Adopt-A-Park – Weekly Update – February 25, 2019
by Kelsey McKeighan
Thank you to our volunteers who joined the last park clean up at Indian Bend Wash!
Our next park clean up will be held on Saturday, March 16th at 9AM-12PM. We will be meeting at the North Mountain Visitor Center ( 12950 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ 85022). Look for the Phoenix Park Stewards work trailer and our AZSA banner.
Volunteers should wear closed toe shoes, long pants, sunglasses/hat, sunscreen, and bring a water bottle. We will provide snacks, extra water, tools, and work gloves.
If you plan on attending please RSVP to kelsey.mckeighan@azsustainabilityalliance.com
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Water Resources Management – Weekly Update – February 25, 2019
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban
Volunteer Opportunity!
The City of Gilbert is looking for volunteers! On March 6 and 7, the City is holding a Water Festival, an educational day on science and stewardship and they need volunteers to make this event work. There is a training on February 28 for volunteers, so if you are interested in helping, please sign up with them ASAP! This is a great way to get involved in a community event and help educate your friends and neighbors, and even yourself, on water resources. You can sign up to volunteer here.
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Urban Forestry – Weekly Update – February 25, 2019
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban
Our Urban Forestry team has been hard at work planning a tree planting in Apache Junction for this fall. Originally, the City asked us to plant 100 trees! Instead of trying to do them all at once, however, we have decided to do several plantings in stages. This fall, we’ll start with 20-25 trees in one of the medians and based on that experience, decide when/how the rest of the trees will be planted in the coming years.
We have also been very busy engaging with potential partners and funders for our ALPHA Nursery project. It’s been a long project development, but we are still making progress. All of our conversations with various potential partners have really added a lot of depth to our original project design and we are excited about the direction we’re heading in!
If you are interested in working on any of these projects, please contact Paul Tesarak or Brett Baker, our Urban Forestry Priority co-leads.
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Sustainable Food Systems – Weekly Update – February 25, 2019
By: Tearsa Saffell
Contact: tearsa.saffell@azsustainabilityalliance.com
Sow It Forward: Vertical Garden Project- We ordered the second round of tower gardens this week to be installed in The Fowler Elementary School District in March. This will put a total of 15 gardens in the district! There will be a lot of volunteer opportunities coming up in the next couple months, so please contact me if you are interested in helping!
Food Tech For The Future: Growing Digital Farmers- We began lessons with the Science Club at Glendale High School on Feb. 12 and will start building a food computer with them in March. Our team has already built one computer that we will bring to the school to use as a model, and donate to the Science Club to use for experimentation. We are so excited to be piloting our food computer program at Glendale High School and will be sure to share pictures in future updates.
Help-A-Farm- We unfortunately had to cancel our Agritopia event on Sunday due to the rain. But they have rescheduled with us in March, meaning we will have two events next month:
March 17: The Farm at Agritopia
March 24: The Farm at South Mountain
If you are interested in helping at either of these events, please contact gabrielle.pettit@azsustainabilityalliance.com
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