Nature is resilient, simultaneously temporary and cyclical. Forests function as super organisms, communicating and shariong resources; death giving way to new life through crarefully regulated cycles. Humans are pillaging, living linearly and causing permanent damage. We imbue practices that don’t make sense at nature’s scale, resulting in misalignments that disrupt these regulated cycles and restrict renewability. Dumping and Decomposing Grounds, located on an artificial clearning in Parker Mill County Park, functions as a large-scale community composting facility for the city of Ann Arbor. Its proximity to the city allows for people to be involved in our often hidden waste management process, and to focus on cultivating a more intentional relationship with nature in shifting waste management into a mutually beneficial structure.