EAT. EARTH. REPEAT.

EAT. EARTH. REPEAT.

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Desert Compost serves as a catalyst for social change and climate resilience that will strengthen our communities and help heal our planet.

Are you ready to strengthen your community and heal the planet?

Why Compost?

Compost conserves water!

Compost fights air pollution!

Compost repairs the climate!

Compost builds and nourishes the soil that grows our food!

Compost creates community!

Compost empowers YOU to be a climate hero!

Compost is the answer!

A team of 7 smash pumpkins to compost

Below The Surface: Our Blog

Happy Earth Day from Desert Compost & partners! Come visit us at Sunnylands from 9-2 today! #Sunnylands #MasterGardeners #UrbanConservationCorps
Learn More About Composting Wednesday, April 17 2024 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Palm Springs Public Library 300 S Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 Thank you Oswit Land Trust and Palm Springs City Government for inviting Desert Compost to teach about the b
Our compost crew at @collegeofthedesert. You too can have fun, meet people, and help the planet, when you volunteer with us. See the link in bio! #healtheearth #composting #compostislife #Composting
On Monday, April 22, local community composters are teaming up with Desert Compost partners at Palm Desert High School to offer a FREE screening of the movie 'Common Ground,' featuring Donald Glover, Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, and more. The film provid
College Corps volunteers at @collegeofthedesert are composting the leftover inedible food from the college food bank. Any food not fit for consumption is being composted at their own site. We are thrilled that College Corps volunteers are training wi
One bad apple....makes GREAT compost! Just be sure to bust up those apples into smaller pieces so they decompose quicker. Here we are at Green Academy at Desert Mirage High School, doing just that! 🍎🍏 #compostislife #composting #desertmiragehighsch
Fork it over! You can volunteer to join us at Prescott Preserve in Palm Springs on Mondays from 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. The Prescott Preserve Soil Building and Carbon Drawdown Project is sponsored by a grant from the @cvmountainsconservancy, @calrecycle
Oh, you know... just helping reduce carbon emissions through the wonders of compost! Teams of volunteers meet each week to build soil and make new friends at the Prescott Preserve in Palm Springs. Volunteer to join us -- see link in bio! #prescottpre
Here's volunteer and Master Gardener Sam picking avocado pits out of the curing compost pile. Did you know avocado pits are VERY slow to decompose? Therefore, either don't add them to your compost bin, or break them up. Or...consider sprouting one in

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"We are all walking phases of the soil."

~ Karl Hammer, Vermont Compost

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