Friday, Sept 30, 9-10am, Sustainable World Radio Program on KCSB 91.9 fm

This week's program features Owen Dell, Santa Barbara landscape architect, who helped coin the word "xeriscape" in the 1980's to describe a design strategy that reduced the use of water in the landscape while Southern Calif was in the midst of a prolonged drought. Helping to organize and participate in the Santa Barbara County Sustainable Landscape Fair more than 20 years ago, where most of us in this region first heard the word "sustainable", he has most recently explored the idea of "Fossil Free Landscaping", as we contemplate a future with less and more expensive oil as a resource for powering our landscaping tools.  A fossil-free landscape according to Owen would consist of locally-sourced materials only; plants would be grown from seed, cuttings or divisions obtained from others in the community or from local nurseries; building materials would be native soil, rocks, wood from urban trees, waste stream materials; and the landscaping would be designed for minimum water and resource use, and all maintenance would be done by hand rather than with power tools. For more information and future meetings discussing Fossil Free Landscaping, please visit www.owendell.com.

***
Jill Cloutier, Suzanne Cloutier and Kevin Childerley host an hour long
radio program focused on sustainability, permaculture, and creative solutions
to environmental and social problems.

Look for them on Fridays, 9-10 am, on KCSB 91.9 FM.  Or if unable
to hear them ,KCSB website(www.kcsb.org)


Please submit news to Jill Cloutier Sustainable World Radio
<sustainableworldradio@earthlink.net>