Composting

Overview

Composting is a fundamental component of regenerative village development. This guide synthesizes knowledge from re:build gatherings to provide practical insights for implementing composting in community projects.

Key Insights

Nutrient extraction: Composting allows extraction of nutrients from organic matter, creating valuable soil amendments.

Large-scale composting: Some projects operate large compost operations, measuring different factors to understand what's important so practices can be scaled up effectively.

Incremental implementation: Even if you can't dramatically rebuild entire neighborhoods, you can explore what's possible in terms of power, water, food supplementation, composting, and waste digestion on smaller scales.

Aquaponics integration: Aquaponics is an ancient Asian farming method where fish waste provides nutrients for plants. The roots dangle (typically in bamboo structures) and are fed nutrients from fish tanks containing freshwater shrimp, crawfish, and several species of freshwater fish. This creates closed-loop systems that integrate composting principles.

Plant fiber value: The fiber of plants (not just flowers or seeds) provides super materials, nutrients, and fiber for textiles. The full footprint of plants—including all parts used for composting—is significant.

Examples and Case Studies

We also do large compost, like we have a large compost operation, and we are in a lot of projects to measuring different things that we think it's important so that we can scale up in the soil

Implementation Guide

To implement composting in your regenerative village project, consider the following approach:

Implementation details to be added.