Rock Creek – Sustainability /sustainability Wed, 15 May 2024 17:44:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Rock Creek Learning Garden, Bee Hive, and Farm tour /sustainability/2020/11/16/rock-creek-learning-garden-bee-hive-and-farm-tour/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:40:31 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5202 Sheep at PCC's Rock Creek FarmStudents and the PCC community were welcomed to a tour about the importance of PCC’s Rock Creek Learning Garden, Bee Hive and Farm in October 2020.  Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! This was a great opportunity for students to get to know and the staff there before the learning garden closed at end of October until an uncertain amount of time.

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 9 /sustainability/2020/10/26/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-9/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:36:34 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5180 Welcome back to the next and last video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below is the ninth video covering a wrap up of the RC Learning Garden!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 8 /sustainability/2020/10/26/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-8/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:36:05 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5166 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below is the eight video describing the mulch and trellising in the RC Learning Garden!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 7 /sustainability/2020/10/06/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-7/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:21:59 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5152 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below is the seventh video describing the arbor and orchard in the RC Learning Garden!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 6 /sustainability/2020/09/30/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-6/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:11:39 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5147 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below  is the sixth video describing the cover crops in the RC Learning Garden!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 5 /sustainability/2020/09/22/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-5/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:18:47 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5137 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below  is the fifth video describing the tools used in the RC Learning Garden!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 4 /sustainability/2020/09/22/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-4/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:18:16 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5134 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting the amazing features of the RC Learning Garden

Below  is the fourth  video  explaining  RC  ways  seed starting, seed stocks and irrigation!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 3 /sustainability/2020/09/10/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-3/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:58:40 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5121 Welcome back to the next video in the 9-part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!

MiriamEven with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, a cob oven, and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash, and Beans.

Below is the third video explaining RC’s ways of harvesting!

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Rock Creek Learning Garden Virtual Tour – Video 2 /sustainability/2020/09/10/rock-creek-learning-garden-virtual-tour-video-2/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 16:58:14 +0000 /sustainability/?p=5118 Welcome back to the next video in the 9 part Virtual Garden Tour of the Rock Creek Learning Garden!
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Even with campus closures, Learning Gardens are continuing to flourish! The Rock Creek Learning Garden is the largest Learning Garden at PCC. It comprises 3.5 acres of fruit trees, vegetables, an observation bee hive, a worm nursery, cob oven and other sustainably designed structures in a garden dotted with sculptural works of art all initiated by students at PCC. This summer, the Rock Creek Learning Garden Coordinator – Miriam Latzer has created us a virtual tour of the garden! With 9 videos total, Miriam explains gardening techniques used at Rock Creek, highlighting features, such as the Three Sisters – Corn, Squash and Beans.

Below is the second video explaining the Three Sisters Gardening technique used in the garden.

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Plastic Film Recycling Program at PCC! /sustainability/2020/01/08/plastic-film-recycling-program-at-pcc/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:51:27 +0000 /sustainability/?p=4209 Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ is excited to be reducing its waste by participating in a plastic film recycling program. Key work areas (ex. bookstores, warehouses, dining services, print shops and others) throughout PCC that generate lots of plastic film, collect and store the material, which is periodically picked up and taken to a local grocery store depot. From there, the plastic film material makes its way to TREX, a major manufacturer of wood-alternative decking, railings and other outdoor items made from recycled materials.

When we donate our unwanted plastic materials to TREX, not only are we helping to keep thousands of pounds of waste out of landfills, we are also helping them continue to create beautiful and environmentally responsible outdoor products. TREX provided PCC with collection containers to set up our program, in exchange for us sending our material to them and reporting weight estimates of all our collected materials. And as an additional incentive for being enrolled in their , PCC is eligible for high-performance, low-maintenance awards and prizes, like a bench made from plastic film.

Plastic film material that is allowed in the program includes any type of stretchy plastic film, such as plastic bags, bread bags, shrink wrap, case wrap, air pillows, newspaper bags, ice melt bags, product overwrap and bubble wrap. All materials must be clean, dry and free of food residue. Material can be any color. If you think that your work area may be a large generator of plastic film and would like to join the program, please reach out to sustainability@pcc.edu.

Pile of bags of plastic

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