[OKC] Fri. Sustainable Life Talk + Consumer Conservation + Market Gardening and Hoop House Field Day workshops

[Shauna Struby]

Please share this info with your networks. Thanks!

 

Note: "Sustainable Life: Where do we begin?" a talk on Permaculture with
Scott Pittman, will be in the Community Room at the Oklahoma City Community
Foundation at 10th and Broadway in Automobile Alley, 1000 North Broadway.
*Location change from previous info.

 

Sustainable Life: Where Do We Begin

Fri. Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

1000 North Broadway, 10th and Broadway, Automobile Alley, OKC

Oklahoma City Community Foundation Community Room

 

Scott Pittman of the Permaculture Institue in Santa Fe will give a talk on
"Sustainable Life: Where do we begin." Scott is teaching the
certificate-level Permaculture Design Course in OKC currently underway in
Oklahoma City. He is an engaging teacher, a great story-teller. Skip the
movies--this is better and it's free! 

 

Consumer Conservation

Spots still available in this workshop!

Registration is now open for A Nurtured World's distinguished "Consumer
Conservation" workshop in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, October 19th 2011. The
grant funded event is available at no charge and will be held at the Ronald
J. Norick Downtown Library (300 Park Avenue). Registration opens at 9am with
the event going from 9:30am - 4:30pm.

 

What is it?

This interactive workshop combines useful and practical information about
how our actions impact the environment with thought-provoking inquiry into
why people get 'stuck' and can't shift their behaviors.  The design of the
course allows people to cause real results in the areas of financial
savings, personal satisfaction, and environmental sustainability. Attendees
explore their personal goals, identify actions to achieve their goals, and
learn about city programs and other resources to help them succeed.
Graduates go on to make changes at home (and often in their
community/workplace) that conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, and
save money. Follow-up interviews among the 2,500+ graduates show the average
attendee is saving $2,700 per year and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by
5 tons per year!

 

Who Should Attend?

Any consumers dealing with everyday issues (i.e., driving a car, buying
food, and paying utility bills) will benefit greatly from attending this
training. Anyone involved in environmental outreach and measurement will
also gain valuable tools from this training.  Bottom-line: If you want to
benefit your pocket-book, quality of life, and the planet, this training is
for you. Please share this opportunity by forwarding the invitation to
others who may be interested.

 

How do I Register?

The workshop may reach capacity, so register early by emailing
<mailto:susan at nurturedworld.org> susan at nurturedworld.org. IMPORTANT: Please
include your full name andcontact information (email and phone number).
Please direct questions about course content to
<mailto:susan at nurturedworld.org> susan at nurturedworld.org or call
<tel:512.663.1496> 512.663.1496, or locally you may call Randy Marks at
<tel:%28405%29%20206-2883> (405) 206-2883. Registrants are asked to be
present for the entire event and provide immediate notification if they are
unable to do so.  

 

More Information about A Nurtured World

 <http://www.nurturedworld.org/> A Nurtured World is an environmental
education and research 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to
increase public awareness, knowledge, and environmental stewardship in the
consumer sector.  A Nurtured World pursues its mission through programs that
include consumer conservation workshops, consumer and industrial sector
measurement projects, primary/secondary school environmental education, home
utility retrofits for low income housing ( <http://www.1houseatatime.org/>
www.1houseatatime.org), and pollution prevention initiatives in the private
sectors. For more information, visit our website at
<http://www.nurturedworld.org/> www.nurturedworld.org.

 

 

New!

OSU-OKC Market Gardening Workshop and Hoop House Field Day 

Thurs., Nov. 10

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

OSU-OKC Agriculture Resource Center

400 N. Portland, OKC

 

This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited so you
must pre-register!

 

8 - 8:30 check-in, coffee/refreshments

 

8:30 - 8:45 "Welcome-Basic Principles of Season Extension" Julia Laughlin
OSU-OKC Horticulture Associate Professor and Department Head Julia will
discuss the principles of season extension and review production results
from a grant research program on 9 types of greens in OSU-OKC's Hoop House
last winter

 

8:45 - 9:15 "Backyard Garden Season Extension" - Gordon and Brenda Holleman,
Edmond OK, Gordon and Brenda are students at OSU-OKC and excellent
gardeners. They will show us how on how they use low tunnels to produce
crops all winter

 

9:15 - 10:00 "Small Grower Innovations for Year 'Round Production" - Dev
Vallencourt and Kip Francis, High Tides & Green Fields, Middleburg OK,   Dev
will share her experiences with the various structures and growing methods
for season extension used on their farm

 

10:00 - 10:15 BREAK

 

10:15 - 11:00 "Market Garden Development, Growth and Selling" Robert and
Barbara Stelle, Sunrise Acres, Blanchard OK - Robert will use Sunrise Acres
as an example of developing, growing and selling as a market garden

 

11:00 - Noon "Hoop House Crop Management" Steve Upson, Horticultural
Consultant, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore OK -Steve will cover
growing techniques, crops, crop scheduling and economics of commercial Hoop
House production

 

Noon - 1:00 LOCAL FOOD LUNCH (included) "Discussion of Resources Available
to Growers"

 

1:00 - 1:30 Walk thru OSU-OKC's Hoop House See the greens crops trial
planting for this winter plus tomato, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels'
sprouts and strawberry production, including the use of "Smart Pots"
growbags

 

1:30 - 5 pm Hands-on Hoop House Construction building an affordable HH
structure in the "Trebuchet Gardens" design style created by Tod Hanley - we
will rotate through different components of construction

 

This workshop made possible in part by the "Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant" through Oklahoma City's Office of Sustainability
and the "Extended Season Leafy Greens for Health and Wealth" grant from the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and  Forestry

 

REMEMBER ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED SO YOU MUST REGISTER!!

REGISTER BY CALLING 405.206.2883 OR E-MAIL  <mailto:randylmarks at gmail.com>
okcsites at gmail.com

 

And one more ...

 

Ken Craig of Bergey Windpower will be discussing what works for residential
wind power generation for Oklahoma on October 20. Details to come ...

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