The Science Behind Compost and Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

The Science Behind Compost. Dr Kate Scow, renowned soil microbial ecologist and faculty member in the Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources at UC Davis, and Alexa Sommers-Miller from ASUCD Project Compost discuss the science behind composting, the process of letting nature turn food and plant waste into useful, nutrient-rich matter. Composting is an alternative to sending food waste and organic matter to the landfill where it produces methane, a noxious greenhouse gas, as it decomposes. Kate and Alexa discuss compost methods, the creatures who make compost happen, and ways that composting might help save the world! They also talk about some problems that compost alone can't solve, like how what to do about the dangerous materials our society produces.

Listen.
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News.
Oil Spill Swells to 4M Gallons by the Associated Press in the New York Times

Announcements.

- Music on the Green: Free concert and educational event, Saturday May 22nd, 5pm @ Central Park in Davis.

Music Playlist.

"House by the Sea" Iron + Wine (The Sheperd's Dog on Sub Pop)

"Pray For Rain" Tim Grimm (Farm Songs on Vault)

"Poet In My Window" Nanci Griffith (Poet In My Window on Philo/Rounder)

"A Bird Without a Feather" R.L. Burnside (A Bothered Mind on Fat Possum)