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Families
Ready to Work Composting Into Daily Lives
By Darci
Clark – For the Sun
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With
Earth Day circulating the globe tomorrow and Compost Awareness
Week just around the corner April 28 – May 4, the time
is ripe to introduce a new environmental venture in our community
– Compost Quest.
As a monthly adventure in reality reading, this column will
follow two intrepid local families – one urban and one
rural – as they learn to incorporate backyard composting
into their busy lives. We will show, vicariously, that average
Westman households can be turned green with little disruption
to routine and a bit of support from those in the know.
The idea of publishing a ‘real-life’ composting
journal came about as part of a larger community action project
called “Composting 101”. This project
features a unique partnership of public and private, non-profit
and entrepreneurial, local and Provincial government parties
with a single goal – to promote the economic and environmental
benefits of backyard composting in our community.
With survivalist shows now a cultural norm, we know projects
such as this will have many triumphs and tribulations along
the way. Though family identities will not be revealed until
further into the growing season to build up both their experiential
repertoires and composting confidence, the Composting 101 team
will be there with guidance and support at each step throughout
the upcoming year.
Although community pride is its own reward, we believe no quest
should be without more concrete expressions of appreciation.
As thanks for walking the green walk for all of us, these two
sporting families will be treated to some well-earned R &
R at the Victoria Inn to celebrate their year in the eco spotlight.
You, the reading public, cannot vote anyone off anything, but
we hope you will follow their experiences with interest–
maybe even accepting the challenge to try your own hand at it.
Most of us experience guilt that we aren’t doing more
to be environmentally responsible, but changing our behavior
is never easy. The good thing about composting – like
most of the 3R’s – is that it is not rocket science.
These families will help de-mystify the composting process and
share with us how to recycle organic waste the old fashioned
way.
For more information on all types of composting, call us at
727-5675 or 725-9234. Composting 101 provides
presentations, demonstration workshops and educational material
to help make backyard composting second nature.
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