Community Composter Training & Field Day at Earth Matter NY
This full-day training and field day at Earth Matter NY is offered to community composters in and outside NYC as part of the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum.… Read More
Webinar Resources: Composting with Worms on a Mid to Large-Scale — What, Why, How, and Who
Internationally renowned vermicomposting expert, Rhonda Sherman, shares highlights from her new book.… Read More
Webinar: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy
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10 Jan 2019 |
posted in: Composting, Energy, Energy Self Reliant States, waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth
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In a recent webinar, ILSR research associate Marie Donahue shared findings from our report, Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy, highlighting why classifying incineration as a “renewable” form of energy is problematic. Allies from GAIA, a global anti-incineration network, and the national Energy Justice Network also presented.… Read More
Webinar Resources: Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection — Spotlight on Equipment
Bike-powered food scrap collectors are one of the fastest growing sectors of the food recovery industry. Join this webinar to learn more about them!… Read More
2018 World Soil Day: Compost Adds Organic Matter for Healthy Soil
December 5th is World Soil Day, a good day to celebrate the power of COMPOST to enhance soil fertility, structure, water-holding capacity, and carbon sequestration. Healthy soils contain 5% organic matter and compost is the best way to add organic matter to depleted soils.… Read More
Support the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum!
Contributions will primarily cover our scholarship fund, but also our networking reception, printed agendas/materials, and other direct expenses. The scholarship fund will help us bring more community composters to the event – especially from underserved urban areas – and cover their travel and registration costs.… Read More
Time-Lapse Video of Baltimore Bin Build
In 2017, ILSR launched the Baltimore Compost Collective, a food scrap collection and composting service that is employing local youth in Curtis Bay. Read more about the project here. This year we helped organize a community bin-build of a second composting system in order to expand the site’s capacity to compost food scraps. Check out our 1.5 minute time-lapse video of the bin-build!… Read More
Webinar Resources: Entity Structure for Community Composters
Cartoonist/attorney Janelle Orsi explained considerations related to cooperative, nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid models, with the help of cake cartoons.… Read More
ILSR’s YIMBY Report Featured in BioCycle
BioCycle recently published an article on ILSR’s report, Yes! In My Backyard: A Home Composting Guide for Local Government.… Read More