Smashing (& Composting) Pumpkins
One day pumpkin composting will be as common as Christmas tree recycling. Check out these pro tips to keep your pumpkins out of landfills and incinerators.… Read More
ILSR Convenes the 7th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
In collaboration with the US Composting Council (USCC), the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announces a forum and field day for community composters to be held in conjunction with USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show, COMPOST2023, in Ontario, CA.… Read More
Compost at Home! ¡Taller del compostaje casero! Sign up for our October virtual workshops to learn the basics
There’s never been a better time for home composting. Sign up for one of our 1-hour virtual home composting workshops this October. They will cover the basics of hot composting outside and worm composting (or vermicomposting) inside. One workshop is offered in Spanish.… Read More
Rats Aren’t the Problem in Cities. We Are.
On this episode of Building Local Power, Bloomberg reporter Linda Poon joins us to talk about how cities are [mis]managing rat infestations. We dive into the decline and spike in rat populations during and after the pandemic, cities’ solutions to mitigating rat infestations, and how to shift the public focus from a problem with rats to a more proactive and thoughtful approach to how we discard food.… Read More
Presentations from the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
In May 2019, ILSR convened the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting (CCC) Forum in New York City. View presentations from all the panels.… Read More
Thanks for joining the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum!
ILSR convened the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum in NYC May 11-14. These events brought together 140+ community composters (and those who love them) to network, share best practices, and build support for community-scale composting systems and enterprises. … Read More
6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum: Event Program and Schedule
This 4-day event will feature a training and field day, a tour of NYC community compost sites, and 2 days of community composters sharing their best practices and lessons learned in a peer-to-peer format.… Read More
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
How Community Composting Disrupts Big Waste (Episode 61)
Host Brenda Platt speaks with Terry Craghead of Fertile Ground, a worker-owned community composting cooperative. Fertile Ground is building up the local economy by reducing food waste, creating jobs and combatting climate change.… Read More