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Kathleen Meyer
Kathleen Meyer (born 7 December 1942) is a contemporary American nature writer〔Books by Kathleen Meyer. Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APBWUC〕 whose first work, ''How To Shit in the Woods'' was published in 1989. Her writing is characterized by the use of humor and irreverence. She has only two published works in print: ''How to Shit in the Woods'' and ''Barefoot Hearted''.
== ''How to Shit in the Woods'' ==
''How to Shit in the Woods'' was published by Ten Speed Press in 1989. This first book by Meyer does, indeed, revolve around the many strategies she has noticed for defecating where there is no modern toilet and running water. As one reads the book, it quickly becomes obvious that Meyer's concern is not so much for the comfort of the camper or hiker, but for the impact that human waste leaves on pristine natural ecosystems. She talks about digging "environmentally sound" holes, locating the high water line, so as not to inadvertently pollute a stream or ground water source, and what types of soil facilitate quickest decomposition without risk of environmental contamination. The damage to humans and wildlife from carelessly disposed human waste comes in many forms including giardia, diarrhea, and intestinal diseases. A second edition of the book was issued in 1994 and a third edition in 2011. Meyer holds humans uniquely responsible for the spread of giardia in the wilderness areas of the United States: "Until 1970, there were no reports in the United States of waterborne outbreaks of giardia. The first . . . occurred in Aspen, Colorado, in 1970. Over the next four years, many cases were documented in travelers returning from . . . Leningrad . . . The Soviet Union became more open to visitation by Westerners at about this time and Leningrad's municipal water supply was full of Giardia cysts."
In its various editions, the book has been reviewed by ''Audubon Magazine'', The New Zealand Dominion Post, and The Globe and Mail Audubon magazine writer Frank Graham wrote “Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn’t had since Chaucer’s day.”
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