Free Composting Workshop in the South Loop March 28 at Daystar Center

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Like to grow things? Like being nice to the earth?

Most of us know that composting is great in so many ways…keeping food waste out of landfills, making really healthy soil for our plants. But maybe you haven’t been able to get your head around how composting in the city might work.

The Alliance for a Greener South Loop is partnering with the Chicago Conservation Corps to present a free composting workshop to help answer all your composting questions and get you thinking about how we can compost right here in the South Loop.

Join an amazing line-up of composting Ambassadors and sustainable farming and gardening Leaders, like the innovative vertical farm The Plant and the nation’s first industrial worm composting facility, Nature’s Little Recyclers, to learn about the power of composting.This hands-on workshop will introduce various types of composting and current systems in place for city-dwellers to use. Learn step-by-step how to set up a personal worm composting bin, work with food waste-hauling companies like Pleasant Farms, Waste Management and Collective Resources, and the latest on outdoor composting City ordinances. Walk away with a Composting Toolkit, a chance to win free starter-kits, and other materials to succeed!

Invited Speakers include:

Erlene Howard – Owner, Collective Resource, Inc.
Meghann Maves – Total Recycling Program Manager, Waste Management
Neale Baldyga – Sustainability and Green Space Coordinator, Columbia College
John Mulrow – Interim Executive Director, The Plant
Jonathan Scheffel – Farmer, Pleasant Farms
Ed Hubbard – CEO/Founder, Nature’s Little Recyclers
Gail Merritt – Founder, The Alliance for the Greener South Loop

FREE Composting Workshop in the South Loop

Saturday, March 28, 2015
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Daystar Center
1550 S. State St.
Chicago, IL  60605

RSVP HERE

Questions? Contact: SouthLoopComposting@gmail.com