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People involved in
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A friendly crew of community-minded, composting experts from across the Auckland region are ready to teach you new composting techniques, or help you perfect your existing practice. Composting is a lifestyle habit that is easily adopted and they will show you how simple it really is.
No questions are too big or too small. The Compost Collective facilitators want to show you what can be done with your food scraps and garden waste so your organic matter doesn’t end up in landfill.
Get in touch with a facilitator from your area if you want advice on composting. They passionately care about our soil and want to help you make a positive difference in our fine city.
NOTE: If you belong to a community group you could also consider organising your own, free workshop with one of the facilitators in your neighbourhood. Call or email them and start the conversation today.
Philippa Beagley (Pip)
I am passionate about growing food and therefore passionate about growing soil. My preferred method for organic waste recycling is cold composting, though I am really enjoying giving Bokashi a go! Completing the cycle is important to me, to take responsibility of the waste my family produces and recycle it within our property is a great goal.
Judy Keats
judy@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 021 635 607
Judy: I will encourage you to change your viewpoint on household waste, and show you how to turn it into a wonderFULL resource. Compost and fertilizer will supercharge your veggies, flowers and trees. Believe me, it beats the bagged variety
Jennifer Kerr
jennifer@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 09 957 0117
Ph. 021 070 7601
Jennifer: I love building soil through composting. Worm farming is my favourite. I can watch the worms hard at work while I sit back and relax. Composting doesn’t have to be hard work! Hens are also great – they eat my weeds and food scraps and give me eggs to boot!
Caroline Rose
caroline@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 022 064 0344
Caroline: I love growing my own food – I really get a kick out of eating what I have grown. I have been growing veggies and gardening since I was 8. Composting has always been a part of my life and I particularly love what we can do and achieve with Bokashi in terms of conditioning soil and growing better tasting food. I also have a soft spot for my worms – seedlings thrive when grown with vermicast.
Waiheke Resources Trust
Kristin Busher
info@wrt.org.nz
Ph. 09 372 2915
Kristin: I’m passionate about sharing the benefits of composting with Waiheke’s community of locals and visitors. There are just so many benefits to composting: Reduced waste to landfill, septic tank health using bokashi juice, and the beautiful, nutrient rich soil you create from food waste! I believe living sustainably is a journey we are all on and learning to compost is definitely a part of that journey.
Caity Endt
okiwipassion@farmside.co.nz
Ph. 09 429 0137
Caity: Whether with worms, bokashi or a heap, for me, composting is one of the best things we can do for the earth and for ourselves. I find it very satisfying helping people to get started! Be prepared to get bitten by the bug!
Hari Narayan
hari@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 021 0291 7519
Hari: I am passionate about gardening and composting. I want to share my gardening and composting knowledge to the rest of the community so we can maintain good soil health and grow healthy vegetables. I am here to close the equation. Garden to table – table to garden!
Judy Keats
judy@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 021 635 607
Judy: I will encourage you to change your viewpoint on household waste, and show you how to turn it into a wonderFULL resource. Compost and fertilizer will supercharge your veggies, flowers and trees. Believe me, it beats the bagged variety.
Reverend ‘Ifalame Teisi with Therese Mangos
ifalame2611@gmail.com
Ifalame Ph. 09 275 5567
therese@compostcollective.org.nz
Therese Ph. 021 905 961
Therese: I enjoy all kinds of composting. The key is to keep it simple and choose a system that works for you. I take pleasure in using what resources are at hand. So with a little bit of creativity, DIY, and enthusiasm we’ll have you composting in no time.
Hye Jung Kim with Elizabeth Park (Nam-Sook Park)
hyejung@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 021 273 4588
Hye Jung: “I prefer keeping Bokashi for growing fresh chillies. They boost my appetite and health as well. I am keen to share this useful information with our Korean community and nourish soil for the next generation. “Just do it” is my motto. I hope I can say “hello” to worms.”
Estella Lee
estella@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 027 491 8151
Estella: Composting is the best way to handle our organic waste and kitchen waste and enrich the soil in our home garden. I’ve been promoting composting and gardening to the Chinese community for many years now and it is exciting to see more people reducing their organic waste through composting. Auckland has a large Chinese population and I’m looking forward to continuing to help more people get started with composting.
Hari Narayan
hari@compostcollective.org.nz
Ph. 021 0291 7519
Hari: I am passionate about gardening and composting. I want to share my gardening and composting knowledge to the rest of the community so we can maintain good soil health and grow healthy vegetables. I am here to close the equation. Garden to table – table to garden!
Richard Main
richard.m@diabetesfoundationaotearoa.nz
Ph. 09 273 9650 xt 205
Richard: My favourite method of composting is Hot compost, it’s fun ‘just like baking a cake.’ I am keen to share with you an organic approach to turning waste streams into black gold and grow an abundance of food with a dynamic cast of billions of micro citizens.
Tim Bowater
Tim is working to develop five large scale compost sites around Auckland, providing knowledge and support in compost management, as well as data collection and research. He says:
Tim: I’m interested in making best use of our household and business ‘waste’ streams to support circular resilient local systems. Making great compost to grow healthy food in a community context is a perfect example of this, with delicious results!
