Presented to CarbonfreeDC, Ed Burske, author of theslowcook.com, gives a wonderful presentation on how to compost with limited yard space.

1. Can Compost Save Planet Earth? An urbanite’s guide to recycling organic matter

2. What’s Wrong with this Picture?

3. Where Does it Go?

4. The City’s Secret Compost

8. Saving Planet Earth

9. Who is this Man? (and why did he care so much about earthworms?)

11. Compost = Nature’s Recycling System

14. Compost and Fertility

15. The Worldwide Search for Fertilizer

16. The Haber-Bosch Process

17. Artificial Fertilizer: Blessing or Curse?

18. Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

19. Modern Homeowners Embrace Haber’s Process

20. Chesapeake Death Zone

21. The Ultimate Irony

22. Backyard Composting

23. A Basic Formula

26. How Compost Happens: The Decomposers

31. Wire Bins

32. Wooden Bins

33. Masonry Bins

34. Composting in Place

35. Large-Scale Composting

36. Compost from Tree Waste

37. Kitchen Scraps

38. Alternative Bin: Trash Can

39. Manufactured Bins

40. Composting with Manufactured Bin

42. Problem: Winter

43. Composting with Worms

44. Worm Bins