answer to this question is Vermicomposting. Vermicomposting can reduce the amount of cafeteria waste that goes to the local disposal facility. Not only that but the byproduct of the red wiggler worms in vermicomposting is a great fertilizer which can be given back to farmers for profit or make a small garden for the school. Secondly, if schools aren 't transporting waste to landfill it would save gas and money, and it would also lower methane emissions. Finally, Vermicomposting if done right can spread
become a member in an elementary school, to teach kids about vermicomposting, and to experience different teaching and learning approaches, which regained my passion for pursuing new knowledge. But first of all, what is vermicomposting? It was a completely new concept to me and my group, and we needed to learn first so that we could pass these knowledge to the kids. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any specific courses about vermicomposting. The best teachers we had were ourselves. New questions popped
Feeding is a basic human need. The way which food is been produced has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000 (Food Inc). Therefore, during the last decades questions and arguments have come out to predict what the future of agriculture will be. Nowadays, because of increasing population pressure, alternatives are needed. On the one hand, traditional practices do not conserve the quality of soils: stocks of organic matter are rapidly depleted and erosion pulls fine particles
In the United States of America, the problem with waste management is that we have too much trash in our landfills. Did you know, we are responsible for more than 30% of the the planet’s total waste generation. Every American produces about 4.6 pounds of trash a day, or more than 1,650 pounds of garbage every year. That is a lot of waste! Our top problem is that we have to control the waste in the landfills. Also, people don’t recycle as much, so all the things that are supposed to be recycled go
My PSIII internship was a very rewarding and enlightening experience. I was quickly welcomed into Carseland school not only by my teacher mentor, but by the whole school community. While at the school, I taught grade 3/4; science, math, language arts, health, and gym. I feel I was exceptionally lucky to have taught under my teacher mentor Kelsey Styan. Not only did I find her very welcoming and inclusive, but she was also a resourceful and dedicated mentor. Throughout the course of this internship
The number of things that this college takes into consideration when functioning to feed all of the students is impressive. In terms of meal preparation, 43% of all goods are produced or packaged within 250 miles. In addition, Hope uses an on-campus herb and vegetable garden. After serving, excess food is donated to the Community Kitchen in Holland, food and napkin waste is mulched and then composted (about 40 tons annually) for use on campus, and vegetable oil waste is converted into biodiesel,