Tag: Media

Summer Internship

This summer I will be working with the Front Yard Garden project in Meadowood Wisconsin. We are trying to strengthen the community through gardening by providing an activity for residence, fresh produce since they live in a type of food desert, and an opportunity to learn how to garden. Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer are gardening day! We need lots of volunteers, you can come only once if you want to, but the children in the area are adorable and the people are very welcoming you’re going to want to come back. We’re located at 5810 Russett Road in Meadowood. See you in the garden.

Raised beds to fill with fruits and veggies built by volunteers!

What Story does Your Backyard Tell?

Colorado River at the Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada

I watched “Chasing Water” and found the different parts of the Colorado River so interesting. I love that Pete McBride framed it in a personal way by connecting it to his backyard and childhood on the ranch in Colorado. The areal views are gorgeous and really tell the story, I only wish that his friend on the river had a camera as well to show what he was seeing on his paddle. I love that at the end it gives you a site so that someday the water can reach the sea again. The concept that water in some places is rising faster than ever and in other places its drying up just as fast. The Western United States is a very dry place, we know this, anyone who has been to Arizona knows that the greenest part of the state are the golf courses. Figuring out how to use the river wisely and sustainably will be the challenge for the next generations.