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SUMMARY:Water Harvesting Certification Course - Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:For full course details please visit: watershedmg.org/learn/training/certification \nGeneral Course Schedule \n\nSunday\, March 8\, 4pm-6pm\nMonday\, March 9 – Saturday\, March 14\, 8am-5pm (slight variations day-to-day)\nSunday\, March 15\, 10am-4:30pm\n\nCertification course curriculum\nThe curriculum provides detailed instruction on water-harvesting systems\, planning\, design\, and installation for retrofitting urban areas. The course includes: \n\nIn-depth site assessment and integrated system design of rainwater harvesting earthworks\, rain tanks\, and greywater features\nHands-on training workshops to install water-harvesting systems at public\, residential\, or commercial sites\nReading and homework assignments to solidify knowledge gained in hands-on workshops\nFinal exam to earn certification\n\nThe Water Harvesting Design Certification course is designed and administered by WMG staff with assistance from professionals who teach and implement water-harvesting practices. Cost includes lunch and snacks provided each day of the training.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/water-harvesting-certification-course-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:24th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting - Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:This planting of rain\, trees\, understory\, & wildflowers is occurring in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood\, but the planting event is open to anyone from any neighborhood\, and is a great opportunity to see how such an event\, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors\, could be organized elsewhere.\nDate: Sunday\, March 15\, 2020.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants!\nTime: 9:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch. End time of noon is approximate.\nMeeting spot: 948 N. 10th Ave\, Tucson AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to other locations in Dunbar/Spring and West University neighborhoods\n902 N. 10th Ave\n236 W. University Blvd\n2nd Street and Main Avenue\n1015 N. 5th Ave.\n9th Avenue and University Blvd.\nCome join us in planting native shade trees and understory vegetation within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. This enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,500 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, hundreds of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going!\n \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them).\n \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds.\n \nAnd you can purchase the new\, full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster\n \n \nInfo that follows just gives you more info on the program that created the basins we’ll be planting\, to inspire you to sign up for next year’s rain planting or to organize one in other neighborhoods…\n  \n\nWater-Harvesting-Basin-Creation Service:\nThis year we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to:\n• Dig the basin(s) [average size is 5-8 feet long x 5 feet wide x 1 foot deep] with a backhoe\n• Remove excavated soil with backhoe and dump truck\n• Deliver and hand-set local Catalina granite rock to stabilize the basin banks and planting terraces. (Those wanting to learn how to set rock and work with\, and learn from\, the contractor will likely have this opportunity – contact Brad if this interests you).\n• Drill core holes in the street curb to direct street runoff into the street-side basin for a lifetime of free stormwater irrigation and flood control\n• Handle the permitting\n• You’ll also get advice/input on ideal basin placement and plant selection.\nCosts\nAverage price (after City Rainwater Harvesting Rebate) is expected to be $450 – $500 per basin. Actual average cost is $900 to $1\,000 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500.\nThis is an amazing deal! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons per year (assuming average annual rainfall of 11 inches). Trees and other plantings planted with such basins grow to be healthier and  larger\, and have faster growth rates than those without such basins. And the basins bottoms and planting terrace can be seeded or planted with beautiful native understory plantings. See here for ideas of understory plantings and their ideal planting location.\nThis basin creation price is lower than market rates because we are able to get a bulk deal by pooling many installations and permits into one—it pays to collaborate as a community! We coordinate the design services\, underground utility markings\, permitting\, inspection\, and & contracting so you don’t have to!\nExcavation is done by a backhoe and operator\, excavated soil is removed from site (unless homeowner wants to use it elsewhere on property)\, and includes rock\, professional rockwork\, curb coring\, and wood chip mulch. This new set up with contractors is more sustainable than our past program\, because in the past a few volunteers would have to work for an additional week to finish up what was not completed in the public planting/basin creation day. Additionally\, under the current program basins are larger with much higher capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater and much more flood control.\nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork at the two basins recently created on the south side of the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden on University Blvd between 11th Ave and Main Ave.\, and the basin at the SE corner of 10th Ave and First Street (photos below).\nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $25 each. Understory plants (1-gallon size) cost $10 each. Native wildflower seed is included in basin price.\nWe highly recommend you plant trees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower seed all at the same time. This makes irrigating them all (to get them established) much easier as you are already irrigating\, and quickly establishes a living sponge of beautiful\, sheltering\, wildlife-supporting\, vegetation including edible and medicinal species.\nExpand or enhance existing water-harvesting basins\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins.\nCreate a curb core to an existing street-side basin\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $75. A fantastic deal\, because once done you get free stormwater for life – as long as you keep the core inlet clear of debris.\nALL TREE\, BASIN\, AND CURB CORING ORDERS MUST BE IN BY JANUARY 1\, 2020. \nEmail Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com  or Omar at nativeroots.az@gmail.com to get on the list and get your tree-order form(s)\, maintenance agreements\, and checklist to ensure your site will meet the requirements of this program and the city permit.\n• 2020 Tree & Understory Order Form is needed for trees that are to be planted in public right-of-way. The prices of these trees have been reduced/subsidized thanks to Trees for Tucson and neighborhood nurseryman Sky Jacobs.\n• Tree-Curb-core-and-Basin-maintenance-agreement-v1.3.-2019 must be filled out\, signed\, and handed in for every address ordering trees.\nRequirements to get the Rain and Tree Planting help of Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters program:\n1. Invasive weeds must be removed from all areas you want to plant rainwater and trees BEFORE the rain and trees are planted.\n2. Must have a continuous pedestrian path minimum 5-feet wide\, cleared to a height of 7 feet\, and having an approved path surface in the public right-of-way adjoining your property.\nApproved pathway materials that maintain public access and walkability:\n• Compacted native soil. Free and already on site!\n• Screened organic material (woodchip) mulch no larger than 1/2-inch in particle size.\n(Do not apply mulch thicker than a 1-inch depth. Thicker depths bog down small wheels of babycarriages and wheelchairs).\nOne local mulch supplier is Tank’s Green Stuff.\n• Compacted or stabilized ¼ to 3/8-inch minus decomposed granite (DG).  \nThere are natural polymers that can be mixed in with the decomposed granite to better hold it together and stabilize it. DG is available from local landscape material suppliers. (Gary Wittwer\, past Landscape Architect\, City of Tucson Transportation Department told me this can be installed to be American Disabilities Act (ADA)-accessible\n• Pavers/brick\, which can be installed within the grade/slope tolerances of the ADA\n• Maintained concrete sidewalks (ADA-accessible)\nNon-approved\, non-accepted path materials that inhibit public access and walkability:\n• Loose rock or gravel\n• Decomposed granite larger than 3/8-inch in particle size\n• Course organic material (woodchip) mulch larger than 1-inch in size; or organic mulch thicker than 1-inch depth.\nNOTE: If you would like trees for planting on private property\, visit https://tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/trees-for-tucson/ or call (520) 791-3109. Native and fruit trees are available (ideally you set up a greywater-harvesting system for these fruit trees first\, as they will require more water than native trees as well as regular watering in the hot and dry seasons). Note that the City of Tucson has a greywater-harvesting rebate covering up to half the cost of a greywater system with a rebate cap of $1\,000. \n\n\n\nDunbar Spring Neighborhood Rain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2020\n\n\n\n\n\nExcavating and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin.\n \n\nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level.\n \n\nBeautiful rock work stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – used.\n \n\nDrilling 4-inch core hole to basin.\n \nCore hole complete\n \nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019\n \nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019. Southeast corner 10th Avenue and 1st Street\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/24th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-january-18-2020-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:Agroforestry conference\, March 17 to 19\, 2020 - Tucson\, Arizona
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION NOW OPEN\nSouthwest Agroforestry Action Network\, 2ndAnnual Conference\nSouthwest Agroforestry Challenges and Best Practice Solutions\n \nWHEN:  March 17 – 19\, 2020\nWHERE: Tucson\, AZ\nAGENDA AND REGISTRATION: https://swaan-site.org/\n \nWHO IS SWAAN?\nThe Southwest Agroforestry Action Network (SWAAN) mission: Helping people integrate trees\, crops\, and animals to regenerate Southwest landscapes. SWAAN’s scope of interest is forest-agricultural activities on tribal\, state\, federal\, county\, municipal and private lands in Arizona\, New Mexico\, Colorado and Utah \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND \n\nAgricultural producers\, Tribes\, ranchers\, community gardeners and orchardists\, permaculturalists\, water harvesters\, and others who produce food for themselves;\nRepresentatives of government agencies\, cooperative extension\, universities\, and nonprofit organizations who support sustainable solutions for agriculture\, forestry\, and communities through their programs; and\nPeople interested in community food forests and forest-agricultural activities including alley cropping\, forest farming\, riparian forest buffers\, silvopasture\, windbreaks\, and shelterbelts.\n\nAGENDA SUMMARY\nComplete agenda at https://swaan-site.org/\n \nTuesday\, March 17\, Presentations\nUniversity of Arizona\, ENR2 Building\, Room 107\, 1064 E Lowell St\, Tucson\, AZ\nOne day registration fee $40; lunch provided \n\n Dr. James Allen\, SWAAN\, NAU: Introduction to SWAAN and Agroforestry in the Southwest\nDr. Kathleen Merrigan\, Morning Keynote\, ASU Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems: Sustainable Food Systems in the US Southwest\nSusan Stein\, USDA National Agroforestry Center: The National Agroforestry Center\, an Information Resource\nUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS): Opportunities for NRCS Financial and Technical Assistance to Support Agroforestry Practices\nDenise Purvis\, Mary McKay\, Harris Heritage Farm\, Sonoita\, AZ: Developing and Sustaining a Family Farm in Southern Arizona\nDr. Ursula Schuch\, Environmental Horticulture\, UA School of Plant Sciences:Best Practice Solutions for Increasing the Success of Agroforestry in Semi-arid Environments of the US Southwest\nBrad Lancaster\, Afternoon Keynote Speaker\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond: Best Practices for Providing Sustainable Water Supplies to Urban Trees\nKendall Kroesen\, Mission Garden/Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace: Mission Garden: Tucson’s Agricultural Origins\nJacobo Marcus\, Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute: High Desert Food Forests\nAnn Audrey\, Linking Edible Arizona Forests (LEAF) Network: Resources for Growing Edible Trees in Agroforestry Systems in Arizona\nCori Dolan\, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management: Resources Available to Help Support Trees in Arizona\n\nWednesday\, March 18\, Fieldtrips\nOne day registration fee\, $40\, lunch provided \n\nMission Garden\, Tucson\, AZ: Time line gardens covering 4000 years with extensive tree and garden plantings\nDunbar-Spring Neighborhood\, Tucson\, AZ: Neighborhood Foresters tree-planting program in public rights-of-way supported by water harvesting and Brad Lancaster’s permaculture homestead with water harvesting\, solar power and edible trees\nHarris Heritage Growers\, Sonoita\, AZ: Tour of U-Pick Family Farm in southern Arizona with trees\, crops and animals\n\nThursday\, March 19\, SWAAN Business Meeting \nUA/Pima County Cooperative Extension Office\, 4210 N Campbell Avenue\, Tucson\, AZ \nConference participants and public are invited to attend.\n \nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS\n Dr. Kathleen Merrigan\, Director\, Arizona State University Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\nDr. Kathleen Merrigan helped write the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. As the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2013\, she managed the Know Your Farmer\, Know Your Foodinitiative to support local and regional food systems. She became the first female chair of the ‘Ministerial Conference of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization in 2009 and was named one of Time magazine’s “100 most influential people in the world” in 2010. Prior to coming to ASU’s Swette Center\, Dr. Merrigan was the executive director of sustainability at George Washington University\, leading their Sustainability Collaborative and Food Institute.\n \nBrad Lancaster\, Author of the book series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and BeyondBrad Lancaster isa dynamic teacher\, consultant\, and designer of regenerative systems that sustainably enhance local resources and our global potential. Lancaster has taught water harvesting and sustainable design throughout North America as well as in the Middle East\, Asia\, Europe\, Africa\, and Australia. His hometown projects have included working with the City of Tucson and other municipalities to legalize\, incentivize\, and provide guidance on water-harvesting systems\, demonstration sites\, and policy. In Tucson\, with just 11 inches of annual rainfall\, he and his brother harvest around 100\,000 gallons of rainwater a year on an eighth-acre urban lot and adjoining vegetated right-of-way.\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/agroforestry-conference-tucson-arizona/
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SUMMARY:2020 Rocky Mountain Natural Building Conference - Moab\, Utah
DESCRIPTION:The Natural Building Alliance presents the 2020 Rocky Mountain Natural Building Conference.  This will be our first conference outside of Colorado.  Come join us in Beautiful Moab\, Utah\, the home of Community Rebuilds and endless recreation opportunities.  The event will be held at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center Thursday\, March 26th through Saturday 28th. \nThe theme of the conference is “All Hands In”.  This theme recognizes and celebrates the fact that everything that all of us are doing is important and awesome\, and that we can work together to make it even more awesome. \nOur Keynote Speaker for the event with be Chris Magwood of the Endeavour Centre\, from Peterborough\, Ontario\, Canada.  He will be exploring if Natural Builders are Climate Heroes. Brad Lancaster will also be speaking and teaching at the event on regenerative and integrated harvests of on-site\, free waters.\nThe conference program will include podium presentations\, breakout sessions\, and round-tables\, and will also feature a generous variety of outdoor\, hands-on workshops\, and jovial after-hours gatherings.  And don’t forget… it’s Moab!  We encourage everyone to arrive early or stay late and enjoy this amazing corner of Planet Earth.\nOnline registration for the conference is available at special Early Bird rates until January 15th.  Space at the venue is limited\, so sign up before it fills up!  You can pay via your PayPal account\, a credit card via “Stripe”\, through the Natural Building Alliance website\, or by mailing a good ol’ fashioned check.  Tickets are also available through Eventbrite on our Natural Building Alliance Facebook page.  If you’re an existing NBA member\, please email us for a discount coupon code.\nFor more details see:\nhttps://natural-building-alliance.org/events/2020_rmnbc/ \n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/2020-rocky-mountain-natural-building-conference-moab-utah/
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