California’s Drought and What To Do About It

...e garden, in a way. I just made a major change to our laundry to landscape greywater system–more on this in another post. I’ve consulted historical irrigation data to more intelligently program our drip irrigation system. Keep in mind that 77% of California’s water use goes to agriculture (the media tends to forget this). Residential water use is a small part of the total. That being said, there’s a lot more we can do–the residents of Sydney Austr...

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Saturday Tweets: Urine, Cats and Swedish Dresses Made From Ikea Bags

...h c. pic.twitter.com/0AlIX5uNEt — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) June 9, 2016 Greywater Recycling Nutrient Film Hydroponic System https://t.co/j1dmFkKEoj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 7, 2016 Swedish traditional costume made from Ikea bags https://t.co/PU5F8Jz5Yp pic.twitter.com/juEaVpO9sK — Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 6, 2016 Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers? via @modfarm https://t.co/r7BHsORXNG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 6,...

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Summer Solstice Celebration at Holy Nativity

...House across the entire campus. I will be speaking about saving water and greywater (three 15-minute talks, at 10, 11, 12) The open house will feature garden tours, oven explanation (the oven mud is now drying), highlights from other campus organizations like Teri Roseman’s LiveYoga Wellness, Patricia Rose’s Fresh-food-in-a-flash cooking classes, the Food Forward gleaning program, art tours by Steve O’Laughlin, and much more. Steve’s band will be...

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085 Rishi Kumar: Abundance in Suburbia

...ape and then went on to form a community educational organization and a suburban farm. You can see what they’ve done on their website The Growing Club. During the podcast we mention: Jamun fruit (Syzygium cumini) Sheet mulching Growing fruit trees close togther Raccoons! Quail and chickens Water harvesting vs. rain barrels How the Growing Home became the Growing Club, Sarvodaya Farms and the Growing Commons. May 28th greywater workshop. Many thank...

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