Circular School Eco Club

This Tuesday's session was the first eco club class after the mid term exams. In keeping with our circularity and growing theme, we started vermicomposting with the students. The sessions will be facilitated by Elijah De Souza, a young agriculturist from Anjuna.  This week, Vishal started with an introduction to nutrient cycling, which was followed by a brief talk by Elijah about the process of vermicomposting - materials used, earthworms involved, uses of the finished product.  We did a dive into the worms' 'Holiday Home' as Elijah calls it, to have a look at some of the worms that would be doing the job of breaking down our dried leaves and cow dung.  This ‘Holiday Home’ is a box of treats for the worms - vegetable waste, cardboard, mud and some vermicompost. These particular earthworms are used due to their ability to eat their weight in food, which means a much higher yield of vermicompost. They're characterised by a groove running along their bodies, and are co...