September 17, 2010 Bay-Friendly Landscape Conference to Feature Practical Ways of Making Bay Area Landscapes Cleaner, Greener, and More Affordable
The Bay-Friendly Landscape Conference will be held September 17, 2010 from 8:00am to 5:00pm at St. Mary’s Event Center in San Francisco which is BART accessible. Information and registration for the tour and conference is available at http://www. bayfriendlycoalition. org/2010Conference. shtml.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 18, 2010
An ice island more than four times the size of Manhattan is currently drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. The glacier has the potential to crash into oil platforms, cross shipping lanes, and cause havoc on the high seas. Incidents such as this, related to global warming and the water resources we rely on, often seem overwhelming and far beyond the reach of any individual to solve.
However, the 2010 Bay-Friendly Landscape Conference, titled “Transforming Urban Landscapes to Protect Our Water Resources,” will offer practical, cutting edge solutions for lessening the impact of landscape practices on the environment—highlighting how individual and local actions can add up to a having global impacts on a range of environmental challenges through significant reductions of water, waste and energy use.
The Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening Coalition is hosting this year's premier sustainable landscaping conference in San Francisco. Designed for professionals, local governments, and urban gardening enthusiasts, the event provides information and tools for creating attractive, healthy, and water-efficient landscapes. A pre-conference tour of Bay-Friendly Landscapes in Alameda County will highlight successful environmentally friendly landscapes, and the conference will feature interactive presentations by leading landscape professionals, networking, and a marketplace of technologies and products designed to reduce negative impacts on landscapes and watersheds that Bay area residents rely on.
Featured speakers include Brad Lancaster, Bob Perry, and Pam Pierce, all renowned authors and experts in sustainable landscaping and water conservation practices. A diverse range of experts will present on topics including use of stormwater and greywater, designing water and energy efficient landscapes, and techniques for integrated pest management.
The pre-conference tour of Bay-Friendly Landscapes rated for their sustainable practices will occur September 16, 2010, from 8:30am to 3:30pm, and commences at the StopWaste. Org headquarters in downtown Oakland.
The Bay-Friendly Landscape Conference will be held September 17, 2010 from 8:00am to 5:00pm at St. Mary’s Event Center in San Francisco which is BART accessible. Information and registration for the tour and conference is available at http://www. bayfriendlycoalition. org/2010Conference. shtml (http://www. bayfriendlycoalition. org/2010Conference. shtml).
The nine county San Francisco Bay Area contains over 200 municipalities and approximately 6.7 million people. While the Bay Area is known as a haven for environmental activism, population growth and urban development are steadily degrading the green landscape, with negative implications for water quality, the economy, and human health and safety. Bay-Friendly sustainable landscaping methods reduce waste and pollution by utilizing a variety of standards and practices that have measureable positive impacts on environmental issues prevalent in the Bay area. These practices are used in every phase of landscaping, including design, construction, implementation and management of residential and commercial landscapes.
The Bay Friendly Guidelines were originally developed by StopWaste. Org in 2001. The Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition began in 2006 and was incorporated as a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization in 2009, and its members include 41 organizations, government agencies, and businesses.
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