Master Composter Program
BE A CERTIFIED MASTER COMPOSTER!
LEARN — How to build compost piles, how to use compost to improve your garden, the difference between good and bad insects, how worms eat garbage, and much more.
HAVE FUN — Make friends, share a common interest, take gardening and composting tours, join us for potluck dinners.
GIVE BACK — Educate your friends, neighbors, kids, teachers and community on the value of composting and vermicomposting (with worms).
NO FEE — The Program is FREE and includes training, a compost manual, compost books and other materials.
Read Testimonials from Master Composters graduates.
The Master Composter Program is designed to extend composting information to the public through volunteers who have successfully completed a comprehensive training program. This free educational program is made available through the County of San Mateo.
Master Composters agree to give back to the community a minimum of 50 hours of volunteer service in the form of approved educational outreach throughout the County. This can be done in a variety of ways such as giving workshops at schools, community centers, staffing a booth at the County Fair or writing a news release for a paper.
Register now for the 2009 Program! Contact Jacqueline Rosine, Program Coordinator, at (650) 599-1498 or compost@recycleworks.org.
2009 Certification Course Class Schedule &Syllabus
12 Saturday Classes, 2pm - 5pm
| Class #1: | 4/04/09 | Registration, introduction and brief program overview |
| 4/11/09 Break for Spring Break/Easter weekend | ||
| Class #2: | 4/18/09 | The basic compost process; project compost pile building |
| Class #3: | 4/25/09 | Intermediate decomposition; project maintenance/discussion |
| Class #4: | 5/02/09 | Advanced decomposition; project maintenance/discussion |
| Class #5: | 5/09/09 | Compost biology: Soil Foodweb, project maintenance/discussion |
| Class #6: | 5/16/09 | Compost biology with microscopes and compost project discussion |
| Class #7: | 5/23/09 | Vermicomposting: Bin preparation and maintenance |
| Class #8: | 5/30/09 | Vermicomposting: Review, harvesting castings, use in the garden |
| Class #9: | 6/06/09 | Compost harvesting and use; compost project maintenance/discussion |
| Class #10: | 6/13/09 | Compost review; reports due, group discussion and presentations |
| Class #11: | 6/20/09 | Workshop training, RecycleWorks recycling lecture |
| Class #12: | 6/27/09 | Class presentations due; final tests due |
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6/28/09 from 5 - 9 p.m.
Graduation Dinner & Compost Community Celebration |
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