September 16 - 18, 2008 Santa Monica, CA WATER – THE NEW CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH Educational Conference and Membership Meeting of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association http://www.arcsa.org/ September 16 -18, 2008 Sheraton…
September 19, 2008 An international day of innovation when artists, activists, environmentalists, and other citizens in cities across the world take over a parking space(s) for one day and turn it into a…
Friday, September 19, 2008 6:30-9:30pm Center for Spiritual Living, Environmental Outreach 27121 Calle Arroyo Suite 2200 San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 $20 for Dinner & Talk To sign up or for more information…
Sunday, September 21, 2008 3pm - 4:30 pm Peace Resource Center / Church of the Brethren 3850 Westgate Place San Diego, CA 92105 Free, donations welcome. Info: 619-255-6111 or sdecc@igc.org Also Come early…
September 24-26, 2008 California Statewide Master Gardener Conference Asilomar Conference Center Pacific Grove, CA Contact: Pamela Geisel 530-754-6000, pmelam@ucdavis.edu
September 30 - October 2, 2008 Uptown Marriott Hotel 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE Albuquerque, New Mexico The New Mexico Watershed Forum provides an opportunity to learn about watershed restoration techniques, increase collaboration, network…
October 17 and 18, 2008 Hosted by the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance, with support from the Arizona State Land Dept, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service Soil…
October 23 - 24, 2008 Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Las Vegas, Nevada Desert Green XI Save the Water - Keep the Green Features two days of four concurrent seminar tracks, table…
Nov. 7, 8, 9 Tucson, Arizona Have your Permaculture Design Certificate? Ready to take your Permaculture practice to the next level? This course is for you. You will learn new skills and a…
Watershed Management Group is hosting a workshop this Sunday, November 9, from 1pm to 5pm in the Rincon Heights neighborhood (Broadway/Park area). As part of WMG's and Rincon Heights' model program to improve…
Saturday, December 6 8am to 4pm Contact: 520-883-3086 To register: http://www.desertmuseum.org/center/edu/pp_showclass.php?id=1141 Cost: $42 for members of Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum $46 non members In the Australian Outback everyone does it. In the Sonoran Desert…
Workshop Topics: * Basics of Permaculture Design * Active and Passive Rainwater Harvesting Systems * Greywater Design and Installation * Edible Landscaping In this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to design a…
January 10 - 31, 2009 Urban Habitat Tucson Audubon’s Urban Habitat Program is part of a larger urban-oriented initiative designed to reconcile the needs of people and wildlife through the enlightened design of…
Saturday, February 7, 2009 Brad Lancaster will be one of many inspiring speakers. He will present on turning water scarcity into abundance through the integrated harvest of rainwater, greywater, stormwater, sun, and community.…
Five Weekends, February 7th and 8th, February 14th and 15th, February 28th and March 1st, March 14th and 15th, and a final weekend, March 21st and 22nd (March 22nd will be morning only for…
February 12, 2009 8am to 4pm Denver Botanical Gardens 909 York Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Contact: Celia Curtis 720-865-3608 www.botanicgardens.org Presented by Front Range Sustainable Landscaping Coalition and Denver Botanic Gardens How can…
Friday, February 13, 2009 7pm Boulder Meadows Community Room 4500 19th Street Boulder, Colorado Organized by Transition Boulder County $5 donation is suggested Contact: 303-494-1521 Email: Alice@TransitionBoulderCounty.org How to turn water scarcity into…
Feb. 15 - 21, 2009 Maybe 50 miles SW of Phoenix near Table Top Wilderness Get more info at Backtracks, LLC $300 for the week - includes two meals a day, camping, and…
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 7pm James A. Little Theater 1060 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 FREE Contact: Pamela Dupyk, Santa Fe Watershed Association 505-820-1696 pamelad@santafewatershed.org www.santafewatershed.org Turning Scarcity into Abundance: The…
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:30pm to 7:30pm Albuquerque Academy 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 Contact - Barbara Gilbert gilbertb@aa.edu or Karen Beamish kbeamish@aa.edu FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Turning Water…
February 26, 27, 28, 29 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico Since 2000, the Water Conservation Conference offered by the Xeriscape Council of NM has become the national outdoor water conservation conference. The February 2008…
12 noon University Services Annex on West 6th Street (the old TEP Building) in the ground floor large conference room. This is a meeting of the US Green Building Council beginning at 11:30am…
Thursday, March 12, 2009 4 PM Technicians For Sustainability 612 N 7th Ave. Tucson AZ 85705 Contact: 740-0736 Brad Lancaster will present his findings and stories from his 2007 research trip to Australia.…
Sunday, March 15, 2009 1pm Integrated Learning Center building, room 150 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona At this Tucson Festival of Books event, Brad Lancaster will discuss how he turned his experiences living…
March 22-26, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada Among the many inspiring presenters, Brad Lancaster will present on how to turn water scarcity into water abundance with eight universal principles of water harvesting along with…
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7pm City of Tucson City Council Ward 2 Office 7575 E. Speedway Blvd (520) 791-4687 FREE Brad Lancaster will give a dynamic presentation and answer questions on harvesting rainwater,…
March 27-29, 2009 Double Circle Ranch, Upper Eagle Creek Watershed, eastern Arizona FREE More info to come. Contact Wilma Jenkins for more info at doublecircleranch@hughes.net