Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability
 Presents
Santa Barbara's Deep Green Future
with Art Ludwig  
               
Monday, August 3, 7pm 2009, Donation $10
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery                
"True progress actually solves problems. Most of what is commonly called "progress"
 is relocation of problems out of sight in space or time"
                        
        Our goal is to live really well, on a small amount of well-managed resources, and help others do the same, says Ecological Systems Designer and Greywater specialist Art Ludwig.

        On Monday, August 3, at 7pm, world-renowned integrated systems designer, educator and researcher Art Ludwig of Oasis Design will explain the big picture advantages of integrated design, giving specifics of what systems that enable Santa Barbarans to live better on 80% less resources would look like, and discuss options for removing institutional barriers to sustainability, with a focus on water.   With the recent announcement of a Emergency proclamation of a statewide water shortage by California Governor's Schwarzenegger this is a timely subject for all living Southern California.

Join Art as he discusses integrated design and codes for an orderly transition to a post peak world:


        Art Ludwig of Oasis Design (  www.oasisdesign.net) has worked on water and wastewater, systems, edible landscaping natural architecture, and improved building codes since 1980. His specialty is complex, integrated "systems of systems."  Art has studied and worked in 22 different countries, consulted for the states of New York and New Mexico and California on water reuse policy, and given dozens of lectures and workshops. He is the author of bestselling books, Water Storage, and Create an Oasis with Greywater, and other Greywater technical books.

        The talk takes place on Monday, August 3 at 7 pm at the downtown Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu St, Santa Barbara. Donation $10,
The event is presented by Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability   http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/ and co-sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network.  For more information, (805) 962-2571, margie@sbpermaculture.org,   www.sbpermaculture.org

Workshop the Following Day: (Free)


Tuesday, August 4, 9 am to 1 pm (limited space, reservations required):
 Laundry to Landscape Graywater System (Workshop)  http://www.oasisdesign.net/education/sb/
 Workshop begins at the Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery, possible site visits TBA, taking place within City of Santa Barbara.
 Geared towards landscapers, builders who are interested in installing greywater systems professionally under California's new greywater standard
 Sponsored by Santa Barbara City Water Resources Division  http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Resident/Water/
 Free -to reserve a spot, email or call Alison Jordan, Santa Barbara Water Conservation Coordiantor: AJordan@SantaBarbaraCA.gov 805 564-5574
  
 The greywater regulation revolution was started in 1989 in Santa Barbara, California. It spread from there to four other communities, then the whole state, via the Uniform Plumbing Code, in 1992.


With the recent California Governor's Schwarzenegger  Emergency proclamation of a statewide water shortage state of emergency in February 2009/ California Water Emergency Provisions and Executive Order S-06-08/ 06/04/2008 and water districts like the DWP in Los Angeles ordering a 20% cut in water use.  It is time to make your landscape reflect the changes needed in the future of water use and global changes that effect us in our own back yards.


DWR releases California Drought, An Update, June 2009
 As part of its committment to Gov. Schwarzenegger, DWR has released the June 2009 California Drought Update, which monitors and reports on the current water supply impacts and conditions of California's drought
  http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/news/
  http://www.water.ca.gov/drought/docs/Drought_report_30june2009_web.pdf
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
   an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
 www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous
First Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence August 2008
 http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org
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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
   an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
 www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." - Anonymous
First Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence August 2008
 http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org