Food Waste Recycling Through Community Composting
Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story
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This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust.
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Links to information about Nelson’s Community Compost and its composting programme
Community Compost website detailing their composting service and Compost Club
Instagram feed for Community Compost featuring their automatic composting machine
Links to more about bEartha the compost turner and the need for food waste composting
‘Creating a composting machine – a tale of invention’ – RNZ interview with Ben Bushell
‘Nelson community compost scheme aims to avoid waste’ – Stuff article on Community Compost’s composting service
Links to resources about how to make compost
We love Kiwi gardener Kath Irvine’s Easy Peasy Compost article for tips on making great compost at home.
If you prefer a video to learn how to make compost, Morag Gamble of the Permaculture Institute offers the in-depth guide 5 Ways to Compost.
This is a link to a fabulous online book by Home Grown Permaculture called Home Composting in Hobart (but of course, you don’t need to be in Hobart for it to work for you too!).
In Ben & bEartha (or Ben and Bertha) we follow the story of passionate composter Ben Bushell of Community Compost, Nelson (https://communitycompost.co.nz/). Ben’s taking community composting to the next level!
Why is composting important? What is aerobic composting? How can mechanical composting support the need for food waste solutions? And what’s the story with “community composting” anyway?
Through the inspiring story of Ben and his passionate composting community, we get to know bEartha. An automatic composting machine that’s about to revolutionise small-scale commercial composting.
Watch the trailer for Ben & bEartha:
Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening
About Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story
39 mins
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Incredible video full of such inspiring people!! Made me cry and want to be part of a community like this myself someday!
@iloveowls8748
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This inspirational docu brought me to tears of joy! What a wonderful masterpiece of grass roots empowerment that shows what is possible if we look at what we can do rather than what we cannot do.
@turtle2212
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Thank you Happen Films for making such an inspirational story once again. Ben and his team deserve so much gratitude and thanks for doing what every town should be doing!
@helenmcgill5563
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Compost heroes indeed! Beautiful! Thank you for creating, documenting, and sharing such an important and inspiring journey! There needs to be a bEartha in every town and community.
@amber6172
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