Laura Biddulph
Community Outreach Specialist, Center for EcoTechnology
- Northampton, Massachusetts
- United States
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Re: Removing a Composting Barrier
2011-08-15 10:48:40 UTC
Hi Ken,
Nice looking video. Not having fruit flies in our home was really critical to us because we ferment kombucha, wine and beer. One fruit fly will destroy an entire batch and all the effort that went into it. We also compost in worm bins which can be awful if they get a fruit fly infestation. We truly struggled with this problem and I tried many different traps including the one you built. My desire to minimize waste in our home (especially disposables) means that I don't use plastic wrap. Even so I borrowed some from a neighbor to build these traps you demonstrated. Eventually I found the best success in trapping them actually came from no plastic wrap but instead just adding a drop of dish liquid to the bait liquid (we use apple cider vinegar) and stirring till it dissolves. The soap breaks the tension on the surface of the liquid and the fruit flies cannot touch down on it to feast without falling in and drowning. Perhaps the dish liquid trick will add to your fruit fly arsenal and get even more people composting.
good luck,
Laura
Laura Biddulph
Community Outreach Specialist
Center for EcoTechnology
United States -
Re: Feedback on Household EE Survey
2011-08-15 09:59:04 UTC
Hi Ken,
There were a couple of attachements but something funny must have happened with the uploads. I have not uploaded to this site before so I just assumed that they did post. Just to be certain that they get to you I will email them to you directly and then look into what went wrong on the forum.
Thanks,
Laura
Laura Biddulph
Community Outreach Specialist
Center for EcoTechnology
United States -
Feedback on Household EE Survey
2011-08-12 12:00:04 UTC
I would like input on our surveys we will be using to inform our campaign. The "focus group" survey will be offered to a small group of movers and shakers in the neighborhood. The purpose of this survey is to give us a picture of what the demographics of the neighborhood are like and an idea of how these leaders perceive home EE in their homes. As a follow up we will be asking each of these folks to give the abbreviated survey, that only addresses home EE perceptions, to 5 of their neighbors. The sample set will be small (25 - 30) people total, but the neighborhood is only about 275 homes and quite frankly the funders are not interested in using up very many man hours on the research aspect. They are however seeing the benefit of the phase because we keep circling back around to questions that indicate we need to know more about who we are trying to reach. I look forward to your input. Thanks!
Laura Biddulph
Community Outreach Specialist
Center for EcoTechnology
United States
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