The Compostess

04/22/2021

Happy Earth Day! I had a great time chatting compost with All Of It With Alison Stewart on WNYC. If you'd like a fun listen while you're gardening or getting your daily dose of podcasts on -- tune in! There were some great caller questions, and key stats on the state of composting today!

Rebecca Louie on composting.

05/05/2020

Please sign the petition, and help New Yorkers continue to give a scrap!

Please sign, and share this petition with all of your friends. With your voice, we will become a sweet chorus they will hear. We can do this, together.

03/03/2020

Sign the petition to save Lower East Side Ecology Center's community compost program!

Save the Lower East Side Ecology Center's Community Compost Program!

02/11/2019

If you haven't seen one of my Bucket Composting Bootcamps, the amazing team at Fashion Institute of Technology shared this talk I gave at the 2018 Library Professional Development Day! Learn the basics of compost science, discover interesting (and affordable!) compost systems, and hahah please endure my soul searching reflections at the beginning of the talk because I promise it DOES get into the nitty gritty! Enjoy!

The FIT Library's 2018 Professional Development Day was "Go Green: Eco City Living" and featured guest speakers on a variety of subjects relating to sustaina...

09/22/2018

Pet worm! 🐛 😂

06/29/2018

So exciting to be featured in New York Magazine's The Strategist! Discover the best compost system from you, and learn more from the soil experts at BK ROT and Earth Matter NY!

Live worms are an option.

03/09/2018

What's the buzz about beekeeping? Find out at this amazing FREE day-long workshop with the amazing The Honeybee Conservancy on April 8. (Donations welcome to support their educational efforts and Sponsor-a-Hive grant!)

Clear your calendar for the Beekeeping 101 Workshop by The Honeybee Conservancy. https://beekeeping101.splashthat.com

03/04/2018

Worm party on a toilet paper roll, just eatin’ and 💩. Cardboard is a great source of carbon for any worm bin! 🐛🐛

12/11/2017

Get up to $2000 of your fabulous food waste diversion project funded by the Foundation for New York's Strongest, part of the New York City Department of Sanitation! Deadline for applications is 1/8/2018!

The NYC Department of Sanitation’s Foundation for New York’s Strongest hosted the first-ever NYC Food Waste Fair in July 2017. With over 1,000 attendees, this event was a one-stop-shop on how to prevent, recycle, and recover the more than 650,000 tons of food waste that New York City businesses ...

11/01/2017

One of my favorite costumes of the day: a friend dressed as a Bottle Fly Larvae! As maggots, these lil guys are great decomposers who eat dead animals. As winged wonders, they pollinate flowers. Happy Halloween!!

10/23/2017

Many thanks to Farmsteady for getting their worm on with me! Read on for tips on composting in small spaces, getting over the ick factor, and more! :D

Photo: Laurence Kesterson Bring on the worms, the wet leaves, the used fruit peels, and the extra coffee grounds. For Rebecca Louie, the dirtier, the better. Known as The Compostess - more at home outside with her sleeves rolled up and elbows deep in dirt - Rebecca has made a living out of

10/14/2017

Taters gonna tate. This year's harvest of fingerlings grown in 5-gallon buckets of compost!