{"id":15923,"date":"2017-04-25T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/the-community-compost-cooperative-at-the-howard-university-community-garden\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:02:15","slug":"community-compost-howard-university","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/community-compost-howard-university","title":{"rendered":"La Cooperativa Comunitaria de Compost del Jard\u00edn Comunitario de la Universidad de Howard"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15923","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","authors-linda-bilsens-brolis"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6131,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":false,"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"<p>The DPR Compost Cooperative\u00a0at the Howard University Community Garden in NW Washington, DC (Shaw\/Howard area), which just celebrated its two-year anniversary, showcases what a collaboration between a local government department, non-profit organizations, small businesses, institutions of higher education, and members of the community can accomplish for composting efforts.&hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/community-compost-howard-university\/\" aria-label=\"The Community Compost Cooperative at the Howard University Community Garden\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[635]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p><em>Este art\u00edculo fue escrito e investigado originalmente por Valerie Onifade, investigadora asociada de Composting for Community y becaria de nuestra iniciativa Waste to Wealth en diciembre de 2016. Desde entonces, esta publicaci\u00f3n ha sido actualizada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>La Cooperativa de Compost DPR, ubicada en el Jard\u00edn Comunitario de la Universidad Howard en el noroeste de Washington, D.C. (\u00e1rea de Shaw\/Howard), que acaba de celebrar su segundo aniversario, muestra lo que la colaboraci\u00f3n entre un departamento del gobierno local, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, peque\u00f1as empresas, instituciones de educaci\u00f3n superior y miembros de la comunidad puede lograr en materia de compostaje. Este proyecto demuestra los beneficios que aporta el compostaje comunitario y tiene el potencial de convertirse en un ejemplo de la <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/state-of-composting-in-us.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sistemas institucionales locales que promueve el ILSR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Actores clave<\/h1>\n<p>Los socios participantes son el Departamento de Parques y Recreaci\u00f3n de Washington D. C. (DPR), el Programa Maestro de Compostaje de Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders (NSR), el Instituto de Autosuficiencia Local (ILSR), Compost Cab, ECO-City Farm, el Jard\u00edn Comunitario de la Universidad Howard, la Oficina de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad Howard, los estudiantes de la Universidad Howard y los miembros de la comunidad del \u00e1rea de Shaw\/Howard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45251\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45251\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin.jpg\" alt=\"howard_curing-pile-in-3bin\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Howard_curing-pile-in-3bin-320x239.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Los contenedores resistentes a las ratas fueron financiados por el DPR y sirven de base para la participaci\u00f3n de la comunidad a trav\u00e9s de la Red Cooperativa de Compost del DPR. El <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/howardcommunitygarden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jard\u00edn comunitario de la Universidad Howard<\/a> y la Oficina de Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Howard proporcionan el lugar donde se instalan los contenedores de compostaje. El ILSR proporcion\u00f3 fondos para herramientas, materiales y mano de obra durante la fase inicial de construcci\u00f3n. A medida que los miembros de la comunidad y los estudiantes de la Universidad de Howard van depositando residuos a lo largo de la semana, <a href=\"https:\/\/compostcab.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coche de compost<\/a> Tambi\u00e9n proporciona y mezcla grandes cantidades de alimentos, lo que permite que la planta de compostaje realice un compostaje term\u00f3filo activo y genere grandes cantidades de compost terminado al final del proceso. Peque\u00f1as empresas de la zona, como el club 9:30 y el Blind Dog Cafe, tambi\u00e9n suministraron posos de caf\u00e9 y restos de comida.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45249\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 225px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45249\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12065671_1017113378339184_4156460694261539429_n.jpg\" alt=\"12065671_1017113378339184_4156460694261539429_n\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12065671_1017113378339184_4156460694261539429_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12065671_1017113378339184_4156460694261539429_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12065671_1017113378339184_4156460694261539429_n-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Como maestro compostador, Jeffrey Neal desempe\u00f1a un papel fundamental en el \u00e9xito de este sitio de demostraci\u00f3n del ILSR. En oto\u00f1o de 2014, Jeffrey Neal particip\u00f3 en el curso de formaci\u00f3n de maestros compostadores de Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders, un curso de seis semanas que cubre los fundamentos del compostaje, y en oto\u00f1o de 2015 ayud\u00f3 a desarrollar, impartir y completar un aprendizaje intensivo de ocho semanas para maestros compostadores avanzados de NSR. Para uno de sus proyectos finales de NSR, Jeffrey utiliz\u00f3 los recursos de su comunidad: un huerto comunitario a una cuadra de su apartamento y la ya establecida Red Cooperativa de Compost DPR, en la que los miembros de la cooperativa pueden depositar regularmente residuos de alimentos (sin costo alguno), recibir compost terminado y participar en el mantenimiento de las pilas de compost.  Jeffrey organiz\u00f3 la construcci\u00f3n inicial de una pila en el sistema de tres contenedores instalado en el huerto comunitario de la Universidad de Howard y continu\u00f3 adquiriendo los materiales necesarios para mantener el ciclo de compostaje (herramientas, hojas, virutas de madera, voluntarios, etc.). El segundo proyecto final de Jeffrey en el NSR, un proyecto de vermicompostaje (o compostaje con lombrices) en el s\u00f3tano de su edificio de apartamentos cercano, fue recientemente publicado en el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/she-started-composting-who-knew-red-wigglers-and-worm-poop-were-so-interesting\/2017\/04\/21\/d7406864-0a8c-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?tid=ss_fb-bottom&amp;utm_term=.949e6294c9af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fecha de inicio:\u00a0<\/strong>22 de abril de 2015<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45245\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45245\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n.jpg\" alt=\"11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11218992_1015222788528243_4957523953707160042_n-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Materiales compostados:\u00a0<\/strong>Restos de comida preconsumo y posconsumo, desechos de jard\u00edn (sin semillas o solarizados), cart\u00f3n, hojas, astillas de madera y papel. Actualmente, se han desviado m\u00e1s de 18,000 libras de comida de los vertederos en este sitio espec\u00edfico. Compost Cab entrega hasta 500 libras de comida a la semana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compost terminado:<\/strong> Se han tamizado m\u00e1s de 3000 libras de compost terminado.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participantes:<\/strong>\u00a0La Cooperativa de Compost de HU cuenta con unos 60 miembros. M\u00e1s de 50 estudiantes de HU han colaborado en tareas de volteo, tamizado o jornadas de trabajo relacionadas con el compost. Organizaciones estudiantiles de HU como HU Day of Service, Ubiquity Incorporated, Alternative Spring Break y estudiantes de la Facultad de Farmacia han participado en el compostaje aqu\u00ed. Este sitio ha participado en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/496255110574260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Semana de Acci\u00f3n de DC Food Recovery<\/a>, ha recibido a representantes gubernamentales de Washington D. C., Baltimore, Filadelfia y Carolina del Norte, y ha ofrecido demostraciones pr\u00e1cticas para Real Food Farms y NSR Master Composters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premios:<\/strong> Primer lugar en compost en la Feria Estatal de DC el 28 de agosto de 2016. El compost del sitio de compostaje de la Universidad de Howard se someti\u00f3 a pruebas en julio de 2016. Las pruebas de compost incluyeron an\u00e1lisis de, entre otros, nutrientes, materia org\u00e1nica, sales solubles, germinaci\u00f3n de plantas, pat\u00f3genos y estabilidad. Las propiedades del compost se encontraban dentro de rangos favorables, lo que demostr\u00f3 que se trataba de un producto de alta calidad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45254\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 299px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45254\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439.jpg\" alt=\"img_3439\" width=\"299\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_3439-640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45253\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 405px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45253\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069.jpg\" alt=\"img_2069\" width=\"405\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2069-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>Cuando me un\u00ed a la cooperativa de compostaje, ya se hab\u00eda establecido el sitio f\u00edsico para el compostaje y se llevaban a cabo tareas de mantenimiento regulares. En octubre de 2015, me convert\u00ed en administrador de compostaje, un puesto activo en el mantenimiento del sitio y la captaci\u00f3n de nuevos miembros para la cooperativa. Creo que el sitio de compostaje de la Universidad de Howard ofrece a los estudiantes y a las organizaciones estudiantiles una forma emocionante de desenvolverse en la comunidad, como miembros empoderados, que pueden contribuir incluso en un per\u00edodo transitorio de sus vidas. Permite a los estudiantes y a los miembros de la comunidad aprender juntos y establecer relaciones significativas. Los miembros de la comunidad y los estudiantes forman parte de \u201cun ej\u00e9rcito de voluntarios que entienden el compostaje y sus beneficios, y que impulsar\u00e1n pol\u00edticas y programas para expandir el compostaje de residuos alimenticios\u201d, algo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/neighborhoodsoilrebuilders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El programa NSR tiene como objetivo cultivar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45246\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 399px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45246\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11221717_1037190109664844_7299096273366723012_n.jpg\" alt=\"11221717_1037190109664844_7299096273366723012_n\" width=\"399\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11221717_1037190109664844_7299096273366723012_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11221717_1037190109664844_7299096273366723012_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11221717_1037190109664844_7299096273366723012_n-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45250\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45250\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath.jpg\" alt=\"img_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0517-mixing-bins-with-brown-tarp-underneath-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Jeffrey Neal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pero los esfuerzos de compostaje de la Cooperativa de Compostaje de HU tambi\u00e9n encajan en una narrativa m\u00e1s amplia que se est\u00e1 tejiendo: los esfuerzos de sostenibilidad en las universidades y colegios universitarios hist\u00f3ricamente negros (HBCU, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s). En este <a href=\"https:\/\/buildinggreennetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/HBCU_Green_Report_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">informe<\/a> Gracias a la iniciativa Building Green del United Negro College Fund (UNCF), se destaca la participaci\u00f3n de los estudiantes de la Universidad de Howard en los esfuerzos de sostenibilidad. La Oficina de Sostenibilidad de la HU promueve el reciclaje y el consumo reducido de pl\u00e1stico mediante la instalaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s filtros de agua para uso de los estudiantes, la organizaci\u00f3n de eventos de reciclaje, la celebraci\u00f3n anual del D\u00eda de la Tierra y otras actividades.<\/p>\n<p>La Universidad de Howard tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 preparada para liderar, como HBCU, los esfuerzos en materia de compostaje. La viabilidad del compostaje in situ, que podr\u00eda desviar la mayor parte, si no la totalidad, de los residuos alimentarios y de jard\u00edn que produce la universidad, se considera mayor a medida que la comunidad, los estudiantes, el personal y los miembros del cuerpo docente interact\u00faan con el sitio de la Cooperativa de Compostaje de HU. A medida que D.C. impulsa una <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainable.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/sustainable\/page_content\/attachments\/DCS-008%20Report%20508.3j.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tasa de desviaci\u00f3n de residuos de 80% para 2032<\/a>, Los esfuerzos de todos los que participan en el compostaje a peque\u00f1a escala en sus patios traseros y en sus propios hogares son ejemplos a seguir para el futuro.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45255 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o.jpg\" alt=\"14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o\" width=\"106\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o.jpg 960w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilsr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14715690_898451616951524_6651201339629780142_o-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/>Todas las fotos son cortes\u00eda de Jeffrey Neal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Acerca de Valerie Onifade: Valerie Onifade es investigadora asociada y becaria del programa Composting for Community (Compostaje para la comunidad) de la iniciativa Waste to Wealth (De residuos a riqueza).<\/p>\n<p><em>Siga al Instituto para la Autosuficiencia Local en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilsr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/localselfreliance\/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> y, para recibir actualizaciones mensuales sobre nuestro trabajo, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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