compost convening
I am beginning a series of writings relating to the Providence Compost Stakeholders Convening that will take place on January 15 2010. As a way of getting myself clear on this and what needs to be done, blogging seems a useful tool.
It is pretty exciting, lots of people have already signed up, 48 hours after the invitations have gone out. I am more worried about a sell out/SRO crowd than an empty room. I invited the politicians today. Figured i better do that before it got too late. I signed the letter going out with the salutory of Life is Round. Jack DeJonette Thank you.
My evolution on the issue over the year is interesting, and I am very glad I have stuck to my intent to allow the project to ripen. This week the big story is that organic agriculture is a good way to shrink our carbon footprints, for the same reasons some of us have been talking about for 40 years. Healing ecosystems always has a more generalized effect than just at the locale the healing takes place. And in this case weaving the strands is exactly what is needed. We were always about compost for gardens, it is just everyone is acknowledging that it is important, whereas a year ago they sort of got it, but it was not front page news.
From beginning thinking mostly about collection systems, these days I am mostly thinking about the creation of a facility for composting, or rather a series of them around the state to reduce transportation of both compostables and compost going back to the land. Thinking about it in a global warming context, an agricultural context, as well as a collection and processing context.
More soon.