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The OARDC/OSU Compost Research Center was constructed in 1997 with State of Ohio Capital Improvement Funds. This 5,000 square foot building houses facilities for pilot-scale composting of a wide range of feedstocks.
Composting in the Classroom: Scientific Inquiry for High School Students, by Nancy Trautmann and Marianne Krasny, is a comprehensive guide for teachers interested in guiding composting research projects by high school students.
THE Portland, Oregon metropolitan area generates an estimated 280,000 tons per year of organic residuals — comprised of plants, food and food-soiled paper. To reclaim this material, the Portland Office of Sustainable Development launched the “Portland Composts” program. Since its inception in 2005, Portland Composts has recruited over 250 participants and this year will capture a projected 12,000 tons of organics. Thus far, this industrial organic waste composting endeavor has not been financially self-supporting. However, validated by a broad community recycling ethic and substantiated by local governmental commitment, a sustainable system for composting organics is in place.
When horticulturists at the University of California Cooperative Extension set out to design the perfect compost bin, they wanted one that was simple to build, easy to use, and efficient at making compost.
Learn how to grow vegetables in a container garden on your deck, patio or balcony that will look great and taste better than anything from the grocery store.
The Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre features a compost demonstration area, organic gardens and a teaching facility located in their straw bale ...
...The material in this chapter is designed to help you start a local public-private approach to community wide home composting. One or more people can take the initiative to begin a home composting p
Vermi the Worm is squirming to show you more about where he lives and how he eats food scraps to make fertilizer! You can go on the full adventure with Vermi or you can visit certain areas within the ...
"The Composting Council of Canada is a national non-profit association founded in 1991 with a charter to advocate and advance the use of composting as a means of reducing Canada's waste stream..."
Compost Quest is a monthly adventure in reality reading where we followed two local families - one urban, one rural - as they learned how to incorporate backyard composting into already busy lives.
Composting 101 has visited several schools in the Westman area. In Manitoba, composting fits with the science curriculum best in Grades Three, Seven and Eleven, but other grades also benefit.
Regeneration means to repair…to renew something that is damaged, by using your inner strength, your willpower, and the natural resources all around you.
Regen Kids are part of the Re-generation — a huge community of children around the world.
Regen Kids are the ones who will revive the earth, reconnect with the world, and renew themselves. This site has games for kids and great activity ideas for kids.
STUDENT SKILL: The student will engage in investigations that
lead to the discovery that each plant or animal has different
structures that serve different functions in growth and survival
(i.e., the way it moves, type of food it needs, and where it lives).
OBJECTIVE: The student will build a habitat for worms and
record observations.
We have a an unusal garden. Total turf reduction and the use of mulch to maintain a luch landscape in a gardening zone which receives less than 11" of rainfall per year. We have both rain water and grey water capture system. It works very well. We won the contest!
Volunteer Master Gardeners of NC. Our goals are to supply information and instruction to persons interested in all aspects of gardening and agriculture. Helpful articles online and links to instructive sites.
Our mission is to promote wise and sustainable management of natural resources through responsible stewardship, working in partnership with individuals, neighborhoods, schools, community organizations and government.
A website dedicated to composting and everything you ever wanted to know about composting. You can even post your own messages and questions about composting on their own message board.
