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Contacts:
 John Farmer- 5th grade science teacher at Ayer Elementry  Rumpke  Holly Sattler- 6th grade teacher at Ayer Elementry  Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical garden-  []  Knron Conservitory-  []

Email to John Farmer, a 5th grade science teacher at Ayer Elementry
To: Mr. Farmer, My name is Abby Stuart, I had you for my 5th grade science teacher in 2009-2010, and I have a few questions on composting. We are studying problems in Ancient Rome. My problem is poor waste management. My solution is composting. So I have a few questions... <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What foods can be compsted? <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Do you have to have a specifc bin like we did at Ayer, or can we just put the scraps on the ground? <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why do you think that composting is important, and how does it help the environmet? <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thank you for your time, please get back to me at your earliest convienence. <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thank You! <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Abby Stuart <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">From: <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hello Abby! <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is a link to composting information that I created a few years ago that should help: [] <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Top three reasons to compost: --Composting enriches garden soil that can be used to grow food. --It reduces the use of fossil fuels by reducing the volume of waste that is transported to landfills in trash cans. --It gets you outdoors! <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">After reading through the link, let me know if you have other questions. <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mr. Farmer

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sewers In Ancient Rome
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Sewers were used to get rid of storm water <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">The overflow of the sewers went into the Tiber river <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">They did not really take off until the arrival of the Cloaca Maxima, probably one of the best known examples of sanitation from the ancient world <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Over time all of the drainage and ewers linked to the Cloaca Maxima and then that emptied out into the Tiber river <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">If they lived in a building that wasn't one story they would use a chamber pot and that means that they would throw their waste out of windows and onto the streets. There was a law agenst this but people still did this. The sewers were made to help get some of the waste. But when people started throwing solids like trash on to the streets things got sort-of out of hand and if the law couldn't stop it what could?

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.66px;">Present time
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Today we recycle so we can reuse resources that are starting to run out or reuse resources that have the ability to be re- used. We recycle things like paper which is a good made from trees. We would recycle paper because trees create air for us to breath. If all the trees in the world would get cut down to make paper, we would have a lot more trouble breathing or we wouldn't be able to breath at all. We also recycle plastic. Plastic is not a natural resource but it takes a lot of energy to make. By recycling we would use less energy to create the plastic bottle. The definition of recycling is…

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">re·cy·cle [ree-sahy-kuhl] Show IPA verb, -cled, -cling, noun, verb (used with object) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">1. to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">2. to alter or adapt for new use without changing the essential form or nature of: The old factory is being recycled as a theater. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">3. to use again in the original form or with minimal alteration: The governor recycled some speeches from his early days. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">machine.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Today have a waste disposal system. You put your garbage into a can, then you put it in a larger can. Next the garbage men people would come in their special garbage truck and take your garbage away. They will put in in a dump. The dump helps maintain the garbage and try to keep it al in one place so the whole city or area isn't filled with random trash
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">So the garbage doesn't give off any odors that could pollute the environment they cover the garbage in grass
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">To help prevent bad oxygen in the air they don't allow people to burn trash anymore
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Another thing that is popular to do with their natural waste today is composting. Composting is when you take goods and products hat come nature like bread, fruit scraps, vegetable, composting makes really fertile soil. The definition(s) is…

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">com·post [kom-pohst] Show IPA, noun <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">1. a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">2. a composition; compound.


 * <span style="color: #f99715; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Also in ancient Rome they ate a lot of vegetables and bread and natural foods that can be composted. So composting would be a really good transformation in ancient rome, because one of the reasons the empire failed in the end was because the soil was unfertile and they couldn't grow food anymore so if they didn't have enough to trade with then they didn't have enough income. So the people of the empire starved.

<span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">Website about what trees grow in ancient Rome <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">[] <span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px;">What kind of soil do these trees need to grow healthy, or does it really matter?

<span style="color: #ff0091; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Our waste disposal system not only provides a clean environment, but it also provides employment. Ancient Rome had problems with giving people jobs, because slaves were taking employment. So if Rome had a better poor waste management system it would effect many parts of the empire <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: middle;">Sited sources cote, john. "S.F. composting, recycling becomes law Wednesday." //[]//. SFenvironment." //http://www.sfenvironment.org///. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb 2012. Popham, Peter. "Trangle of Death:Surge in cancer cases in Italy linked to illegal dumping of toxic waste ." //Independant// 22 January 2012, n. pag. Web. 12 Feb. 2012.  Final Project [|http://prezi.com/5drjds9jg2t0/edit/#40_888214]

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