We don't need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly. -Anne-Marie Bonneau
Scrappy, imperfect, alive.
Your local microbes are waiting. Coffee grounds, kitchen scraps, and other “waste” waiting to become treasure, why truck them away?
Close the loop. Build soil, not landfills. 🌱☕
If you’re looking for a small, imperfect climate action—this is it.
3 Ways to Get Involved (Even if you don’t compost at home!)
Buy & Ask → Choose local, living compost — or help spread the word about the benefits of local microbes. Use it, share it, or make your own.
Save → Ask your café to save their grounds for local composters, keeping waste close to home instead of trucking it away and creating more CO₂.
Signal→ Help cafés show they compost locally. Each sticker makes waste visible in a positive way — turning it into part of the neighborhood soil loop.
The Velveteen Bean makes zero-waste living simple, local, alive… and imperfect.
Feeling increasing climate grief, I started to look for hope in my own neighborhood. Every day I drank coffee — and saw how much waste it left behind.
Coffee alone creates over 23 million tons of waste each year.
But every cup can be part of a joyful act of hope. Instead of disappearing as trash, or trucking it away in city green bins, those grounds can become compost — building soil, feeding gardens, and closing the food loop right where we live. 🌱☕
Ask your local café to put up a “Grounds to Ground” Compost Sticker — showing home composters they’re a source for garden gold.
Help customers choose businesses that cut waste and support local compost.
Each sticker = a scrappy badge of climate action — proof that small actions still matter in a world that can feel overwhelming.
We share compost, microbial-rich starters, and know-how, hand to hand, backyard to backyard. Not about perfection, but about trying, tinkering, and passing living soil culture person to person. Just microbes, scraps, care, and closing local waste loops where you live.
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Getting coffee grounds for your compost or garden? Get a free ‘Grounds to Ground’ window cling.
👉 Learn the Velveteen Bean Compost Method
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