coolseats restore Earth
50% of our profits regenerate urban and rural landscapes
Did you know?
If food waste was a country, then it would be third biggest source of CO2 emissions in the world.
Throwing away 3 kg of edible food results in greenhouse gases equivalent to 23 kg of carbon dioxide being emitted into the atmosphere.
coolseats are part of the solution.
Food waste song - coolseats
by BennyTheJukeBox
Why coolseats?
Greening and cooling our streets and local climates
Good for Earth
coolseats leave Earth in a better place. With your coolseats you turn food waste into compost, cool your street, increase vegetation and keep local money in your local community.
Good for community
coolseats stimulate conversations and grow community by growing fresh food, increasing local business and creating local jobs.
Good for you
coolseats grow healthy food, provide you with a comfortable cool place to sit on, give you fresh food & flowers to harvest, or a seat to have a think on.
coolseats regenerate urban and rural landscapes
50% of coolseats profits will be used to regenerate urban and rural landscapes. Our initial focus is on two projects:
‘Chippendale Road Gardens’
Urban Regeneration Project by Chippendale Community
‘Chippendale Road Gardens’ is a project by the Chippendale community.
“In the middle of the city, every scrap of space has value… no skerrick of available soil has gone to waste in these footpath gardens. Along the narrow verge between the densely packed terrace houses and the gutter lies an eclectic, free-flowing community garden.
“It’s enchanting, unstructured and organic. And because the garden stretches the length of the street and is literally on the residents’ doorsteps, there’s a collective sense of ownership and pride.”
~ ‘Sydney green thumbs show us 6 diverse community gardens’, City of Sydney News, 19 October 2020
‘Restoring the Central West’
Rural Regeneration Project by TALS Institute
‘Restoring the Central West’ is a project by The Australian Landscape Science Institute (TALS Institute), an Australian charity that embraces a ‘Whole of Landscape’ approach to landscape restoration and management.
TALS Institute is Following the Blueprint of the Australian Landscape to Restore Australia by 2030.
Find out more on the TALS Institute website.
Impact of ‘Chippendale Road Gardens’ coolseats:
57 kg/day food waste converted
110 kg/day carbon dioxide air pollution avoided
The coolseats process
Step 1:
Feed waste to worms
Where to with the coffee grounds and table waste? Off into the worm farm that is part of the coolseat.
Step 2:
Mix compost
Mixing up the green & paper waste, while adding some water, will keep the worms in the coolseat happy.
Step 3:
Grow plants
After 3-4 weeks, use the worm compost to grow some beautiful flowers, vegies or herbs. coolseats are cool indeed!
Step 4:
Sit & smell the flowers
Jeremy & Thomas love sitting on the coolseat while waiting for their take-away from Church Block Cafe.