WMG | Working together towards sustainable solutions

Co-op Workshop Grants - Spring 2010

Press Release: Watershed Management Group Offers Subsidies for Households To “Green” Their Property

TUCSON, AZ - Going green does not have to be expensive or difficult. A local non-profit, Watershed Management Group (WMG), offers the public a sweat-equity Co-op program with financial subsidies to install green practices at an affordable cost. Green practices include: greywater systems, landscapes and cisterns that capture rainwater, vegetable gardens and fruit trees suitable for the desert, as well as chicken coops and compost systems.

Read more

Green Streets for Arid Cities

A Training for Neighborhood and Community Leaders in the Southwest

Watershed Management Group (WMG) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop for southwestern community and neighborhood leaders, and professionals who are involved in stormwater, urban environmental issues, and/or who generally seek to improve urban watershed conditions.

Click for Workshop Event Information and Registration

Almost to Our Fundraising Goal for Burkina Faso

SAVE LIVES – SPONSOR A TIPPY TAP: We're over halfway to our fundraising goal for WMG's Burkina Faso Project in the district of Deou. Thank you to all that donated - we're very appreciative of your support. But we still need your help to raise $1500 in just a few short weeks. Please consider making a $10 contribution and sponsoring 2 Tippy Taps.

Read more

WMG Featured in AZ Chapter of the American Planning Association's VISION Dec 2009 Newsletter

WMG's green infrastructure program was recently featured as the lead article in Vision, the Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association's monthly newsletter. Click here to read the December 2009 Vision Newsletter online. The article describes WMG's work in partnership with Rincon Heights Neighborhood in Tucson, to create a neighborhood-scale model of green infrastructure practices through an educational, hands-on training program. This innovative program received grand prize in the Making Arizona Competitive for the 21st Century (MAC21) award.

WMG Offers Phoenix Certification Training - March to May 2010

Press Release: Comprehensive Water Harvesting Certification Training Expands to Phoenix in Spring 2010

January 11th, 2010

Developing a green economy requires building skills, knowledge, and resources from the ground up in concert with the local environment. To facilitate green job training in Arizona, Watershed Management Group (WMG) is expanding its Water Harvesting Certification program to the Phoenix area in partnership with a Phoenix-based non-profit, Arizona Home Grown Solutions (AzHS).