April 13, 2010

• What is Sustainable Site Development

  What is Sustainable Site Development?
  Here is an article on Sustainable Development:
  From Tom Barrett, Green Water Infrastructure.
  Sustainable Site Development
  Sustainable site development has the goal of preserving or restoring a site’s natural ecosystem. The most widely recognized definition of sustainable development is development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability [...]

• Talk on Rainwater Harvesting

  Green Water Infrastructure Founder to Speak at the Chicago Center for Green Technology
  Tom Barrett, owner of Westfield, Indiana-based Green Water Infrastructure, is presenting “Rainwater Harvesting and Condensate Recovery – New Tools for Green Technology”, at the Chicago Center for Green Technology on Tuesday, April 20th from 6-8 p.m. Barrett will explain how the use of [...]

April 9, 2010

• Rain water and drip irrigation

  Here is a great idea, combining rain water harvesting and drip irrigation.
  A couple of articles I came across, that explain more about it.
  Drip irrigation with rain water | Green-Trust.Org
  It’s gardening time here in the southeast, and our thoughts return to watering. Rainwater is my favorite source of water, as it’s free, and takes no energy [...]

January 13, 2010

• Rainwater Harvesting Talk at the Eco Village

  On April 26th at the Eco Village, a talk on “ Rainwater Harvesting” by Brad Lancaster, was hosted by the Los Angeles Permaculture Guild.  To read the story go to the link below.
  Rainwater Harvesting: Brad Lancaster shares DIY water wisdom : LA IMC
  Rainwater Harvesting: Brad Lancaster shares DIY water wisdom by Jennifer Murphy Saturday, Jun. 10, [...]