North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council
North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council (doing business as Conservation Works) falls under the Natural Resources Conservation & Protection category: Organizations that protect our natural resources from abuse, neglect, waste or exploitation and preserve their availability for future generations.
The happy sounds of children at recess fill the air as Sydney, an 8-year-old student from Prestwood Elementary School, walks through the school garden towards the shade of a big tree where her school’s new worm composting system is set up. “These are where the worms live!” she says with a smile. Just a few weeks after helping to set this system up, Sydney shares her excitement, “We are reducing world pollution of greenhouse gas, and we're helping the world, little by little…it's really fun and gonna be fun. We're really trying, too.... we’re giving up one of our recesses at school to help feed the worms.” With a sweet sense of pride, this little climate leader jumps from one foot to the other while smooshing the bag of worm food in her hand before tenderly emptying it into the compost bin to feed the worms.