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Week 2: History of Organic Waste

1. Watch the Visdeo: Episode 925: A Mob Boss, A Garbage Boat and Why We Recycle 2. Spend 20-35 minutes and read through whatever catches your attention about SB 1383. 3. Recommended (pg 1-10) Composting throughout History, The Rodale Book of Composting Ch.
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Week 3: Senate Bill 1383

Homework (total 1-1.5 hours): please watch/read before Thursday evening 3/28 course and submit the answers to this form below: Read pg. 1-9 of Chapter one of the Compost Handbook. Focus on the section about sold waste and waste reduction.
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Week 4: Introduction to Soils

Complete the following homework tasks before Thursdays lecture. Homework: https://forms.gle/8bgzjFLrfGWR4UMHA Complete this form by our 4/4 Thursday evening lecture.
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Week 5: Life Cycle of Compost

Read: The Composting Process chapter from our last homework assignment Both contain really amazing information that will help you to understand some of the basic mechanisms we are keeping in mind when making compost, so dont skip out.
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Week 7: Composting Systems

Homework: please complete by Thursday 4/25 Read Chapter 3 on the Life Cycles of Compost from the Compost Handbook on Open Air and Closed Air Composting and answer the following questions: https://forms.
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UCPath Roadmap Updates/Training

Summary: The goal of the UCPath SCT Redesign is to build a new Salary Cost Transfer Tool that meets business requirements and reduces current complexity when performing SCT-related entry (Direct Retro) and processing. For more information, review training resources below.
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