Tag: Yes in My Backyard
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
The great turning
There is both fear and mystique surrounding the turning of compost piles. Many people never turn their compost, but there are benefits...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Carbon cap and store
There is a little trick you can do every time you add ingredients to your compost pile that can really improve...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel meadows
The good, the bad and the beautiful
In my work as a compost educator and volunteer on the YIMBY* team, I have stuck my nose...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
When I go out door-knocking with our YIMBY* composters, looking for households to offer us weekly buckets of food scraps, I am amazed by...
Feeling the heat?
It can be hard to stay warm during these winter months, and let’s face it, it can be hard to make it out to...
YIMBY compost hubs expanding
YIMBY is set to expand access to backyard compost hubs in Castlemaine after a very enthusiastic response to a call for new composters earlier...
Art under the microscope
Lisa DennisAs part of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival's 'Art Window Trail', passionate local backyard composter Mikaela Beckley has created an art installation that celebrates...
Breaking down compost
Lucy Young for The Hub Foundation
This month YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) hosted an enthusiastic group of composters at an advanced composting workshop.
We got...
Collaboration for change
Mount Alexander Shire residents plan to reframe and refocus their efforts to address climate change through the launch of an innovative new project –...
Excited about compost?
YIMBY is calling for experienced and enthusiastic composters to come on board and join The YIMBY (Yes in My Backyard) team.
They’ve been busy behind...
Yes in my backyard
A trial neighbourhood solution to reducing organics in landfill will be expanded thanks to a $60,000 grant from the Victorian Government’s Recycling Communities Fund.The...
