Composting Posters Schools
This is a cornerstone of organic gardening and has many benefits to the school community and environment.
Composting posters schools. Ask the principal food service staff janitor staff teachers parents a knowledgeable compost staff gmfts staff. Making compost is not only about providing soil and plants with a source of food it is an integral part of working organically and. Large sheets of paper. Choose from a range of simple and effective compost bins composting tools and composting supplies.
Natural and manmade materials to stick onto the poster optional. Students about composting help our school reduce waste and help the environmental clubs with their green house by giving them fresh soil to grow the school s fruits and vegetables. Get the necessary materials. Discuss and review composting knowledge and bring together facts to design an information poster.
To ensure the success of this program i 1 helped prepare a grant proposal 2 developed the composting set up 3. Compost course workshop readings puerto rico 2012. Place bright signs and posters around the school. Planet ark has produced adaptable educational posters and signage that can be used by your school.
Invite the oldest kids in school to answer questions that the younger kids might have. Develop a food growing area at school. Guide to school composting getting started in six easy steps here is how to start a composting program in your school. If your school or campus has yet to start collecting organics adding a compost stream to your recycling program is an easy way to increase your waste diversion and be more environmentally friendly.
Share your ideas and seek out others who may be supportive include as many people as you can to be involved. Cleanriver offers a variety of bins and solutions for organics collection and can even retrofit your current waste recycling bins to include a compost stream to help you save time and money. From composting and worm farming with costa georgiadis to a how to guide on swap parties and our crop to swap the journey of jeans story. In this age of disposable living composting provides a means for returning to the earth garden debris plant based kitchen scraps yard clippings leaves paper many types of refuse that might otherwise get bagged up and sent off to landfills and incinerators.
You could use examples of composting posters or other information posters as a prompt. A key part of this is having an effective composting system in place. To counteract this unnecessary production of waste a composting program for use within tolland schools is. Composting education for schools and communities.
These curriculum materials were developed for a recent train the trainer composting workshop in puerto rico and can be used to aid schools and communities who want to start or enhance their composting education.