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Family Saturday: Native Edibles / Sábado familiar: Plantas Nativas Comestibles

When:
05/18/2024 - 8:00am

Join us at the Living Lab on Saturday, May 18th from 8:00a.m. – 11:00a.m. to learn about food grown and harvested in the Sonoran Desert. Learn how to harvest, prepare, and eat native edible plants. Younger kids will also enjoy meeting the hens, story and song time, and the kids playhouse. Activities for older kids and teens include learning real programming skills by coding a digital food forest using Scratch. All materials will be provided.

Schedule:
8:00am - Nature activities
9:30am - Song and Story Time
11:00am - Program Ends  

Family Saturday: Rain Water Harvesting & Native Edible Trees / Sábado Familiar: Cosechando Agua Lluvia y Árboles Nativos Comestibles

When:
04/20/2024 - 8:00am

Bring the whole family to learn about building rain gardens and planting native edible gardens. Participate in a 1 hour workshop to learn about native edible trees, shrubs, and seasonal plants, and how they can be supported by rainwater harvesting. Those who complete the workshop can take home a Native Edible Tree Kit, including a native tree, native shrub, seed packet, and mulch. Please indicate when you register if you'd like to take home a kit (limited one kit per household).

How Low Can You Go?

When:
05/01/2024 - 9:00am

The average Tucsonan uses 80 gallons of water per day from the Central Arizona Project that transports water a long distance from the Colorado River. Join us at the Living Lab, our demonstration site, for this fun activity exploring the sytems we have in place to reduce our dependency on distant watersheds and that make it possible for us to exist on rainwater, sotrmwater, and greywater most of the time. You will also have the opportunity to think about what you might do in your own home, neighborhood, and work place. 

WMG’s Learning Center will expand hydro-local water education, help us raise final $78,000 to complete construction

WMG’s Living Lab is demonstrating what a sustainable water future could look like – for homes and businesses across the West. Instead of depending on imported water, energy, and resources, we are harvesting nature’s abundance and wisely stewarding these resources.

Rainwater conservation efforts paying off for Tucson community

A few days ago, WMG's Program Manager and Educator, Charlie Alcorn and Candice Rupprecht, Water Conservation Manager of Tucson Water, were interviewed by KGUN9, a Tucson's local news channel. They mentioned Tucson Water's Rebate Program and the monthly classes WMG offers for the community interested in conserving water and applying for a rebate.

“Here you’ll see examples of all the different things you can do in your own home to conserve water, to support our local ecology, and to grow shade,” said Charlie.

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