April 2020
Earth Day 2020 Observational Creek Monitoring
In order to keep our staff and volunteers safe, The Watershed Project is unable to conduct our monthly water quality monitoring of creeks across Contra Costa County during this time. However, you can help contribute to our data if you live near a creek! During this difficult time, it is important to be outside in a safe and healthy manner, and taking walks outside remains an approved activity within the shelter in place guidelines. If you live close to a…
Find out more »Earth Day 2020 Home Gardening
Growing your own food is easy, fun and tasty! And plants take up carbon dioxide while growing, lowering greenhouse gases. We’ve prepared a series of videos and other resources to help you get started. Enter here to win a free home gardening starter kit! Kit will include: Soil, vegetable starts, containers for growing plants, and instructions Five winners will be drawn at random on May 3. Kits will be delivered or available for pick up at The Watershed Project’s office.
Find out more »Albany Earth Day 2020
This year’s 50th Year Earth Day celebration happens in the midst of an uncertain yet hopeful time for our planet. We are collectively learning new ways of being together, physically distanced from our friends, but still emotionally connected. We are facing these new challenges armed with creativity and patience and are embracing technology with a new fervor. The Watershed Project and The City of Albany invites you to take an Earth Day journey with us and notice the nature that…
Find out more »May 2020
Rainwater Catchment Workshop
DETAIN the RAIN! ️ Learn how to capture and re-use rainwater at your home The Watershed Project wants to empower you to become a better water steward by harvesting rainwater and sinking it into a rain garden for a more resilient urban environment. Sign up for a webinar hosted by EBMUD and taught by Kat Sawyer, TWP Greening Urban Watersheds Program Manager this Saturday, May 16th from 10:00 - 11:15am. Learn online and then go to work in your own…
Find out more »June 2020
Water Data Science Symposium
The California Water Boards are hosting this free, annual event online this year. Attend to learn about how water quality monitoring generates meaningful data to inform water quality management decisions. This year there is a specific focus on including folks not within the scientific community, and speakers will be making their presentations understandable and interesting to community members from all backgrounds. The Watershed Project will be co-presenting on our Explore Contra Costa Creeks app (https://app.thewatershedproject.org/), and in general, presentations will…
Find out more »August 2020
Watersheds as a Tool for Engagement
SIGN UP HERE Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Dougherty, Cari Simson, Kat Sawyer Too often, the concept and practices of water conservation and reuse are introduced in an environmental vacuum, lacking the deeper context of ʺwhy we conserveʺ. In this panel, we’ll be focusing on watershed health and connecting people to both their local watershed ecosystems as well as the watershed(s) ecosystems that provide potable water and ongoing motivation for conservation and reuse. We’ll be looking at case studies from California…
Find out more »September 2020
Story of Plastic virtual screening and discussion
The Story of Plastic describes the entire unhealthy life cycle of plastic from extraction to end-of-life, often in waterways across the globe. Screen the film at your convenience and then join The Watershed Project for a discussion of strategies for fighting single-use plastic waste in your community. Register here.
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