School Composting

Compost Curriculum

very excited about this lovely looking compost curriculum! one copy for every school in Devon but they have to get us in to talk to them!

New Compost schools special June 2012

Download Compost special web 2012                                                                                                      its been a long time preparing but hopefully the wait was worth it!

Schools Composting Page (also see products page)

 

 
Schools are increasingly becoming involved in an environmental agenda, developing gardens, investigating alternative energy and reducing their waste. Many organisations exist to help schools, for example, Garden Organic, The Royal Horticultural Society, the Soil Association, Waste Watch, Global Action Plan, Eco – schools, Resource Futures. 

Now we also have the Growing Devon's schools partnership

see www.growingdevonschools.org

 

 Devon County Council contracts out its waste and recycling education to Resource Futures (RF). RF offer curriculum linked workshops and assemblies and will visit Devon schools free of charge. Click here to see their brochure of activities:

 http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/environmentplanning/waste_disposal/wasteeductaionindevon/how-we-can-help.htm

 RF can be contacted via email on [email protected]

or telephone 0794 479 197.

see more about them on the sidebar.

Devon County Council and the Districts also support schools in various ways and meet regularly at 'Waste Education Steering Group' meetings to not only talk but put into action many of the great ideas which come out of these get togethers.

Funding is also available - see side bar on funding for more on this

Devon Community Composting Network (DCCN) also works with schools and runs a number of services from technical support, advising on compost systems and classroom work.

 Composting naturally springs to mind both to help enhance the garden and to reduce waste. The Governments fruit scheme which enables many primary school children to get some fresh fruit every day also has meant that the schools have all the peels and cores to dispose of, or compost. Using the right systems this volume of  ‘putrescible’ waste is easily converted into compost for the garden, however what is more usually the case is that schools struggle with inadequate composters and end up, usually, with plagues of fruit flies.   

If you are a parent, governor or teacher you might want to get a better system going at your school or start one up from scratch. It’s important to do your homework first, check out the organisations that can help, get the head teacher on board and the caretaker and  hopefully all the staff, teaching and ancillary. Check with the Local Authority as to whether they can offer any support (for Devon see funding page) and contact the councillor in who’s ward the school is. Councillors have money each year to spend on their wards and are often very keen to help the schools on their patch. 

download schools special - see link on the right side bar