[OKC] Five workshops in May

Mon May 9 16:07:55 PDT 2011

I went to the workshop last week on rainwater harvesting.  It was very interesting and I learned a lot, especially about the alternatives for storage structures. I wasn’t aware of the extensive water harvesting system installed on the new ag building by the OKC Farmers Market pavilion.  and this Sam Minnick guy qualifies, imho, as a very interesting resource who deserves to be more known among the local sustainability community.  He’s into making large quantities of compost, and is doing some innovative things like e.g. saving the fair grounds people money ($500k/YEAR to haul away their horse poop) by grabbing their manure for compost and looking into other large quantity sources for materials to make compost. He had a lot of interesting things to say about green roofs.  

Bob Waldrop, OKC

From: Christine Patton 
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:46 AM
To: Sustainble OKC 
Subject: [OKC] Five workshops in May

These workshops are continuing through May - green roofs, native grass lawns and starting an Oklahoma garden! 

Christine Patton
Co-Chair, Transition OKC
www.goinglocalokc.org 

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Subject: [OKC] Five workshops in May

Five workshops are planned for the month of May by the Oklahoma City Office
of Sustainability.

1.      Thursday May 5th: Rainwater Harvesting 

Sam Minnick of Minnick Materials

http://www.minickmaterials.com/, a truly innovative company providing
landscaping materials and expertise. Minnick designed and installed the
water harvesting system at the Agricultural Resource Center (ARC) at
OSU/OKC, the location for this presentation. ARC, 400 N.Portland, OKC,  room
196 from 7-8:30 p.m.

2.      Tuesday May 10: Knowing the Basics of Green Roofs

Reid Coffman, ASLA, assistant professor at OU,
(http://la.coa.ou.edu/facultyrc.php.). Reid is a member of Greening Rooftops
for Healthy Cities and designed the green roof for the National Weather
Service building in Norman
(http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=1103). ARC, 400 N.
Portland, OKC, room 193 from 7-8:30 p.m.

3&4. Tuesday May 17: Establishing a Native Grass Lawn 

Dennis Martin, PhD, Professor & Turfgrass Extension/Research Specialist at
OSU (http://www.hortla.okstate.edu/faculty/martin/index.htm). Dennis will be
demonstrating how to create an energy and resource saving (and beautiful!)
lawn with buffalo grass. Two hands-on workshops: 2:30-4:30 p.m., and 6-8
p.m., on the Shartel median between NW 30th and 31st. 

5.    Saturday May 21: Establishing an Oklahoma garden 

Elia Woods. Elia has extensive experience in starting, growing and
maintaining gardens at the Central Park Community Garden and as manager at
Guilford Gardens (http://www.kamskookery.com/gfarms.htm). This hands-on
workshop will be held at a private residence in the Hope Crossing
neighborhood, exact time and place to be announced.

All workshops are free, paid for by ARRA funds provided through the Oklahoma
City Office of Sustainability. Due to space limitations, please enroll in
workshops by emailing okcsites at gmail.com.

More workshops coming up later in the year, to be organized, hosted and
sponsored by a variety of organizations:

- A Nurtured World (http://www.nurturedworld.org/) presents a workshop on
learning to make smart choices in energy and money 

- Sustainability Boot Camp: several workshops in one day at OSU/OKC

- Construction, Maintenance, and Use of Hoop Houses at OSU/OKC

- Permaculture Design Course
http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index/, organized by
Transition OKC

Please forward this email to your contacts!

Shauna Lawyer Struby

imagine, innovate, collaborate, transition

Co-chair, Transition OKC

Past-president, Sustainable OKC

www.goinglocalokc.org <http://www.goinglocalokc.org/> 

www.sustainableokc.org <http://www.sustainableokc.org/>  

Fresh Greens blog <http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> 

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