Source Compost’s 2024: Turning Waste Into Knowledge
Source Compost was founded in Fall of 2023, so in 2024, we knew we needed to get out into the community and educate. We are proud to have put on over 10 programs, (and counting!), in 2024. Please contact us to schedule a similar program for your community.
Each program is customized for the age group. For adults and teens, we focus on: why composting is important on a global and local scale, how the biology and chemistry of composting works, how to get started with a few different methods of composting, comparing and contrasting these methods, troubleshooting common problems, and finally, questions and discussion. This can be a hands-on workshop, or a powerpoint photos presentation in a library or corporate setting.
For elementary kids, we educate them on where our trash goes, why it’s important to recycle and compost, how food turns into soil through the power of decomposers such as earthworms and fungi, and how healthy soils in the garden provide nutrients for plant life. For groups of kids, we like to break down into rotating workshops after the short presentation. Workshops usually include: recycling/compost/trash sorting station, discover live worms station, and discover live mushrooms station. We also like to end an assembly or class with the worm dance!
Please contact us for rates if you are interested in hosting or attending one of these events for your community, municipality, library, school, or corporate office.
Here’s what we’ve done so far this year!
April 2024
3 assemblies at Packanack Elementary School in Wayne (500 students total)
2 assemblies at Washington Elementary School in Wyckoff (200 students total)
4 classes at Betsy Ross Elementary in Mahwah (100 students total)
Pop-up at Daffodil Festival, Ridgewood
Pop-up at Oradell Green Day
May 2024
We partnered with MEVO to provide environmental and compost education to 15 groups of students at all grade levels at Meadowbrook Elementary in Hillsdale (150 students)
Demonstration of compost methods at Veolia’s Haworth campus
June 2024
Pop-up at Mahwah Green Fair
Powerpoint presentation during lunch hour at Veolia’s Paramus campus
July 2024
Workshop at Bayou, Saddle River
September 2024
Pop-up at Mahwah Day
Hosted the compost station at MEVO’s environmental workshop for Mahwah third graders
October 2024
Vermicomposting (worms) pop-up at Oradell Elementary’s Fall Fest
Hosted the compost station at MEVO’s environmental workshop for Mahwah third graders
Began designing a campus compost program with Ramapo Green (a Ramapo College initiative)
Pop-up at Wayne Farmer’s Market
November 2024
Workshop in Pompton Lakes, NJ
Workshop at Ramapo College
Continuing education
We are at the Ramsey Farmer’s Market educating the public and promoting our service every other Sunday, year-round
