cultivating community composting Archives - Institute for Local Self-Reliance

31 Jan 2018

Presentations: 2018 Community Composting Workshop & Forum

by Virginia Streeter | Date: 31 Jan 2018 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting | 0

In January 2018, ILSR convened two events in conjunction with the USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show, COMPOST2018, in Atlanta: the Best Practices in Community Composting Workshop and the National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. These events brought together composters to network, share best practices, and build support for community-scale composting systems and enterprises. The Cultivating Community Composting Forum 2018 is the 5th national forum convened by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.… Read More

8 Jan 2018

ILSR Convenes the 5th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum

by Brenda Platt | Date: 8 Jan 2018 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

In collaboration with the US Composting Council (USCC) and BioCycle, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announces two events to be held in conjunction with the USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show, COMPOST2018, in Atlanta.… Read More

23 Dec 2017

Video: What is Community Composting? Featuring Composters From Around the U.S.

by Linda Bilsens | Date: 23 Dec 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

Past attendees of the National Cultivating Community Composting Forum & Workshop share their answers to the question, “What is Community Composting?” Community composters serve an integral and unique role in both the broader composting industry and the sustainable food movement. … Read More

25 Oct 2017

New Spanish Language Hierarchy to Reduce Food Waste & Grow Community

by Brenda Platt | Date: 25 Oct 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

Check out the update to our Hierarchy to Reduce Food Waste & Grow Community, now for a Spanish-speaking audience! We have multiple version to share, including images optimized for sharing online and on large poster sizes.

Share with your Spanish-speaking friends and family, just be sure to have them attribute the graphic to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance!… Read More

27 Sep 2017

ILSR Sponsors the 5th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum, Scholarship Fund Announced

by Brenda Platt | Date: 27 Sep 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

12 Jun 2017

Webinar Resources: Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting

by Virginia Streeter | Date: 12 Jun 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

On Monday, June 5th, ILSR and the community composting network hosted a webinar on “Successful Rat Prevention for Community-Scaled Composting.” The webinar covered rat biology and behavior, and explored compost best management practices (BMPs) that help projects avoid rats. BMPs covered included: rat-resistant composting systems, proper data collection … Read More

21 Apr 2017

Make Every Day Earth Day Through Composting

by Brenda Platt | Date: 21 Apr 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937 With almost 30% of U.S. cropland … Read More

4 Apr 2017

Hierarchy to Reduce Food Waste & Grow Community

by Brenda Platt | Date: 4 Apr 2017 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

We’ve developed this Hierarchy to Reduce Waste & Grow Community in order to highlight the importance of locally based composting solutions as a first priority over large-scale regional solutions. Composting can be small scale and large scale and everything in between but too often home composting, onsite composting, community scale composting, and on-farm composting are overlooked. … Read More

27 Feb 2017

Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection

by Brenda Platt | Date: 27 Feb 2017 | posted in: Composting, Media Coverage, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0

As part of ILSR’s collaboration with the Chesapeake Youth Development Center to launch a bike-powered food scrap collection service in Curtis Bay, a neighborhood of Baltimore, ILSR interviewed 17 owners and founders of bike-powered collection services in 11 states. Read our article, Bike Powered Food Scraps Collection in the January 2017 issue of BioCycle Magazine. … Read More

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