Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009
7pm
James A. Little Theater
1060 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
FREE
Contact: Pamela Dupyk, Santa Fe Watershed Association
505-820-1696
pamelad@santafewatershed.org
www.santafewatershed.org
Turning Scarcity into Abundance: The Integrated Harvest of Rain, Sun and Community
This inspiring 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.