Brad Lancaster will be speaking in Sierra Vista in recognition of Earth Day and Water Awareness Month!
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Location: Kino Hall at St. Andrews Church, 800 Taylor Drive, Sierra Vista, Arizona
Cost: Free and open to the public
For more information: Rob & Jeanne Horsmann at bugle2@earthlink.net or (520) 455-5137

Brought to you by:
Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative,
WaterWise Program,
Fort Huachuca 50, and
Practical Energy for Rural Communities, a TogetherGreen grant team of the Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum, the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon Society, and the Cienega Watershed Partnership.

Talk Description:
Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance
This inspiring power point presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance. They empower you to create integrated water-sustainable landscape plans at home and throughout your community. Rainwater harvesting is the process of capturing rain and making the most of it as close as possible to where it falls. Greywater harvesting is the process of directing water from household sink, bathtub, shower, and washing machine drains into the soils of the landscape where the water is naturally filtered and reused to generate more on-site resources. The two work hand in hand, and can reduce our water consumption by 30 to 50%! You’ll see examples enhancing local food security, passively cooling cities in summer, reducing costs of living and energy consumption, controlling erosion, averting flooding, reviving dead waterways, minimizing water pollution, building community, creating celebration, and more.