2020-
Poogooder is a grassroots movement to help end wayward dog poo for a happier, healthier community and planet. I founded Poogooder and created the Poogooder brand in 2020 after writing and illustrating the picture book “Oh Poo! A Cautionary Tale” and wanting to give people an actionable way to help solve the mighty poo curse. The West Seattle community dog poo bin program has grown to nearly 100 active bins in its first year, where residents volunteer to steward a bin in their yard like a Little Free Library.
In 2021, we launched the first wayward dog poo awareness event and campaign to engage the public: The Zero Poo Challenge. It leveraged the PooperSnooper app by Natural Apptitude to encourage citizen science research, and included an all-ages art and video PSA contest.
The long term vision is to be a catalyst for positive social and environmental change and help end “wasted waste” by piloting ways to divert dog poo disposal streams from the landfill to compost or other more circular and sustainable methods. Dogpoost (dog poo + compost) is the Poogooder brand for this initiative.
