Curtis Stone

I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and growing things. At my home in L.A., I have a great garden and I grow all kinds of things. I even have a worm farm! The worms help create organic compost out of kitchen scraps.

American Chef

Julia Roberts

My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I don't know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there's still time.

American Actress

Michael Leunig

A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out.

Australian Cartoonist

Guy Fieri

My sister and I cooked a lot together; my sister was a very healthy vegetarian. She was always a real good teacher for me about organics, recycling, composting -whenever you hear me talk about it, it's usually because of my sister's influence.

American Businessman

P. J. O'Rourke

Californians are people who insist on growing their own vegetables, but they won't dig up the pretty lawn, won't plant anything for fear of getting dirty, and they use fragrant bath salts from The Body Shop instead of smelly compost.

American Comedian

Kevin McCloud

I am a big fan of long drop, composting toilets - I like the cycle of using waste. When you have experienced one and seen what comes out of the bottom, it is amazing stuff. It's the most beautiful, driest, sweet-smelling compost.

British Designer

Sylvie Guillem

I am a bit of a boss, even when it's about the composting. This goes here! This goes there! Don't do that! Maybe for the sake of others, I should let go a bit.

French Dancer

Ken Livingstone

When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.

English Politician

Peter Beard

In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate.

American Artist

Shalom Harlow

Canadian Model

Compost is associated with recycling and is considered environmentally beneficial.

Eco-friendly Term

Compost is most commonly discussed in gardening, agriculture, or ecological conversations.

Gardening Context

Compost specifically refers to decayed organic matter, not fresh fertilizer or manure.

Not Synonymous

To compost is to engage in a sustainable practice, transforming waste into useful material.

Sustainable Practice

Composting typically involves certain types of waste, like food scraps, leaves, or grass clippings.

Specific Materials

Composting is a time-taking process, as it requires organic matter to naturally decompose.

Duration Matters

 and outdoor jackets. It has a great performance. But again, it's bioderived, and at the end of its life, it potentially can go back into the soil and get composted to again be potentially used as a new material. I'd like to leave you with one last form which is biobased, but this, I think, is like the ultimate thrift.

To eliminate waste, we...

 Farm inputs need to be combined with good practice. When you space your seeds and plant with massive amounts of compost, farmers multiply their harvests. These proven tools and practices have more than tripled agricultural productivity in every major region of the world, moving mass numbers of people out of poverty.

3 reasons why we can win...

 Its value as a soil additive is unparalleled, and it can help plants resist harmful pathogens. The lack of available land in urban environments, coupled with growing interest in smaller-scale farming means there is a market for vermicomposting. Many communities use composting as part of zero-waste strategies,

Vermicomposting: How...

 compost mulch we're going to build a swale a rain garden so when you have a rain storm and there's a surge of water we're creating a place for that water to go and then over time it will slowly permeate into the soil and the plants around it are going to take up that water can i help yes if you

The Water Crisis PIPE...

 and we've heard from tens of thousands of people all over the world who want this option to be available. In the next few years, it's our goal to build the first full-scale human composting facility

When I die, recompose me...

 to the home you live in, your designed material world shouldn't compromise your health or that of our planet. If materials can't be recycled or naturally composted at home, we should reject them.

Why "biofabrication" is...

 for use on-peak. This housing could compost food scraps and solid waste, and turn it into usable soils or protein for animal feed. And I think, most importantly,

Vishaan Chakrabarti: A...

 Then, eventually, this mobile compost heap pulls itself together and starts on a long and dangerous journey. This is a very unusual sight, a sloth in a hurry.

The 'Busy' Life of the...

 if volcanoes get stressed if compost believes in life after death I wonder if breath ever thinks of suicide if the wind just wants to sit still sometimes

Naima Penniman: "Being...

 we can do is endless - you can switch to LED light bulbs compost raised worms use reusable water bottles bike or walk