Write a letter to the municipality. All these issues are handled by the city, although the government can make recommendations.

On an entirely different note, how do we get municipalities to include composting as part of recycling programs? This is particularly important for those of us in cities (like me, in Tel Aviv).

But you never know when some new activity will pique a teen’s interest to the point where s/he will be willing to learn something new. If they catch the excitement of (in this case) growing things, they may be able to step outside of their own self-concerns to see their relationship to planet as well as to see the planet as a whole.

Usually by the time our kids are teens we can assume they’ve learned all they’ll want about the environment before then. But it is never too late to teach your kids about composting, respecting the planet…

Yeah. I think it did kind of have a trickle-down greening effect. One of the kids that helped me was studying engineering, but just wasn’t happy, even though he was pulling down good grades. After taking an aptitude test, he now studies green agricultural techniques at Weizman Institute!