The document discusses how to implement a Xeriscape design for a front yard in multiple stages to avoid needing approval from a homeowner's association. It recommends starting with a comprehensive design plan that incorporates the seven Xeriscape principles. The design can then be divided into many small projects over time, such as reducing lawn size, replacing grass with drought-tolerant varieties, amending soil, adding mulch and drought-tolerant plants, and improving irrigation. Doing the project in stages allows homeowners to gradually transform their yard without requiring full approval.
Edible Sustainable Landscaping at Clark UniversityJenkins Macedo
Funding Source: Recipient of the 2012-2013 Marsh Institute Geller Sustainability Grant at Clark University
Mission
The overall mission of this proposed action research project is to promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscapes and permaculture in the urban environment. The team will implement this by creating a model permaculture garden on campus as well as developing resources for future sustainable landscaping projects. The garden will reduce water use and maintenance through selection of plants that are adapted to our region while exposing the community to this type of landscape.
Description
This project seeks to promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscapes and permaculture in the urban environment. The team will implement this by creating a model permaculture garden on campus. The garden will reduce water use and maintenance through selection of plants that are adapted to our region while exposing the community to this type of landscape. The primary objective of this project is to establish a plot of edible, sustainable landscaping on campus based on the principles of permaculture. The garden will create and promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscaping and local food production on campus and in the urban community. Establishment of this plot will reduce water use and maintenance while improving the aesthetic and ecological value at this site. Finally, we hope to create a framework for future sustainable landscaping efforts at Clark and in the community.
Northwest Arkansas Rain Gardens
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Basic presentation that can be used for schools interested in school gardens aimed for Qld Australia extensive national grants links,feel free to use and improve
The "Memorial Union Roof Garden Project" was a creative concept for a roof garden and water harvesting system on the West Plaza area of Iowa State's iconic Memorial Union building. The idea for the project was first conceived in an Independent Study course - where I collaborated with the Director of the Memorial Union and the Student Society of Landscape Architects (SSLA) to work out initial designs. Then, the following semester, I was able to further develop the concept through a project for my Landscape Architecture class.
Edible Sustainable Landscaping at Clark UniversityJenkins Macedo
Funding Source: Recipient of the 2012-2013 Marsh Institute Geller Sustainability Grant at Clark University
Mission
The overall mission of this proposed action research project is to promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscapes and permaculture in the urban environment. The team will implement this by creating a model permaculture garden on campus as well as developing resources for future sustainable landscaping projects. The garden will reduce water use and maintenance through selection of plants that are adapted to our region while exposing the community to this type of landscape.
Description
This project seeks to promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscapes and permaculture in the urban environment. The team will implement this by creating a model permaculture garden on campus. The garden will reduce water use and maintenance through selection of plants that are adapted to our region while exposing the community to this type of landscape. The primary objective of this project is to establish a plot of edible, sustainable landscaping on campus based on the principles of permaculture. The garden will create and promote awareness of edible, sustainable landscaping and local food production on campus and in the urban community. Establishment of this plot will reduce water use and maintenance while improving the aesthetic and ecological value at this site. Finally, we hope to create a framework for future sustainable landscaping efforts at Clark and in the community.
Northwest Arkansas Rain Gardens
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Basic presentation that can be used for schools interested in school gardens aimed for Qld Australia extensive national grants links,feel free to use and improve
The "Memorial Union Roof Garden Project" was a creative concept for a roof garden and water harvesting system on the West Plaza area of Iowa State's iconic Memorial Union building. The idea for the project was first conceived in an Independent Study course - where I collaborated with the Director of the Memorial Union and the Student Society of Landscape Architects (SSLA) to work out initial designs. Then, the following semester, I was able to further develop the concept through a project for my Landscape Architecture class.
Kansas Rain Garden Design and Implementation Manual ~ Kansas State University
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Xeriscape Front Yards - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1. Xeriscape
Front Yards
Maureen McCracken
T he best way to achieve a successful Xeriscape™ design in the front yard is
to do a comprehensive multi-stage plan. This is particularly important
when dealing with Homeowners Associations with their many rules,
regulations and approval requirements. Any large-scale project would most likely
require approval by the Homeowners Association. In many cases, because of
existing bylaws requiring minimum square footage for traditional turf, approval
may be difficult if not impossible. By doing a multi-stage design, you can
implement small changes over time to achieve a more water-wise front yard,
without the need to present a plan for approval. A multi-stage implementation is
also a less costly way to incorporate a Xeriscape™ into an existing landscape.
Start with all the design requirements of any good landscape plan and then add in
the seven Xeriscape™ principals as defined by Denver Water. See
http://www.ncwater.org/Water_Supply_Planning/Water_Conservation/xeriscaping.php.
1. Planning and Design
2. Soil Amendment and Preparation
3. Efficient Irrigation
4. Plant Choice and Placement
5. Mulch
6. Turf Choices
7. Maintenance
Next, divide your long-term Xeriscape™ design into many small projects. The following small-steps ideas can be
incorporated into a multi stage plan:
1. Reduce the size of your lawn. This is probably the single most important part of your Xeriscape™. Since turf
requires significantly more water than other parts of the landscape, this is an area which should be scaled down.
However, this does not mean you have to rip out all existing turf. It can be done in small steps too. Enlarge
existing beds. Add a natural area around trees. Add a walkway or path. Every reduction in your turf area is a plus.
2. Replace high water usage turf with a more drought tolerant variety.
3. Concentrate on other high water use areas.
a. Slopes by definition are difficult to irrigate and consequently turf does not grow well in these areas. Consider a
rock garden, shrub border or ground cover in this space, using drought tolerant plants to replace the turf.
b. Eliminate narrow strips of turf that are difficult to irrigate. Ground cover, small shrubs or stones can be used
in these problem areas.
c. Pay special attention to corners where irrigation is hard to reach without spilling onto the adjacent hardscaping
such as driveway or street.
d. Areas that are exposed to full sun, reflective heat, and drying winds are also good candidates for mini
Xeriscape™ projects. Turf in these areas requires even higher water usage than normal. Consider sun-loving,
drought tolerant alternatives.
e. Turf areas that do poorly because of heavy, dry shade can be turned into beautiful natural areas or shade
gardens. Rather than keep these areas in traditional grass, plant shade tolerant groundcover or shade tolerant plants
and shrubs and lots of mulch.
4. Amend the soil in all planting beds. Ensure existing soil is amended to provide the best environment for plants.
Compost is an excellent source to improve existing soils. It is available in small or large quantities from
Mecklenburg County area yard waste facilities. They will also provide delivery. Visit
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/LUESA/Solid+Waste/Compost-Yard+Waste/Home.htm.
2. 5. Replace perennials and annuals with drought tolerant plants and shrubs. North Carolina has an amazing array of
plants and shrubs that thrive here. NCSU has a good Web site that lists many drought tolerant plants at
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_3/.
6. Ensure the irrigation system only waters turf and beds and not
hardscape.
7. Mulch, mulch, mulch!
8. Finally, have fun with your projects. Remember a Xeriscape™ doesn’t
have to be dessert-like in appearance. It can be just as beautiful as a
traditional front yard and it will help our environment at the same time.
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An Extension Master Gardener Volunteer with Mecklenburg County, NC, since 2006,
Maureen McCracken is an avid gardener. She is also a Master Composter with the
county. Maureen credits her love of flowers and horticulture to her grandmother, who
loved all plants and maintained a multi-use cottage garden with flowers, shrubs, fruits
and vegetables.