For Pete DuBois, fighting climate change on a personal level is as simple as dirt and worms.
DuBois, fondly nicknamed “Composting Pete” by his colleagues, is Clark County’s senior environmental outreach specialist and compost guru. He says keeping food waste and yard trimmings out of landfills and returning them to the earth is just as worthwhile as — and a lot less expensive than — buying an electric vehicle or installing solar panels on a roof.
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