Introduction

I decided to work on my Gold Award this year on composting because it  truly captured my interest; as I always wanted my Gold Award to be nature related, this seemed to fit in perfectly. My Journey, which is the pre-requisite for the Gold Award, was on soil conservation. Ever since, I have wanted to pursue my Gold Award on topics related to that. Furthermore, I have always believed that we need to change our lifestyle, so as to reduce exploitation of the environment and the resources we consume. Composting ties in perfectly with my interests. Last October, while reading the newspaper, I read about composting in Princeton. The next day, I researched this topic and it got me really interested. For the next few months, I read more on composting and I came across the handy compost bin made out of shipping pallets. I emailed Heidi Fichtenbaum, my mentor, and got some information from her. This fascinated me and I knew I wanted to something like this for my community and the neighboring ones. I then sent out a proposal and two days after the approval, I had my first booth.