Book Talk: Composting Utopia (Know Waste Lands Community Garden)
Friday, September 27th at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Free
Join us in celebrating the publication of Composting Utopia: Experimental Infrastructures for Organics Recycling in New York City by Guy Schaffer!
About the Book:
Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork with community composters and microhaulers in NYC, alongside the rollout of the city’s curbside organics collection system, Composting Utopia describes how local, grassroots organizations intervened in the city’s waste system, enacting change and presenting an alternative vision of the composting city.
Come prepared to explore the history and future of community composting with author, Guy Schaffer.
Event Highlights:
-Book Talk
-Reading
-Q&A and Group Discussion
-Book Signing
Copies of Composting Utopia will be available for purchase from Hive Mind Books.
This event is free, but please RSVP so we know how many folks to expect!
Please note: This event will be held outdoors in our garden space. Please dress for the weather and let us know if you require any accessibility accomodations.