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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Story of a Banana Peel

Watch The Story of a Banana Peel. It's a short film I made during a 16mm filmmaking class in June. I'd never done anything like this before and wanted to make something compost-related. It's not perfect but makes me happy when I watch it. I think the song adds so much as well.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Fascinating story about Cafeteria Composting in NYC!

http://domaphile.com/2013/03/05/school-lunch-confidential-inside-cafeteria-composting/

I've been thinking about avocado pits a bunch today

Stuff that doesn't break down too quickly in the compost heap.
 I spent some time turning a compost pile that's been sitting since April. As I turned the pile, I separated out random pieces of miscellaneous non-biodegradable items. I also spent a lot of time thinking about avocado pits. These are usually the last to break down in a compost pile. Today however, I was able to open all but one pit.  Most were soft and easily broken apart. Most were orange-ish on the inside. I think we're ready for siftin'!