ILSR Community Composting 101

Content
17 modules
Rating
Instructor
Linda Bilsens Brolis
Price
$100.00 USD

Description

Welcome to Community Composting 101!

This course provides an overview of the importance of and science behind composting, and recommended best practices for implementing community composting programs. 

This course includes a course introduction and seven video-based training modules. Each of the training modules are followed by a 5-question knowledge check assessment, which you will need to pass in order to progress to the next module.

A Supplemental Resources Master Document, which provides links to resources referenced in the presentations, is available in the Resource Library. Within each module, key vocabulary words will be bolded and italicized as they are introduced. A full glossary of relevant terminology is linked to in the Supplemental Resources Master Document.

In order to receive a certificate of completion, you will need to watch each video-based module, complete the knowledge check that follows each module and achieve an 80% score for the final exam.

Please submit feedback on this course using this form. Thank you for participating!

Objectives

Upon completion of trainings, assignments, and assessments, participants will be able to:

  • Define compost and composting
  • Identify ways in which compost can benefit soil, plants, waterways, and the climate
  • Explain the potential benefits of community composting
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic scientific principles of composting and how those principles are applied in practice
  • Understand best management practices for community-scale composting and how to implement them
  • Design their own community composting initiative tailored to their community’s needs

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Community Composting 101 Certificate

1.
Course Introduction (6:48 min)
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2.
The What & Why of Composting (27:16 min)
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Knowledge Check | The What & Why of Composting
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4.
Composting Systems & the Role of Community Composting (32:57 min)
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Knowledge Check | Composting Systems & the Role of Community Composting
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Composting Fundamentals & Recipe Development (25:48 min)
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Knowledge Check | Composting Fundamentals & Recipe Development
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Building a Compost Pile (25:16 min)
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Knowledge Check | Building a Compost Pile
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Managing the Composting Process (24:51 min)
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Knowledge Check | Managing the Composting Process
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Site Design & Management (37:17 min)
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Knowledge Check | Site Design & Management
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14.
Getting Started & Engaging the Community (31:32 min)
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Knowledge Check | Getting Started & Engaging the Community
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Supplemental Resources
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Community Composting 101 | Final Exam
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Added 4 days ago, by Anonymous
This course is good as an overview but gets too technical. Yes, it is important to understand the science behind composting but as a beginner in the field it is a lot to take in and is not really necessary. The test questions were confusing and should have been clearer. The speakers could have made things clearer with less explanation when it came to obvious things that were written in the slides or shown in pictures. They could have just given more in depth information, since we can see the slides.
 
Added 5 days ago, by Diego
 
Added about 1 month ago, by Todd
excellent
 
Added about 2 months ago, by Anonymous
Very Educational and truly helps for those who are new to composting for the first time.
 
Added about 2 months ago, by Matthew
The course is good but the way the questions are worded is too confusing but other than that good course
 
Added 2 months ago, by Dahlia
this course was great!
 
Added 2 months ago, by Alkebu-Lan
 
Added 3 months ago, by Nicholas
 
Added 3 months ago, by Addie
 
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