Interested in greywater systems, but looking for a general overview? Check out Greywater with Gusto, a tour being given this Sunday by Daily Acts:
Tour: Greywater with Gusto
Sunday, August 29th, 10am-2pm, Free for Cotati Residents $25 non-residents
Please register by visiting www.dailyacts.org or calling 707.789.9664
In this tour, we’ll visit the new, single-fixture Greywater System of Neil [...]
Greywater systems are going mainstream, and you can now install permitted systems in California. Want to get started? This Saturday you can spend the day with Daily Acts and learn all about a local Greywater Oasis:
Saturday, August 21st, 10am-3pm, $45
Please register by visiting www.dailyacts.org or calling 707.789.9664
Come visit the home and garden of [...]
The folks at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and the Water Institute have published a useful booklet, Heating Water With the Sun: A Thermal Drainback Solar Hot Water Heater Demonstration:
This solar hot water heating system is designed to heat water with the sun using a non-pressurized open loop of plumbing that is not tied into [...]
Here’s some fantastic Bay Area workshops being offered by our friends at Greywater Action:
June 5th Greywater System Design and Tour at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
Occidental, CA
Laura Allen and Brock Dolman will lead this one-day greywater intensive.
June 12th Greywater Primer with the Institute of Urban Homesteading
Oakland, CA
June 16th Hands-on Greywater Workshop- Atascadero, CA
Learn how [...]
Here’s some great workshops coming up with Greywater Action:
Interested in learning about rainwater harvesting?
Greywater Action is holding two upcoming classes.
1. April 17th in San Francisco: Rain barrel for rainwater storage
Install 660 gallons of rain storage using rainbarrels.
2. April 18th in Berkeley- Rainwater Harvesting for Paved Areas
Sunday, April 18th 10am – 1pm
BioFuel Oasis 1441 Ashby avenue [...]
Did you know that new greywater standards for California took effect last month? This is exciting news for California, and especially for activists like the folks at Oasis Design and the Greywater Guerrillas, who have been working tirelessly for this sort of thing for years.
Here’s an excerpt of a notice that was sent out [...]
From National Geographic News comes this interesting story and photo gallery: Fog Catchers Bring Water to Parched Villages.
Conservationists and biologists Kai Tiedemann and Anne Lummerich designed the fog catchers to help poor Peruvians who have settled on unclaimed land in the steep slopes around Lima. If the residents plant trees upslope and stay [...]
Industrial designer Virginia Gardiner and her work designing a waterless toilet system is featured in this video from Dwell. Enjoy!
Via @leonardbarrett of Permaculture for Renters.
