httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIvpiUFms_Q
I love seeing the kid in this video explaining the process, and he definitely gets it. We need more of this!
Know of any schools that are composting near you? This is one of those things that I foresee really taking off in the coming years.
Why? It’s simple ownership of the students’ (and staff’s) waste that can merge nicely with an Environmental Science or Home Economics class that most if not all kids have to take at some point. Plus, these behaviors can make their way home and just like that our landfill impact drops.
While Newt Gingrich made those extra-strength ignorant comments about replacing a custodian’s job with students as young as 9 years old, maybe this is a little more realistic. Kids can take turns collecting and carting out the daily scraps to a compost pile/bin and learn why they need to mix their browns with their greens. Simple and awesome, don’t you agree?