Reconnecting the Carbon Cycle

RETREAT FOCUS

Stabilizing climate and growing a world resilient to the dynamic changes we now face will depend on reconnecting carbon cycles starting with the cycling of carbon materials back into high quality soil and other parts of the living world.  

The retreat's purpose is to demonstrate community composting as a 'no regrets' initiative that, with support, has tremendous potential for impact beyond its current scale, and to amplify and accelerate our individual and collaborative actions to manage food and green wastes in order to reduce risks presented by extreme weather, increase carbon sequestration and ensure food security. We aspire to ignite strategic conversations among community composting leaders, city-level officials, and key experts in the field to support municipal leaders to effectively leverage the benefits of community composter partnerships for greater impact. By showcasing mature players in this field and exploring their successful models, we will illuminate the myriad benefits and deep value of composting and organics waste management to climate plans, urban waste management strategies, job creation, and social justice agendas.