When the Toronto landfill closed in 2002, the city started sending its garbage to Michigan in trucks. 1,000 18-wheelers every week.

But Cathy Nesbitt had an environmentally friendly solution for Toronto's trash. And she turned her climate activism into a composting business.

Cathy is the multi award-winning environmental innovator and health advocate behind Cathy's Crawly Composters, a platform that teaches people how to compost indoors using worms that convert food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer.

Cathy regularly delivers keynotes and leads workshops on living a more sustainable life. She is also a certified Laughter Yoga Teacher and the 2022 Women of Inspiration Catalyst for Change Award Winner.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Cathy joins Anjel to explain the process of composting, describing how it can be done in an apartment or condo with red wigglers.

Cathy discusses why she was driven to build a business around vermicomposting and offers advice to other aspiring entrepreneurs in the environmental space.

Listen in for Cathy's insight on the benefits of composting and learn how to do your part to mitigate climate change by turning food waste into fertilizer!

What You Will Learn

How the closing of the Toronto landfill in 2002 inspired Cathy's environmental activism

The process of composting your yard waste and food scraps (and why it's so important)

How composting can be done inside your apartment or condo using worms

How red wigglers convert food scraps and paper into nutrient-rich fertilizer

Why Cathy was driven to build a business around vermicomposting

How composting provides a solution to the problems of food waste and soil degradation

The resources available to aspiring composters on Cathy's website

Why your worm bin won't smell if conditions are right (and what to do if it does)

Cathy's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs on building a network of support

How being the 'trash capital' adversely affects Michigan's water system

Cathy's advice for aspiring composters and entrepreneurs in the environmental space

How Cathy describes red wiggler worms as the original alchemists

Connect with Cathy Nesbitt

Cathy's Composters

Cathy on YouTube

Resources

COP27

Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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