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Why Your Trash Can Be Your Greatest Asset
In our latest broadcast we explored the incredible benefits
of vermicomposting with waste management expert Cathy Nesbitt.
Here are some key take aways from the episode:
1. Harnessing the Power of Vermicomposting
2. Overcoming Common Vermicomposting Challenges
3. Educating the Next Generation
4. Embracing a Sustainable Lifestyle
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Small Business Origins The Power of Composting and Laughter Therapy: An Insight with
Cathy Nesbitt
In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to overlook the simple things that can make a significant difference in our lives and the environment. Two such practices, often underestimated, are composting and laughter therapy. Both have profound effects on our well-being and the world around us. In this blog, we'll delve into the importance of these practices and introduce you to a remarkable individual who has dedicated her life to promoting them.
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About the author: John Kelley is a Texas
firefighter, entrepreneur and marketing advisor. As a business
major, small business owner and marketing advisor for Beefy
Marketing, he has become very familiar with the challenges
entrepreneurs face every day. Bringing his humor and love
for helping others to The Small Business Origins Podcast,
he dives deep into what makes each business tick, helping
bring useful information to other small business owners.
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Cathy Nesbitt is on a mission for people to live more sustainably
and have a wonderful, joyful life. She has found three avenues
to accomplish her mission. Worms for amending the soil, sprouts
for eating and laughter for overall health and wellness. Cathy
is a contributor to FEM where she shares simple solutions
for today's challenges.
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About the author:FEM is an online magazine
for entrepreneurs who are ready to ditch the over-competitive
hustle culture and want to embrace balance, collaboration
and diversity. We inspire, inform and encourage you to create
a fairer and more sustainable business and world!
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Laura
Heselton - Cathy Nesbitt is our generation's
David Suzuki
Ok, so want to hear of someone, possibly just like you, who
felt that same compulsion / overwhelming desire to get out
there and share her brilliance with the world?
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About the author: Every day through our
decisions, actions and most importantly our beliefs, we create
our lives. As a lifelong seeker of spiritual and global adventure,
I’ve been blessed to have one of my life’s dreams manifested
– to travel and experience the world in the personal, professional,
and spiritual realms.
Laura
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Turn
table scraps into rich soil with worms
Composting made easy. Why should we compost?
Doesn’t it smell? What about the worms getting out?
And as one of the viewers so aptly put it, “I don’t
like worms!” In an interview with Cathy Nesbitt, we
learn that composting isn’t as gross as we may think
it is. And towards the end, I even thought to myself, maybe
I should start composting here in my college dorm!
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About the author: Retreat & Learn was
founded with the purpose of providing workshops and retreats
while helping to preserve farmland and open space. In 2019,
a handshake agreement with the family who had owned Raven’s
Crest since 1919 was made that we would do all we could to
keep the farm as open space and not developed.
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Go
Solo - Modern Composting Solutions with
Cathy's Crawly Composters
It was a conversation with entrepreneur extraordinaire Cathy
Nesbitt, that inspired this whole post. I’ve known Cathy professionally
for 15 years and her passion for worms and the environment
hasn’t waivered. Vermicomposting is composting using red wiggler
worms.
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About the author: Here at Subkit, we believe
that everyone has the potential to #gosolo and start their
own profitable business venture. The Subkit Academy is the
home for all-things business education and ‘how to’.
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Yard Reform - Indoor Worm Composting,
Sprouting, and Laughing Cathy's Crawlers ‘Cathy Crawley
Laughing Bean Queen’ is the founder of a vermicomposting business
called Cathy's crawlers, a speaker and advocate for sustainable
ways to live a simpler life. She does laughter yoga. She sells
sprouting systems, she does it all in the green space. We
talk about the benefits of some of these methods and how Worm
Composting works!
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About the author: Caring for our Earth
One Yard at a Time. Chemicals used to build and maintain landscapes
are constantly polluting the environment, causing sickness
and cancer and harming wildlife, pets, and children. We strive
to help people and communities understand the long term results
of applying chemicals to their yards.
Yard Reform |
Ecoactionists - There’s Money in ... Compost! One
of the great myths of 'going green’ is that there’s no money
in it. We can’t possibly change our ways because it would
wreck the economy, right? Tell that to Cathy Nesbitt. For
more than 18 years now, she and her husband Rick have made
a comfortable full-time living with ... worms.
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About the author: The headlines are full
of scary images and statistics. Our governments sit on their
collective hands and do nothing, or worse, roll back progress.
The future seems uncertain. Is there any hope? Yes, there
is. Ecoactionists is all about the hundreds of thousands of
people all around the world who have rolled up their sleeves
and are doing something. In their homes. In their places of
work. In their communities. This isn’t about activism anymore.
It’s about action.
Ecoactionist |
The
Incredible Seed Co. - Worm composting
Q & A with Cathy Nesbitt.
We're so thrilled to be able to share this Q&A with Cathy
Nesbitt - worm composting expert extraordinaire, educator,
and environmentalist of Cathy's Crawly Composters.
We hope Cathy's enthusiasm inspires some of you to try worm
composting to help the earth, reduce waste, boost your soil
health as well as your own.
Q: What is so special about worm composting?
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About the author: The Incredible Seed
Company is Hilary and Christopher Mueller; a quirky, wife
and husband team! Their off-grid, home and gardens are located
on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore. Christopher is a lifelong
gardener with a keen interest in soil chemistry and a flair
for business. Hilary is a holistic nutritionist with a passion
for grassroots food security. Together, with eager help from
their two children, they make up Incredible Seeds!
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KCS
Matters - Red Wigglers Capture the Hearts
of Senior Kindergartners. An ongoing curiosity of
our SK students within our Outdoor Classroom has been with
the resident worms. With the last wave of warm weather at
the end of March, we saw our excited children, once again,
overturning the log stools and gathering a squirm of worms
into a wheelbarrow. It is wonderful that children are free
and eager to explore nature.
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About the author: At Kingsway College
School, we teach in innovative ways for 21st century learning.
Our difference is in the design: students learn the habits
that matter most for success in life through academics, arts,
athletics, and citizenship.
Kingsway
College School |
Wesley
Christian Academy - SK – Making Vermicompost
For Their New Garden On Thursday, April 17th, Cathy
from Cathy’s Composters came to the SK classroom to show the
students how to create a vermicomposter for their new garden.
First, she explained what vermicomposting is and what worms
can do.
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About the author: Walk through the doors
of Wesley Christian Academy and you will immediately feel
that this is some place special. The chatter of busy children,
the encouraging and wise quotations on the walls and the faces
of caring, exceptionally qualified, and dedicated educators
are but a few of the differences.
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GroYourBiz - Nesbitt’s quest to fight the global
garbage crisis. Toronto based entrepreneur Cathy
Nesbitt is also passionate about vericomposting. She has a
vision — to merge her two passions, people and the environment.
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About the author: Cathy Earle is a member
of the GroYourBiz Kamloops Chapter. Through her company Peaks
Media she consults clients in Canada and Australia on how
to get the most out of their internet presence through web
and social media integration. She writes a monthly blog post
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The
Blooming Reverend - I have five hundred
new friends but they are rather quiet. And wiggly.
Well, I haven’t actually counted, but I am told there
are about five hundred in a half pound of worms. They are
Red Wigglers and they are small and squirmy. I bought them
on the weekend.
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About the author: I am a Presbyterian
minister in Oakville, Ontario where I live with my husband
and four children. After a summer sabbatical, I am striving
to learn a healthy rhythm of work and rest. Here you will
find the reflections and stories that grow out of my experiences
in the garden and in my life.
Blooming
Reverend |
Greg(theCrazyFishGuy)'s
Aquarium Research ... because life underwater is good!:
Vermicomposting.
Today I’m going to talk about my adventures in vermicomposting,
that is keeping red wiggler worms in a small plastic box,
allowing them to much on compost and poop out a wonderfully
rich soil additive. While this post might seem a little off-topic,
but I assure you it does indeed relate to fishkeeping in that
larger fish love noshing on live food, including earthworms.
So, it’s a pretty easy and awesome thing to do, taking your
food waste and turning it into food for your plants and tasty
food for your fish too! Those of you who’d like to try breeding
fish will find live/meaty foods will help bring your prospective
parents into breeding condition.
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About the author: Feeling like the Web
could use a little more well-documented and researched information,
I had a desire to share some of my adventures in fish keeping
and breeding with my fellow aquarists. Thanks to some nudging
from friends, this WordPress blog was born. Let me start by
saying I have absolutely no formal background in biology,
genetics, statistics or research methods and have learnt all
that was necessary through books and Internet resources. In
school, I studied computer engineering, where the endless
slew of classes involved a sampling of pretty much “everything
science” except biology. With an almost hyperactive need to
learn new things though, my down-time was spent escaping into
the underwater world of my aquaria ... and loving every second
of it.
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The Power of Pets - Guest Spotlight - A Wiggly
Pet A worm for a pet? Come on….really? Yes, really!
Did you know that worms make awesome pets? 6 months ago, I
had the pleasure of meeting and connecting with fellow author
and worm advocates; Cathy and Rick Nesbitt. From speaking
with them for just a short time, I learned an abundance of
knowledge and have never looked at a worm the same way again.
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About the author: Author, Speaker, Consultant,
Marybeth’s specialized focus is providing support in pet bereavement
and the senior pet. She holds the strong belief that pets
can teach people many things about life and so can the grief
associated with the loss of a pet. The pain of such a loss
can be debilitating for many people. They can recover and
Marybeth’s passion is helping them move beyond loss. Her work
focuses on practical yet simple strategies for coping during
this difficult time.
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Project
Ix-Canaan - Guardians of the Rainforest -
A Vermiculture Workshop Cathy Nesbitt of Ontario,
Canada (Cathy’s Crawly Composters) and Maria Rodriguez of
Guatemala City (Byoearth), have been working together on a
project of Vermiculture with a group of women in the Central
Dump of Guatemala City. When I heard about the work they were
doing, I asked them if they would be willing to extend their
knowledge and worm-wisdom to the gardeners of our area. They
agreed and arrived with a bin full of worms to spend time
teaching us this valuable soil-enrichment technique.
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About the author: Offering programs of
Health, Education and Opportunity, to enable the people of
the jungles to become truly "IX-CANAAN ... the Guardians
of the Rainforest"
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The
Academy - Worm Composting Pilot Project
In November 2011 Nicole Klement and Terri Rutty met to discuss
ways in which the YMCA Academy could be more sustainable.
Of concern was the waste management system at the Central
YMCA, the school’s new location. Unfortunately green bin pickup
is not currently available for schools, businesses and condominiums
in the city of Toronto so a search for ways to reduce the
school’s garbage output. Once research on vermi-composting
began all referrals pointed towards Cathy Nesbitt from Cathy’s
Crawly Composters. Cathy is well known in Toronto for her
vast knowledge of worms and worm composting. Nicole and Terri
contacted her for suggestions and to see whether composting
at the Academy was an option.
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About the author: The Academy is a High
School run by the YMCA of Greater Toronto for youth with learning
disabilities & learning-style differences.
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Speed River Journal - An urban naturalist's progress. -
Beginners’ vermiculture ... This weekend I brought
home a brand new Worm Chalet. Finally, after having only thought
and talked about it for years, I’ve embarked on a new
venture: vermiculture. Even in cold winter climates like Canada,
you can make compost throughout the year. You do it indoors
with red wrigglers.
Part 1: Beginners Vermiculture ...
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About the author: "Around 2008 the
population of the world’s cities surpassed the number
of rural dwellers. A lower proportion of people live on the
land, yet we depend on it more than ever for sustenance. The
Earth shows increasing signs it will not tolerate continual
consumption of resources, abuse of soil, air and water, and
indifference toward biodiversity."
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Byoearth
Blog - A Wormderful Adventure.
One of my mentors of the past months has been Cathy Nesbitt,
founder of Cathys Crawling Composters, a company based in
Canada that has successfully mastered the art of vermicomposting.
Cathy and I met through twitter and we made such a great connection
that courageously she decided to come to Guatemala and embark
on a worm adventure with the groups of women that Byoearth
has been working for the past year.
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About the author: Byoearth is a innovative
organization that seeks to provide sustainable answers and
alternatives to challenges that we face today. Byoearth transfers
worm casting biotechnology to develop sustainable projects.
In Byoearth we acknowledge that many of the solutions for
todays problems can be found in nature!
“We believe in achieving natural health and social development
through raising red worms!”
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Wo-Built
Inc: Design + Build Construction Company -
From Worms to Green Building ... I normally don’t
write about my private life, but I got new pets, 800 to 1000
to be precise. And I had them for a week and a half and they
are still alive!!! They are red wiggler worms (scientific
name: Eisenia foetida), they live in a composting bin in my
kitchen and they eat my organic kitchen waste.
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About the author: “To be the leading
quality building company that is sought after for its innovative
design and construction and is recognized for using the projects
as a means to helping women, the community and the environment”
or in short ...
“To be the best (builder) while doing good”.
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Ecofest
Barrie - Why We Think Worms Are Vermi-licious!
The word Vermi comes from the latin ‘vermis’ meaning worm.
Quite possibly no one knows more about worms and their amazing
talents than Cathy Nesbitt at Cathy’s Crawly Composters. Here
is what her website describes as Vermicomposting:
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About the author: Proud to Work Together,
residents of the areas surrounding and in the City of Barrie
are in the development of the 2nd Annual Ecofest Barrie project.A
True Celebration & Collaboration between community organizations,
citizens and businesses whose focus is to move more cautiously,
hand in hand, into a brighter future.
Celebrating
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Dizzy
Lemonade's Balcony Garden - Compost
... The compost I've been using on my plants from Cathy's
Crawly Composters has had amazing results. Though I picked
up a bunch of compost, I still plan on buying some from her
next week - I simply love her stuff, I suggest you get some
compost for yourself!
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About the author: I am a twenty-something
girl who loves to garden, but has no space. Lack of space
doesn't stop me from trying to grow things anyway.
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Green
T - Awareness to Action - Life Lessons
and Learning to Love Worms Our first speaker of the
evening will be Cathy Nesbitt - worm advocate and founder
of Cathy’s Crawly Composters. Cathy believes that the solution
to the garbage crisis is actually several solutions, and one
of those solutions is vermicomposting. In her presentation,
Cathy will help us discover how to convert organic matter
into nature’s finest soil amendment as we find out how red
wiggler worms benefit the environment.
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About the author: Green T Environmental
Awareness - Our not-for-profit organization presents motivating
speakers’ events that will bring you up to date on environmental
issues, news and ideas. And we'll will help you connect with
other amazing Caledon residents who are interested in greening
up their lives.
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Natural
Health Care Blog - The worms have arrived!
Suhujitha and I have been very excited to have a functioning
worm chalet in the office. Everyone else, it seems, has been
either neutral or disturbed by the idea that we would be composting
our office waste using this method. We are apparently a fruit-eating
office here and since the City of Toronto doesn't pick up
green bins from businesses, our compost waste ends up in the
trash. Well, not any more. (Ed. note: some
great pics here)
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About the author: Gisela McKay - I am
one of the two owners of pixcode (the company that runs NHC
along with CanadianFoodies.ca, CanadaEventsCalendar.ca, Wellergize,
and more). I'm the voice you'll hear on the radio most often
- which is odd for me since I am really a behind-the-scenes
kind of person. Mostly. I'm part geek, part cheerleader. All
these years later.
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Beautiful
Vegan - I'm worm composting ... Finally!
- I'm composting with worms (otherwise known as vermicomposting).
I learned a bit about it in Costa Rica on the organic farm,
and have been wanting to do it in my home for some time. I'm
still really freaked out by them, but I followed Cathy's instructions
(the Queen of Worms) - go to her website and click on instructions
at www.cathyscomposters.com.
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About the author: Lyn Rose - We (my son,
life-partner and I) are an environmentally-compassionate family
dedicated to creating positive change on this planet. Becoming
vegan is a powerful way to say 'I will not participate in
the environmental, health and karmic problems associated with
eating animals.
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FoodCycles
- SQUIRM! Worm Doc, Agri Rock! - Cathy, an
acquaintance of mine who runs her own worm composting and
education business in the GTA, Cathy’s Composters has just
come out with a new documentary called “Squirm”.
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About FoodCycles: We are an urban farm
social enterprise based in the Greater Toronto Area that raises
worms, produces compost and grows food.
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Once upon a worm - But when this story
begins, I had just moved to a new city and was looking to
start a new composter. So I was excited when a local company
(cathyscomposters.com) that raises and sells red wriggler
worms.
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About the author: Anna Borstad is a freelance
artisan and garbage-picker extraordinaire. While not busy
exploring the alleys of her new city, Toronto, Ontario, Anna
likes to cook elaborate vegetarian meals and squish her cat.
You can read about her various misadventures on her blog,
Freeplaycraft. |
Torontoist
- Square Feet: We've Got Worms! Vermicomposting
is the name of the process and requires not just any worm,
but Red Wiggler worms specifically. The main supplier of these
worms to Toronto is Cathy's Crawly Composters from Bradford
and she can get the wiggly things and a bin for them to you
in two days.
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About the author: Every two weeks, Torontoist
looks to fill up all the square feet in your abode. Eschewing
the IKEA catalogue, delve into the unique design shops, interesting
sales, and easy do-it-yourself projects that can be found
scattered throughout Toronto.
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