Waste diversion turned into a way to build soil, community, and a little everyday magic ✨

The Velveteen Bean is a zero-waste compost project and cultural reclamation. Rooted in the systems art of Maggie Owsley, it aims to bring composting back to every backyard, not just as a practical climate solution, but as a tangible, collective, and lively practice of hope and grief.

Rooted in East Bay’s Chochenyo Ohlone land, Maggie’s work examines decomposition as both a physical process and a way to repair; transforming waste into rituals, grief into growth, and soil into stories. Through community education, living installations, and slow acts of resistance, The Velveteen Bean encourages people to reconnect with waste, hope, and the land.

Learn more at www.maggieowsley.com