This year’s winner of the International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2024 Poster Contest is Ny Rindra Arison Malalaniaina. Out of hundreds and hundreds of entries from around the world, (entries were received from 76 different countries), her entry was chosen. Ny Rindra lives in Antananarivo, Madagascar and is a student in chemical and industrial process engineering. Here is what she shared with us about why she entered the contest:

“Apart from my engineering studies, I am really passionate about design and drawing. I am also concerned about the environment. Your competition was an opportunity to show my commitment to planet earth. My poster was designed to promote the importance of composting and its benefits to the environment. The poster is very colorful, with a background representing nature. In the center, there is a compost bin where planet earth is located, with a champion decoration to properly mention “Nature’s Climate Champion.” These words indicate that composting is an important ally in the fight against climate change.”

The ICAW Committee would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter the contest and for working hard to support ICAW and the message in this year’s theme: COMPOST…Nature’s Climate Champion! The design will now be made into the 2024 poster and made available to the public.

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated nationwide and in other countries each year during the first full week of May. The goal of ICAW is to work together to raise public awareness on why we all should be composting our organics recycling and using compost. The program includes poster and video contests in the fall and activities and events held during the week in May. Throughout the week of ICAW, community and business events are held to encourage and celebrate composting – all types of composting – from backyard to large-scale are promoted. Each year a new theme is chosen. The dates for ICAW 2024 are May 5-11. ICAW in the U.S. is a program run by the Compost Research & Education Foundation.

For more information, visit www.compostfoundation.org.

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