A vermiculture compost bin used to teach schoolkids about composting with red wriggler worms. (Photo by Bella Quiroa) We see natural disasters and human-led ones on the news and witness how world ...

In this unit, focusing on MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-3, students investigate matter and energy cycling through a vermicompost system and monitor the system using programmable sensor technologies. Students ...

A Rhode Island school composting program is expanding statewide with $750,000 in new funding. The initiative aims to reduce food waste, which releases methane gas in landfills. Started in 2021, the ...

A WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS HOPING TO START A NEW TREND. SPEAS GLOBAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT TO USE COMPOSTABLE LUNCH TRAYS INSTEAD OF SYTROFOAM ONES.

The anticipated impact of the partnership in one year includes 13,000 pounds of food scraps diverted from the landfills, 28 yards of compost made from the food scraps captured at the school and 11,440 ...

SHOREWOOD, WI — A student environmental club at Shorewood Intermediate School will bring composting to their school's cafeteria in April, after spring break. Students founded the initiative in 2020, ...