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SEC, City hosts sustainability day Saturday

On Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the City of Sonoma and the Sonoma Ecology Center invite residents to "Glean your Green" at Sustainability Day.

This free event will be held at Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 Seventh St. E. in Sonoma.

The day will be filled with workshops, expert panel discussions and vendors, all aimed at making Sonoma more sustainable. In addition, there will be raffle prizes, food and beverages. Attendees will learn how to reduce water consumption with native plants, routes for safe bicycling instead of driving, ideas for reducing energy consumption and more.

A list of the workshops available includes (schedule is subject to change):

• 10:15 to 11 a.m. "Learn and Lead-Eco Leadership 101," with Melinda Kelly.

• 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. "Watershed 101: Source to Sea in Sonoma Valley," with Becca Lawton

• 11:15 to noon "Get Involved: Volunteering for our Valley," with Julie Jehly.

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. "Mulching," with David Gould.

•12:15 to 1 p.m. "Count me in! Citizen Science," with Sandi Funke

• 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. "Worm Endings Unlimited," with Debbie Stevens.

• 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. "Habitat Gardening," with Cassandra Lu and Jean Hopeman.

• 1:15 to 2 p.m. "Home Energy Upgrades A-to-Z," with Julie Jehly.

• 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. "Green Your Diet," with Kamal Prasad

• 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. "Designing and Installing a Habitat Garden," with Jeanna Menze.

• 2:15 to 3 p.m. "Greywater 101," with Wendy Atkins.

• 2:30 to 3 p.m. "Go Green!" with Wendy Atkins and Beth Dadko

2:30 to 3:15 p.m. "Habitat Restoration in the Urban Wildland Interface," with Mark Newhouser.

• 3:15 to 4 p.m. "Rainwater 101," with Wendy Atkins.

There will also be the regularly scheduled native plant nursery workday from 9 a.m. to noon. Hours for the harvest market have changed for that day only and will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no need to sign up for the workshops, attendees will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more, contact Julie Jehly at 996-0712, ext. 115, or julie@sonomaecologycenter.org.