The Worm Cafe, Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes [Paperback]

Binet Payne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1999

This manual describes how a teacher and her students developed a system to compost lunchroom waste with worms and save their school $6000 per year. Teachers, decision-makers, and activists in school, small businesses, and commuiity groups will welcome ths unique material. This comprehensive how-to manual gives complete steps for:

Conducting school-wide waste audits
Harvesting worm castings
Incorporating lunchroom waste-composting into a recycling program
Determining worm bin size, location, and costs
Setting up worm bins
Providing worm bedding
Recognize worm anatomy
Teaching about ecosystems and foodwebs with worm bins.
Student success with project-based learning

Maintaining food-waste flow The Worm Cafe has 7 appendices, annotated reference, bibliography, and index.

Editorial Reviews

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As soon as students reached the worm bins, they demonstrated how informed, engaged and inquisitive they were. -- Elizabeth Share, Vice President, Autodesk Foundation

Binet is a gifted teacher and a true pioneer in utilizing school sites for gardens ... -- Jeanne Casella, Principal, Mary E. Silveira School, San Rafael, CA

[Payne's] work reweaves school and community into a new practice of multi-age and intergenerational learning, making school a community learning center ... -- Sherrin Bennet, President, Interactive Learning Systems

About the Author

Binet Payne is a graduate of Sonoma State University and received her teaching credentials from Dominican College of San Rafael. Believing that rural education needs to be preserved, her extremely effective teaching connects a sense of place to the intellectural work students do. Author of numerous articles in periodicals, magazine, and newspapers, Binet has developed nationally recognized programs to teach ecology. Her principles of ecoliteracy and project-based learning for all students are the basis for local and national networks of schools and businesses to promote education gardens, recycling, and vermicompoing program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Flower Press; annotated edition edition (April 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942256115
• ISBN-13: 978-0942256116
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #768,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a start-up program, February 17, 2011

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This review is from: The Worm Cafe, Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes (Paperback)

We are starting a vericomposting system at the public school where I teach. This book helped me to feel confident in taking this project on. I am responsible for teaching the k-6 students all about vermicomposting and for keeping the system going. This book has been incredibly helpful!

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, practical guidelines, April 30, 2009

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This review is from: The Worm Cafe, Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes (Paperback)

I'm very interested in this type of project. Though we haven't yet instituted one locally, I believe this book can be a very good guide in how to begin.