The Community Rescuing Food Waste From Landfill to Make Beautiful Compost | Ben & bEartha
Happen Films
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Documentary films about sustainability, tiny houses, permaculture, natural building, and more. We chose film because we believe it’s the most powerful way to share these ideas. We also love making films, and love that the process – the people we meet, the research we do, the conversations we have, the stories we get to share – brings us so much hope to offset the grief we feel about what’s been happening to our world. Through film we can share that hope, with the aim of inspiring change in people’s lives and creating a better world. We've made 44 short and feature films between 2015–2025. In 2026 we're taking a break from releasing new work, but watch this space!
Video Description
'Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story' is a free 40-minute sustainability documentary following the highs and lows of a passionate community as they attempt to tackle the issue of food waste going to landfill. Their solution? A composting machine called bEartha and a small-scale, sustainable approach that produces beautiful soil. In this documentary we get to know Ben and Bertha – a compost nerd and the machine he’s designed to revolutionise regional composting. If compost isn’t your thing yet, here’s a story that might surprise you into a passion for kitchen scraps and microbes. And if composting’s already one of your great loves – because compost practitioners do seem to really LOVE compost – then we reckon this community-focused story is going to stir up your compost passion! If you'd like to help support us to make more films like this one, please consider joining our Patreon community! We release regular behind-the-scenes updates and exclusive content - https://patreon.com/happenfilms Host a screening of this film in your community! https://happenfilms.com/product/ben-and-beartha-community-screening-license *More about Community Compost* Website: http://communitycompost.co.nz/ Donate: http://communitycompost.co.nz/donate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/communitycompost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compostnelson/ *More about Happen Films* We make short and feature-length documentaries, all about permaculture, resilience and sustainability. Website: https://happenfilms.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/happenfilms Facebook: https://facebook.com/happenfilms *Subtitles* Please get in touch if you'd like to create subtitles in your language! https://happenfilms.com/contact *Thank you!* We are forever grateful to everyone who supports us financially to make our films – we can’t do this without the regular donations we receive that range from $1 a month and make all the difference. These awesome folk support us on Patreon: John Braman, Andi Begerl, Chris and Kristen, Matthew Burdett, Kelle McNamara, Jacqueline Hicks, Dennis Lange, Teresa R., Dave Evans, Julian Maher, Mary Conlan, Greg and Rachel Hart, Brian Newton, Lauren, Kirti Patel, Carolyn Gillum, V.J. Raghavan, Geoffrey Torkington, Tiitus Laine, Rex and Jo, Sankar Madhavan, Pierre Blom, Kelly & Peter Osmond. And a huge thank you to the incredible folk at Biome Trust for their generous long-term support for Happen Films.
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