Civic Center Floating Island Unveiling

On Friday June 3, 2016 at 4 PM please join the Gallinas Watershed Council (GWC) and Marin County Supervisor Damon Connolly for the official unveiling of the Civic Center Lagoon FLOATING ISLANDS.

GWC volunteers will kayak to the islands and remove the temporary fencing around the two Floating Islands to reveal their full glory. The fencing was to keep birds from ruining the islands while the native plants were getting established.

The floating islands are biofilters that were launched in October 2015 during the annual Bioneers Conference. They demonstrate how to clean the water of the lagoon using biomimicry, where nature-based technology works to remove excess nutrients.

We will meet on the Children's Island in the Civic Center lagoon at 4PM. This event will take 30 minutes.

Learn more:
www.gallinaswatershed.org/civic-center-floating-island-unveiling-june-3-2016/

Kahl Consultants owner appears in Marin Magazine for volunteer project

Kahl Consultants owner Alex Kahl is featured in the November issue of Marin Magazine for volunteer projects:

Alex is a member of different green business organizations and non profits.  

Read Marin Magazine, Island Life

http://marinmagazine.com/November-2015/Island-Life/

Kahl Consultants owner Alex Kahl made front page news when his volunteer project was featured by the Marin Independent Journal this weekend.

 Bio-filtering islands launched during Bioneers ConferenceAlex helped install floating island Biofilters at the Marin County Civic Center lagoon:

www.marinij.com/environment-and-nature/20151016/bio-filtering-islands-launched-into-civic-center-lagoon-at-bioneers-conference

The hands-on activity at the Bioneers Conference was the culmination of what started out as a class  project for the Environmental Forum of Marin in 2014. Alex and his Master Class 41 classmates Aurora Mahassine and Dan Monte together with over 100 volunteers planted and launched two floating islands in the Civic Center lagoon.

Alex is extremely grateful for everyone who was part of the team that made this project a reality, including:

Gallinas Watershed Council

Environmental Forum of Marin

Marin County Supervisor Damon Connolly & Aide Chris Callaway

Marin County Dept of Public Works (Liz Lewis and Laurie Williams)

Marin School of Environmental Leadership LEAD students (Elly, Sophie, Ben Cole, Evan, and Max)

MarinLink

Santa Venetia Neighborhood Association

It would not have been possible without financial and in-kind support from:

The Watershed Nursery

Embassy Suites Hotel

Autodesk

Last but not least, a big thanks to all who contributed to the fundraiser on Indiegogo:

www.indiegogo.com/projects/civic-center-watershed-restoration#/story