Composting is green infrastructure

Hey green infrastructure folks 🌱

When you’re designing climate-resilient cities can you PLEASE include composting and soil building in your toolkit?

Alongside sponge cities, mini forests, green roofs, and rain gardens, community-scale composting delivers massive impact:
♻️ Recycles food waste
💨 Prevents landfill methane
🌿 Creates incredible natural fertilizer -> it sequesters CO2
👩🌾 Supports local green jobs
👨👩👧👦 Engages the community -> wormies are huge crowd-pullers
🎉 And yes… it’s genuinely FUN!

Have you seen the Worm Hotel projects in the Netherlands? 🇳🇱

We’ve launched something similar in Ottawa - worm benches to compost food scraps.

If we’re serious about regenerative urban design, organics recycling must be part of green infrastructure.

Earthworms are nature’s recyclers and they belong in our cities. 🪱

If you’re working on green infrastructure, urban planning, or community sustainability, I’d love to connect and share easy soil-building solutions for your next project. You can reach me at akil@theboxoflife.com.