Docent Training Program Schedule 2015
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October 16, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Program Orientation (vegetarian lunch provided)
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Rainwater Harvesting with James DeRoussel, WMG Registered Landscape Architect
October 17, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
WMG’s 5th Annual Homescape Harvest Tour
October 23, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Native Plants & Sonoran Food Forest with Rudy Poe, WMG Projects Director
October 30, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Greywater Harvesting with Joe Silins, WMG Water Harvesting & Construction Specialist
November 6, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Prep for Edible Shade Mesquite Pancake Breakfast event, with Stephen Thomas
November 13, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Healthy Desert Soils & Composting with Catlow Shipek, WMG Policy and Technical Director
November 14, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
(Saturday) Living Lab Monthly Tour
November 22, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WMG's Edible Shade Mesquite Pancake Breakfast
December 4, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Passive & Active Solar with Brad Lancaster, WMG Watershed Specialist and author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond
Docent Training Program Schedule 2016
January 9th 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Living Lab Tour with Joaquin Murrieta
Prep and Tour Debriefing with Lisa Shipek
January 15, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (please note this is a different meeting time)
Living Lab Systems Info & Care – Cistern, Irrigation, & Greywater Systems with Joe Silins, WMG Water Harvesting & Construction Specialist
Living Lab Systems Info & Care – Native & Edible Plants and Composting with Emma Stahl-Wert, Program Coordinator
January 22, 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Watershed & River Restoration Fieldtrip with Trevor Hare, WMG River Restoration Biologist (plan to car pool)
January 29, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Policy & Civic Engagement with Catlow Shipek
February 5, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Engaging People in Your Cause: Fundraising and Communication with Lisa Shipek, WMG Executive Director
February 12, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Designing Monitoring for the Living Lab with Catlow Shipek
February 19, 12:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Closing Celebration and Next Steps
Practicum: Living Lab Tour Presentation
Post-Graduation Activities
Based on your skill set, strengths, and interests, docents are asked to commit to volunteering a minimum of 4-8 hours a month in the following areas: helping lead tours, helping with outreach events at the Living Lab and other venues, and helping with monitoring and care of the Living Lab systems. WMG will work with each docent to come up with their schedule of activities for the year.
Upcoming Events:
- 2nd Saturdays: Living Lab Tours
- Monitoring days with interns
- February 20th: Craft Beer Crawl
- March 22nd: World Water Day
- April 5: Arizona Gives Day
- April Earth Day Event
- September Homescape Tour
- November Edible Shade
- December Giving Tuesday