Pōpopo wormporium
Pōpopo - our on campus worm farm and composting station - turns the idea of 'waste' on its head. We are transforming the problem of organic waste into an opportunity for ecological restoration, food production, and hands-on education in sustainable practice.
What is Pōpopo?
Pōpopo is a community wide sustainability initiative, being built by our whole OP community; students, staff and friendly neighbours alike. It's where OP's organic waste goes, you'll find a range of composting methods here, like hot compost and bokashi. It's also where our little critters like to live - a home for our worms.
Pōpopo is also where you'll find our annual Wormporium Waste Audit - good waste data is the best way we can track our progress on key sustainability goals of waste minimisation.
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What can Pōpopo offer?
- Collaborations! Designers, researchers, volunteers
- Anyone interested in sustainability and regenerative practice
- Student engagement: Collaborators and learners
- Public engagement: Workshops and volunteers
Pōpopo's goals
- Develop a facility capable of processing all organic materials produced by Otago Polytechnic
- Develop a thriving model of a community composting site.
- Offer hands-on learning experiences for our community to learn what regenerative waste management looks like in their home, work or other contexts
- Students and staff across OP get to apply their work and learning to Pōpopo
- Transform "waste" materials into a resource. Our waste feeds soils, animals, plants, and people.
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