What a gathering it was! On Sunday 10 May, community composters from across Australia (and beyond) came together online to celebrate International Compost Awareness Week 2026. The energy, knowledge-sharing, and sense of solidarity that emerged from the session were palpable.

If you missed the convergence or want to revisit the inspiring conversations, watch the full recording here:

Highlights from the Session:

Michael Kennard: Lessons from the UK

We were honoured to hear from Michael Kennard from Compost Club in East Sussex, UK. Michael shared insights from years of composting at the community scale, with both practical wisdom and a broader vision. His experience building and sustaining community composting systems was both inspirational and relevant to the Australian context.

Learn more about Michael’s work at Compost Club.

YIMBY’s FOGO Petition

Mikaela from YIMBY Composters made an urgent call for their council to reconsider the rollout of FOGO (Food Organics Garden Organics) kerbside collection in their area. YIMBY has built a highly successful community composting program that keeps nutrients cycling locally, builds community connection, and delivers environmental and social benefits that centralised collection can’t match.

They’re asking the council to hold off on FOGO to allow their community composting program to reach its full potential. This is a critical conversation happening in communities across Australia and the world.

You can read more and sign YIMBY’s petition here.

LOCCAL Logo Design Competition

We’re searching for a visual identity that captures the spirit of community composting in Australia! Our logo design competition is open, and we’d love your creative input. find out more and submit your design here.

How You Can Support LOCCAL

LOCCAL is a volunteer-run organisation, and we exist to support the community composters doing the real work on the ground. Here’s how you can help us continue this work:

Join as a member (it’s free!)
Your membership strengthens LOCCAL’s voice in conversations about waste, soil, and community resilience. Sign up here.

Share your story
We’re always looking for content that tells the story of community composting around Australia. Got a composting journey, a hub profile, or a lesson learned? Send it to us at info@loccal.org for our blog.

Spread the word about events
Help us promote composting workshops, working bees, and gatherings. Send event details to info@loccal.org for our What’s On guide.

Add to the Community Noticeboard
Seen something the community composting world should know about? Let us know at info@loccal.org and we’ll add it to our Community Noticeboard.

Get listed as a community composter
If you’re a LOCCAL member running a composting initiative, we want to feature you! Send us your details and we’ll add you to Our Community listing.

Share your knowledge
Have expertise you’d like to share? We’re looking for people to run future webinars on topics relevant to community composting. Get in touch at info@loccal.org.

Thank You

To everyone who joined us for the convergence – speakers, participants, chat contributors, and those who stayed on to chat afterwards – thank you. These gatherings remind us that we’re not alone in this work, and that together, we’re building something meaningful.

Until next time, keep composting, keep connecting, and keep the nutrients cycling locally.