Get Involved
Bring your skill set to help protect community composting! Our coalition is made up of diverse allies around Los Angeles - so no matter what your background, you can add tremendous value to this work. The best place to get started is reading through our Policy tab to inform yourself on these issues.
Recommended Reading
+ Recommended Reading
- Growing a Revolution by David R. Montgomery
- Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown
- The Soil Will Save Us by Kristin Ohlson
- Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
- Kiss the Ground: How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body & Ultimately Save Our World by Josh Tickell
- Let It Rot by Stu Campbell
- Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Arlene Appelhof and Joanne Olszewski
- Compost City: Practical Composting Know-How for Small-Space Living by Rebevva Louie
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Cows Save the Planet by Judith D. Schwartz
- Farmacology: Total Health From the Ground Up by Daphne Miller M.D.
- The Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massy
- The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier
- Grass, Soil, Hope: A Journey Through Carbon Country by Courtney White
- Water in Plain Sight by Judith D. Schwartz
- Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery
- Hidden Half of Nature by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery
Sign the Petition
We’re calling on the city of Los Angeles to carve out space for Community Composters! This means no exclusive contracts with waste haulers. Nothing against the big guys, but we believe compost, and all its benefits, should stay local.
We all thrive when we have space to grow.
Amazing Local Orgs
Los Angeles Food Organizations
* Food Forward
* Food Cycle LA
* Nourish LA
* Food Finders
* Chefs to End Hunger
Call your representative!
Want to be a compost superhero? Call your city council member’s office and tell them to prioritize community composting.
Not sure who your city council member is? Don’t worry, this look-up form makes it super easy to find out.
Click on the website of your city council member, find the contact page and either email or call (calling is recommended!)
Not sure what to say? Again, we got you. Just follow this script:
Hi! My name is ______, I’m a constituent of council member ______’s, I’m calling because I believe in the power of compost to reduce our emissions and build healthy soil, and I wanted to urge council member ______ to prioritize community composting in the implementation of SB 1383 in Los Angeles. Community composting keeps all the benefits of compost in our community, like jobs, healthy soil and green spaces and reduces transportation emissions. Would council member ______ be willing to advocate for local community composting?