21st - 23rd
September 2007
Lee Valley Youth Hostel,
Cheshunt, Herts
GROWING WITH COMPOST:
how meeting landfill directive targets creates opportunities for economic, social and sustainable community regeneration.
PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR: Thursday 20th September
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday 21st September
09:30 Registration & Exhibition
10:00 Growing with Compost - the context
- Welcome and Introduction by Chair: Richard Swannell, WRAP
- The Growing with Compost Project - Nick McAllister, CCN
- Presentation from Richard Swannell, Head of Organics, WRAP
- TBC
11.10 Break & Exhibition
14:00 Community Composting in the UK
Presentations from the GwC demonstration network:
- Home composting - Alison Ensor, Gloucester Wildlife Trust
- Green waste composting - Tim Cara, COMPO
- Source-separated food waste composting -Andrew Bernard, Aardvark Recycling.
12:50 Lunch & Exhibition
11:30 Community Composting around Europe
Presentations from the GwC partners:
- Ecological Recycling Society, Greece
- Friends of the Earth, Slovakia
- Prague University of Agriculture, Czech Republic.
15:00 Break & Exhibition
15:20 New Aspirations
- The GwC toolkit in action - CCN
- Local Food: A new funding programme
- The Local Authority perspective on Community Composting - Cassie Hart-Fisher, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
16:30 Evaluation & Close
Weekend Programme
Friday evening: 5pm onwards:
Registration followed by dinner.
Welcome & Introductions, followed by evening entertainments.
Saturday:
9.30 CCN Annual General Meeting
Includes: election of new management committee members; Treasurers report; UK legislation update & Rachel Slater of The Open University presenting the results of the "Unlocking the potential of Community Composting" survey.
11:00 Break & Exhibition
16:00 Seminar: What's for Dinner?
This session explores land, soil fertility & food related issues both now and in the future - including Local Food - a guide to applying; local food production; and future food security.
13:00 Lunch & Exhibition
14.00 Workshops
A range of workshop will be offered in two sessions over the weekend - including: composting toilets; wood recycling; Women's Environmental Network talking about food and community cohesion; LATS as a lever to Local Authority support; commercial food waste; carbon matters and putting the Growing with Compost toolkit into action for your project.
11:30 Seminar: What about the weather?
A look at the wider implications of sustainable waste management in a controlled carbon future - including Julian Parfitt talking about Home Composting and it's role in an integrated approach to organic waste management.
17:50 Afternoon Tea & Exhibition, also time to explore Lee Valley Park
19.00 Dinner - Followed by a relaxed evening filled with music, film and good company.
Sunday :
9:30 Seminar: Is there more to life than compost?
Natural partners and extensions to composting - including Richard Mehmed of the National Wood Recycling Network and Ben Brangwyn of the Transition Town Network.
11:00 Break
11:30 Workshops
Although a few of the workshops from Saturday may be repeated overall it will be a different range of options from the previous day.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Composting Competition Results: Bring a sample of your best efforts and enter them before midday Saturday.
14:30 Conference Close
The programme may change and will certainly develop between now and the conference - for up to date information on all aspects of the conference please check here.
