Make a big impact on a small & accessible scale! You’ll see how the micro-community site works, get hands-on experience with different backyard-scale bins, and help turn a pile. Charlotte will discuss how to start or upgrade your backyard system. This is at a residence, street parking 0nly. You will need to walk across yard, which is sloped, uneven, and … Read More
Join Epic Renewal to learn about Bokashi fermentation – explore Epic Renewals indoor composting process, and then learn how to apply the method yourself at home! This class is held indoors, rain or shine. This workshop focuses on the traditional Bokashi method, which uses bacteria, yeast, and other beneficial microorganisms to ferment food waste. This user-freindly fermentation process makes breakdown … Read More
Learn all about composting with worms, with Carla from Magic Tree Worm Farm. Learn about how to take care of worms, how they contribute to our healthy soils and our ecosystem, and how to build your own worm bin at home! This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week – Explore the full schedule here!
Visit Barrington Farm School to see community composting in action, followed by information about the many different ways of composting food scraps, including curbside pick-up, backyard composting, vermicomposting, and more! Representatives from the URI Cooperative Extension will be available to share other ways of keeping food out of the waste stream too! Stay the whole time, or drop-in whenever you … Read More
Learn about the incredible ease of backyard/urban composting. Along with a good dose of science and hopefully some inspiration! Please RSVP so that we can communicate any event changes if needed. This event is part of Lil Rhody Compost Week – Explore the full schedule here!
The Sharing Garden at Billy Taylor Park (Camp St. at Cypress) will have its season opening on Saturday, May 2, 2 – 5 p.m., with story telling, seed give-away, composting workshop, and herb investigation. The garden relies on volunteers who mutually weed, water, and contribute compost material and in exchange take fresh produce. The garden will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays … Read More
Drop in for a celebration of all things zero waste at the Refill Shop, including: Reducing your food waste with the Food Recovery for RI Program at URI Sustainable art with Kris Badertscher and Rosie’s Revival Learn about compost and worms with Clew Compost, Magic Tree Worm Farm, and Epic Renewal Part of Open Valley – Exlore the entire neighborhood! This … Read More
