, a sky observatory, and a large dog park.  Needless to say visitors are numerous! Recent improvements to the park, including four new restrooms, were made possible in part through funding from a RI Dept. of Environmental Management (RI DEM) Trail grant.  Town officials

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Camp Asto Wamah adds sustainablility to daily routine

For over 100 years Camp Asto Wamah has offered boys and girls of New England a healthy and wholesome camping experience.  Since 1910 Asto Wamah’s motto has been “Remember the Other Fellow”.  This maxim holds more relevance today as we all strive to preserve our natural resources for future generations. Over the years as the camp has grown to accommodate 120 campers and staff, so has the need for more restrooms.  The older bathhouse utilizes

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Appalachian Mountain Club Opens LEED Registered Bathhouse at Gorman Chairback Lodge

For over 130 years the AMC has been committed to conservation and recreation throughout New England and elsewhere.  As part of its Maine Woods Initiative the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is dedicated to protecting over 100,000 acres while creating sustainable outdoor recreation opportunities throughout Maine. Recently the AMC acquired a sporting camp in the Maine mountains which dates back to as early as 1867.  Renamed for longtime AMC supporters, Leon and Lisa Gorman, the Gorman

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It was a great season for the RI Great Outdoors Pursuit!

Clivus New England, Inc. is proud to have been a sponsor of this year’s Rhode Island Great Outdoors Pursuit!  Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management was host to several events featuring good old fashioned healthy family fun.  Events included scavenger hunts, relay races, fishing, geo-chaching, camping, outdoor movies, interactive displays, games, and raffles…and lots of prizes! It was an honor to give back to the RI State Parks that have put so much faith in

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