Compost Is Resistance: Reclaiming Nutrients and Power

About this episode

This episode explores how community composting reconnects people to soil and challenges centralized control of resources.

Compost is a choice. This episode explores how community composting reconnects people to soil, returns nutrients to local systems, and challenges centralized control of resources and waste. Listeners will hear why diverse materials, from food scraps to crop residues and responsibly handled human or animal remains; matter, how compost builds resilient soil, and how collective action counters extraction and builds community power.

People in this episode

Host: Esperanzassanctuary

Topics covered

• community composting
• soil health
• nutrient cycling
• resilience
• collective action
• local systems

Keywords

• composting
• nutrients
• community power
• resilient soil
• food scraps
• crop residues

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Books & works: Compost Is Resistance

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