Composting

Climate change is becoming an increasingly important issue for many Americans across the country. Many people see recycling as the most direct way to make a change. In their everyday lives they use recyclable bags, recycle items, and compost. Yet not enough is done to increase recycling rates across the country as many recyclable products are thrown away each year. For example, roughly 59% of the waste can be recycled. This percentage is made up of paper, food scraps, and yard trimmings (Weeks,…

in one location, a practice called monoculture. The science of agroecology has shown benefits of multiple crops in the same space. Organic farming relies heavily on the natural breakdown of organic matter, using techniques like green manure and composting, to replace nutrients taken from the soil by previous crops. This type of farming uses a variety of methods to improve soil fertility, including crop rotation, cover cropping, reduced tillage, and use of compost. By reducing tillage, soil is…

Purpose. - All around the world, population grows exponentially. This over populations may create several serious problems to humanity in the next years. Peoples waste is one of them, each year tons and tons of trash end up in landfills. This may create not only environmental but also space problems and health problems. This is especially serious in high density cities like Hong Kong were this problem has grown and needs immediate actions. Problem. - A) Municipal Waste. - One of the direct…

opportunity for children Kindergarten to Grade 6 to experience hands on environmental education (“Green Kids”., 2017). Educating the children isn’t always enough but adding the opportunity for them to do some of the work themselves such as recycling and composting helps to foster interest even further. Another experience offered by Green Calgary that sets them apart from other companies working towards corporate social responsibility is Green Calgary’s EcoStore (EcoStore., 2017). Open 5 days a…

Nitrogen (N) - Low ~ Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Your answers will be based on your soil test results, what you have learned in class and independent research. ~ 1. Why is nitrogen important in soil? What does nitrogen do for the soil? ~Nitrogen is so important because it is a major component of chlorophyll, which plants use to photosynthesize. It is also a major component of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Without proteins, plants wither and die. Some…

Going to restaurants and out to eat in general is typically a good experience enjoyed by many. Dining out allows families to spend time together and reconnect, young couples to chat and fall in love, or simply to fill a craving and empty stomach. However, many do not consider how much waste is produced by these outings. Lots of times people leave to-go boxes on their table by mistake right before they leave, many plastics and glasses (like bottled drinks) are thrown away and not recycled, and…

Stirling and Mr. Ursenbach’s class! Science We have been working on Recycling/Composting/Refundable presentations for quite some time, and are, presenting them to other classes to tell them what the should and should not put in the new bins at the school, and also why. There are 3 groups in total and there are around 4 semigroups in…

Adhikary, Sujit. “Vermicompost, the story of organic gold: A review.” Scientific Research, Vol. 3, No. 7. Scientific Research Publishing Inc., [circa 2014], cesantaclara.ucanr.edu/files/235723. In the online article, “Vermicompost, the story of organic gold: A review,” the author dives into the benefits of vermicomposting by explaining the basics of the concept, and then digs deeper into the values and assets of this “organic gold.” The article states how vermicomposting not only gets rid of…

1. Of the different kinds of ecosystem services, you learned about, discuss two that are important in your local area, village, forests and/or nation. Each year in my town, lands are laid bare due to building or running of quarries, subdivisions, roads, clean fills as well as other developments or substantial regions of land are stripped of for plantation. Without proper erosion and sediment management, these actions can lead to accelerated onsite erosion and significantly increased…

more convenient. An additional step is to trim waste. Garbage that is buried in landfill produces methane, a chemical compound with chemical formula CH4, the simplest alkane and the main component of natural gas. Keep stuff out of landfills by composting kitchen scraps and garden trimmings, and reusing paper, plastic, metal and glass. Let manufacturers know you want products with minimal or recyclable…