INTERNal Dialogue: Wolfe’s Neck; a ride along; and talkin’ vermicomposting
By Chris Casolaro Intern at Bootstrap Compost, Inc. After a very relaxing weekend up north in Freeport and Portland, Maine, I was ready to jump back into things at BSC…
INTERNal Dialogue: Chris the Intern joins the Boot gang!
By Chris Casolaro Intern at Bootstrap Compost, Inc. Hey everybody, my name is Chris and I’ll be the voice of this blog for the next ten weeks or so. Just…
INTERNal Dialogue: Josh the Intern Geeks Out at Home Depot, Talks Social Media Appreciation, Tests Soil Quality
By Joshua Michael Intern at Bootstrap Compost, Inc. Wow! It's been quite an adventure at Bootstrap over the last few days. I watched the garage door break, I took part…
Client Q&A: Sarah Robinson
By Igor Kharitonenkov Co-Founder at Bootstrap Compost, Inc. Could Sarah Robinson be our #1 fan? The Boston-based green entrepreneur is certainly up for consideration. Shortly after Bootstrap expanded beyond Jamaica Plain and into the high-rises…
Client Q&A: Sarah Robinson
By Igor Kharitonenkov Co-Founder at Bootstrap Compost, Inc. Could Sarah Robinson be our #1 fan? The Boston-based green entrepreneur is certainly up for consideration. Shortly after Bootstrap expanded beyond Jamaica Plain and into the high-rises…
Compost Round Up: “My Cup of Tea”
For this week's edition of Compost Round Up, we thought we'd delve into the wonders of Compost Tea. It came up briefly at a recent Bootstrap team meeting and we thought…
A Green Gospel: Tiny Kitchen Scraps Have Big Civic Impact
Greetings compost nuts!
Since May, we’ve welcomed over 200 new Bootstrappers into our growing community of urban composters. With so many of you new to the Bootstrap game, we figured it prudent to take a moment to outline the tremendous benefits of having you on board. Your commitment to composting (a completely voluntary commitment at that) is laudable. So please, take a bow.
Now, let’s look at the impacts!
As a Bootstrap customer, you’re reducing your own carbon footprint (to date, you’ve helped to eliminate the emission of more than half a million pounds of harmful GHGs into the atmosphere), while helping to produce a over 250,000 pounds of natural soil amendment for local growers. Talk about a twofer! Additionally, as a BSC client you’ve helped create and fund over a dozen green jobs; support educational programming for students from kindergarten to college; and reduce the detrimental effects of landfills. So whether you know it or not, every Bootstrap subscriber is part of a community of activists that is spreading a profoundly more sustainable way of life. As a result, your membership allows The Boot to fulfill our biggest mission: empowering residents of Boston and its environs to (more…)
The ABCs of BSC
Why Compost? Spell it out with B-O-O-T-S-T-R-A-P
e the envy of your neighbors. With other fools tossing out their food scraps like it’s 1987, Bootstrap brings convenience, practicality, and oodles of cachet to the radical act of food diversion. Get with the future now.
MG…It’s so easy. Seriously, composting with Bootstrap is essentially hassle-proof: Signup online, get a bucket, start collecting organics.
ffset landfills. Landfills are fundamentally unsustainable, releasing pollutants into the ground, air and water. By removing organics from the conventional waste stream, we are challenging — and transforming — the very notion of trash.
ake aim at GHG emissions. Carbon dioxide and methane gas (prevalent offshoots from landfills) contribute to global warming. Composting a pound of kale offsets the emission of .95 pounds of Co2. That’s a (more…)
Green Plate Club seeks members
Bootstrap has again joined forces with our friends and neighbors Boston Organics to lick wastefulness. This easy-as-pie promo (ingeniously dubbed The Green Plate Club) serves to bind the ties between two…