Reconnecting to Nature and Life through Circular Design with Mona Mijthab (Founder Mosan) | Ep. 32

My guest this episode is Mona Mijthab, social entrepreneur, international speaker and designer with a focus on circular design and social innovation. 

Mona founded Mosan, a social enterprise improving living conditions in low-income communities with circular sanitation systems, offering safe sanitation to people while also transforming human excreta into nutrient-rich biochar for soil health in agriculture.

Mosan currently offers its services in indigenous communities in the Lake Atitlàn region of Guatemala, where they work together to improve hygiene standards, protect water and environment, and create opportunities for local communities.

In this episode, Mona and I talk about how Mosan came to life and why 2023 is the most exciting year for their team so far, as well as:

• Why she shifted from traditional design to design for social innovation
• How the smart, circular, dry sanitation system developed by Mosan works
• The multiple social, health and environmental benefits it brings
• How they use human excreta and urine to produce biochar for soil regeneration and food production
• What circular, participatory and inclusive design looks like on the ground
• How building local innovation ecosystems, relationship and trust has been key to their success
• Why not being afraid of failure is a great asset in creating change
• How incremental innovation supports transformative changes
• What everyone should know about sanitation and circularity, especially if you live in a city
• What Mona has learned about leadership from the communities she works with

Find more information about Mona Mijthab go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/monamijthab/

Find more information about Mosan on https://mosan.com/

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