Firescaping: Reducing the Vulnerability

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Marianne Simon
Pamela Berstler
Last Update June 4, 2024
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About This Course

In a time of increased climate whiplash, we have seen fires become ever more devastating and deadly, and not just in traditionally fire-prone areas. This course offers a more encompassing look at fire that includes the essential role it plays in natural ecosystems and how we have upset the balance with development and fire suppression efforts.  It then explores potential solutions and tangible steps that can be taken to defend life and property in the face of increasingly more volatile events. Join instructor Pamela Berstler for this exploration.

Eligible for CEUs.

Learning Objectives

History and background of fire in urban/wildland interface areas
Determine key points of a property’s vulnerability
Understand the importance of maintaining a good soil moisture balance
Review landscape maintenance practices for protection
Plan a fire-resistant residence/landscape interface
Design a fire-resistant landscape using the Watershed Approach
Understand the additional complexities of hillside fires
Select a plant palette that minimizes the spread of fire
Additional discussion about landscape mulches and fire

Material Includes

  • Video of presentation
  • Video of fire demonstration
  • Links to resources and research papers

Target Audience

  • Landscape Professionals

Curriculum

7 Lessons2h 30m

Video – Firescaping: Reducing the Vulnerability

Video covering the role fire plays in the ecosystem, its evolution into devastating disasters, and what we can do to help protect and defend lives and property.
Video – Firescaping: Reducing the Vulnerability2:38:38

Video – Demonstration of Fire Effects on Home

Courtesy of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, this video demonstrates what areas and materials are more vulnerable to a storm of embers.

Resources for Further Thought

Reserach papers providing background on soil moisture and biology in fire zones, and the ignitability of landscape mulches.

Certificate of Completion

Upon finishing webinar, you can download a Certificate of Completion.

Your Instructors

Marianne Simon

Instructor

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Born to a family of artists, Marianne has spent her life exploring creativity in its many facets. In 1999 she discovered the world of landscaping and a new way of expressing herself. She received her degree in Landscape Architecture and founded her landscape company, Poetic Plantings, with the vision of creating gardens that would nurture the spirit and nourish the earth.

Today she works with G3, Green Gardens Group, managing 'groundbreaking' programs, teaching and spreading the word about watershed-wise landscaping, and doing all she can to shift the pendulum back towards a healthy planet.

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Pamela Berstler

CEO, G3 Green Gardens Group

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Our very own force of nature, Pamela Berstler is a highly experienced landscape expert who co-founded and continues to manage G3, Green Gardens Group. G3 is an award-winning EPA WaterSenseTM Partner and Professional Certifying Organization that educates and certifies property owners, policymakers, and landscape professionals throughout the U.S. and Canada in irrigation and rainwater capture using the Watershed Approach to landscaping.

Pamela spent a decade working as a landscape contractor with her own bespoke design/build firm specializing in innovations for sustainable cities. She didn’t come to landscapes and agriculture through a direct route, as she first took a detour through a career in derivative securities trading and raising private equity for technology and media companies. Pamela is deeply committed to the reinvigoration of American entrepreneurship through regenerative land management and agriculture.

Pamela is a 2019 Climate Reality Leader and is the recipient of many awards including the National APLD Sustainability Award, EPA Certifying Professional Organization of the Year, and Garden Communicators Association Green Medal in Sustainability.

Pamela incubated a love of gardening turning 40-year-old compost on her grandfather's urban farm and with her hands in the soil cultivating her mother's beloved tomato patch. And while she once loved the fast live, she now is returning to her roots, sharing her passion for growing family farm economic value and rebuilding rural comunities. Pamela is happiest in a garden and in front of an audience talking about the power of gardens to heal the planet.

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Free
Level
Intermediate
Duration 2.5 hours
Modules
7 lectures
Language
English

Material Includes

  • Video of presentation
  • Video of fire demonstration
  • Links to resources and research papers
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