VISUAL CULTURES OF COMPOST

archiving facilitated decomposition in its many forms

Images gathered from a variety of sources by a student doing research at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Categories:

I. CONTAINERS
II. PILES
III. HANDS
(coming soon)
IV. TOOLS
V. MICRO
VI. MACRO
VII. SIGNS

CONTAINERS

Sources:

The Simple Art of Home Composting: A Guide for Santa Cruz County Residents, Ecology Action of Santa Cruz, 1988

The Complete Book of Composting, Ed. J. I. Rodale, Rodale Books, Inc. 19th ed, 1975, first published 1960

Worm Digest, Special Issue, ed. S. Zorba Frankel, 2002

Versa Horto, 2022

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PILES

Sources:

The Complete Book of Composting, Ed. J. I. Rodale, Rodale Books, Inc. 19th ed, 1975

Marjory the Trash Heap and Acolytes, Fraggle Rock, Jim Hensen Studios, c. 1980s

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Sources:

The Complete Book of Composting, Ed. J. I. Rodale, Rodale Books, Inc. 19th ed, 1975

HANDS

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