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Thursday, Oct. 24th 9:30 - 11:00 AM Building Resilience With Water Efficient Landscapesby Julie Saare-Edmonds Seminar Price: $60 CEUs: APLD, IA, NALP, PGMS, QWEL Room: Sustainability & Water Conservation Center The Model Water Efficent Landscape Ordinance is a statewide regulation that gives direction to the design and installation of waterwise landscapes that go beyond just saving water. Sustainable landscapes that produce shade and habitat grow on a foundation of healthy soil and need few inputs of water, energy and chemicals to store carbon, improve property values and create beautiful communities.  Julie Saare-EdmondsSenior Environmental ScientistCalifornia Department of Water ResourcesJulie is a Senior Environmental Scientist with the CA Department of Water Resources specializing in landscape water use efficiency and green building for 18 years. She has been involved in two updates of the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, written publications, and helped design an award winning landscape exhibit for the California State Fair. She was a member of the ASABE/ICC 802-2014 Landscape Irrigation Sprinkler and Emitter Standard and the Cal Fire Urban Forestry Advisory Committee. Currently she is working with a large stakeholder group on an upcoming update of MWELO. She is QWEL certified and has passed the CLCA WMCP exam. She has degrees in Biological Conservation and Horticulture. Julie is also an UCCE Master Gardener. Previous TLE PresentationsWe are excited to announce this is Julie Saare-Edmonds's first time presenting at the Landscape Expo. More . . .In 2017, Julie Saare-Edmonds co-presented a talk at the ASLA 2017 Annual Meeting and EXPO, titled "Lessons from the Front Lines of Drought and Climate Change: Radical Water Conservation." Click Urban Water Use Efficiency to learn more about the urban water program and read publications and reports. |
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