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>>> GOOD EVENING. I'M GEORGIA DAVIS AND WELCOME TO
I'M GEORGIA DAVIS AND WELCOME TO AZ ILLUSTRATED, NATURE.
AZ ILLUSTRATED, NATURE. COMING UP IN THE SECOND PART OF
COMING UP IN THE SECOND PART OF OUR TWO-PART SERIES WE TAKE YOU
OUR TWO-PART SERIES WE TAKE YOU TO AN URBAN FARM THAT IS GROWING
TO AN URBAN FARM THAT IS GROWING VEGETABLE AND PROTEIN USING
VEGETABLE AND PROTEIN USING AQUAPONICS, SPREADING IN OUR
AQUAPONICS, SPREADING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >>> AND THE NATIONAL PARK
>>> AND THE NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION IS HONORING VARIOUS
ASSOCIATION IS HONORING VARIOUS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING A TALENTED
RESIDENTS, INCLUDING A TALENTED YOUNG WRITER.
YOUNG WRITER. AND WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS ARBORETUM.
ARBORETUM. BUT FIRST HERE IS A LOOK AT THE
BUT FIRST HERE IS A LOOK AT THE HEADLINES.
HEADLINES. >> THE ACLU FILED A BRIEF WITH
>> THE ACLU FILED A BRIEF WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT URGING
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT URGING THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR'S
THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR'S REVIEW OF THE SB 1070 STILL ON
REVIEW OF THE SB 1070 STILL ON HOLD.
HOLD. LAST YEAR THE COURT OF APPEALS
LAST YEAR THE COURT OF APPEALS BLOCKED PART OF SB 1070 MAKING
BLOCKED PART OF SB 1070 MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO HARBOR SOMEONE IN
IT ILLEGAL TO HARBOR SOMEONE IN THE GOVERNMENT ILLEGALLY AND THE
THE GOVERNMENT ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THAT OVERTURNED
GOVERNMENT WANTS THAT OVERTURNED SO THE ANTI-HARBORING STATUTE
SO THE ANTI-HARBORING STATUTE CAN BE ENFORCED.
CAN BE ENFORCED. >>> THIS SUMMER POLICE CARS WILL
>>> THIS SUMMER POLICE CARS WILL BE ARMED WITH A.E.D.S.
BE ARMED WITH A.E.D.S. THEY ARE MEDICAL DEVICES THAT
THEY ARE MEDICAL DEVICES THAT DELIVER AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO
DELIVER AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO RE-ESTABLISH THE HEART'S RHYTHM
RE-ESTABLISH THE HEART'S RHYTHM DURING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.
DURING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. OFTEN OFFICERS ARE FIRST ON THE
OFTEN OFFICERS ARE FIRST ON THE SCENE FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES,
SCENE FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, BEATING EMS CREWS BY MINUTES.
BEATING EMS CREWS BY MINUTES. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAID THE
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAID THE CHANCE OF YOU ARE VIVING SUDDEN
CHANCE OF YOU ARE VIVING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST DROPS 10% FOR
CARDIAC ARREST DROPS 10% FOR EVERY MINUTE DEFIBRILLATION IS
EVERY MINUTE DEFIBRILLATION IS DELAYED.
DELAYED. SUDDEN CARDIAC IS REST IS ONE OF
SUDDEN CARDIAC IS REST IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN
THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, KILLING
THE UNITED STATES, KILLING AROUND 350,000 PEOPLE EACH
AROUND 350,000 PEOPLE EACH OTHER.
OTHER. THE DONATION IS VAL YOU'D AT
THE DONATION IS VAL YOU'D AT 100,000 $.
100,000 $. >>> THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHER
>>> THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHER FOR THOSE 18-21 TO APPLY FOR A
FOR THOSE 18-21 TO APPLY FOR A PAID INTERNSHIP.
PAID INTERNSHIP. PIMA COUNTY PAYS FOR THE
PIMA COUNTY PAYS FOR THE PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. PEOPLE COUNTY PAYS MINIMUM WAGE
PEOPLE COUNTY PAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR THOSE ACCEPTED INTO THE
FOR THOSE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF THEY WORK F
PROGRAM, EVEN IF THEY WORK F FOR -- FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES.
FOR -- FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES. AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S
AND THAT IS A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S HEADLINES.
HEADLINES. >>> THE WORLD'S GROWING
>>> THE WORLD'S GROWING POPULATION AND DIMINISHING
POPULATION AND DIMINISHING RESOURCES HAVE MANY PEOPLE
RESOURCES HAVE MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO START GREEN BUSINESSES
TRYING TO START GREEN BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY.
TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY. HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA A NEW
HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA A NEW GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS IS
GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS IS EXPERIMENTING WITH AN ANCIENT
EXPERIMENTING WITH AN ANCIENT MEMG ODD FOR THE FUTURE.
MEMG ODD FOR THE FUTURE. THEY ARE SPREADING THE MESSAGE
THEY ARE SPREADING THE MESSAGE ABOUT AQUAPONICS, AND USING
ABOUT AQUAPONICS, AND USING FEWER RESOURCES.
FEWER RESOURCES. LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT FLN
LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT FLN AQUAPONICS FARM NORTHWEST OF
AQUAPONICS FARM NORTHWEST OF TUCSON BUT TONIGHT WE ARE
TUCSON BUT TONIGHT WE ARE STAYING IN THE CITY WHERE
STAYING IN THE CITY WHERE TYPICAL URBAN BACKYARDS ARE
TYPICAL URBAN BACKYARDS ARE UNDERGOING A GREEN
UNDERGOING A GREEN TRANSFORMATION.
TRANSFORMATION. THIS WAS PRODUCED BY TONY PAN
THIS WAS PRODUCED BY TONY PAN ILL ANNA AND PHOTO JOURNALIST
ILL ANNA AND PHOTO JOURNALIST BOB LINDBERGH.
BOB LINDBERGH. >> WHEN SEAN HERMAN WANTS TO EAT
>> WHEN SEAN HERMAN WANTS TO EAT FRESH EGGS FOR BREAKFAST HE
FRESH EGGS FOR BREAKFAST HE SIMPLY COLLECTED THEM FROM HIS
SIMPLY COLLECTED THEM FROM HIS BACKYARD CHICKEN COOP.
BACKYARD CHICKEN COOP. IF HE WOULD LIKE SWEETPEAS, HE
IF HE WOULD LIKE SWEETPEAS, HE VISITS THIS GARDEN NEXT TO THE
VISITS THIS GARDEN NEXT TO THE CHICKENS AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF
CHICKENS AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF SPECIMENS TO CHOOSE FOR CATFISH
SPECIMENS TO CHOOSE FOR CATFISH A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE.
A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE. HIS BACKYARD IS A MINIATURE
HIS BACKYARD IS A MINIATURE FARM.
FARM. IT IS A GARDEN OASIS THAT MAY
IT IS A GARDEN OASIS THAT MAY APPEAR IMPROBABLE IN OUR DESERT
APPEAR IMPROBABLE IN OUR DESERT BUT PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
BUT PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCE YEAR ROUND.
PRODUCE YEAR ROUND. >> THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE
>> THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH SMALLER CHERRY
HAD SUCCESS WITH SMALLER CHERRY TOMATOES, PAIR TOTE TOMATO --
TOMATOES, PAIR TOTE TOMATO -- TOMATOES.
TOMATOES. ZUCCHINI, RIGHT NOW WE ARE
ZUCCHINI, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BROCKO LITANY, KALE, THERE IS SO
BROCKO LITANY, KALE, THERE IS SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.
MANY POSSIBILITIES. >> AND HE CREDITS HIS SUCCESS TO
>> AND HE CREDITS HIS SUCCESS TO THE AQUAPONICS INSTILLATIONS IN
THE AQUAPONICS INSTILLATIONS IN HIS BACKYARD.
HIS BACKYARD. AQUAPONICS INVOLVES TANKS WHERE
AQUAPONICS INVOLVES TANKS WHERE WATER CIRCULATES BETWEEN FISH
WATER CIRCULATES BETWEEN FISH AND PLANTS AND EACH CAN BENEFIT.
AND PLANTS AND EACH CAN BENEFIT. >> I'VE BEEN GARDENING IN TUCSON
>> I'VE BEEN GARDENING IN TUCSON FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND JUST
FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND JUST REALLY STRUGGLING TO GROW FOOD
REALLY STRUGGLING TO GROW FOOD IN SOIL.
IN SOIL. ON YOU TUBE, I FOUND A VIDEO ON
ON YOU TUBE, I FOUND A VIDEO ON AQUAPONICS AND IT SEEMS LIKE A
AQUAPONICS AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO GROW
LOT MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO GROW PLANTS AND EDIBLE FISH AS WELL.
PLANTS AND EDIBLE FISH AS WELL. THAT PIQUED MY CURIOSITY AND
THAT PIQUED MY CURIOSITY AND I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH IT.
I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH IT. >> HE'S BEEN EXPRESSING THAT
>> HE'S BEEN EXPRESSING THAT ENTHUSIASM WITH STEPHAN WARD IN
ENTHUSIASM WITH STEPHAN WARD IN TUCSON.
TUCSON. >> IT IS CATCHING.
>> IT IS CATCHING. IT IS AMAZING THE INTEREST THAT
IT IS AMAZING THE INTEREST THAT IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW.
IS EXPLODING RIGHT NOW. THERE IS ALREADY A PRETTY ACTIVE
THERE IS ALREADY A PRETTY ACTIVE GARDENING COMMUNITY HERE IN
GARDENING COMMUNITY HERE IN TUCSON, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
TUCSON, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH WATER USAGE AND
STRUGGLE WITH WATER USAGE AND ONCE THEY LEARN ABOUT THESE
ONCE THEY LEARN ABOUT THESE SYSTEMS AND SEE HOW EASY IT IS
SYSTEMS AND SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO OPERATE THEM, THEY JUMP ON
TO OPERATE THEM, THEY JUMP ON BOARD.
BOARD. >> THE COMPANY SELLS AND
>> THE COMPANY SELLS AND INSTALLED THE SYSTEM AND
INSTALLED THE SYSTEM AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO KEEP THEM FLOWING AND GROWING.
KEEP THEM FLOWING AND GROWING. HERBERT FORD HAS A DOCTORAL
HERBERT FORD HAS A DOCTORAL DEGREE IN ASTRONOMY BUT IS
DEGREE IN ASTRONOMY BUT IS ATTRACTED TO PLANET EARTH.
ATTRACTED TO PLANET EARTH. >> I GOT INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE
>> I GOT INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO FOLLOW MY PASSION.
I WANTED TO FOLLOW MY PASSION. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME FAN OF
I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME FAN OF GARDENING AND SUSTAINABLE USES
GARDENING AND SUSTAINABLE USES AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE
AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE EFFICIENT WAY TO GROW FOOD, IT
EFFICIENT WAY TO GROW FOOD, IT JUST BROUGHT EVERYTHING TOGETHER
JUST BROUGHT EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR ME AND I REALIZED THIS IS
FOR ME AND I REALIZED THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I WANTED
WHAT I WANT TO DO AND I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE DO THE SAME.
TO HELP PEOPLE DO THE SAME. >> EVEN THOUGH AQUAPONICS HAS
>> EVEN THOUGH AQUAPONICS HAS FLOWING WATER AND MAY APPEAR
FLOWING WATER AND MAY APPEAR WASTEFUL IN THE DESERT, HERBERT
WASTEFUL IN THE DESERT, HERBERT FORD SAID THIS ACTUALLY SAVES
FORD SAID THIS ACTUALLY SAVES WATER WHEN COMPARED TO
WATER WHEN COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL OPERATIONS.
TRADITIONAL OPERATIONS. THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE IS
THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE IS RECIRCULATED AND RECYCLES.
RECIRCULATED AND RECYCLES. >> IN GENERAL, THE FISH WASTE
>> IN GENERAL, THE FISH WASTE FEED THE PLANTS AND THE PLANTS
FEED THE PLANTS AND THE PLANTS IN RETURN FILTER THE WATER FOR
IN RETURN FILTER THE WATER FOR THE FISH.
THE FISH. YOU ARE GROWING THREE THINGS IN
YOU ARE GROWING THREE THINGS IN AQUAPONICS.
AQUAPONICS. YOU ARE GROWING, THE FISH AND
YOU ARE GROWING, THE FISH AND THE PLANTS AND THE BENEFICIAL
THE PLANTS AND THE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA THAT DO THE MAGIC THAT
BACTERIA THAT DO THE MAGIC THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN.
MAKES IT HAPPEN. THE FISH PRODUCE AMMONIA AND
THE FISH PRODUCE AMMONIA AND THAT GETS CONVERTED INTO NIGHT
THAT GETS CONVERTED INTO NIGHT RATES BY THE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA
RATES BY THE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA LIVING IN THESE GROW BEDS.
LIVING IN THESE GROW BEDS. THESE ARE LIVING BIO FILTER GROW
THESE ARE LIVING BIO FILTER GROW BEDS AND THE NIGHT RATES GET
BEDS AND THE NIGHT RATES GET CONSUMED BY THE PLANTS AND TAKEN
CONSUMED BY THE PLANTS AND TAKEN OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE CLEAN
OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE CLEAN WATER AT THE END CAN BE PUMP
WATER AT THE END CAN BE PUMP BACK TO THE FISH.
BACK TO THE FISH. >> RIGHT NOW THEY ARE USING
>> RIGHT NOW THEY ARE USING COMMERCIAL FISH FOOD FOR THIS
COMMERCIAL FISH FOOD FOR THIS CULTIVATING APPARATUS AND ALSO
CULTIVATING APPARATUS AND ALSO EXPERIMENTING WITH GROWING THEIR
EXPERIMENTING WITH GROWING THEIR OWN THAT WAY THEY CAN KEEP
OWN THAT WAY THEY CAN KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS OF WHAT GOES IN
ACCURATE RECORDS OF WHAT GOES IN AND WHAT COMES OUT.
AND WHAT COMES OUT. >> WE HAVE A FEW THINGS GROWING
>> WE HAVE A FEW THINGS GROWING IN THIS TANK.
IN THIS TANK. WE HAVE MICRO ALGAE THAT MINNOWS
WE HAVE MICRO ALGAE THAT MINNOWS AND GUPPIES EAT AND GROW OFF OF
AND GUPPIES EAT AND GROW OFF OF AND FRESHWATER GHOST SHRIMP AND
AND FRESHWATER GHOST SHRIMP AND WE HAVE THE FLOATING DUCK WEED
WE HAVE THE FLOATING DUCK WEED ON THE TOP A WATER PLANT THAT IS
ON THE TOP A WATER PLANT THAT IS HIGH IN PROTEIN FOR FISH TO EAT.
HIGH IN PROTEIN FOR FISH TO EAT. WE ARE DOING EXPERIMENTS AND
WE ARE DOING EXPERIMENTS AND TRYING TO RAISE LOCAL FISH
TRYING TO RAISE LOCAL FISH POSSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. >> IT MAY SOUND SCIENTIFIC AND
>> IT MAY SOUND SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL BUT IT IS NOT THE
EXPERIMENTAL BUT IT IS NOT THE END ALL AND BE ALL.
END ALL AND BE ALL. SOME DO BETTER IN TRADITIONAL
SOME DO BETTER IN TRADITIONAL GARDENS IN THE GROUND AND THE
GARDENS IN THE GROUND AND THE STRUCTURES REQUIRE OVERSIGHT AND
STRUCTURES REQUIRE OVERSIGHT AND COMMITMENT.
COMMITMENT. YOU CANNOT JUST INSTALL THEM AND
YOU CANNOT JUST INSTALL THEM AND PLUG THEM IN AND WALK AWAY.
PLUG THEM IN AND WALK AWAY. AND THE COST MAY BE A DETERRENT
AND THE COST MAY BE A DETERRENT FOR MANY PEOPLE.
FOR MANY PEOPLE. >> IT IS EXPENSIVE TO SET IT UP
>> IT IS EXPENSIVE TO SET IT UP INITIALLY, BUT OVER THE LIFETIME
INITIALLY, BUT OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE SYSTEM IT IS ONE OF THE
OF THE SYSTEM IT IS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST WAYS TO PRODUCE FOOD.
CHEAPEST WAYS TO PRODUCE FOOD. >> AND IT IS EFFECTIVE IN MANY
>> AND IT IS EFFECTIVE IN MANY PLACES, INCLUDING THE DESERT
PLACES, INCLUDING THE DESERT SOUTH WEST.
SOUTH WEST. >> ONE THING I HAD ON MY MIND
>> ONE THING I HAD ON MY MIND THE AVAILABLE AFTER ARABLE LAND
THE AVAILABLE AFTER ARABLE LAND AND CLEAN WATER IS ON THE
AND CLEAN WATER IS ON THE DEKLEIN.
DEKLEIN. SO THIS IS A SOLUTION BECAUSE WE
SO THIS IS A SOLUTION BECAUSE WE ARE SAVING WATER AND WE'RE
ARE SAVING WATER AND WE'RE BASICALLY CREATING ECO-SYSTEMS
BASICALLY CREATING ECO-SYSTEMS INDEPENDENTLY.
INDEPENDENTLY. >> AND HERMAN PREDICTS THE
>> AND HERMAN PREDICTS THE INTEREST IN AQUAPONICS WILL
INTEREST IN AQUAPONICS WILL FLOURISH AND SPREAD TO MANY MORE
FLOURISH AND SPREAD TO MANY MORE BACKYARDS LIKE HIS WHOSE OWNERS
BACKYARDS LIKE HIS WHOSE OWNERS ARE SEEKING LOCALLY GROWN FOOD
ARE SEEKING LOCALLY GROWN FOOD SUPPLIES AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SUPPLIES AND SUSTAINABILITY. >>> NOW WE'RE JOINING BY TONY
>>> NOW WE'RE JOINING BY TONY WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT
WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT AQUAPONICS.
AQUAPONICS. TONY, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN
TONY, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO.
THE STUDIO. >> NICE TO BE HERE.
>> NICE TO BE HERE. >> WE JUST SAW IN THE PIECE THAT
>> WE JUST SAW IN THE PIECE THAT THERE IS A COST TO DOING
THERE IS A COST TO DOING AQUAPONICS SO TELL US ABOUT WHAT
AQUAPONICS SO TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU FOUND WHEN YOU WERE OUT
YOU FOUND WHEN YOU WERE OUT DOING THE STORIES.
DOING THE STORIES. >> STEPHAN WAS SAYING WHEN HE
>> STEPHAN WAS SAYING WHEN HE GOES OUT TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE,
GOES OUT TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE, THE OBSTACLES ARE THE PRICE.
THE OBSTACLES ARE THE PRICE. SO HE AND SEAN ARE CONCENTRATING
SO HE AND SEAN ARE CONCENTRATING ON THE FAMILY SYSTEM.
ON THE FAMILY SYSTEM. IT IS A 300 GALLON TANK FOR THE
IT IS A 300 GALLON TANK FOR THE FISH AND YOU GET THE GROW BEDS
FISH AND YOU GET THE GROW BEDS FOR THE PRODUCE.
FOR THE PRODUCE. THEY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU
THEY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET GOING.
NEED TO GET GOING. THEY CHARGE ABOUT $22 HUNDRED
THEY CHARGE ABOUT $22 HUNDRED AND THAT IS FOR ONE OF THE THREE
AND THAT IS FOR ONE OF THE THREE GALLON TANKS.
GALLON TANKS. BUT IF YOU ARE A
BUT IF YOU ARE A DO-IT-YOURSELFER OR TALENTED,
DO-IT-YOURSELFER OR TALENTED, YOU CAN BUY THE EQUIPMENT
YOU CAN BUY THE EQUIPMENT ELSEWHERE AND PROBABLY PUT
ELSEWHERE AND PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER THE SYSTEM FOR HALF THE
TOGETHER THE SYSTEM FOR HALF THE COST.
COST. >> IS THERE ANY SORT OF HIT ON
>> IS THERE ANY SORT OF HIT ON YOUR UTILITY BILL?
YOUR UTILITY BILL? >> APPROXIMATELY, RIGHT NOW,
>> APPROXIMATELY, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SAYING IT SHOULD BE
THEY ARE SAYING IT SHOULD BE LESS THAN -- $10 A MONTH.
LESS THAN -- $10 A MONTH. AND STEPHAN HAS NOTICED THE
AND STEPHAN HAS NOTICED THE ELECTRICAL BILL HAS GONE UP BUT
ELECTRICAL BILL HAS GONE UP BUT HE DID THE MATH AND HE SAID IT
HE DID THE MATH AND HE SAID IT IS CLOSER TO $5 A MONTH TO RUN
IS CLOSER TO $5 A MONTH TO RUN ONE OF THESE FAMILY SYSTEMS.
ONE OF THESE FAMILY SYSTEMS. IF YOU HAVE MORE, THEN YOU PAY
IF YOU HAVE MORE, THEN YOU PAY MORE.
MORE. >> BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR OUT THE
>> BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR OUT THE COST OF GROCERIES, IT IS NOT
COST OF GROCERIES, IT IS NOT THAT MUCH.
THAT MUCH. >> AND RIGHT NOW HE KNOWS OF A
>> AND RIGHT NOW HE KNOWS OF A FAMILY -- THEY BOUGHT TWO FAMILY
FAMILY -- THEY BOUGHT TWO FAMILY SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO
SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO BUY ANY ADDITIONAL PRODUCE AND
BUY ANY ADDITIONAL PRODUCE AND THIS IS ONCE YOU GET THE SYSTEM
THIS IS ONCE YOU GET THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING.
UP AND RUNNING. SO IF YOU CONSIDER THAT YOU ARE
SO IF YOU CONSIDER THAT YOU ARE GETTING ORGANIC PRODUCE AND
GETTING ORGANIC PRODUCE AND GROWING IT IN YOUR OWN HOME AND
GROWING IT IN YOUR OWN HOME AND KNOWING WHAT IS GOING INTO IT,
KNOWING WHAT IS GOING INTO IT, IT COULD BE A GOOD PURCHASE.
IT COULD BE A GOOD PURCHASE. THEY THINK YOU WILL GET YOUR
THEY THINK YOU WILL GET YOUR RETURNS IN TWO OR THREE YEARS
RETURNS IN TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF
FROM THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF $2200.
$2200. >> AND WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE
>> AND WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING TILAPIA BUT WHAT
ARE USING TILAPIA BUT WHAT OTHERS ARE THEY USING.
OTHERS ARE THEY USING. >> INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH
>> INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH STEPHAN ABOUT THE FISH YOU CAN
STEPHAN ABOUT THE FISH YOU CAN RAISE IN THESE SYSTEMS.
RAISE IN THESE SYSTEMS. HE SAID THE FAVORITE IS THE
HE SAID THE FAVORITE IS THE CATFISH.
CATFISH. IT IS RESILIENT AND CAN TAKE
IT IS RESILIENT AND CAN TAKE COLD TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
COLD TEMPERATURES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. TILAPIA ARE TROPICAL FISH AND
TILAPIA ARE TROPICAL FISH AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE WATER ONCE
THEY DON'T LIKE THE WATER ONCE IT HITS 60 OR BELOW.
IT HITS 60 OR BELOW. HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY
HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THEY TYPICALLY STOP EATING WHEN IT IS
TYPICALLY STOP EATING WHEN IT IS 55 DEGREES, THE WATER
55 DEGREES, THE WATER TEMPERATURE, AND THEN AT 50 OR
TEMPERATURE, AND THEN AT 50 OR BELOW THEY START TO DIE SO THAT
BELOW THEY START TO DIE SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TAKE
IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IF YOU HAVE TIP
INTO ACCOUNT IF YOU HAVE TIP APPIA HERE IN TUCSON.
APPIA HERE IN TUCSON. WE DO HAVE THE COLD NIGHTS AND
WE DO HAVE THE COLD NIGHTS AND THEN THE TIP ALLEY WITH YOU
THEN THE TIP ALLEY WITH YOU WON'T SURVIVE.
WON'T SURVIVE. ANOTHER OPTION IS THE BLUE GILL.
ANOTHER OPTION IS THE BLUE GILL. HE SAID THAT FISH IS GOOD AND
HE SAID THAT FISH IS GOOD AND HEARTY BUT IT DOESN'T EAT AS
HEARTY BUT IT DOESN'T EAT AS MUCH AND GROW AS MUCH AND IT IS
MUCH AND GROW AS MUCH AND IT IS DIRTY AND IT DOES CLOUD UP THE
DIRTY AND IT DOES CLOUD UP THE WATER.
WATER. SO THERE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER
SO THERE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER WITH THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS Y
WITH THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS Y YOU -- GET.
YOU -- GET. >> AND THE FISH, IS THAT KOI
>> AND THE FISH, IS THAT KOI FISH.
FISH. >> PEOPLE WANT THE AQUA PONIC
>> PEOPLE WANT THE AQUA PONIC SYSTEMS AND DON'T WANT TO KILL
SYSTEMS AND DON'T WANT TO KILL THE FISH.
THE FISH. WE SMOKE AT MAGGIE'S FARM LAST
WE SMOKE AT MAGGIE'S FARM LAST WEEK THAT SAID PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
WEEK THAT SAID PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH KILLING THE
COMFORTABLE WITH KILLING THE FISH AND THEY WOULD RATHER GET
FISH AND THEY WOULD RATHER GET THE FILLET AND IF YOU ARE A
THE FILLET AND IF YOU ARE A VEGETARIAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT
VEGETARIAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM, OR GIVE THEM AWAY TO
THEM, OR GIVE THEM AWAY TO SOMEONE ELSE.
SOMEONE ELSE. >> FISH ARE FUN.
>> FISH ARE FUN. I HAVE THEM MYSELF.
I HAVE THEM MYSELF. >> YES.
>> YES. >> HOW KNEW IS AQUAPONICS.
>> HOW KNEW IS AQUAPONICS. >> IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR
>> IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES.
CENTURIES. THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO ASIANS
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO ASIANS WERE DOING SOMETHING AND THE
WERE DOING SOMETHING AND THE AZTECS WERE DOING IT AS WELL.
AZTECS WERE DOING IT AS WELL. SO IT'S BEEN AROUND AND OF
SO IT'S BEEN AROUND AND OF COURSE WHAT IS GOING ON NOW IN
COURSE WHAT IS GOING ON NOW IN MODERN SOCIETY IS CREDITED TO
MODERN SOCIETY IS CREDITED TO DR. JAMES RICK OSY A RESEARCHER
DR. JAMES RICK OSY A RESEARCHER IN THE 1960s IN THE ***
IN THE 1960s IN THE *** ISLANDS AT A UNIVERSITY AND HE
ISLANDS AT A UNIVERSITY AND HE IS CREDITED WITH BEING THE
IS CREDITED WITH BEING THE GRANDFATHER OF MODERN
GRANDFATHER OF MODERN AQUAPONICS.
AQUAPONICS. SO A LOT TO LEARN HERE.
SO A LOT TO LEARN HERE. WE SHOULD POINT OUT THERE ARE
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THERE ARE SOME MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD HERE
SOME MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD HERE IN TUCSON.
IN TUCSON. TUCSON AQUAPONICS PROJECT AND
TUCSON AQUAPONICS PROJECT AND ALSO SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN
ALSO SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN TAKE PART IN, SOME WORKSHOPS TO
TAKE PART IN, SOME WORKSHOPS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SYSTEMS.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SYSTEMS. >> HOW INTERESTING.
>> HOW INTERESTING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. >> IT IS MY PLEASURE.
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE. >> AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
>> AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AQUAPONICS AND LINKS ON
ABOUT AQUAPONICS AND LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE AT NEWS.AZPM
OUR WEBSITE AT NEWS.AZPM .ORGANIZE.
.ORGANIZE. >>> NEXT WE INTRODUCE YOU TO
>>> NEXT WE INTRODUCE YOU TO ANOTHER ENTREPRENEUR WHOSE
ANOTHER ENTREPRENEUR WHOSE BUSINESS IS DOING BETTER THAN HE
BUSINESS IS DOING BETTER THAN HE EXPECTED, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
EXPECTED, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
THE CITY. 28-YEAR-OLD BRENDAN WOLTMAN HAS
28-YEAR-OLD BRENDAN WOLTMAN HAS A DEGREE IN CORPORATE FINANCE
A DEGREE IN CORPORATE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING.
AND ACCOUNTING. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HE WAS
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HE WAS WORKING IN FLAGSTAFF AS A
WORKING IN FLAGSTAFF AS A MANAGER TO A PLANT NURSERY BUT
MANAGER TO A PLANT NURSERY BUT ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO TAKE A
ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE AND CHANGE HIS LIFE AND
CHANCE AND CHANGE HIS LIFE AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
THE REST IS HISTORY. >> WE STARTED NEXT DOOR AS WEIRD
>> WE STARTED NEXT DOOR AS WEIRD PLANTS, AQUAPONICS AND GARDENING
PLANTS, AQUAPONICS AND GARDENING AND THEN WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WE
AND THEN WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WE EXPANDED WITH THE AQUAPONICS AND
EXPANDED WITH THE AQUAPONICS AND THE GARDENING.
THE GARDENING. PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AQUAPONICS.
AQUAPONICS. WE'RE FINDING PROBABLY 99% OF
WE'RE FINDING PROBABLY 99% OF THE PEOPLE ARE
THE PEOPLE ARE DO-IT-YOURSELFERS.
DO-IT-YOURSELFERS. THEY WANT TO BUY THE SUPPOSE --
THEY WANT TO BUY THE SUPPOSE -- SUPPLIES FROM US AND SET IT UP
SUPPLIES FROM US AND SET IT UP ON THEIR OWN.
ON THEIR OWN. THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW DOES
THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW DOES THIS SAVE WATER ORE MY -- OVER
THIS SAVE WATER ORE MY -- OVER MY GARDEN.
MY GARDEN. MOST PEOPLE'S FIRST CONCEPTION
MOST PEOPLE'S FIRST CONCEPTION BECAUSE IT IS FLOWING IS THAT
BECAUSE IT IS FLOWING IS THAT YOU WILL USE MORE WATT.
YOU WILL USE MORE WATT. ONCE WE GET PAST THIS 90% WATER
ONCE WE GET PAST THIS 90% WATER SAVINGS THEY GET HOOKED.
SAVINGS THEY GET HOOKED. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS FOR
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS BUSY ALL
SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO IS BUSY ALL OF THE TIME, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS
OF THE TIME, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS FEED MY FISH AND TOP IT OFF WITH
FEED MY FISH AND TOP IT OFF WITH WATER AND I HAVE PRODUCE.
WATER AND I HAVE PRODUCE. YOU GET ABOUT A 90% WATER
YOU GET ABOUT A 90% WATER SAVINGS AS I SAID.
SAVINGS AS I SAID. PEOPLE SAY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT
PEOPLE SAY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I LIKE TO SAY THREE TO SIX TIMES
I LIKE TO SAY THREE TO SIX TIMES THE GROWTH RATE AND YOU CAN
THE GROWTH RATE AND YOU CAN PLANT ABOUT THREE TIMES AS
PLANT ABOUT THREE TIMES AS DENSELY.
DENSELY. AND IN YOUR STANDARD GARDEN
AND IN YOUR STANDARD GARDEN YOU'LL HAVE TO SPACE EVERYTHING
YOU'LL HAVE TO SPACE EVERYTHING ACCORDINGLY WHERE HERE
ACCORDINGLY WHERE HERE EVERYTHING CAN BE TOUCHING
EVERYTHING CAN BE TOUCHING BECAUSE THE NUTRIENTS ARE GOING
BECAUSE THE NUTRIENTS ARE GOING BY AND THEY ARE NOT COMPETING.
BY AND THEY ARE NOT COMPETING. I THINK IT IS HERE TO SAY.
I THINK IT IS HERE TO SAY. I DON'T SEE IT AS A FAD.
I DON'T SEE IT AS A FAD. I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALIZING
I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THAT YOU CAN GET THE BIGGER
THAT YOU CAN GET THE BIGGER PRODUCTION AND THE FASTER GROWTH
PRODUCTION AND THE FASTER GROWTH AND THE PROTEIN.
AND THE PROTEIN. SO PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
SO PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE MEAT IS COMING FROM AND
WHERE MEAT IS COMING FROM AND OTHER THINGS SO THEY ARE TURNING
OTHER THINGS SO THEY ARE TURNING TO FISH AND NOW THE ISSUE IS
TO FISH AND NOW THE ISSUE IS RAISED ABOUT FISH WITH NUCLEAR
RAISED ABOUT FISH WITH NUCLEAR WASTE IN THE WATER AND THE
WASTE IN THE WATER AND THE OCEAN, THE WAY FARMS ARE RAISING
OCEAN, THE WAY FARMS ARE RAISING FISH ARE VERY UNSANITARY SO A
FISH ARE VERY UNSANITARY SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO PRODUCE
LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN PROTEIN AS WELL.
THEIR OWN PROTEIN AS WELL. SO INSTEAD OF A STANDARD GARDEN
SO INSTEAD OF A STANDARD GARDEN WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR
WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIND YOUR PROTEIN.
PROTEIN. HERE YOU HAVE YOUR PROTEIN AND
HERE YOU HAVE YOUR PROTEIN AND YOUR VEGETABLES.
YOUR VEGETABLES. I WAS KIND OF TIRED OF MY OLD
I WAS KIND OF TIRED OF MY OLD JOB SO I MOVED DOWN HERE AND IN
JOB SO I MOVED DOWN HERE AND IN 24 HOURS RENTED A SPOT AND I
24 HOURS RENTED A SPOT AND I STARTED IN THE WAREHOUSE NEXT
STARTED IN THE WAREHOUSE NEXT YEAR, A 600 SQUARE-FEET
YEAR, A 600 SQUARE-FEET WAREHOUSE AND I WAS THERE FOR A
WAREHOUSE AND I WAS THERE FOR A YEAR AND THEN I MOVED OVER HERE
YEAR AND THEN I MOVED OVER HERE AND STARTED GROWING THE
AND STARTED GROWING THE BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. >>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.
>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON THE NEXT NEWS HOUR, LATEST ON
ON THE NEXT NEWS HOUR, LATEST ON THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND AN
THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON
INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON DISABILITY.
DISABILITY. THAT IS MONDAY ON THE PBS NEWS
THAT IS MONDAY ON THE PBS NEWS HOUR.
HOUR. >>> BRIDGET SCHULTES ONLY LIFE
>>> BRIDGET SCHULTES ONLY LIFE INSPIRED HER TO WRITE ABOUT A
INSPIRED HER TO WRITE ABOUT A NATIONAL DEFICIT OF LEISURE
NATIONAL DEFICIT OF LEISURE TIME.
TIME. >> I FELT LIKE I WAS WORKING ALL
>> I FELT LIKE I WAS WORKING ALL OF THE TIME AND NEVER REALLY
OF THE TIME AND NEVER REALLY GOOD AT WHAT I WAS DOING AND I
GOOD AT WHAT I WAS DOING AND I WAS A WORKING MOM AND I FELT
WAS A WORKING MOM AND I FELT GUILTY AND I WAS UP UNTIL 2:00
GUILTY AND I WAS UP UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING TO BAKE FOR THE
IN THE MORNING TO BAKE FOR THE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY.
VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY. >> WHY SO MANY AMERICANS FEEL
>> WHY SO MANY AMERICANS FEEL OVERWHELMED.
OVERWHELMED. THAT IS ON THE NEXT MORNING
THAT IS ON THE NEXT MORNING EDITION OF THE NEWS.
EDITION OF THE NEWS. >>> THE WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS
>>> THE WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION IS A LOCALLY BASED
ASSOCIATION IS A LOCALLY BASED ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS SUPPORT
ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. IT OPERATES STORES AT 66
IT OPERATES STORES AT 66 NATIONAL PARKS IN ARIZONA AND 11
NATIONAL PARKS IN ARIZONA AND 11 OTHER WESTERN STATES.
OTHER WESTERN STATES. AND IT HAS DONATED MILLIONS OF
AND IT HAS DONATED MILLIONS OF $TO THEIR MISSIONS.
$TO THEIR MISSIONS. THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, THE
THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, THE GROUP IS HOLDING AN ANNUAL EVENT
GROUP IS HOLDING AN ANNUAL EVENT TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL PEOPLE FOR
TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL PEOPLE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INDOOR PARK.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INDOOR PARK. WE ARE JOINED BY TWO GUESTS WITH
WE ARE JOINED BY TWO GUESTS WITH MORE INFORMATION.
MORE INFORMATION. JAMES COOK IS THE DIRECTOR OF
JAMES COOK IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS
THE WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION AND MIA WALLACE IS
ASSOCIATION AND MIA WALLACE IS THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARKS ESSAY CONTEST.
ESSAY CONTEST. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO JIM I'LL COME TO YOU
>> SO JIM I'LL COME TO YOU FIRST.
FIRST. TELL US ABOUT WESTERN NATIONAL
TELL US ABOUT WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION AND WHAT YOU
PARKS ASSOCIATION AND WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT AND WE HAVE
DO AND HOW YOU DO IT AND WE HAVE SOME BOOKS HERE SO WHAT ARE
SOME BOOKS HERE SO WHAT ARE THESE HERE FOR?
THESE HERE FOR? >> WELL THANK YOU.
>> WELL THANK YOU. WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS
WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 75 YEARS AND WE'RE AN EDUCATION
75 YEARS AND WE'RE AN EDUCATION ORGANIZATION BASICALLY WHERE WE
ORGANIZATION BASICALLY WHERE WE PROVIDE PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS AND
PROVIDE PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT RESEARCH AT ALL OF THE
SUPPORT RESEARCH AT ALL OF THE NATIONAL PARKS THAT YOU
NATIONAL PARKS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IN 12 WESTERN STATES.
MENTIONED, IN 12 WESTERN STATES. WE'RE ANCHORED HERE IN TUCSON.
WE'RE ANCHORED HERE IN TUCSON. ONE OF OUR CORE ACTIVITIES IS
ONE OF OUR CORE ACTIVITIES IS BOOK PUBLICATIONS AS YOU POINTED
BOOK PUBLICATIONS AS YOU POINTED OUT.
OUT. TWO OF THE PUBLICATIONS RIGHT
TWO OF THE PUBLICATIONS RIGHT HERE ARE OURS.
HERE ARE OURS. THERE IS ANOTHER PUBLICATION,
THERE IS ANOTHER PUBLICATION, THE AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE
THE AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR THAT WE ALSO SELL AT
CIVIL WAR THAT WE ALSO SELL AT OUR STORE.
OUR STORE. SO OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE
SO OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND ENHANCE THEIR
PUBLIC AND ENHANCE THEIR EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY GO TO
EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY GO TO NATIONAL PARKS.
NATIONAL PARKS. >> AND SOMETHING LIKE AMERICAN
>> AND SOMETHING LIKE AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR, THAT
INDIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HEAR ABOUT
IS NOT SOMETHING WE HEAR ABOUT IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS OFTEN.
IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS OFTEN. >> INDEED.
>> INDEED. AND THAT IS A STORY NOT AS WELL
AND THAT IS A STORY NOT AS WELL TOLD IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS.
TOLD IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR PUBLICATION CAME OUT THIS YEAR
PUBLICATION CAME OUT THIS YEAR AND THEY WILL BE FEATURED HERE
AND THEY WILL BE FEATURED HERE AT THE TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
AT THE TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO MIA, LET'S GO OVER TO YOU.
SO MIA, LET'S GO OVER TO YOU. YOU ARE A SENIOR HERE IN TUCSON.
YOU ARE A SENIOR HERE IN TUCSON. >> YEP.
>> YEP. I ATTEND SABINO HIGH SCHOOL AND
I ATTEND SABINO HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY FFA
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY FFA CHAPTER.
CHAPTER. >> WHAT IS FFA.
>> WHAT IS FFA. >> FFA STANDS FOR THE FUTURE
>> FFA STANDS FOR THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA AND IT IS A
FARMERS OF AMERICA AND IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS INTERCURRICULAR
PROGRAM THAT IS INTERCURRICULAR AND FOCUSED AROUND AGRICULTURE
AND FOCUSED AROUND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION AND SO IT REALLY
EDUCATION AND SO IT REALLY ENGAGED YOUTH INTO CAREER
ENGAGED YOUTH INTO CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP AND
DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
PERSONAL GROWTH. >> SO WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN
>> SO WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED IN THINKING ABOUT PARKS?
THINKING ABOUT PARKS? >> WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, SEEING AS
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, SEEING AS I'VE BEEN TRAVELING WITH MY
I'VE BEEN TRAVELING WITH MY FAMILY A LOT, I WAS ACTUALLY
FAMILY A LOT, I WAS ACTUALLY BORN OVERSEAS, MY VERY FIRST
BORN OVERSEAS, MY VERY FIRST TRIP HERE IN ARIZONA WAS TO THE
TRIP HERE IN ARIZONA WAS TO THE GRAND CANYON.
GRAND CANYON. AND SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE -- THEY SEE
DON'T REALIZE -- THEY SEE DIFFERENT NATIONAL PARKS AND
DIFFERENT NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS, LIKE IN MAGAZINE AND
MONUMENTS, LIKE IN MAGAZINE AND ON POSTCARDS AND IN PICTURES,
ON POSTCARDS AND IN PICTURES, BUT I THINK YOU CAN REALLY NEVER
BUT I THINK YOU CAN REALLY NEVER FEEL THE EXPERIENCE UNLESS
FEEL THE EXPERIENCE UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE. LIKE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
LIKE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BIG THE GRAND CANYON
REALIZE HOW BIG THE GRAND CANYON IS UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE
IS UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING.
THERE AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING. AND SO REALLY, I'VE HAD A STRONG
AND SO REALLY, I'VE HAD A STRONG PASSION FOR AGRICULTURE SINCE I
PASSION FOR AGRICULTURE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND SO I
WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND SO I REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH ANIMALS
REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND EVERYTHING.
AND PLANTS AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK NATURE PARTIALLY GOT
SO I THINK NATURE PARTIALLY GOT ME INVOLVED WITH NATIONAL PARKS.
ME INVOLVED WITH NATIONAL PARKS. >> FAIR ENOUGH.
>> FAIR ENOUGH. AND YOU WRITE ABOUT THIS IN YOUR
AND YOU WRITE ABOUT THIS IN YOUR ESSAY WHICH I JUST READ.
ESSAY WHICH I JUST READ. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SO CAN YOU READ A PIECE OF IT
SO CAN YOU READ A PIECE OF IT FOR US.
FOR US. >> AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THE
>> AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THE QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE OF THE
QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL PARKS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON
NATIONAL PARKS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY HEART.
MY HEART. MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BIG
MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BIG PROPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL
PROPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS.
PARKS. HIKING THE TRAILS, CANOEING AND
HIKING THE TRAILS, CANOEING AND CAMPING REMAIN STAYS FOR US
CAMPING REMAIN STAYS FOR US GROWING UP.
GROWING UP. SINCE THEN THE IMPORTANCE OF
SINCE THEN THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS HAVE BEENIN GRADED INTO MY
PARKS HAVE BEENIN GRADED INTO MY EXISTENCE AND THAT IS THE ONLY
EXISTENCE AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER KNOWN AND I'M A
THING I'VE EVER KNOWN AND I'M A PROUD SUPPORTER.
PROUD SUPPORTER. BUT I THINK ABOUT OTHER
BUT I THINK ABOUT OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR LOW INCOME
AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR LOW INCOME MINORITY POPULATIONS THAT RESIDE
MINORITY POPULATIONS THAT RESIDE WITHIN INNER CITIES AND HOW THEY
WITHIN INNER CITIES AND HOW THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO TO NATIONAL PARKS.
GO TO NATIONAL PARKS. MANY HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE
MANY HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE GRAND CANYON OR YOSEMITY BUT CAN
GRAND CANYON OR YOSEMITY BUT CAN APPRECIATION FOR THESE SITES BE
APPRECIATION FOR THESE SITES BE TRANSFERRED INTO A PICTURE BOOK.
TRANSFERRED INTO A PICTURE BOOK. WITH EACH PASSING GENERATION,
WITH EACH PASSING GENERATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS IS LESS
THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS IS LESS AND LESS OF A CONCERN AND WITH
AND LESS OF A CONCERN AND WITH IT ALL OF HUMANITY SUFFERS.
IT ALL OF HUMANITY SUFFERS. >> I WANT TO COME TO YOU, JIM,
>> I WANT TO COME TO YOU, JIM, ON THE LATTER POINT.
ON THE LATTER POINT. NOW EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN
NOW EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUTERS AND THE -- THE
THEIR COMMUTERS AND THE -- THE COMPUTERS AND INTERNET, AND WHAT
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PARKS?
DOES THAT MEAN FOR PARKS? >> PARKS ARE AT RISK.
>> PARKS ARE AT RISK. AND THIS YEAR THE THEME WE POSE
AND THIS YEAR THE THEME WE POSE TO THE PUBLIC IS DO NATIONAL
TO THE PUBLIC IS DO NATIONAL PARKS MATTER.
PARKS MATTER. AND THAT IS THE ESSAY CONTEST
AND THAT IS THE ESSAY CONTEST FRAMEWORK THAT MIA RESPONDED TO
FRAMEWORK THAT MIA RESPONDED TO SO WELL.
SO WELL. WE WERE -- WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
WE WERE -- WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL PARKS
THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL PARKS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DISTRACTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY NOW
DISTRACTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY NOW AND ACROSS THE WORLD IN FACT.
AND ACROSS THE WORLD IN FACT. YET NATIONAL PARKS REALLY
YET NATIONAL PARKS REALLY REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR
REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR NATURAL HERITAGE AND THE MOST
NATURAL HERITAGE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR AMERICAN
IMPORTANT OF OUR AMERICAN STORIES, THOSE STORIES THAT
STORIES, THOSE STORIES THAT REALLY TELL THE HISTORY OF
REALLY TELL THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, THE STRUGGLES AND THE
AMERICA, THE STRUGGLES AND THE GLORIES OF OUR COUNTRY, ARE
GLORIES OF OUR COUNTRY, ARE REALLY CAPTURED AND NATIONAL
REALLY CAPTURED AND NATIONAL PARKS, WHEN YOU GO TO A NATIONAL
PARKS, WHEN YOU GO TO A NATIONAL PARK, YOU HAVE A VISCERAL
PARK, YOU HAVE A VISCERAL CONNECTION THAT HAPPENS THAT IS
CONNECTION THAT HAPPENS THAT IS UNLIKE A COMPUTER SCREEN OR
UNLIKE A COMPUTER SCREEN OR READING ABOUT IT IN A BOOK.
READING ABOUT IT IN A BOOK. AS POWERFUL AS THOUGH THINGS ARE
AS POWERFUL AS THOUGH THINGS ARE AND AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE THINGS
AND AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE THINGS ARE, WE DO WANT THE FUTURE
ARE, WE DO WANT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO VALUE NATIONAL
GENERATIONS TO VALUE NATIONAL PARKS AS WE DO.
PARKS AS WE DO. SO THAT IS WHY WE SPONSORED THIS
SO THAT IS WHY WE SPONSORED THIS ESSAY CONTEST, TO ENGAGE YOUTH
ESSAY CONTEST, TO ENGAGE YOUTH IN THE QUESTION, DO NATIONAL
IN THE QUESTION, DO NATIONAL PARKS MATTER?
PARKS MATTER? AND FORTUNATELY, IN MIA'S CASE,
AND FORTUNATELY, IN MIA'S CASE, SHE'S HAD A LIFE-LONG CONNECTION
SHE'S HAD A LIFE-LONG CONNECTION TO PARKS.
TO PARKS. BUT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT
BUT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE KNOW LESS
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE KNOW LESS AND LESS ABOUT PARKS.
AND LESS ABOUT PARKS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO
SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ENGAGE
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ENGAGE URBAN AUDIENCES, DIVERSE
URBAN AUDIENCES, DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND YOUTH IN OUR
AUDIENCES AND YOUTH IN OUR MISSION.
MISSION. >> WELL HOW DO YOU CONVINCE
>> WELL HOW DO YOU CONVINCE SOMEONE TO GET OUT TO SEE A PARK
SOMEONE TO GET OUT TO SEE A PARK IF THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
IF THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT?
THAT? >> WELL, I REALLY THINK THAT WE
>> WELL, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO START WITH THE YOUNGER
NEED TO START WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
GENERATION. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE OLDER
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE OLDER GENERATION DOES HAVE A LOT MORE
GENERATION DOES HAVE A LOT MORE INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE, BUT REALLY,
INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE, BUT REALLY, I THINK IF IT IS STARTED AT A
I THINK IF IT IS STARTED AT A YOUNG AGE, THEN CHILDREN CAN SEE
YOUNG AGE, THEN CHILDREN CAN SEE AND GET INTERESTED AND THEY CAN
AND GET INTERESTED AND THEY CAN BRING THEIR FAMILIES TO GO AND
BRING THEIR FAMILIES TO GO AND GO TO NATIONAL PARKS.
GO TO NATIONAL PARKS. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FFA HAS A SISTER
THINGS THAT THE FFA HAS A SISTER ORGANIZATION WITH, IS THE AG IN
ORGANIZATION WITH, IS THE AG IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE CLASSROOM. AND WHAT IT DOES IS THE FFA
AND WHAT IT DOES IS THE FFA FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON 8th THROUGH
FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON 8th THROUGH 12th GRADE FOR GETTING YOU
12th GRADE FOR GETTING YOU INVOLVED FOR CAREERS BUT ALSO TO
INVOLVED FOR CAREERS BUT ALSO TO GET KIDS INTERESTED IN THE
GET KIDS INTERESTED IN THE AGRICULTURE FIELD AND THE
AGRICULTURE FIELD AND THE CLASSROOM PROVIDES DIFFERENT
CLASSROOM PROVIDES DIFFERENT LESSON PLANS AND THINGS FOR THEM
LESSON PLANS AND THINGS FOR THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FARMING AND
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FARMING AND GET INTERESTED ABOUT IT AND NOT
GET INTERESTED ABOUT IT AND NOT BE AFRAID OF AGRICULTURE AND
BE AFRAID OF AGRICULTURE AND EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. AND SO IT REALLY GETS THEM
AND SO IT REALLY GETS THEM INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. SO I MENTIONED IN MY ESSAY I
SO I MENTIONED IN MY ESSAY I THINK IF THERE COULD BE
THINK IF THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR CREATED FOR
SOMETHING SIMILAR CREATED FOR NATIONAL PARKS, I THINK THAT
NATIONAL PARKS, I THINK THAT WOULD GET KIDS INTERESTED, THEY
WOULD GET KIDS INTERESTED, THEY WOULD GO HOME AND TALK TO THEIR
WOULD GO HOME AND TALK TO THEIR PARENTS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS
PARENTS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND THEN WOULD REALLY WANT TO GO
AND THEN WOULD REALLY WANT TO GO AND SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR
AND SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THEMSELVES AND LEARN PIECES OF
THEMSELVES AND LEARN PIECES OF HISTORY AND STUFF.
HISTORY AND STUFF. >> IT WOULD WORK FOR ME.
>> IT WOULD WORK FOR ME. THAT'S FOR SURE.
THAT'S FOR SURE. WELL THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR
WELL THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
COMING IN. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >>> MANY UNIVERSITIES ARE KNOWN
>>> MANY UNIVERSITIES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL
FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR SCIENTIFIC
OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR THEIR REVERED SPORTS
RESEARCH OR THEIR REVERED SPORTS TEAMS BUT WHAT ABOUT PLANTS ON
TEAMS BUT WHAT ABOUT PLANTS ON CAMPUS?
CAMPUS? IT PAY SOUND SURPRISING BUT SOME
IT PAY SOUND SURPRISING BUT SOME UNIVERSITY GROUNDS ARE ALSO
UNIVERSITY GROUNDS ARE ALSO LIVING LABORATORIES WHERE YOU
LIVING LABORATORIES WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT A WORLD OF
CAN LEARN ABOUT A WORLD OF PLANTS, ALL IN ONE LOCATION.
PLANTS, ALL IN ONE LOCATION. THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S CAMPUS ARBORETUM IS ONE EXAMPLE.
CAMPUS ARBORETUM IS ONE EXAMPLE. THIS STORY IS PRODUCED BY
THIS STORY IS PRODUCED BY ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA AGOA
ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA AGOA STEALTHA AND PHOTO JOURNALIST
STEALTHA AND PHOTO JOURNALIST ANDREW BROWN.
ANDREW BROWN. >> DURING THE EARLY TERRITORIAL
>> DURING THE EARLY TERRITORIAL PERIOD, ONE OF THE NEEDS IN THE
PERIOD, ONE OF THE NEEDS IN THE STATE WAS ECONOMIC GROWTH.
STATE WAS ECONOMIC GROWTH. SO MANY OF OUR FACULTY IN
SO MANY OF OUR FACULTY IN AGRICULTURE SET ABOUT TO TRAVEL
AGRICULTURE SET ABOUT TO TRAVEL WORLDWIDE TO BRING BACK PLANTS
WORLDWIDE TO BRING BACK PLANTS FROM OTHER REGIONS THAT COULD
FROM OTHER REGIONS THAT COULD PERHAPS BE INTRODUCED HERE AS AN
PERHAPS BE INTRODUCED HERE AS AN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY. HERE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF
HERE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS
ARIZONA CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS ITSELF IS THE ARBORETUM.
ITSELF IS THE ARBORETUM. AN ARBORETUM IS A COLLECTION OF
AN ARBORETUM IS A COLLECTION OF PLANTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY SET
PLANTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR THEIR VALUE IN
ASIDE FOR THEIR VALUE IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.
RESOURCES. WE HAVE ABOUT 9,000 *** PLANTS
WE HAVE ABOUT 9,000 *** PLANTS AND CACTI ON RECORD ON CAMPUS AS
AND CACTI ON RECORD ON CAMPUS AS PART OF OUR COLLECTION.
PART OF OUR COLLECTION. THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 550
THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 550 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS, FROM
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS, FROM SIX CONTINENTS.
SIX CONTINENTS. WE HAVE BEHIND US, IN THIS
WE HAVE BEHIND US, IN THIS IMPORTANT HISTORIC CACTUS
IMPORTANT HISTORIC CACTUS GARDEN, A REPRESENT OF
GARDEN, A REPRESENT OF [ INAUDIBLE ].
[ INAUDIBLE ]. IT IS AN INTERESTING PLANT, IT
IT IS AN INTERESTING PLANT, IT DRAWS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS
DRAWS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS GARDEN.
GARDEN. IT IS LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN ALBINO
IT IS LIKE AN UPSIDE DOWN ALBINO CARROT.
CARROT. IT WILL LEAF OUT DURING THE
IT WILL LEAF OUT DURING THE WINTER TIME BECAUSE OF THE
WINTER TIME BECAUSE OF THE COOLER TEMPERATURES.
COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE SIMPLE FACT IS WE ARE A LAND
THE SIMPLE FACT IS WE ARE A LAND GRANT SCHOOL AND BECAUSE WE HAVE
GRANT SCHOOL AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A
THIS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A LAND UNIVERSITY IS TO MAKE SURE
LAND UNIVERSITY IS TO MAKE SURE OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL
OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE APPLIED TO SOLVING
PROGRAMS ARE APPLIED TO SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT ARE OF RELEVANCE
PROBLEMS THAT ARE OF RELEVANCE TO STATE.
TO STATE. MOST TREES AND URBAN LANDSCAPES
MOST TREES AND URBAN LANDSCAPES LIVE ABOUT 10-20 YEARS SO THEY
LIVE ABOUT 10-20 YEARS SO THEY ARE NOT LIVING LONG ENOUGH
ARE NOT LIVING LONG ENOUGH BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ARE CARED
BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ARE CARED FOR AND MAINTAINED.
FOR AND MAINTAINED. IN ORDER TO EVER BRING ABOUT THE
IN ORDER TO EVER BRING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT WE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT WE PLANT THEM FOR.
PLANT THEM FOR. >> WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THAT
>> WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THAT WORKER PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES 15% BY HAVING ACCESS OR SPENDING
15% BY HAVING ACCESS OR SPENDING A FEW MINUTES EVERY DAY OUTSIDE
A FEW MINUTES EVERY DAY OUTSIDE IN A GREEN SPACE.
IN A GREEN SPACE. SO AGAIN, WHAT A WONDERFUL
SO AGAIN, WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CAMPUS
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CAMPUS THAT IS SO LUSH AND GREEN, IN
THAT IS SO LUSH AND GREEN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT INCREASED
ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY TO OUR EMPLOYEES
PRODUCTIVITY TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND TO OUR STUDENTS. >> I'M JUST CATCHING A LITTLE
>> I'M JUST CATCHING A LITTLE MOMENT OF RELAXATION BETWEEN --
MOMENT OF RELAXATION BETWEEN -- WHAT DO HAVE I THIS MORN.
WHAT DO HAVE I THIS MORN. PHYSIO AND BIO-CHEM.
PHYSIO AND BIO-CHEM. >> THERE IS NOT TOO MANY
>> THERE IS NOT TOO MANY COMFORTABLE PLACES TO SIT ON
COMFORTABLE PLACES TO SIT ON CAMPUS AND SO I PROVIDE MY OWN.
CAMPUS AND SO I PROVIDE MY OWN. AND I CAN NAP AND THINGS LIKE
AND I CAN NAP AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT SCHOOL.
THAT AT SCHOOL. IT IS GOOD TO JUST GRAB A COFFEE
IT IS GOOD TO JUST GRAB A COFFEE AND CHILL OUT AND DRINK COFFEE.
AND CHILL OUT AND DRINK COFFEE. >> I'M INTERESTED IN CREATING A
>> I'M INTERESTED IN CREATING A GENERATION OF FUTURE LAND DOERS
GENERATION OF FUTURE LAND DOERS WHO HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND
WHO HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT FOR THE LANDSCAPE THEY
RESPECT FOR THE LANDSCAPE THEY INHABIT.
INHABIT. >> I THINK IT IS GOOD PLANNING
>> I THINK IT IS GOOD PLANNING BY THE SCHOOL, THE FACT THEY CAN
BY THE SCHOOL, THE FACT THEY CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS AND
HAVE ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS AND 40 K PLUS STUDENTS BUT THEY
40 K PLUS STUDENTS BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE WAY TO FRAME OUT
STILL HAVE THE WAY TO FRAME OUT OF THE CAMPUS THAT IS PRODUCTIVE
OF THE CAMPUS THAT IS PRODUCTIVE AND STILL RELAXING.
AND STILL RELAXING. IT IS GOOD.
IT IS GOOD. >> MOST OF THE TREES THAT YOU
>> MOST OF THE TREES THAT YOU SEE BEHIND US ARE OLIVE TREES,
SEE BEHIND US ARE OLIVE TREES, BUT WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OTHER
BUT WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OTHER TREES HERE, INCLUDING CARE UB,
TREES HERE, INCLUDING CARE UB, PINE TREES, CASA RINAS, A
PINE TREES, CASA RINAS, A VARIETY THAT ARE EPTING HERE ON
VARIETY THAT ARE EPTING HERE ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF CAMPUS.
THE WESTERN BORDER OF CAMPUS. IT OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
IT OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND EXPERIENCE
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND EXPERIENCE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A NATURAL
SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, A GREEN SPACE, A
ENVIRONMENT, A GREEN SPACE, A PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.
PUBLIC GREEN SPACE. SO AT LUNCHTIME YOU'LL OFTEN SEE
SO AT LUNCHTIME YOU'LL OFTEN SEE MANY PEOPLE COMING HERE TO ENJOY
MANY PEOPLE COMING HERE TO ENJOY THEIR LUNCH.
THEIR LUNCH. YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE ENJOYING THE
YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE ENJOYING THE SPACE OF THE RECREATIONAL AREA
SPACE OF THE RECREATIONAL AREA AND WE ALSO TRY TO USE -- MAKE
AND WE ALSO TRY TO USE -- MAKE USE OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE
USE OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY THE TREES IN THIS
PRODUCED BY THE TREES IN THIS AREA.
AREA. THE CAMPUS ARBORETUM HAS AN
THE CAMPUS ARBORETUM HAS AN IMPORTANT OUTREACH FUNCTION IN
IMPORTANT OUTREACH FUNCTION IN TAKING THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TAKING THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE ABOUT
AND THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE ABOUT URBAN LANDSCAPES AND PLANT
URBAN LANDSCAPES AND PLANT HEALTH AND EXPENDING THAT -- AND
HEALTH AND EXPENDING THAT -- AND EXTENDING THAT KNOWLEDGE OUT
EXTENDING THAT KNOWLEDGE OUT TOWARD THE COMMUNITY AND THE
TOWARD THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR
RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE ARE A WAY TO INTRODUCE
WEBSITE ARE A WAY TO INTRODUCE THE PUBLIC TO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
THE PUBLIC TO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED HERE IN 125 YEARS OF STUDYING
HERE IN 125 YEARS OF STUDYING DESERT HORTY CULTU