ICAW Events
Arizona
College Composting: Webinar With Let's Go Compost + Compost Cats
Description: Celebrate International Composting Awareness Week with Let's Go Compost! In this webinar, Compost Cats from the University of Arizona will discuss their campus composting program, followed by an open discussion with participants about how to create or grow a campus composting initiative. This free webinar is recommended for community colleges, colleges, and universities interested in campus composting and/or food waste reduction efforts.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/college-composting-webinar-with-lets-go-compost-compost-cats-tickets-869526807087?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Free Kid-Friendly Worm Compost Workshop
Description: In celebration of International Composting Awareness Week, join Let's Go Compost at Avondale Civic Center Library's STEAM Lab on May 9, 2024 at 4:00PM! In this hands-on, kid-friendly workshop, learn how you can create your own upcycled worm compost bin and transform your trash into treasure!
California
ICAW Webinar for Hosting Events
Description: ACP, CCC + other compost partners would like to spark ideas for events both in person and online. ICAW is a fantastic way to support your local compost manufacturer(s), connect citizens to the benefits of diverting food scraps and building healthy soils.
Join our webinar on Wednesday, April 3 at 2:30pm. We’ll share resources provided by CREF as well as California-specific resources to help make your event come alive. Promoting clean compost builds healthy soils for our food, parks and communities, supporting climate action plans and a cleaner future for all.
Just for signing up, we’ll send you a copy of the 2024 ICAW poster!
RSVP for this webinar: https://www.healthysoil.org/news/icaw-planning
Backyard Composting, Vermicomposting, and MYOWB class
Description: Free Backyard Composting, Vermicomposting, and Make Your Own Worm Bin class on Saturday May 4 (9:00 am to noon)
Take your gardening game to the next level! Discover the benefits of composting, the process of turning organic waste material into a soil amendment. Class will be held in our Resource Garden at Riverside County Department of Waste Resources, 14310 Frederick Street in Moreno Valley.
Visit our website for more details: https://rcwaste.org/community-outreach/free-classes
Composting Awareness Week - Climate Resilience in Schools
Description: Our partner school Desert Mirage Green Academy, we will be highlighting the work that the students are doing to help mitigate climate change on their campus with composting!
City: Thermal
Compost Awareness Week: United Methodist Church - Fly Mitigation
Description: Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week with Desert Compost. Join us at United Methodist Church from 7:00-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8th to learn about Fly Mitigation and Pest Control.
City: Palm Springs
Compost Awareness Week: Smart Stack Build - Prescott Preserve
Description: Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week with Desert Compost. Join us at our Prescott Preserve Site from 7:00-9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 6th to learn about building Smart Stack composting systems.
City: Palm Springs
Compost Awareness Week: Free Soil Giveaway - Soil Sifter
Description: Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week with Desert Compost. Join us at our College of the Desert Compost Site from 7:00-9:30 a.m. on Friday May 3rd to learn about composting and take part in the soil sifting activities.
Colorado
Compost Education at Longmont Waste Diversion Center
Description: Sustainable Resilient Longmont will be providing compost education at the Longmont Waste Diversion Center from 10am-2pm. Topics will include at-home composting tips, backyard vs commercial compost guidelines, Longmont's new Universal Recycling Ordinance policies, and how to sign up for residential curbside composting.
City: Longmont
Date: 5/11/24
Delaware
Composting with Kids
Description: Bring your kids and grandkids to join the Delaware Community Composting Initiative for a fun, open-house morning at the Talley Day Park Community Composting Site! We will be teaching kids about backyard and community composting, there will be a mini site demonstration, a coloring activity, and a look at an active vermicompost bin ( aka worm composting). Bring your questions! Suitable for ages 1-100. Weather dependent. Register via Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1816992178802213/?ref=newsfeed
Date: Saturday, May 11
City: Wilmington
Illinois
ICAW Celebration
Description: The Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC) is proudly joining individuals around the world to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) from May 5 – 11. We have a week full of fun and informative events and programs. Our lineup aims to feature the important role compost/composting plays, the myriad of benefits it offers, including a focus of this year’s theme: climate. Everyone is welcome to join us at one or all of the events. Please be sure to register for any programs requiring registration.
Visit https://illinoiscomposts.org/icaw-2024/ for more information, details, map and links.
We hope to see you there! This year we're giving you the opportunity to have twice the fun and experiences!
SUNDAY, MAY 5 - ADVENTURES IN COMPOSTING - a variety of nearly 30-40 or more Adventures will highlight compost and composting taking place all over the state of Illinois. These adventures are all related to compost/composting and are quite diverse. They include: small farm and community garden tours, vermicomposting demos, backyard garden visits with Compost & Cocktails, vineyard tours/wine tastings, compost giveaways, school events, opportunities to taste and purchase fresh food that has been grown using compost, plant and seed giveaways, activities at restaurants that compost, and backyard composting educational events, to name just a few. You'll have the opportunity to see, smell and touch compost at almost every one of these. Please check times for individual events, but we are encouraging our Adventure sites to offer a full day if they can, so people may have the opportunity to visit more than one site. Please visit the website above as new Adventures, with details and maps, continue to be added.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 - LEGISLATIVE LUNCH & LEARN (VIRTUAL) - Grab your lunch and join IFSCC to learn about the status of food scrap- and compost-related policy in Illinois and beyond, including legislation that’s been introduced this year, how you can support what’s been introduced, and how to turn your ideas into initiatives no matter where you are. Registration coming soon.
THURSDAY, MAY 9 - COMPOST CAFÉ (VIRTUAL) -Stories & Songs at the Compost Café: For families, youth, and adults…. Join us for a spectacular and “soil-ful” evening of stories, songs, snippets and serenades. It’s all in honor of International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) and the wonder of compost. Our “scrappy” group of entertainers and artists are digging up scoopfuls of fun. They’ll delight you with a special selection of sparkling tales, sprightly tunes, spoken word, and more. Come along, read-along, sing-along and enjoy an evening to celebrate soil and compost through the arts. The program is geared for grade school age children and their families, but we think all ages will learn something new, be inspired, and enjoy this special program. Join us for a smashing good time! Registration coming soon. We are also encouraging organizations, groups, municipalities, libraries, and schools to either share the info and registration link or consider hosting a live-stream this wonderful event and invite the public to your place! No cost, ready-made program bundled for you – you provide the 3 S’s – screen, seats and snacks!
SATURDAY, MAY 11 - ADVENTURES IN COMPOSTING (Part 2) This year we're giving you the opportunity to have twice the fun and experiences with a 2nd day of Adventures! A variety of nearly 30-40 or more Adventures will highlight compost and composting taking place all over the state of Illinois. These adventures are all related to compost/composting and are quite diverse. They include: small farm and community garden tours, vermicomposting demos, backyard garden visits with Compost & Cocktails, vineyard tours/wine tastings, compost giveaways, school events, opportunities to taste and purchase fresh food that has been grown using compost, plant and seed giveaways, activities at restaurants that compost, and backyard composting educational events, to name just a few. You'll have the opportunity to see, smell and touch compost at almost every one of these. Please visit the website above as new Adventures, with details and maps, continue to be added
MULTIPLE DATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK - COMPOST BYO CONTAINER EVENTS - Compost Gift-Backs and Bring your own Bucket Giveback events. Take home nutrient-rich compost for your own home gardens, landscaping, and yards! Note: Each site has their own unique fee structure and policies.
MULTIPLE DATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK - LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND OTHER HAPPENINGS - Check out all the wonderful things taking place at Illinois libraries including special book and resource displays, presentations, activities and story-times. Also included, special events and happenings taking place at other gardens and venues.
Kansas
Compost Fest
Description: The Compost Fest is a Metro-wide festival in its third year. There are booths from composters, food scrap collectors, organic gardeners, worm producers and soldier fly growers. This is in conjunction with a major plant sale of garden plants from site host KC Farm School grown with Missouri Organic compost. Goats on the Go is also represented with their goats clearing invasive honeysuckle. The highlight of the event is the building of a large 30-50 cubic yard pile of compost from ground leaves and yellow, yeasty beer dregs (2500 gallons) mixed together by a skid steer. Compost Fest II drew 300 people in 2023. Eco- Elvis and The Eco- Troubadour will perform this year.
This is the link to last year's festival video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNAew2RucL0
City: Kansas City
Event Date: May 11, 2024
Kansas City Metro Compost Fest 3
Description: COMPOST FEST is back! We're partnering with Missouri Organic Recycling again and welcoming KC Can Compost, Compost Collective KC, Urbavore Urban Farm, Community Soil Science Cooperative, Happy Apple's Farm, Goats on the Go JOCO, Elm Dirt, Carbon Footprint Eating, the City of KCMO, and Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City KS. There will be demos, info, and fun for all! and GOATS!
Our warm season veggies will be in tip-top shape including several varieties of TOMATOES, peppers, eggplant, BASIL, cucumbers, summer + winter squash, WATERMELON, herbs, zucchini, ZINNIAS, hot + sweet peppers, eggplant, and plenty of kale, chard, collards, and lettuces. and GOATS!
Our friendly vendors including Spicy Mama's Salsa, The Tamale Kitchen, Sweet Life Wellness Spa, Big Muddy Gear Exchange, Greenability, Re.Use.Full, Friends of KCK Animal Services, The Buffalo Seed Company, Zerama Tea, Friends of KCK Animal Services, USA Duck Team, M, Doña Fina Café, The Littlest Bake Shop, Pantry Goods, and maybe a few others... and it wouldn't be COMPOST FEST without ECO ELVIS!
City: Kansas City
Event Date: May 11, 2024
Maryland
Food Scrap Fest
Description: Compost Crew, a local food scrap recycling company based in Rockville, MD, is hosting a “Food Scrap Fest” for subscribers and the public. This event is an opportunity to learn more about our process, the benefits of composting, and best practices as a composter! The event will be held on May 11th, 2024 at One Acre Farm in Dickerson, MD (18608 Wasche Rd, Dickerson, MD) from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. This event is open to the public.
Event details include:
-Compost Outpost® tour
-One Acre Farm Tour
-Planting booth
-Scavenger hunt
-Bulk Farm Feast compost for sale
-And more!
Get your ticket(s) at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-food-scrap-fest-tickets-873312710827?aff=oddtdtcreator
Michigan
Composting Awareness
Description: Bowers School Farm is hosting a composting awareness weekend, in alignment with International Composting Awareness Weekend. Join us on the farm during Open Barn to learn about the positive impact of compost and healthy soil through thought provoking and interactive demos, an award-winning documentary screening of Kiss the Ground (Family friendly), and a composting systems tour with our team.
Friday 5/10 @ 4:00-8:00pm, Saturday 5/11 @ 9:00am-8:00pm
For more info please visit us at schoolfarm.org. Admission or Membership Required
Minnesota
Plate to Garden Fundraiser
Description: https://hutchinsonmn.gov/plate-to-garden-event/
The City's Creekside Soil’s Compost it Right, the Minnesota Composting Council, and the Heart of Minnesota Animal Shelter are teaming up for a tail-wagging fundraiser to properly kick off International Compost Awareness Week.
Stop by the Hutchinson Event Center Parking Lot on Saturday, May 4th from 10am to 2pm to purchase your bags of fresh, locally processed compost to give your garden a leg up this spring! Come learn all the benefits of compost and how/why the City collects and processes organic waste, all proceeds will support the Heart of Minnesota Animal Shelter, a passionate organization devoted to the care of animals in need.
Plate to Garden Compost Fundraiser
Description: Bagged compost sales event
Lincoln School, Alexandria, MN
$5.00/20+ bag
Missouri
ICAW Bokasi Compost Workshop
Description: Tuesday, May 7, ICAW Bokashi Workshop, 6pm-7pm Location: The City of Columbia Agriculture Park, 1769 W. Ash, Columbia Missouri Bokashi composting--This workshop will cover the basics of this method of fermented anaerobic composting. Bokashi is an ideal small-space system and can create a valuable soil amendment for the garden. With the Bokashi method, even dairy and meat are composted. An experienced volunteer leads all our composting workshops.
To register email: Volunteer@Como.gov
Home Composting 101 Workshop
Description: Saturday, May 11, Home Composting 101 Workshops, 9:30am-10:30am & 11am-12pm Location: Columbia's Farmers Mrtet, 1769 w. Ash, Columbia Missouri Learn the why, what and how of home composting. Compostables make up 34% of the materials that go into landfills. Composting is easy and rewarding, and it isn’t just for gardeners! Composting is a step everyone can take to reduce their carbon foot print. Attend a free workshop and start diverting kitchen scraps and yard waste while producing a nutrient rich soil amendment. Composting is nature’s way to recycle. An experinced voluteer leads all our composting workshops.
To register email: Volunteer@Como.gov
Nevada
Greenhouse and Compost Tour
Description: Tour of a Walipini-style solar greenhouse in Clover Valley that feeds 20 people 80% of their diet with no heat or lights! This fully functional system also includes composting and worm composting to build soil health and produce healthier food! May 4.
Hot Compost Demonstration
Description: Demonstration of hot composting techniques to be held at the Community Garden in Elko on May 11.
New York
Compost application and street tree care
Description: Sunday, 5/5 from 10am-noon - Meetup location: Greenpoint Playground near the corner of Dupont and Commercial Streets
Tree Bed Maintenance with Council Member Restler, Big Reuse and the Greenpoint Tree Corps. Join us for a couple hours of tree bed maintenance. We will be cleaning any refuse out of tree beds, weeding, aerate and cultivate the compacted soil and ADD COMPOST before sweeping up around tree beds. All tools and supplies provided. Please wear comfortable clothes appropriate for the weather and close toed shoes.
City: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC
Full details and RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_9NqRvwRsOd2ISl-zR4UccOLPTCJiAuRR3dk3MrB3DEX82Q/viewform
Reuse, Repair and Compost!
Date/Time: 2pm - 6pm on Saturday 5/11
Location: Zion Triangle, Pitkin Avenue & Legion Street, 1501 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212
Description: Join the Pitkin Avenue BID, in partnership with the Urban Design Forum Residency’s ‘Public Space for Public Good’ team, for a Reuse and Repair event. Including a community clothing swap, an interactive basic clothing and home textile mending circle services, sneaker cleaning and sustainability, skate board repair, a food scrap drop-off, plus workshops on composting, sustainable fashion and DIY skate board repair.
Compost Windrow Build at Smiling Hogshead Ranch
Date/Time: 5pm - 7pm Wednesday, May 8
Location: Smiling Hogshead Ranch - 25-30 Skillman Ave. LIC Queens, NY 11101 (back area near stage, follow railroad tracks to the back)
Description: In celebration of #ICAW2024, Smiling Hogshead Ranch (an urban farm collective) is partnering with Big Reuse to bring local food scraps, collected by Astoria Pug to the garden and build a compost windrow together. Join us to move large containers of food scraps and wood chips to the back portion of the Ranch were we will build a large pile together.
Stick around after the build for our weekly community potluck dinner (around sunset). Bring food or beverages to share.
Bring your water bottle and utensils if you have them, this is a zero waste event. Dress appropriately for the weather and garden work, including closed toe shoes.
Wormy Wednesday
Description: During International Compost Week, join RIPA and GrowNYC to learn about vermicomposting! Come afterschool to meet worms from our compost bins and learn how you can make your own at home. We’ll have games, crafts, compost education, and you can even bring us your food scraps!
Location: East River Picnic Area by the orange public restroom. For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation, or for event information, please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.
City: New York
Event Date: May 8 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Compost Walk with East Harlem Walks
Description: Join us for a walk to the Urban Farm with East Harlem Walks! Meet up at Playground 103 CIII at the base of the 103rd St Bridge, and enjoy a scenic walk along the riverfront, ending at the Urban Farm for a discussion on composting and food waste. Pedestrians of all ages and abilities are welcome!
Location: Playground 103 CIII at the base of the 103rd Street Footbridge in East Harlem. For inquiries about accessibility, to request an accommodation or for event information please email publicprograms@randallsisland.org.
City: New York
Event Date: May 4 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
May's BroSis Community Compost
Description: Come help keep Community Compost alive in NYC, by attend and spreading the word about Community Compost event throughout the 5 boroughs. At Frank White Memorial Garden on 506 West 143rd Street you will learn how to process our organic waste using the HotBox Composting System. You will also witness the after process and are welcomed to take some finish product home.
City: New York City
Event Date: May 11th, 2024
Native Seed Slingers at Union Square Greenmarket
Description: Help us kick off International Compost Awareness Week by making some native seed slingers! We’ll have all the ingredients needed – compost, clay, and native wildflower seeds – to make a ball packed and ready to beautify a tree bed, garden, or empty lot, to support our local pollinators. This event is free and open to all ages. Drop by anytime between 1 and 3pm to participate. Come ready to get your hands dirty. Registration is encouraged but not required.
Find our booth at the Union Square Greenmarket. Look for the green food scrap collection toters.
https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/native-seed-slingers-at-union-square-greenmarket/
City: New York
Event Date: Monday, May 6, 1pm – 3pm
Worm Composting Demo at Union Square Greenmarket
Description: ICAW Event Description: Curious about how you can compost food scraps at home or in your classroom? Join us at Union Square Greenmarket to learn how to assemble and maintain a red wiggler habitat and take home a small batch of starter worms (while supplies last). Worm bins are not provided.Registration is encouraged but not required.
Find our booth at the Union Square Greenmarket. Look for the green food scrap collection toters.
https://www.lesecologycenter.org/calendar/worm-composting-demo-at-union-square-greenmarket/
City: New York
Event Date: Monday, May 13, 1 pm–2 pm
North Carolina
Closing the Loop on Compostable Packaging- Virtual Presentation
Description: ICAW Event Description: Join NCCC on 5/6 from 12-1pm on Zoom for a compost conversation with three expert panelists: Elly Ventura, regional rep at World Centric, Caroline Barry, research analyst for The Composting Consortium/Closed Loop Partners, and Billy Crocker, facility manager, Bee’s Ferry Composting Facility in South Carolina. Learn firsthand about production and certification of compostable packaging, a new contamination study released by the Composting Consortium, and some of the methods helpful to facilities that accept post-consumer products, while still maintaining a high-quality finished product. This session will conclude with a Q&A. Participants will receive an email with the meeting link.
Please rsvp at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0b5f97d1-ecfe-43b4-93a4-5988e11d6f9b
NCCC's Virtual Town Hall Premier on YouTube
Description: On May 7th, the NCCC will release a recording of its first ever Virtual Town Hall where Compost Industry leaders from across North Carolina shared their stories in a powerful presentation to NC Legislators and staff on April 17th, 2024. Registrants will be emailed a link to the YouTube Town Hall which will Premier at noon.
The goals of the NCCC’s lobbying efforts are to build relationships and foster understanding with the NCGA of the many benefits of compost for North Carolina agriculture, economy, and more. NCCC's next steps from the Town Hall lead to Lobby Day on May 8th, in person pre-scheduled appointments at the General Assembly, where compost industry operatives can share directly to lawmakers why Compost Grows in NC! Email kat@CarolinaCompost.com for more Lobby Day details.
Sign up for the YouTube link here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0b5f97d1-ecfe-43b4-93a4-5988e11d6f9b
Cultivating Compost in Your Community
Description: On May 7th from 4-6pm, Join the NC Composting Council's Coastal Composting Committee, New Hanover County Recycling & Solid Waste, NC Cooperative Extension, Wilmington Compost Company, and Garbage to Gardens for an interactive session to learn more about backyard composting, vermicomposting, school composting, and local/state resources! We will demo how to build a DIY worm bin. Come with all your composting questions.
This event is free and takes place at the New Hanover County Arboretum Education Center. Please register at the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compost-in-your-community-tickets-875483012257?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Vermicomposting, Compost Tea, & Make Your Own Soil Mix, Premieres on 5/9 on NCCC's YouTube Channel
Description: NCCC will premiere this video on YouTube on May 9th at 12pm. Hear from Sierra Nevada Brewery in Asheville, NC about their compost pile, vermicompost bin, and compost tea-- as well as some educational clips from Root Bound Plant shop in honor of Raleigh Plant Week! Registrants will be emailed a link to the YouTube Video released on May 9th.
Register for free at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0b5f97d1-ecfe-43b4-93a4-5988e11d6f9b
Community Composting & Drop Spots, 5/10, 12-1pm
Description: Join the NCCC on May 10th from 12-1pm on Zoom for a compost conversation (ComCon) about community composting and community drop spots! Speakers will share about experiences from Wake, Orange, Mecklenburg, and New Hanover Counties. This session will be virtual and participants will receive the meeting link by email.
Register for free at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/0b5f97d1-ecfe-43b4-93a4-5988e11d6f9b
Oklahoma
Description:
Social media themes:
Sunday Theme - It’s ICAW! What does that mean?
• Informational reel from OCASA board members
Monday Theme - Composting and Local Government
• Proclamation reel
Tuesday Theme - Commercial Composting
• What can and cannot be composted commercially
Wednesday Theme - Residential Composting
• What can and cannot be composted residentially
Thursday Theme - Composting in Gardens
• The importance of carbon in the composting process
Friday Theme - Cooking for very little kitchen waste
• Alternatives to composting
• Saving money by buying what’s needed
Saturday Theme - recap; what did you learn this week?
• Other sources of education provided
• How can OCASA help you reach your composting goals?
Events:
- Monday, 5/6/24: OKRA Lunch and Learn Virtual Tour of Norman's Compost Facility with Q&A 11:30am-12:30pm Room B in Norman's Development Center (225 N Webster Ave - old central library) & Zoom
- Tuesday, 5/7/24: Teaching at The Well Norman 12 and 5:30pm
- Wednesday, 5/8/24: Metropolitan Downtown Library vermicomposting workshop and Kiss the Ground screening 5-9pm
- Thursday, 5/9/24: Common Ground screening at Rodeo Cinema stockyard 7-9pm
- Friday, 5/10/24: Social Hour at 5-6:30pmSailor & The Dock West Village OKC
- Saturday, 5/11/24: Compost Festival (likely at Scissortail Park) 9-1pm
Texas
Celebrate ICAW with Turn
Description:
Sunday - Kick off ICAW by composting for Bishop Arts Entertainment District for Cinco De Mayo Festivities
Monday - Educational posts on various social media channels
Tuesday - Educational posts on various social media channels
Wednesday - Educational posts on various social media channels
Thursday - Educational posts on various social media channels
Friday - Educational posts on various social media channels
Saturday - Giveaways and educational posts on various social media channels
City: Dallas
Event Date: All Week Long
International Event
Circular Fertiliser for Healthy soils: drivers and challenges
Circular Fertilisers for healthy soils: drivers and challenges (101060426_HORIZON-CL6-2021-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-09) Seminar - 18th of April 2024 (13:30 - 17:00 CET)
Back in March 2020, the European Commission announced its intention to develop an integrated nutrient management strategy in the Circular Economy Action Plan, “with a view to ensuring more sustainable application of nutrients and stimulating the markets for recovered nutrients”. Later on in 2021, the Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles was adopted, promoting green business models which take up sustainable practices, including the recycling of carbon from waste streams. Against this background, the goal of the seminar is to discuss the drivers and barriers (from the technical, economic, social, legislative and environmental point of view) for the uptake of circular fertilisers in the market. Register here for online participation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1_5gf_M5Kei8JtyGSi0a5mGF95KvnDZ05F2xqRhlC5TFFBQ/viewform
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