I spent the last two weeks with five- to ten-year-olds, scheming ways to make the world a happier, healthier and more beautiful place. They're inventing Trash Robots, to alert us when we toss something that belongs in a recycling bin or a compost pile, like a seltzer can or a banana peel. They're prototyping a Worm Hotel, where dozens (and soon hundreds) of worms live, eat, and work to break down food waste (like that banana peel) and other natural materials like paper and plant parts, turning a mixed-up moist mush into a super soil. A third team is designing a “living mural” for a blighted wall in the backside of their school. This drab and nearly forgotten spot will soon be home to herbs and sprouts and flowers, with bees and butterflies to follow if the lush green wall keeps growing through the summer and into next school year.
The future is wild
The future is wild
The future is wild
I spent the last two weeks with five- to ten-year-olds, scheming ways to make the world a happier, healthier and more beautiful place. They're inventing Trash Robots, to alert us when we toss something that belongs in a recycling bin or a compost pile, like a seltzer can or a banana peel. They're prototyping a Worm Hotel, where dozens (and soon hundreds) of worms live, eat, and work to break down food waste (like that banana peel) and other natural materials like paper and plant parts, turning a mixed-up moist mush into a super soil. A third team is designing a “living mural” for a blighted wall in the backside of their school. This drab and nearly forgotten spot will soon be home to herbs and sprouts and flowers, with bees and butterflies to follow if the lush green wall keeps growing through the summer and into next school year.