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Barbara Evening Talk: Thursday, Oct 20, 7-9:30pm 2011
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Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network Presents:
Harvest
the Rain, Book-signing & Talk with Nate Downey
Evening Talk, Thursday, Oct 20, 7-9:30pm 2011
Santa Barbara Central
Library, Faulkner Gallery, Donation $5 (no reservations required)
www.sbpermaculture.org
More Info:
If we want thriving landscapes, abundant food,
strong communities, and sustainable economies, we can start by treasuring
the rain.
Join Nate Downey, author of the newly published book Harvest the
Rain on October 20, 7-9:30pm for a talk and book-signing event at
the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, as he shares
thoughts and strategies for taking advantage of rain, a precious resource
that falls free from the sky.
For millennia, people relied on rainwater harvesting to supply water for
households, landscape, livestock, and agricultural uses. Today, our
planet's water shortage is a reality for people worldwide, but actually
enough precipitation falls annually to provide ample water for
everybody. We simply have to collect, store, distribute, and reuse
just a small percentage of that which falls from the sky.
Fortunately this way of saving the world comes with perks such as
increasing your property's value, lowering your utility bills, or simply
creating a comfortable oasis outside your door.
Nate Downey shows you the way with his practical book that anyone can use
to begin implementing rainwater harvesting designs today.
Harvest the Rain is low tech, designed for everyone, everywhere,
even for those with limited time and money. In addition to
cisterns, gray water, and earthworks, the book shares important ways to
help protect your local watershed.
Nate Downey has been a successful permaculture landscape designer and
installer for eighteen years with his company Santa Fe Permaculture; a
columnist for the last twelve years for the Santa Fe New Mexican Real
Estate Guide, and a past President of the Permaculture Credit
Union. He published Roof Reliant Landscaping in
2008.
The event takes place on Thursday, October 20, 7- 9:30pm, at
the Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu St,
93101, in downtown Santa Barbara. Donation $5, no reservations
required.
***Nate Downey Booktour: Sept 27-Oct 30 Portland Oregon to
San Diego. Official tour sponsor, Permaculture Credit Union
www.pcuonline.org
Additional Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WW9-6CDwD8
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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
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