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Free Backyard Composting Class- Saturday, July 30

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Join us for this FREE Backyard Composting Workshop!

O’Donnell’s Fairfax Nursery

Saturday, July 30 – 11am-12:30pm

Composting is an essential gardening practice for improving soil quality and recycling garden waste. Let’s demystify it by learning about the physical and biological properties of soil, the difference between soil texture and soil structure, and the importance of the intricate soil food web.

  • Avoid adding to our landfills and turn your kitchen scraps and yard debris into “black gold” that your plants will love.
  • Discover the methods of hot & cold composting, vermicomposting, cover crops, and sheet mulching.
  • This class is for beginners of all ages!

Hold your spot by emailing SustainFX@gmail.com!

Instructor Bio:
Laura Nicoletti is a UC Marin Master Gardener and a Bay-Friendly Qualified Landscape Professional certified in sustainable landscaping. Laura loves to teach how to become stewards of the environment by cultivating sustainable gardens. A native of Venice, Italy, Laura is an avid edible gardener and a passionate advocate of cooking with fresh ingredients from the garden.

This workshop was organized by Sustainable Fairfax with funding provided by the Town of Fairfax.

Downtown Fairfax gets new waste receptacles!

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Have you seen the sparkling new public waste and recycling receptacles in downtown Fairfax? What an improvement! Thanks to the Town of Fairfax, Marin Sanitary and Sustainable Fairfax for working together to make this happen.

IMPORTANT: The brown recycling receptacle is NOT for paper! Please use the brown receptacles for recyclable plastic bottles & containers (not plastic wrap!), glass bottles (you can keep the lid on) and aluminum cans. Its ok for your plastic containers to have some food on them, but wipe them out if you can.

WHAT GOES WHERE?

–PAPER CUPS.  As at home, paper cups should go in the grey curbside landfill cart because they are often lined with plastic (the plastic lids can go in recycling).
–BIOPLASTICS.  Bioplastics, also known as “compostable plastic,’ must be put in the grey landfill carts. These materials are not accepted our composting facility, Redwood Landfill, because the material does not breakdown fast enough for commercial composting.
–NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES.  Clean paper can be recycled at home in the blue side of your curbside recycling cart, or in the paper recycling bin at the business you visited if they have one.
— SOILED NAPKINS & FOOD SCRAPS.  Soiled napkins and food scraps go in the compost bin at the business you visited if they have one, in your green curbside yard & food waste cart at home, or (as a last resort) the grey landfill cart. There will not be public compost receptacles downtown because of the high contamination rates in public areas.

REFUSE PLASTIC & SINGLE-USE CONTAINERS WHEN POSSIBLE!  Please remember that recycling is not the solution to our waste problem.  There is a shrinking market for recycled plastic, not to mention the energy required to recycle. It is always best to ask the café or restaurant for reusable cups, utensils and containers or bring your own.

Let us know if you have any questions! Write SustainFX@gmail.com

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Community Council: Striving for Zero Waste in a Single-Use Society

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With Sustainable Fairfax’s help, the Town of Fairfax intends on reaching its ZERO WASTE goal of 94% diversion of waste from the landfill by 2020. We can do it, daunting as it sounds.

  • What can we teach each other about good practices, changing habits, and advocacy?
  • How do we stay connected to ourselves so we can be good stewards when we feel overwhelmed, or powerless?
  • In the face of today’s unsustainable practices, how can we support each other to cultivate courage and insight as we learn how to be initiators and leaders?

The methods we will use are based on ancient practices and the Way of Council developed in the last 30 years at the Ojai Foundation.

Council Facilitators:
Teya Valentina Chavez (Co-owner/Sol Studios & healing arts teacher)
Rachel McKay (Cultural Liaison/Sustainable Fairfax & trained in the Way of Council)

Please RSVP by sending an email to SustainFX@gmail.com or calling 415-305-2307.

Drop-ins are okay.

($5-$15 suggested donation – no one turned away)

Community Council: Striving for Zero Waste in a Single-Use Society

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With Sustainable Fairfax’s help, the Town of Fairfax intends on reaching its ZERO WASTE goal of 94% diversion of waste from the landfill by 2020. We can do it, daunting as it sounds.

  • What can we teach each other about good practices, changing habits, and advocacy?
  • How do we stay connected to ourselves so we can be good stewards when we feel overwhelmed, or powerless?
  • In the face of today’s unsustainable practices, how can we support each other to cultivate courage and insight as we learn how to be initiators and leaders?

The methods we will use are based on ancient practices and the Way of Council developed in the last 30 years at the Ojai Foundation.

Council Facilitators:
Teya Valentina Chavez (Co-owner/Sol Studios & healing arts teacher)
Rachel McKay (Cultural Liaison/Sustainable Fairfax & trained in the Way of Council)

Please RSVP by sending an email to SustainFX@gmail.com or calling 415-305-2307.

Drop-ins are okay.

($5-$15 suggested donation – no one turned away)

Join Our Free Backyard Composting Workshop

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This is a great introductory class for beginners of all ages!
at the Peri Park Redwood Stage
(between Peri Park and the Women’s Club Building)
  • Avoid adding to our landfills
  • Improve your soil and retain moisture
  • Turn your kitchen scraps and yard waste into black gold
  • Help Fairfax reach its goal of zero waste by 2020!!
Learn the easy way to compost from Joan Irwin, Marin Master Gardener
Joan Irwin learned her love of gardening from her grandmother in Michigan.  She has gardened in the Bay Area for 40 years and has been a Certified Master Gardener since 2003.  With has degrees from the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley.  Joan speaks frequently on Composting, Organic Gardening and Community Gardens.
Registration: Please pre-register by emailing  SustainFx@gmail.com

Join Our Free Backyard Composting Workshop

by Leave a Comment

This is a great introductory class for beginners of all ages!
at the Peri Park Redwood Stage
(between Peri Park and the Women’s Club Building)
  • Avoid adding to our landfills
  • Improve your soil and retain moisture
  • Turn your kitchen scraps and yard waste into black gold
  • Help Fairfax reach its goal of zero waste by 2020!!
Learn the easy way to compost from Joan Irwin, Marin Master Gardener
Joan Irwin learned her love of gardening from her grandmother in Michigan.  She has gardened in the Bay Area for 40 years and has been a Certified Master Gardener since 2003.  With has degrees from the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley.  Joan speaks frequently on Composting, Organic Gardening and Community Gardens.
Registration: Please pre-register by emailing  SustainFx@gmail.com