1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
For my 30 hours of independent component I want to either start a composting site or system at the school with approval from Flores, or if that does not work, I want to start a compost at my home.
2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I will be taking photos of the compost progress, hopefully in a time lapse fashion. To meet the 30 hour requirement I expect it will take 3 or so hours to do the research on how to compost. I plan to meet with the people who run Pomona College organic farm for information on the best composting materials. I want to meet with Flores to discuss a possible compost plan. All of these things will already take close to 10 hours. For the other twenty hours... it will take at least 15-30 minutes a day to maintain the compost ( turning the soil, keeping pests out.) and even more if I do the compost at school because I will need to moniter the bins and such to make sure people are composting the proper things. I will also need to move the soil once its done to another location. All these things will take approximately, take 3 to 4 hours a week.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This really addresses my food waste answer to my EQ. It delves into the systems that would help eliminate food waste, and illustrate how difficult it is to get these programs off the ground. Furthermore, it would limit my own, and the schools food waste.
4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.
Independent Comp Log 2
