Ben and bEartha - A Communities Compost Love Story - Waiheke Film Screening

Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story - Waiheke Premiere

Waiheke Cinema - Friday 4th August - 7.30pm Doors open

Join us as we explore another community's love story with composting, as we explore our own composting on Waiheke. With Ben and Happen Films filmmakers zooming in for Q&A and special guest panel featuring Darleen Tana, Chloe Swarbrick, and Mike Fogerty - Compost Co.

Composting food scraps may seem like a small and simple act, but it’s one of many crucial solutions to addressing climate change, reducing waste, and creating a regenerative food system. In this film, we get to know Ben – compost nerd, compost educator, instigator of his local Compost Club, and creator of bEartha, the machine that’s about to revolutionize regional composting.

The story follows the highs and lows as Ben and his team develop and install a composting machine that they hope will provide a replicable model for communities all over the world. Woven throughout this journey is the story of the CompostClub, a small-scale, volunteer-based composting initiative.

"I didn't expect to be so engaged by a film about compost but the passion and commitment of those involved make it so compelling."– Libbie M., film premiere attendee

"There's 20,000 houses in Nelson. My ambition was to do it all....It's not being done, it's not on anyone's radar. I was like, 'Fine, I'll do it'." – Ben Bushell in Ben & bEartha
Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story