Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Listen or watch an edition of Maine Calling on May 4th dedicated to Maine Composts Week. Maine Calling airs daily from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Hosted by Jennifer Rooks, this show brings interesting conversations on a wide variety of topics to the people of Maine. Where to watch: http://mainepublic.org/where-watch-maine-public-television#stream/0 Where to hear: http://mainepublic.org/where-hear-maine-public-radio#stream/0 Listen to it after it […]

Scarborough curbside organics pickup pilot Open House. May 4th currently planned for the evening. Here you can learn about the new Organics Pilot starting in May! Location TBA!

Gene Roy of the Oakland Public Library will be reading There's a Hair in My Dirt" at 10:30am on Friday May 5th for the Children's Story Hour. There will also be a Vermiculture Display!

Maine Ag in the Classroom Presents: MAINE SCHOOL GARDEN DAY K – 12 EDUCATOR TRAINING WORKSHOP Hosted by the Falmouth School System High School Cafeteria, 74 Woodville Rd., Falmouth Saturday, May 6th, 8:00 – 4:00 Full Day with classes, exhibits and more!  All participants will receive Certificates for contact hours or CEU’s.  The cost for the […]

Microscopes, nets, stories, crafts and snacks! The Friends of Edith Patch host another amazing Insect Adventures! All ages are welcome to this FREE event! At 10:30am, 11:00am, and 11:30am readings of "Kyle in His Compost Pile" will occur. Learn about this wiggly worm and his adventure with the food you didn't eat! Saturday May 6th […]

It's time to build our big spring compost pile. Learn how to build a good pile with the right amounts of carbon and nitrogen materials. Work clothes, boots and gardening/work gloves recommended. Will reschedule if we get heavy rain, but we can work in drizzle!

Come check out the University of Maine at Farmington's Compost Cooperative! They will be having an open house and COMPOST SALE from 9am to 1pm on Sunday May 7th. 154 Dump Rd Farmington

Come watch the documentary "Seed: The Untold Story" and learn about crop diversity and seed saving. In Lincoln Auditorium on UMaine Farmington's campus at 7pm on May 7th. Watch the trailer here! http://www.seedthemovie.com/trailer

The next Solid Waste Operator Forum well be held at AVCOG on Tuesday, May 9th starting at 11:30 am. AGENDA • Mark King, Maine DEP Discussion about ways to start an on-site composting program at your transfer facility; rules and regulation that apply to composting on site; rules and regulation relative to adding food scraps […]

Come to Fork & Spoon Restaurant on May 9th from 5pm to 8pm for a Bangor Greendrinks event hosted by the Maine Resource Recovery Association. There will be a raffle for composting equipment!

The Natural Resources Council of Maine is sponsoring a showing of JUST EAT IT, A FOOD WASTE STORY, at the Bangor Public Library on May 9th at 5:30pm. Come one, come all and see exactly where your food is going.

Come watch the documentary DIVE at the Urban Farm Fermentory on Tuesday May 9th at 7pm! Hosted by Ecomaine and UFF, come see how easy it is to live off the food we throw away! About the film: Inspired by a curiosity about our country's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning […]

To celebrate Maine Composts Week, the Library will be partnering with the Maple Street Community Garden to bring you this FREE program "Composting: Black Gold from Green Waste." Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 10, 4:00 PM, and call the Library to sign up!

Healthy Waterville will be hosting the Purple Bag Savings Challenge on Thursday, May 11 at the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market as part of Maine Composts Week. Contestants will be given a purple bag full of many household waste items. Before they start they will be see the bag’s weight. Participants will be timed as they […]

Mark King and Jay Duncan from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will be doing a composting demonstration for the Mars Hill Middle School