Our goal is to help children fall in love with NATURE through vermicomposting! After all, how can you protect what you don't love?

Our school program dives into the fascinating world beneath our feet, giving your students a front-row seat to watch our planet's recycling process in action!

Book a classroom workshop

We offer a fun workshop on vermicomposting for grades k-12 in English and French, tying it into curriculum topics like soil and recycling.

| We are currently booking workshops in Ottawa valley and Kelowna

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How Our Program Works

  • 1. Workshops

    A hands-on introduction to worm composting. Your classroom will explore the worm bin, meet red wigglers, and understand the importance of building soil.

    | Operating in Ottawa & Gatineau

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  • 2. Classroom Worm Farms

    A compact, two layer worm farm that is a year-round educational tool for classrooms. Worms can be fed paper and fruit peels.

    | Ships across Canada and USA

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  • 3. Compost Club

    We can help you design and implement a student run vermicomposting social enterprise in your school to generate worm castings from food and paper waste.

    Contact us for details!

Watch how vermicomposting can teach the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gift A Workshop

Amplify your impact by gifting a workshop and worm farm to a classroom. We have a growing list of classrooms eager to start.

Make a $25 donation

Contact Us

For custom inquiries or other questions, kindly reach out at compost@theboxoflife.com.

Your questions answered

How to care for the worms?

We will give you everything you need to look after your new wormy pets! Every worm farm comes with a Worm Parenting guide and dedicated support from our team.

Will food scraps smell?

If you are following the feeding schedule and instructions the food scraps will not smell! The Box Of Life has a beautiful earthy smell.

What about holidays?

The Box Of Life classroom edition is portable so can go home with an assigned babysitter for any school holidays.

Can students handle the worms?

After the worms have established themselves in their new habitat the students can definitely handle them. As long as they have a gentle hand to wiggle in and are returned to their home afterwards they will stay happy and active!

Time commitment for worm bin care?

The feeding of the worms takes less than 10 min per week. As much time as it takes to prepare them a healthy meal of chopped up food scraps and bedding material. This is a job any assigned worm babysitter can easily fit into their day. They won’t even miss recess!

Can The Box Of Life compost all classroom food scraps?

The classroom edition box is a learning tool as opposed to a full sized composter. It will only compost approximately 1 cup of food scraps per week. If your school is interested in implementing a larger scale Worm Bin to handle all their food scraps we are on board! Please reach out to audra@theboxoflife.com