Deadline: 1 November 2024
The International Compost Awareness Week Committee holds a poster contest to pick a design for the annual poster.
Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost! is the ICAW theme for 2025. This theme was chosen with the goal of highlighting composting in all kinds of communities at any scale – from backyard home composter, to community composters, to large-scale facilities to all those who recognize the many benefits of using compost on our soils.
Benefits
- Some benefits from organic recycling and compost use:
- Composting reduces methane emissions through aerobic managed decomposition providing for a more sustainable community.
- Composting lowers greenhouse gasses by improving carbon sequestration in the soil. Getting the carbon back into the soil serves as a “carbon bank,” helping to store carbon thereby removing it from the atmosphere.
- Compost provides essential nutrients for plants, promoting vibrant gardens and farms. Healthier soil leads to healthier, more nutritious food for the communities.
- Compost use increases the water-holding capacity of the soils; important as the communities are more and more often seeing drought and or intense rain events causing soil runoff and erosion.
- Community Gardens and Green Spaces: Compost plays a vital role in community gardens, fostering green spaces that provide fresh produce, recreational opportunities, and community gathering places.
Prize Information
- The overall winner will receive a $500 prize.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be ages 10 – 13 to enter.
- This is an international contest.
- The design must have something related to “Composting in My Community.”
- Bookmark must be 3”x 8”. Other sizes will not be accepted.
- You can draw your design on the paper template and submit it or you can design it another way, keeping it at 3”x 8”, and submit that design as a .jpg file.
- Please note, AI-generated designs will not be accepted.
For more information, visit Compost Research & Education Foundation.
