Zero Waste, Zero Carbon
Carbon Sinking in Action
Easy climate action for students
Welcome to the Carbon Sinking in Action Project, where students are turning school food scraps into a powerful tool against climate change, for a resilient future.
The Carbon Sinking in Action Project
The Carbon Sinking in Action Project helps schools use food scraps to grow topsoil and capture carbon- an easy yet effective climate action!
The project has been running successfully in Auckland schools, since its inception in 2019. It has been evaluated and revised into an easy, effective system. Year 7-10 students can be actively engaged in real climate action when diverting food scraps, bokashi composting, using biochar and restoring soil.
Carbon Sinking in Action is facilitating schools to adapt to a changing climate, mitigate risks and build resilience to climate related events and effects, while working towards zero waste and zero carbon.
The materials and videos on this website are all provided free for everyone to use to start carbon sinking. The programme is not currently supported by facilitators. For facilitation support, please contact sustainableschools@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or your local Enviroschools facilitator.
The Problems
Too many food scraps and organic materials are going to landfill
Burning of fossil fuels
Use of synthetic fertilisers
These actions are producing greenhouse gases which are contributing to climate change.
The Solutions
Keep food scraps out of landfill
Build living topsoil, which is a carbon sink
Support plants and forests to create topsoil
Transform carbon dioxide into carbon-rich foods to grow living soil microorganisms and fungi.
Carbon sinking is growing living topsoil
Creating carbon-rich topsoil reduces the amount of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere.
Setting up food scrap collection systems
How to bokashi compost with biochar.
How to dig in food scraps
Learn about soil science
Understand carbon sinking.
Learn more about zero waste
Build resource recovery stations.
Soil is the planet's second largest carbon sink, after the ocean
There is more carbon stored in soils than in all the plants, forests and animals on the planet combined. Countless microorganisms and fungi make up carbon-rich soil.
Carbon sinking is growing living topsoil to store carbon
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Please note: The materials and videos on this website are all provided free for everyone to use to start carbon sinking. This programme is not currently funded for in-person support by facilitators. For facilitation support, please contact sustainableschools@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz or your local Enviroschools facilitator.
Email
hibiscuscoastzerowaste@gmail.com