Microscopy and Compost Course: In-person & online

Name: Microscopy and Compost Course: In-person & online
Start: 2024-10-01T18:00:00+12:00
Location: 25 Dignan Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1025

Schedule

Tue Oct 01 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

25 Dignan Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1025 | Auckland, AU

Bacteria. Protozoa. Nematodes. Fungi. These are the names of the microscopic community members working hard to transform dirt into soil and bring mauri to our māra kai. They are your friends - your unpaid kaimahi - but how well do you really know them?
In this short online course you’ll build maramatanga by learning how to identify, understand and work hand-in-hand with these microbes. By zooming in on the life beneath your feet, you'll gain huge insight into how your soil lives, breathes, stores carbon, holds moisture, repairs itself, feeds itself and more!
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/134bWucl3CEdCgIgdgMuPB_cKB2EyAZTD3XKHBkXvRKA
In the four modules of this course you will:
1. Get an introduction to the soil food web.
2. Build a bio-complete compost pile.
3. Discover which microbes are in your compost or soil (BYO sample and we'll have a look under the microscope!).
4. Gain greater understanding about your growing system, and how your management practices interact with microbial life.
You'll also pick up plenty of practical tips along the way, including how to boost the numbers of fungi in your compost, how to track temperature, what inputs certain microbes love, and how to adapt your existing system at home, school or māra.
MODULE 1 - Online
Tues 1st October 7-8.30pm
MODULE 2 - Online
Tues 8th October 7-8.30pm
MODULE 3 - In person
At Dignan St Community Garden, Pt Chev
Sat October 5th 9am-1pm (Rain date Sat October 12th)
MODULE 4 - Online
Tues 15th October 7-8.30pm
Registrations essential. Scholarships and discounts available. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/134bWucl3CEdCgIgdgMuPB_cKB2EyAZTD3XKHBkXvRKA
Discounts for members/practitioners of: Hua Parakore, Centre of Regenerative Learning, Auckland Composters Network, Earthworkers Programme.
This course is created and delivered by Growing Point, growing soil, food and community. We are a certified Soil Food Web Laboratory, providing a portal to the future through innovation, research and education.