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FREE Composting Workshops!

Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, Composting for kids!, Composting Workshops and Events, General, How to, Master Composters, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Saturday, January 22, 2011 10 – 12 noon San Diego Botanic Gardens 230 Quail Gardens Dr. Encinitas, CA 92024 Saturday, February 5, 2011 10 – 12 noon Water Conservation Garden 12122 Cuyamaca College Drive West El Cajon, CA 92019 Monday, March 14, 2011 2-4 p.m. Welk Resort Farmer’s Market 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido, CA [...]

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Gardening with Class

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The TENTH Annual San Diego Regional School Garden and Nutrition Conference, “Gardening with Class”, will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The conference is geared toward teachers and administrators who have or would like to start a school garden program. Workshops will cover a wide variety of topics, all [...]

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San Diego Science Festival this Saturday in Balboa Park

Posted in Composting for kids!, Composting Workshops and Events, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t miss the San Diego Science Festival this Saturday! Learn how to compost with worms and build your own worm bin with Solana Center! In addition to composting, there will be over 500 hands-on science activities! Saturday, April 4th 10:30 – 6 p.m. Balboa Park (booth will be located near the Botanical Building)

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Composting Poster Contest

Posted in Composting for kids!, General, tagged , , , , , , on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) Committee of the US Composting Council invites YOU to get involved in the 2nd Annual ICAW Poster Contest — Everyone is invited to participate: municipal, facility, and state agency representatives, students (grade school, middle school, college), homeowners, commercial composters, green industry businesses, youth groups! The 2009 theme is “Compost!…Recycling [...]

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Solana Center at Green Skills for Life

Posted in General, tagged , , , , , , on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Children will learn Super Hero skills to help save the planet at Green Skills for Life this Saturday. The Solana Center will host a Vermicomposting Booth where children can create worm bins with the assistance of a Master Composter! There will also be additional hands-on composting activities for children and Master Composters will be available [...]

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School-Wide Composting!

Posted in Composting for kids!, tagged , , , , , , , on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Start composting lunchroom food scraps at your school with a large worm bin! The Solana Center offers a Lunchroom Vermicomposting Program that assists schools with the creation of a large worm bin to compost school-wide! Program Highlights: 45 minute vermicomposting presentation Initial set up of large worm bin Includes all materials (bin, worms, scale, signs) [...]

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Vermicomposting in the Classroom!

Posted in Composting for kids!, tagged , , , , on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Start composting at your school! The Solana Center for Environmental Innovation offers Classroom Vermicomposting Presentations for schools in San Diego County. These presentations are fun and educational and include hands-on learning about: Recycling and composting Decomposition Worm Anatomy Ecosystems Life cycles of plants and animals Presentations are conducted by Master Composters and include a desktop [...]

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