Teaching Composting To Kids
Norm Goldman
November 18, 2009
If you are not aware what composting kitchen scraps are all about, basically it converts your left over foods that you may normally throw into the garburator or garbage and converts them into a very useful humus-like soil end product. This permits the return of important organic matter or nutrients that are vital to plant growth. Compost makes an excellent fertilizer, as well as an environmentally friendly way to get rid of perishable waste.
Subsistence farming and home gardening has long used composting for creating garden-ready soil. Today, it is becoming increasingly important and better understood as a tool for reducing municipal solid waste. The decomposition of organic material sent to landfills is a principal cause of methane, an important greenhouse gas, making reduction of organic waste being land filled a key element in the fight against climate change.
Compost boxes can be home made, and there are many websites explaining how to build your own compost box. You can purchase one from your local municipality, if they are into this kind of a recycling program or your local hardware store.
Composting can become an interesting family activity and even very young children can easily be convinced to go along with it. You may also be able persuade their school to create a composting program in helping to save our earth.
My wife Lily, who is a water colorist and children´s author has gone one step further in publishing a booklet, Mrs. Nosy –A Composting Story that is aimed at youngsters and their parents in learning about the advantages of composting. It is the story of a curious Mrs. Nosy who wants to know everything about her neighbor´s lush garden. The neighbors pretend that every night there is a fairy that dusts "magic" powder on their lawn. What is this "magic" powder? For more information FOLLOW HERE
CLICK HERE TO READ A REVIEW OF MRS. NOSY
CLICK HERE TO READ AN INTERVIEW WITH Lily A. Goldman
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