[Scpg] Community Based Watershed Management lecture and discussion Thursday July 21 with Lisa and Catlow Shipek of WMG Tucson

[Barbara Wishingrad]

Santa Barbara Green Living Co-op, a
program of 
Watershed Management Group, 
presents
 
Community Based Watershed Management
 
lecture and discussion
with 
Catlow Shipek, WMG Senior Program
Manager
and
Lisa Shipek, WMG Executive Director
 
 
Thursday July 21 7-8:30 PM
Ayni Gallery 216 State St, Santa Barbara
Free and Open to the Public
Donations Welcome
 
Watershed Management Group (WMG) develops community-based solutions to
ensure the long-term prosperity of people and health of the environment. We
provide people with the knowledge, skills, and resources for sustainable
livelihoods.
Our Vision
Watershed Management Group (WMG) envisions a world in which:
	* everyone has the natural resources they need while ensuring adequate resources for future generations through wise and creative management;
	* communities cooperatively and sustainably manage the natural resources within their watershed;
	* communities develop in concert with their environment, and the success of development is measured by the health of ecological systems, the prosperity of people, and the strength of communities.
 
WMG’s work is built on the
day-to-day interactions of our staff with community members.  We believe community-based conservation and
development is the key to enhancing our quality of life for ours and future
generations.  
 
 
 
Catlow Shipek, WMG Sr. Program
Manager
Catlow Shipek has led over 75
water harvesting workshops for WMG over the past five years. He teaches the
hands-on implementation of a variety of water harvesting systems including:
cisterns, greywater systems, passive earthworks, and erosion control
techniques. Catlow has a Master’s in Watershed Management from the University of Arizona and experience with
erosion and sedimentation research in southeastern Arizona’s
rangelands. He manages various WMG programs including the Green Living Co-op,
Schoolyard Water Education, and Water Harvesting Demonstration Sites program,
along with consulting and international work.  
 
Lisa Shipek, WMG Executive
Director
Since 2006, Lisa Shipek has served as the Executive Director
of Watershed Management Group (WMG), a non-profit organization based in Tucson, Arizona.  Lisa has expertise in developing training programs for professionals; developing
environmental education programs for adults and children; and collaborating
with a diverse range of partners to implement community-based environmental
projects.  Lisa directs fundraising,
strategic development, and outreach activities for WMG.  She manages several of WMG’s programs
including the unique Tucson Conserve to Enhance program that links individual
water conservation savings with local river restoration and WMG’s Water
Harvesting Certification program that trains professionals from throughout the
U.S and abroad.  She holdsa B.S. in Environmental Science and Masters in Latin
American Studies.  
 
For more information about this
event or other WMG services in the Santa Barbaraarea, contact Barbara Wishingrad, Santa Barbara Green
Living Co-op Program Manager at bwishingrad at watershedmg.org or 805-403-4566


 
"Magical kinship should be encouraged at all times, for it is what makes life bearable." 
Caroline Casey
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