– Skylar Hopkins, Director of Religious Education (DRE)

Don’t you hate it when you order something online and it comes in a box with all of that unnecessary styrofoam? Did you know that styrofoam takes 500 years to decompose?!? The solution… worms! Superworms can turn that styrofoam into a compostable material in just a few weeks! As long as companies keep packaging with styrofoam, our worms will keep eating it. Join us as Karen Hyams teaches us how they do it with a live demonstration.

This event is intended to take the place of our monthly family craft event. Kids are welcome and encouraged to help us make the ecosystem for the worms to do their thing, however, all ages are welcome to join and watch! Info about the event can be found on the flyer.

Following the presentation on Styrofoam composting worms and plastics repurposing , Karen Hyams provided the following additional information on her Forest Plastic Lab projects.

From Karen:

Announcing Forest Plastic Lab

I created this new studio project to promote effective environmental activism and use plastic as a creative medium. I hope that combining these two things will make the activism work we do have a lot of impact while spreading  hope, empowerment and fun.

My plastic site is https://forestplasticlab.com

the insta account is @ForestPlasticLab.

Mailing list signups here

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EqESoRfEf3nY-vmw5eS3JuvCARyqB7PUmrI_aj2HR7M/viewform?edit_requested=true

The website has information about how to do your own worm box, and also other activism ideas and projects. There are lots of opportunities to get involved.

For those interested in more information on Styrofoam composting worms, see Karen’s Sketchbook section on the website and go to the  January 10, 2023 ‘Bugs Eat Styrofoam’ selection, then continue reading!