Compost Revolution

The Compost Revolution makes it easy for Australians to turn food scraps into rich soil and fertiliser at home, reducing landfill and greenhouse gas emissions.

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

@markspark11 Hi Mark - sorry to hear that. Please send an email to [email protected] and our team will sort it out pronto. Vive la révolution!

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

12 Reasons Why Cities Need More Trees:

1. Temperature Control

One large tree is equivalent to 10 air conditioning units, and the shade they provide can reduce street temperature by more than 30%.

2. Noise Reduction

Trees can reduce loudness by up to 50%. In urban areas filled with the sound of cars, construction, sirens, aeroplanes, and music, trees are essentially the best way to block noise and keep cities — along with the homes and workplaces in them — quieter.

3. Air Purity

Trees remove an astonishing amount of harmful pollutants and toxins from the air. In urban areas air quality is often disastrously bad — with severe consequences for our health. Trees make the air we breathe much cleaner.

4. Oxygen

And, while absorbing all those pollutants, trees also put more oxygen back into the urban environment. Oxygen levels are significantly lower in cities compared to the countryside; trees help to solve that problem.

5. Water Management

Trees do more than just shelter us and our buildings from rain — which is, in fact, extremely important. They also absorb huge quantities of water, reduce run-off, neutralise the severity of flooding, and make flooding more unlikely altogether. Not to forget that their roots absorb pollutants and prevent them from feeding back into a city's water supply.

6. Psychological Health

Studies have proven what we instinctively know to be true: that human beings are significantly happier when surrounded by nature rather than sterile urban environments. Our emotions, behaviour, and thoughts are shaped by the places we spend time — and trees have a profoundly positive effect on our psychology. The consequential benefits of being happier and more peaceful — as individuals and as a society — are immense.

7. Physical Health

Beyond all the other ways in which trees improve air quality and the urban environment, much to the benefit of our health, they also encourage people to go outside. Cycling, running, and walking are all more common in urban areas with plenty of trees. A knock-on effect of people spending more time outdoors is also social integration and stronger communities.

8. Privacy

A simple point, but not inconsequential, is that trees provide privacy.

9. Economics

The total economic benefit of urban trees is hard to calculate. There are costs, of course, including the repair of infrastructure damaged by roots and maintaining the trees themselves. But the total economic benefit — a consequence of everything else in this list and more — far outweighs the expenditure. Trees make cities wealthier.

10. Wildlife

Trees are miniature cities all of their own, serving as a habitat for hundreds of different species, including birds and mammals and insects.

11. Light Pollution

Trees don't only block the light shining down, therefore keeping us and our cities cooler — they also disrupt light shining up, from street lighting, cars, houses, and billboards. Skies are clearer in cities with more trees.

12. Aesthetics

And, finally, trees are beautiful. They break up the potential monotony of urban environments — the sharp geometry, the greyscale roads and buildings, the endless rows of cars — with their trunks, boughs, canopies, and flowers.

Just think: the gold and red of falling leaves in autumn, the white and pink blossom of spring, the vast green canopies of summer, and the branches lined with hoar-frost in winter. Every single tree is a myriad of intricacy and texture, of colour and scent, of dappled light on the pavement, mottled bark, knotted roots, of clustered leaves and delicate petals and stern boughs.

Few streets would not be improved by the kaleidoscopic aesthetic delights of a tree, not to mention the many different species of tree, all over the world, whether willow, oak, lime, cherry, aspen, maple, birch, horse chestnut, dogwood, hornbeam, ash, sycamore... the list goes on.

There are some drawbacks to urban trees, most of them context-specific, and they are not — of course — universally appropriate. But it seems fair to say that many cities would benefit from at least a few more trees here and there.

[Ameena L. Payne (she/her) @ameenalpayne]

#CityofStonnington residents receive a discount on home composting kits. Order online & FREE delivery via @CompostRevoln. Easy! 🫶🏾

https://t.co/YcTyENcW85

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

@LitsaBeans Hi there - that’s not good - we aim to deliver within 5-10 days of your order – please send an email to [email protected] and our team will sort it out urgently if its not shown up.

[Leah Stevens (Climate Action Newcastle) @LeahSte98356705]

I just got a discount on a home compost kit from City of Newcastle. Order online & FREE delivery. Easy! @CompostRevoln https://t.co/hjiBygfgXQ

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

@LitsaBeans Sorry to hear that your order has been delayed. DM us the details of your order and we’ll get back asap with an update.

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

You know its good when @ceresbrunswick chooses it for their composting :) @hungrybin aren’t called the world’s best worm farm for nothing – available (often with council discounts) from us at https://t.co/IgnBktqjdU

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

ANOTHER YEAR ROLLS AROUND!

Last year dished up some bum rolls for all of us – but here at the Compost Revolution we managed to turn our share of 1s and 2s into 6s.

https://t.co/yPU45vvTPg

[Waste Management Review @WasteMR]

Find out how HOCO + FOGO are revolutionising organics for local councils. @CompostRevoln
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[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

@FelixGedye Hi Felix, that is a compost bin - a special kind of low maintenance one called an Aero Bin. The sticker that says no food in here is meant for the red lidded rubbish bin! You should remove that as food DOES go in there! Thx for checking!

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

TIME TO GROW! 🥦🥕🪱We’re hiring at the
@CompostRevoln . If u know any1 who loves the smell of worm tea in the morning & is looking for a (literal) grass roots gig, pls share the job ad with them (or apply yourself!).

https://t.co/yYrMSugh2f

[Randwick Council @RandwickCouncil]

Compost is the best recipe for regeneration! Join our composting & worm farming workshop and learn how to turn your food scraps into delicious food for your garden. Book your spot now @CompostRevoln! https://t.co/Jo5nvpAiXn

#Compostrevolution #foodwaste #gardening

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

Take a moment to help them get set up, share your top tips and encourage them when things don’t quite go to plan - practice makes perfect, right? 🙌

Community Challenge: You guessed it, share the compost love! ❤️ (4/4)

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

T is for tell your friends and family!

Composting is a small but important action that we can take to reduce #waste and #GHG emissions.

Like any new behaviour, it can often be put in the #toohard basket... (1/4)

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

Familiarity plays an important role in behaviour change. If you see others doing something (particularly friends and family), you are more likely to give it a go yourself. On the final day of #ICAW, we encourage you to share your love of #composting. (3/4)

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

Maybe now you're aware of it you can just adjust things easily when the time is right! Or maybe close enough is already good enough so you can sit back, enjoy and be content. Enjoy!

#ICAW
#compostrevolution (7/7)

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

S is for Simplicity through Small & Slow Solutions

No one wants another thing to manage. You don't need to schedule composting in your calendar or get a university degree to run a worm farm. Here are some small simple suggestions for serene, stress-free composting. (1/7)

[Compost Revolution @CompostRevoln]

Community challenge: Can you think of anything that is making your composting, worm farming or bokashi harder than it needs to be? But don't make it another rushed chore on your list... (6/7)