CMGA General Info

Roadrunner: Although typically desert dwellers, roadrunners may also thrive in cold climates by fluffing feathers for insulation and by exposing their black back feathers to the sun.
Photo by Cindy Murray.

Welcome to the Coconino County Master Gardeners Association blog. The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment. The purpose of the association is to provide support for those volunteers and Master Gardener graduates, continuing education, and opportunities to participate in community programs that increase the visibility and participation in the Master Gardener Program.
The Coconino Master Gardener Association (2009) began in 2009. This blog contains information on:
-How to become a member
-Volunteer and Education hours reporting
-Calendar of Events
-General gardening information articles
-Master Gardener Association Documents and forms
-References and Resources
-Interesting Websites and Blogs
-Old Gardening Etcetera columns
-Recipes
-Book Reviews
-How to contact Board or Committee Members
Meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Thursday from 600pm - 8;30pm. We meet at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1601 N. San Francisco. This includes continuing education and a business meeting.

Reporting Master Gardener Hours

All master gardener trainees and certified master gardeners need to report their hours.
Beginning in 2010 certified master gardeners need to have 6 Education hours and 12 Volunteer hours in order to maintain certification.The on line reporting system allows you to report Education or Volunteer hours. You can sign in to record hours in the right hand column under Recording Volunteer and Education Hours. Just click on the U. of A.
If you have any questions or concerns about the new reporting system, please contact Brenda Smith (A - M) or Sue Madden (N - Z). Their contacts are listed at the bottom of the blog under
Contacts.



Ideas for hours------
--Attend monthly meetings
--Work on an association committee
--Work at an informational booth for the Master Gardeners
--Be a speaker about gardening topics at a variety of venues

--Host a garden tour
--Work at a fundraising event (Plant Sale - Garden Tour).
--Work at a MG site (Olivia White Hospice, the Arboretum, Riordan Mansion, or school gardens (many others)). Check out the Assoc. Doc. & Forms under Volunteer Sites.
--Work in the Extension office
--Write an article for the newspaper column -Gardening Etcetera
-Volunteer with the Seed Library
Be creative! There are many ways to fulfill your hours. Just remember for volunteering it needs to be a non-profit endeavor or an approved for profit site.

Change in Contact Information

Have you moved or changed your e-mail address, but would still like to be contacted about high elevation gardening information from the Extension? The Coconino County Extension Master Gardener Program has a site that will let you change your information on-line.

Click here to change your contact information!

Event Calendar

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Green Economy Expert Event

Northern Arizona University Presents the Provost's Speaker Series:

Challenging America:
Achieving Sustainability and Justice through the Green Collar Economy


Van Jones author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix our Two Biggest Problems
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; former Green Jobs Advisor (Obama administration)and Billy Parish Founder, Energy Action Coalition; Clean Energy Corps

March 22, 2010 * 4:00pm
DuBois Ballroom, NAU Campus

Provost Speaker Series brings author of “The Green Collar Economy”

The NAU Provost Speaker Series continues with a themed series focusing on diversity, sustainability and global education.

Van Jones and Billy Parish will appear together in a presentation entitled “Challenging America: Achieving Sustainability and Justice Through the Green Collar Economy” on Monday, March 22 at 4 p.m. in the DuBois Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public, with a reception following.

“From clean-tech companies to sustainable food groups to a robust set of community-based organizations and a university that is beginning to put sustainability into the center of its mission, Flagstaff is better positioned than almost anywhere else in the country to transition to a green economy, and show other communities how,” said Billy Parish.

The series topic is a reflection of efforts by the NAU Task Force on Global Education, charged by the president and the provost to transform Northern Arizona University into a global campus, helping students to become citizens of the world. This event is presented by the Office of the Provost and the Center for International Education and is co-sponsored by the Environmental Caucus.

“Van has been a kind of Johnny Appleseed for the Green Economy movement, inspiring communities to create green-collar jobs and sharing lessons he's learned about what works,” Parish continued. “I'm excited for him to help us bring even more members of our community on board and to hear the most exciting things he's seen emerge across the country, and I'm also looking forward to showing him how much we already have going on here.”

Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean-energy economy. He is the best-selling author of the definitive book on green jobs, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. Jones co-founded the non-profit institutions Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Green for All, and Color of Change and served as the Green Jobs advisor for the Obama administration in 2009.

Parish is a leading youth organizer on climate change. As founder and coordinator of the Energy Action Coalition, he has traveled throughout the nation, organizing over 50 diverse, youth-led organizations into a joint campaign called The Campus Climate Challenge. Parish lives in Flagstaff, with his wife, Wahleah Johns.

“To have two such important figures talking about these problems in a conversation with Flagstaff students and leaders is an amazing opportunity for the future of our region’s actions and policies on the environment, the economy and social justice,” said Shelley Silbert, chair of the Environmental Caucus and director of Strategic Environmental Initiatives.

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