Involve your group

The benefits

Your group’s water improvement project benefits you and others, helping preserve water as a common resource, now and for future generations.

The Natural Step Monona will be sharing stories of your efforts throughout the Year of Water, in print and on the internet, helping inspire others to take action, adding to the “ripple effect,” and giving you kudos for your good works. Thank you!

How your groups can take part

If you know what your group would like to do, send the Year of Water pledge information below to The Natural Step Monona at info@tnsmonona.org or at the address at the bottom of the page.

If you need help deciding what project to do during the Year of Water, we’re happy to share information and ideas with your group. Just contact us at info@tnsmonona.org.

Pledge Information

My Group:

Our Pledge:

Representative:

Email:

Phone:

Ideas for your project (but there are so many more!)

• Install rain barrels
• Build rain gardens
• Plant native trees
• Reduce impervious surfaces
• Educate yourselves and others about water conservation and/or management
• Install water fountains that have a water bottle refill feature
• Redesign parking lots or driveways
• Stencil storm drains
• Rake leaves out of gutters
• Learn and use Permaculture principles
• Use or share water-friendly landscaping techniques
• Clean-up goose poop
• Restore shoreline
• Advocate for changes in water policies, farming policies, diets that harm water…
• Distribute information to households
• Facilitate Study Arcs on water and sustainability
• Institute green cleaning policies
• Learn and use Xeriscaping principles
• Educate others on water conservation
• Install aerators
• Develop a water conservation display
• Start a water book club
• Or ___________________?

The beneficiary of your project can be yourselves or others, or you can offer labor for other groups’ efforts.

Resources:

Water monitoring through UW-Extension: http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/

A book full of ideas for low impact development, much of which has to do with stormwater management: http://www.architectmagazine.com/urban-design/low-impact-development–a-design-manual-for-urban-areas.aspx

Idea for advertising campaign: http://konstructr.com/denver-water-does-it-again/

Ideas for marketing a “water less” campaign: http://www.sjrwmd.com/waterconservation/education/index.html

Actions and strategies for protecting wetlands: http://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/regulation.htm

From Fitchburg, presentation on linking land use and water quality: http://factv.city.fitchburg.wi.us/Cablecast/Public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=3&ShowID=1193