You are invited to join us for a free in-person forum on the connections between soil health, climate adaption, water resiliency, and well-being. You must register for this event to attend.

Policies and practices shape our environment and imagining them in new ways can create opportunities to:

Restore broken water cycles and reverse aridification to cool the planet
Improve water supply and water quality, reduce flooding and enhance biodiversity
Promote wellbeing and protect public health and safety

Guest speakers at From the Ground Up will share new ideas and emerging policy, planning, and design practices with a special emphasis on connections between soil health and water cycles. Our keynote speaker, Jane Davidson, will showcase how one small country is inspiring the world by enacting policies and taking action to ensure the wellbeing of future generations.

This event will bring together professionals in engineering, architecture, landscape design and management, water resources, public works, community services, parks and public health, along with emerging professionals, students, and others. NGOs and CBOs with an interest in planning and implementation of multi-benefit solutions to climate change and water scarcity are also encouraged to attend.

8:00AM – Coffee with Colleagues
8:45AM – Welcome - MWD, G3, CWH
9:00AM – Keynote - Jane Davidson
10:00AM – Break and Introductions
10:05AM – Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
11:05AM – Break and Introductions
11:10AM – Anne LaForti
12:10PM – Lunch (no cost)
1:00PM – Brent Bucknum
1:45PM – Panel
2:20PM – Wrap Up
2:30PM – End

Traveling to Metropolitan Water District Headquarter: Metropolitan is conveniently located next to LA Union Station . Please consider taking public transportation (LA Metro, Metrolink, Amtrak) or ridesharing. Limited parking is available.

Event Program and Coordination by the GreenGardensGroup and Council for Watershed Health

Sponsorship provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

For more event details visit: www.watershedhealth.org/ground-up-future-gen

From the Ground Up - Soil and Water Resiliency for Future Generations