Compost + Company
inedible food scrap curation in a very big city map
Curate and map neighborhood food waste diversion data soliciting crowd-sourced metadata
Look at the center of any strange idea, you'll always find someone with a great question.
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Question, questions
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Can we visualize food waste to compost participation over time? Is there even data to measure this? If not, can it be inferred by other means?
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How does metadata inform participation?
Inputs
- Metadata
- Data
- Tests
- Surveys and polls
Rules of CompostandCompany
- Rule 1 keep it close to home
- Rule 2 keep it close to home
- Rule 3 relationships = trust
- Rule 4 {measure ~ data ~ truth}
- Rule 5 No truth? then Rule 4
Some Assumptions
- My planet will have soil, air and water free of man-made chemical pollutants.
- Reduce ~ Reuse ~ Recycle loop bad. Waste ~ Decay loop good.
- Planned obsolescence must die!
- Global climate changes profound impact on water resources is the visible threat that crosses all geographic zones.
- Cities are food scrap machines. Doh.
- Using economies of scale can facilitate a consistent & reliable product.
- Adding composted organic matter innoculates, improves water retention and provides plant nutrients.
- Soils rich in beneficial organisms become carbon sponges.
- Compost is a natural "nearly free" resource unlike water.
Possible Outcomes
- Creative ideation
- Field data collection
- Event / Media campaigns
- Metadata, datasets & APIs
- Explore sensors
- GCFS (General Compost Standard)
- Maps, maps, maps
- Viz, viz, visu-a-li-zation
- Discourse/Slack chat
- Fun
Rewards
- Fun
- Stickers
- Hemp bags4Bikes
- Some really special secret stuff