The University of New Mexico’s Voices of the Southwest: Culture of Water class will host a free workshop titled, “Redefining Our Water Culture: A Water Conservation Workshop,” Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, from 1 to 4 pm in the UNM Student Union Ballroom.
This workshop culminates the speaker series and lectures that examined the many different voices of water as exemplified by the urban, Native American, agricultural, legal, artistic, scientific, utilitarian, environmental and community vantage points. These voices consistently echoed the need to conserve water, our most precious natural resource.
The goal of the workshop is to assist local homeowners and businesses in the implementation of water conservation measures. The workshop will feature exhibits, talks and demonstrations by experts, a chance to network with your neighbors, opportunities to save money with government rebate programs, and provide information about the resources available in the Albuquerque area to help people implement conservation practices in their homes or businesses.
Workshop sessions include:
· Household Appliance Conservation Modification Demonstration
· Finding, Fixing, and Preventing Indoor Water Leaks
· Integrated Rainwater Catchment System
· Water Testing Demonstration
· Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Featured exhibitors and speakers include:
· Martin Heinrich, Albuquerque City Councilor
· John Stomp, Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
· Richard Jennings, Earthwrights Designs
· Cat Shrier, Golder Associates
· Baker Morrow, Landscape Architect, Morrow, Reardon and Wilkinson
· Judith Phillips, UNM School of Architecture and Planning
· Joran Viers, Bernalillo County Extension Office
· Dr. Bill Turner, Waterbank.com
· Bob Heuer, UNM Department of Geography
· City of Albuquerque
· Arid Solutions, Inc.
· New Mexico Rural Water Association
· Sandia National Laboratories
· High Desert Worm Ranch
· Earthships
· Roman’s Rain Barrels
Parking is available at the Parking Structure at the intersection of Stanford and Redondo on the UNM campus. A downloadable campus map is available at http://www.unm.edu/campusmap.html. The Student Union Building (SUB) is Building #60.
For more information, contact Anthony Edward, Publicity Committee Chair, by email at aedward2@unm.edu, by calling (505) 265-5318, or by visiting: http://www.unm.edu/~wrp/ and clicking on the banner.
The Culture of Water class was made possible by a grant from UNM’s Evening and Weekend degree program as part of its Voices of the Southwest series. Instructors included Professors Basia Irland, José Rivera, Marilyn O’Leary and Michael E. Campana.
Contacts: Anthony Edwards, (505) 265-5318 or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821