composting workshop announcement
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LET’s do composTing! April 2014
GREEN STUDENT
INITIATIVE
ANOUNCEMENT
As Spring starts, the activity in the FGSH community garden resumes and it is
also a good time to think about composting . During previous years, the
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Graduate Student Association
(BAEGSA), had purchased two big composting containers that were placed in
the garden (photo on left). This year our hope is to get several residents
involved in the composting activities.
That is the reason why we invite all the residents who may be interested to
attend our composting workshop next Monday, April 14th at 6 PM in the FRC.
BAEGSA will keep the information provided by the residents and will not share it with third parties. This composting program is part of the BAEGSA-FRC Green Student Initiative. To get daily updates on sustainability related issues around the world, please join our facebook page: “BAEGSA – Green Student Initiative”.
As Antoni Llongarriu mentioned in last November´s Green Leaflet,
“composting is a microbial process that converts plant materials to a
more usable organic soil amendment”. There are certain types of
materials that we can collect in our kitchens for this purpose, such as
vegetable and fruits leftovers, eggshells, coffee grounds and filters,
bread… The combination of these materials, plus air, moisture, and
naturally available microorganisms result in a process that ends with
the production of a nutrient rich material called compost. Our
purpose is to go through this process by collecting these leftovers in
our apartments, and
moving them to our
community composting
bins in the garden.
As a reward for those
residents who are
willing to actively
participate in this
composting program,
BAEGSA will provide
them with a small
composting bin (like
the one on the right) for
storing the food
leftovers at home and
transporting them to the FGSH garden. Make sure to register fast for
the workshop since only the 35 first registered residents who attend
will receive the free bin!
Signing up for the composting workshop is easy: send and email to
Oscar Planas at [email protected], and provide him with your
name, email address, apartment and neighborhood, and plot number if
you are participating in the gardening program as well. You will
receive an email confirming your registration.
Workshop on APRIL 14th
The FGSH community composting containers are
located in a corner inside the garden area
REGISTER FOR THE
WORKSHOP AND GET A FREE
COMPOSTING BIN!
Send and email to
[email protected] and include
name, email address, neighborhood
and apartment and garden plot if you
use the garden
*Only 35 bins available, register now!