Celebrate ICAW at the Stone Ridge Library

May 6 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

UCRRA Celebrates International Compost Awareness Week!

“Composting for Kids” with UCRRA

Tuesday, May 6th 2025

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Stone Ridge Library

3700 Main St, Stone Ridge, NY

In this interactive and activity-lead class for kids, participants will learn about making compost with worms, and will get to make seed bombs to bring home!

Part 1: Composting Worms
Participants will hear a brief introduction about composting and why it is an important way of protecting our environment. Then, Recycling Educator eva Barnett will guide students through an interactive reading of “Compost Stew” by author Mary McKenna Siddals. Participants will then be able to observe a live worm bin, identify worms at each stage of their lifecycle, learn about worm ecology, and learn how to compost indoors using a worm bin.

Part 2: Making Seed Bombs
At this station, participants will learn that our favorite fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and other foods rely on Pollinators. Pollinators pollinate 90% of all flowering plants, but studies have shown that their populations have been declining in recent decades. Participants will create seed balls, or seed bombs, which are small clusters of compost, clay, and wildflower seeds that are designed to add pollinator habitats to urban landscapes, neglected areas, or wherever you’d like! All craft materials will be provided.

This FREE workshop is suitable for children ages 7 and up, and parental supervision is advised. Please register here as space is limited.

Whether you’re a gardener, sustainability advocate, or simply curious about how composting supports healthy ecosystems, this presentation will leave you motivated to make a difference! No registration required. Walk-ins welcome as seating allows. Free admission.
While visiting this library, be sure to check out their Compost Book Display, celebrating Compost Awareness Week, and pick up some of UCRRA’s Home Composting Guides! For your convenience, a list of composting-related books is attached below, curated by Eva Barnett, UCRRA Recycling Educator. Some of these books may be available at the library!
Check out our Compost Book List!

Looking for more ICAW events?

We’re Celebrating Compost Awareness Week!

About ICAW: International Compost Awareness Week  is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It’s celebrated nationwide, internationally, and officially across New York State each year during the first full week of May. The goal of ICAW is for communities everywhere to raise public awareness about the many benefits of composting and how to make and use compost to regenerate soils. Visit the New York Compost Awareness Week page for more information about local programs, events, and initiatives

2024 Theme: COMPOST… Nature’s Climate Champion! Each year, a new theme for ICAW is chosen. This year’s ICAW theme is “Sustainable Communities Begin With Compost!” The 2025 theme was chosen with the goal of highlighting composting in all kinds of communities at any scale – from the backyard home composter to community composters, to large-scale facilities to all those who recognize the many benefits of using compost on our soils. From skyscrapers to fields of corn or rural America, composting is an essential element in developing a sustainable resources management plan for any community. Composting empowers communities to manage their own waste, create job opportunities and support healthy soils with locally made compost. Composting is an action everyone can participate in, no matter the size of your home, garden, or community! Together, through the power of compost, we can create a more sustainable future for our communities!

This year’s ICAW 2025 Poster Contest winner is Abbie Sawyer from Athens, Georgia.

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