Blog – HCC

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Composting in the time of Covid-19

22/03/2020

Well, this blog post was going to be about the next step in our ‘Small Measures’ project, funded under the Community Zero Emissions grant program from ACTSmart (ACT govt.). I WILL talk...

So many ways to get involved

23/02/2020

Howdy HCCers. There has been a lot going on at the compost collective, so I’d like to re-cap recent compost happenings as well as let you all know about a few upcoming events. Last weekend...

carpentry, celebration, climate action, climate change, community, compost, mental load, mindful, skills workshop, sustainability, volunteering

Come to our Mills St. composter launch and info session to learn what is possible

27/01/2020

If you’re not particularly interested in composting or gardening then you’re exactly who we’d like to chat with! Of course we’re happy to share composting tips with fellow...

climate mitigation, community, compost, organics recycling, waste management

Great compost opportunities at Mitchell Community garden

29/11/2019

Last Sunday I stopped by the Mitchell community garden for the first time. I’ve known that one exists in Mitchell for yonks but I had a hard time picturing what it might look like. What with Mitchell...

HCC is about composting together

22/11/2019

This week I had some really rewarding chats with fellow compost lovers. The whole point of the HCC is to lighten the mental load and to make sustainability and organic waste transformation more efficient....

carpentry, community, compost, kitchen scraps, recycling, school sustainability, schools, ShareWaste

Open day re-cap and local (zero waste!) coffee

03/11/2019

Last month we had the 3rd HCC open day. As per the other two open days there were plenty of folks curious to see how it was all managed, in terms of processing food scraps from lots of local households...