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EDUCATION, EVENTS & ARTICLES

Events

  • Boulder Green Building Guild - BGBG Residential Brown Bag Series:
    Sustainable Landscaping: Site Design, Water Conservation, Fire Prevention and Land Restoration Strategies for Local Homes

    Tue, August 09, 2011
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    REI Community Room, 1789 28th St, Boulder

    http://www.bgbg.org/events

    Learn the latest in sustainable landscaping design from site development, water conservation, xeriscape and plant selection to Hardscapes and outdoor lighting. Join us in learning everything you need to know to educate homeowners on options for the most efficient choices in outdoor spaces. Also, a special information update on strategies for land restoration in the Four Mile Canyon Fire district and how you can implement fire prevention around local mountain homes.

    Speakers: Alison Peck founded Matrix Gardens in 1984, creating a landscape design/build company inspired by permaculture and edible landscapes. She has designed a wide variety of abundant, resource conserving landscapes: from homes to subdivisions. Alison Peck has been featured in articles in the New York Times, Sunset Magazine and Landscape Architecture, and her designs have won several 'Excellence in Landscape' awards from the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado. A talk by Alison in early 2005 catalyzed the formation of a sustainable landscaping study group comprised of contractors and designers, which has become the Front Range Sustainable Landscaping Coalition; FRSLC.

    Bill Melvin is owner, lead designer, and chief consultant for Ecoscape based here in Boulder, Colorado. Bill is a graduate of the University of Colorado’s School of Environmental Design, has been a certified Permaculture Designer for almost 15 years, and teaches throughout the region on sustainable land use issues. He has been a volunteer with the Fourmile Fire Protection District for over 10 years, was actively working to protect the mountain communities during the Fourmile fire, and now is working to rehabilitate the burn zone.

  • Tour of Sustainable Homes – 16th Annual, formerly known as the Tour of Solar Homes (plus Seminars)

    Sunday, October 2, 2011


    http://www.conservationcenter.org/tosh/

    Walk through homes that are leaders in renewable energy and sustainable design. The Center for ReSource Conservation is choosing is in the process of choosing these homes. Learn about how to take advantage of current incentives to secure energy costs into the future.


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