Sustainability

 Source of Vigour  Seven Oaks School Division Composting Program Mission The Seven Oaks school division has been running a compost collection program for 13 years. The goals of the program are reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills and to educate students on the importance of composting. Interview A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with Alex from the Aki centre. She informed me about all the amazing work that is done to support the compost program. Throughout the day I took notes about what I learned.  Since, the Aki centre is quite a busy place we exchanged emails so I could learn more about the work being done. This post includes information shared from her and her experience.  Operation  The compost program has grown slowly since it has started. Currently, most school sites in Seven Oaks School Division are collect compost for pick up.  Each week schools collect compost locally and place it out for pick-up each week. In each school there is a staff mem