Squiggly, wiggly red worms munching their way through discarded food scraps are a delightful sight to behold. And they come highly recommended by vermicomposting hobbyist Kim Johnson of Mount Vernon, ...
Juliane Crump remembers lifting the lid off her composting bucket in front of first graders. “Half went ‘Ew!’ and half went ‘Wow!’” says Crump, who’s a founding member of the Planeteers, a ...
At Bella Mente Montessori Academy in Vista, the students care for live chickens, tend a vegetable garden and dig up stumps to make way for an orchard. They fertilize the beds with chicken manure, and ...
New Canaan: South School celebrated STEAM Week — Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics — on March 19 with daily events, composting lessons during lunch and a science fair. In the ...
In a bid to make the city more sustainable, organizations are teaching NYC's youngest civilians how to compost. WFUV's Maya Sargent spoke to two of the organizations making their way into schools ...
My toddler and her friend looped across the yard in the half run, half skip that only kids can seem to do. Watching them squealing in delight, hands gripped tightly to their watermelon rinds, shouting ...
Rosebank Elementary is one of several Nashville schools that partner with Compost Nashville. The kids at Rosebank get hands-on lessons on composting, along with learning to separate their trash from ...
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — At Godfrey Lee Elementary, a group of fifth graders are proving that even leftovers can have a purpose, especially with a little help from worms. This year the school brought ...