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The Rearview Mirror - FLOW = For Love Of Water

The Rear View Mirror

For Love of Water – Event Schedule
FLOW: The Allure of Water Art Show and Film Screening
Friday September 11, Wimberley Community Center
6:00pm Registration
6-7 – view art, enjoy appetizers, wine, beer, water and Music of Love,Light and Rain provided by Harvey and Sharon Trahan
6:15 pm Quick Draw Artists begin their work
7:00 Passion, Art and the Natural World – David Baker
7:20 Water Solutions Around the World – Peter Holter
7:40-8:40 The First Millimeter: Healing the Earth  film screening
8:40 film wrap-up
8:45 Quick Draw ends
8:45-9:00 Quick Draw auction – Amy Normand & Dirk Weisiger
9:00 adjourn

For Love Of Water Saturday Conference Agenda
8:30 am - registration
9:15am – Welcome - HMI Texas president Peggy Maddox
9:30 – Master of Ceremonies – Amy Normand
9:35 – Land Stewardship and water - J. David Bamberger
10:20 – short film on water crystals
10:35 - Panel of Experts - Bob Ochoa moderator
     Using Wimberley as a case study, we look at central Texas options and dilemma
            • Water 101 - Eric Mendleman
            • History of water resource policy - Dr. Laura Stroup
            • Managing Land and Water together - Robert Potts 
            • How groundwater management decisions are made - Ron Fieseler
            • Choices for thirsty cities -  Tom Haley
    Questions from the audience for any or all of the panelists
12-1:15 - Break for lunch - participants pick up their box lunch and head for:
         Picnic hike to Blue Hole
         Picnic on Community Center Grounds
         Watch a film about water
         Visit the trade show
         Join a discussion group in a breakout room
1:15 - 4 pm  Small Group Workshops
1:15  Workshops
Rainwater Harvesting -  Alan Rossing and Karen Ford
Drawing the Aboriginal Way  - Omid Aski Laridjani
Water Conservation – Malcolm Beck
Water for Wildlife – Andrea Dravigne
Nature Hike to Blue Hole – Master Naturalists
Making Yard Signs for Conservation (family track)-- Matt Heinemann


2:15 Workshops
Flows Legislation - Jennifer Ellis
It’s All Water & It’s All Good - David Venhuizen
Political Activism:  Making Your Voice Heard - Dorothy Knight & Jim McMeans
Water Critters / Freshwater Springs (family track) - Chad Norris
Planning a Canoe Trip to Devil’s River - Matt Heinemann


3:15 Workshops

The Water Budget:  Adrian Vogl
Xeriscape: Not Just Cactus and Gravel Anymore: Tim Thompson
Holistic Management: The Basics - Peggy Maddox
Water Meditation Art -  Shilla Safer
Water Explorations (family track)- Pam Chamberlain

4:15     wrap-up
5:00     Adjourn

FLOW: Sunday Celebration at Jacob’s Well
10 am   Ceremony and blessing of the water     
12:00   Potluck at Camp Jacob

 

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