Day 3

Daily Deliverables:
--Assign research topics
--plan "Alpha Test Phase"
--prepare for field trip

Day three started off with Munchkins courtesy of Tori. Alec couldn't decipher which ones were chocolate. Come on, Alec. We put our heads together and decided it was a good idea to actually do some composting this summer. Sitting in classroom is getting tiring and it's only been three days. I can't do eight weeks of it. Luckily, next week we get to go up and play in Mountaintop C! So pumped. They even have a kitchen (pantry) for us. Once we cooked up a plan for a pre-phase-I (calling it Alpha Test Phase) we pretty much called it a day, considering our big field trip tomorrow. We are leaving at 8:30 for Lafayette college to meet with their head compost guy and scope out their set-up. We are hoping to learn more about on-campus composting so we can start our test phase.

For individual work, we split up the topics needed to be handled. We need to know the regulations that apply to an on-campus compost site, as well as the data that we need to collect and how to go about collecting it. We need to come up with a management plan for the summer and how it's going to get run, as well as email a bunch of people in order to get approval and make sure we can use the food waste from Brodhead dining hall. After that work was allotted evenly among the four of us, we went our separate ways, only to meet up again tomorrow morning.

Lots of pictures and information to come after tomorrow!