Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Moving Forward

SOURCE: http://www.mtlion.com/gardencomposter/technology.html

So, we are totally getting into this worm bin project and thinking it through. Such as, how we are going to measure the compost and what kinds of food we can put into the bins that the worms will digest. We made some changes to our proposal to make it more specific and informative onto how it will help Kamehameha and why it's such a good project. Right now, we are going to start on our budget for this project and what exactly we are making this composting bin out of and how we are going to make it. Since, this has been created before there are tons of different designs and modifications that we can choose from. However, we still kind of want to do this on our own and make this project original to our group for the school. We are thinking of ways to make our composting tub unique and efficient. Right now we are thinking about the budget being around 50 bucks for all the small and large parts such as PVC pipes, wheels, and nuts and bolts. We have a basic idea about what our bin will look like in the end and how it will rotate, but still have to draw specifics. We are going to try and get prices on various items that we can make our composting drum out of and use the most efficient items  with the best value of money. We are only making one drum so we shouldn't need too much, but we probably will need to order extras in case we mess up. Since, our project takes a while to get results because we need to wait for food items to decompose, then we cannot be waiting on orders or extra pipes or wheels that are vital to our project. We hope all goes well in ordering enough items in order to build our composting drum and get good results for the furthering of this idea at Kamehameha Schools.

LINK TO PROPOSALhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/17Nd-mMCkFXEQJIItWTHnUp1ANLI2OKm77j6fx5vkcaE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJGgqV0

3 comments:

  1. This is really cool. A great way to put our wasted food to use, seeing that we waste so much. Hopefully you guys pull it off. Good luck.

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  2. This is a really good idea. im not going to to lie, our group wanted to do this if you guys werent going to follow through with it. but good luck!

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  3. I hope that you guys are able to construct this compost bin! Wasting at our school is a biiiiiiiig problem, good luck!

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