RAD Sustainability

By Rhianna Hruska

The Clean Energy Committee has funded a solar tube installation in the RAD Hybrid Solar Greenhouse.  This will allow the bottom bed of plants to receive more light during the summer.  This method ultimately saves energy because grow lights will not need to be installed.  The materials are on their way and the solar tube will be installed soon!  The funding is also paying for calcium and potassium API Water testing kits so we can better understand the nutrient levels cycling in the water.  Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and pH levels are tested daily.

Work parties for the Aquaponics Systems are Mondays from 5-7PM.  Work parties will continue throughout the summer and all are welcome to join.  The work party for this coming Monday, May 15, 2015, will be at the Organic Farm Aquaponic Greenhouse.  Come join us and learn more about Evergreen Aquaponics!

We also have an announcement from our operations director, Daniel Cherniske:

“For about two months, we have been cultivating Desert King Fig cuttings in our Deep Water Raft Culture system here at the Evergreen State College Organic Farm. They have surpased all expectations and grown incredible root and leaf structures. And now they need homes. As a fundraising endeavor for the operational budget of the system, we are selling these incredible, high producing, bioregionally adapted fig trees for a sliding scale of $20-40 dollars. Your support goes directly back into the amazing learning laboratory and community aquaponics center we have estabished over the years here in Olympia. If you are interested, please contact our operations director Daniel Cherniske at danielcherniske108@gmail.com or at 360-918-6682.”

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If you have any questions or would like a tour of the Organic Farm Aquaponics system send us an email at tescaquaponics@gmail.com.

If you are interested in an internship with the RAD Aquaponic system send an email to RADsustainability@evergreen.edu.