Bring the kids to Family Saturday at the Living Lab to learn about greywater and water conservation. This event is free for the whole family on Saturday, July 16th from 8:00am - 11:00am.
(Español abajo) Bring the kids to Family Saturday at the Living Lab to learn about greywater and water conservation. This event is free for the whole family on Saturday, July 16th from 8:00am - 11:00am. Enjoy bilingual story time, a scavenger hunt, and build your own tippy tap to take home. What's a tippy tap, you ask?
Make the most of your precious water resources! During this class, you will learn the fundamentals of planning, installing, and watering your native plants with gravity-based rain tank irrigation systems.
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Did you know we could save millions of gallons of drinkable water in the desert each year if more people shifted to using composting toilets?
This class is for everyone with a desire to learn more about native edibles! In this presentation, folks will learn what “native edible” means ecologically, regionally, and culturally - including a brief contextual history, a review of a variety of native edible species, basic design, planning considerations, and resources for incorporating them into your landscape. This class provides general, introductory resources for identifying wild edibles and creating an edible landscape in your yard.
Nearly a decade ago, I was introduced to some of the amazing staff and volunteers at the Watershed Management Group in Tucson, Arizona. As they showed me around their “Living Lab and Learning Center” and I saw how they were capturing rainwater in tanks and garden areas, recycling grey water, creating compost from their toilets, and teaching thousands of kids and adults every year, I could feel their passion for creating a water-saving movement.
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