VASCM: Sustainability Workshop with the CSWA - Interest Survey

[Mary Lindsay]

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) is interested to 
bring one of their sustainability self-assessment workshops to the Santa 
Cruz Mountains in the next couple of months. I would like to get an idea 
of how many are interested to participate in this program. Please let me 
know if you are interested. I will include more information about it 
below. This is a free program sponsored by the CSWA.

If we do the self-assessment workshop we would probably also include a 
speaker addressing one of the chapter topics, such as soil management or 
pest management. (We have already spent a lot of time last year on water 
conservation).

_If a self-assessment __workshop is of interest to you, please let me 
know.__Reply to mary at munsvineyard.com.
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The VASCM has done about a dozen of these CSWA workshops over the past 
decade and many of our members have attended, including the 
self-assessment workshop as well as programs on topics covered in the 
workbook on IPM, vineyard water management, ecosystem management and 
biodiversity, energy efficiency, etc. We have new members who may not 
have taken it previously, or you may have missed prior workshops. There 
is also a new edition of the workbook and if you participated a few 
years ago you may want to go through the updated version.



*More about the CSWA, the Sustainable Self-Assessment Workbook, and the 
statewide Sustainable Certification program:*

     The *Self-Assessment Workbo**ok* is a valuable educational 
resource. During the *Workshop* you work through it on your own to 
assess your viticultural and winery practices, and in the process you 
learn a lot about the recommended sustainable practices from the 
information in the workbook. The CSWA will provide you a copy of the 
workbook at no charge.**The Workshop can include speakers on a 
particular topic.

     The CSWA encourages participants to strive towards *Sustainability 
Certification* based on your improvement doing the self-assessment. Even 
if you are not interested in Certification the workbook is still a 
valuable resource.

  *   You can do the self-assessment again even if you have done it
    before (and especially if you haven't gone through the current
    edition of the workbook).
  *   It is for you if you are doing this for the first time, or just
    want to find out more about sustainable practices.
  * Self-assessments can now be done online, and you can do the
    self-assessment workshop with your laptop.


_If a self-assessment __workshop is of interest to you, please let me 
know.__Reply to mary at munsvineyard.com._

For more information on the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance 
(CSWA) and the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices Self-Assessment 
Workbook and certification go here.
For more information about the value of sustainable practices, click 
<http://www.vascm.org/pdf/sustainable_winegrowing_practices.pdf>here.


Let me know your interest in such a program. And thank you!
- Mary

Mary Lindsay
Muns Vineyard
President, VASCM
408-234-2079
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