Volunteer Training Session March 21st & 28th!
February 21, 2015
Interested in volunteering with the Compost Education Centre? The first step is our comprehensive volunteer training program which includes 10 hours of classroom, practical, and hands-on instruction. Following the training course, volunteers can lend their skills to the Centre as community educators and garden volunteers.
The training takes place over the course of two Saturdays: Saturday March 21st from 10am-3pm and Saturday March 28th from 10am-3pm.
Cost is $50.
To reserve your space in the Compost Educator Program, please email Clare at office (a) compost.bc.ca or register online HERE.
Features of the training:
- Site tour
- Orientation to Compost Education Centre services and staff
- Learn about composting systems & methods
- Explore compost bin maintenance & troubleshooting
- Learn about worm bins & indoor composting
- Hot compost pile building
- Community educational outreach skill training
- Intro to permaculture principles & application
- Organic gardening & soil building
- Potluck lunches!
Volunteer opportunities include:
Community outreach volunteering involves staffing the Compost Education Centre mobile displays when we attend different events throughout the CRD, such as:
- Moss St. Market
Seedy Saturday
Organic Islands Festival
Community outreach is a powerful tool to spread the ‘dirt’ on composting as well as an extremely fun way to attend tons of festivals and events.
Garden volunteering is a great opportunity to learn new skills and help out in the gardens at the Compost Ed Centre! Work bees are held at least one Saturday per month, with additional volunteer opportunities coming up as needed. Each work bee is focused on a relevant task in the garden for that month of the growing season. We begin with a short theory lesson to give some background on the task and then get dirty applying the new knowledge in the garden.