More Partnerships

Throughout the years, the St. Joseph County Soil & Water Conservation District has worked with many different organizations toward providing educational, outreach, and technical services to our community.  

In 2010 and 2011, for instance, we have been working with Indiana University South Bend’s Center for a Sustainable Future to deliver outreach and education on water quality and stormwater through two recent projects:

• A community film screening of the award-winning documentary film, “Waterlife” that was held in the summer of 2010; and

• An Original Art Rain Barrel Project that has been in its planning stages since the fall of 2010 and which will culminate in a public Rain Barrel Auction on Friday, May 6, 2011 at the South Bend Museum of Art (starting at 7 PM EST) 

The St. Joseph County SWCD, as a sponsor and underwriter of the Original Art Rain Barrel Project, is dedicated to spreading the word about the May 6th Rain Barrel Auction through emails and our upcoming April / May /June 2011 edition of our newsletter, The Conservation Kaleidoscope.  

You, and anyone else you'd like to ask, are officially invited to the Original Art Rain Barrel Auction on Friday, May 6, 2011 beginning at 7PM at the South Bend Museum of Art. (CLICK HERE for directions.)  

Want to learn more about this Project and about the numerous reasons for using Rain Barrels?  

• Visit the website for IUSB's Center for a Sustainable future by CLICKING HERE

• Visit the Facebook Page for IUSB's Center for a Sustainble Future by CLICKING HERE

• Check out the Backyard Conservation page (CLICK HERE) of our website to learn more about Rain Barrels, and about our Rain Barrels, Rain Barrel Accessories and Composter that are available for pre-order and can be picked up on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the St. Joseph County 4H Fairgrounds.  You can also download the Order Form, which is included as an insert to our 26th Annual Tree Sale Order Form, by CLICKING HERE.

• To catch up on the series of emails we have sent out about the Original Art Rain Barrel Project, including information on the project's coordinator, Kathleen Petitjean, a Fellow with IU South Bend's Center for a Sustainable Future, an artist statement from each of the 12 Artists/Artist Groups that have painted the 12 Rain Barrels that will be up for auction on May 6th, and the impressive list of supporting Underwriters for this project ... CLICK HERE  

• For more complete details about the IU South Bend Center for a Sustainable Future / Kathleen Petitjean's Original Art Rain Barrel Project, check out the slideshow below.  (TIP: To view the slideshow fullscreen, click on the "menu" button.)