29th May Learn About Composting Day

Did you know that food scraps ending up in landfills produce greenhouse gases emissions? If food waste was a country, it has been estimated that it would be the third-highest emitter of greenhouses gases after the US and China. Starting to make your own compost can help tackle this global issue by conserving natural resources, reducing your carbon footprint, and more.

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated during the first full week of May, so it is interesting to see that Learn About Compost Day also exists.

At school we collect food scraps separately and there are Year 2 students who ensure that they get to the compost. When this process started and the school got a worm farm, I made sure that the library had books about compost, what it was, what not to put into it, what to do with it so that all the students' questions could be answered.

Preschools, including our school are big advocates of composting and publishers have worked this out. There are three big books specifically for schools

• Find Out About Composting  by Em Bruce (MTA)

• Compost  by Melissa Reve (Enlighten Press)

• Let's Learn About Compost  by Matthew Inaran (Oz Publishing)

Picture books available in the library:

There will also be books on soil, dirt, worm farms and gardening... things to further explore.