Lawndale, CA 90260
United States
In our journey of reducing the waste of fresh produce on campus, we started off by purchasing a composting machine with the ECA coordinators' help and funds. A few days after, we presented to three underclassmen classes, where we taught them the importance of composting. We then hung flyers around campus to alert the broader school community to meet us in a certain room during lunch so we could collect their vegetable and/or fruit scraps. On the first day of collecting food scraps for compost, only two students participated in donating their scraps. The following day, no students participated. Due to low participation, we created an Instagram account to alert even more students about our composting project. From there, we gained more participants and had a large amount of vegetable and fruit scraps in our compost bin. Once all the food was fully processed into compost, we used it to plant green beans and poppies in our on-campus ECA garden, creating a sustainable agricultural practice.
Marketing FlyerThis is the flyer we used to hang around campus to alert our peers about our composting practice.309 KB
Instructional LabelWe placed this label on our compost machine to make sure students were aware about what can and cannot go in the bin.782 KBUnderclassmen PresentationThis is the presentation we presented to our peers, where we educated them on the importance and benefits of composting.718 KBInstagram PostThis is one of our Instagram posts, where we provided facts about food waste and why composting is beneficial. 1484 KBStudent ContriubutionA student contributing in our compost practice by putting her fruit scraps in our compost bin.203 KBCompleted CompostThis is what our compost looked like after it was fully processed and completed.2947 KBGardening On CampusOnce our compost was done processing, we used it to plant green beans and poppies in our on-campus garden.4329 KBCertify Your EcoLeader Project
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