Compost heaps

This term is now in regular use in certain professions and academic settings but has not yet come into much popular use. I expect this to change. This is the 21'st century word. If you havn't heard it yet, you will hear it in the near future. Let's try to head off the confusion.

Let’s examine the ways in which the NGBS can be applied to a single room of the house. Since kitchens command great attention in new home design, and also represent one of the most commonly upgraded of all rooms in American domiciles, let’s begin there.

While many people may know about compost heaps in backyards, they may not know about advances in composting that make it more convenient, cleaner, and easier. The many compost bins for sale include compost tumblers, small plastic compost bins that go on kitchen countertops, and even chic looking ceramic composters that are convenient for small households and apartment dwellers.

This annual festival offers music, food, educational booths, and other activities to inspire California residents to celebrate and protect the earth in a genuine, community oriented way. Local organizations like the California Wildlife Center, The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, and The Topanga Creek Watershed Committee, set up tables at the earth day festival to provide information on different environmental initiatives in the area.

As we have discussed in previous blog posts, sustainability as a business strategy needs to be uniquely defined for each company. Understanding the industry, company size, product or service line, the supply chain, and stakeholders’/stockholders’ concerns are all important to create a meaningful definition. Understanding sustainability may start with a definition, but sustainability is really a corporate wide strategy and culture that ultimately focuses on increasing productivity and/or the reduction of consumed resources without compromising product or service quality, competitiveness, or profitability. Embracing a true strategy of sustainability is never ending, as it ultimately should become part of the culture and fabric of the organization.

In the pursuit of sustainability, many designers, architects, engineers and manufacturers are now turning to something called ‘ecobalance’: that is, life-cycle assessment of particular materials, products, processes, fixtures, fittings, appliances, etc., typically used throughout our homes and buildings. Other terminology applied to such analysis is ‘cradle-to-grave’, in which a component is followed from its ‘cradle’ in farming, mining or manufacturing, all the way through to its ‘grave’ in composting, landfill or recycling. The more environmentally aggressive terminology of ‘cradle-to-cradle’ implies that a component never truly dies, but is instead perpetually adapted or repurposed to another use.