Composting has to change - we have a huge branding problem, with people all over the world deciding it’s smelly, dirty and a little bit gross.
My hope in this shift is supported by a few different communities:
the flower lovers & herbalists: bring beauty, colour and wisdom of herbs into the conversation.
foodies: to talk about compost as if it is every bit as delicious as the recipes we try to replicate in our home kitchens.
architects & designers: we need composting systems that work with our modern lives, and these systems need to look amazing - nobody wants an ugly black plastic compost bin next to their brand new stylish home.
children: we can’t get composting into schools until school teachers & school administration want to include it, but we can reach children in many other ways, the easiest being through their parents.
Huge gratitude to my composting colleague Tim for bringing his son William to the Tāmaki Makaurau Composters Network meeting yesterday. William’s response to the materials will help shape future workshops to be more child-friendly.
I LOVE that this method of using the ‘biodynamic’ flowers and herbs is able to be taken into schools and early childhood centres, and is a way for the youngest farmers to get to know about composting with hands-on learning.
is a global living workshop, but each of us is active in our own community, hopefully bringing what we learn to others, so we can all learn from each other.“Guided by flowers — and children”
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