Dear Friends of the San Diego Permaculture Center and SDECC,
It's been a long time since I sent a group email. My email system went down about 9 months ago and I hope this backup system will work for a little while. So this is a test and an announcement about several workshops this week presented by the Greywater Guerrillas (see announcements below).
Also, save the date, September 21, for a return presentation on Rainwater Harvesting by author Brad Lancaster (time and location TBD). And finally, join me on Fridays at the Summer Concerts in Old Trolley Barn Park (Adams Ave and Florida). I staff a table as Chair of the University Heights Park & Recreation Council and I'd love to see you! The concerts start at 6pm and end at 8pm. Three more concerts to go on July 25, Aug. 1, and Aug. 8.
Hope you are well and surviving the chaotic times we live in!
Marcia Boruta
San Diego Permaculture Center and the San Diego Economic Conversion Council
(619) 255-6111
P.S. As I wrote this, my monitor died and I had to locate a hand-me-down backup to finish it! If you have a computer from this decade to donate, let me know!
Greywater Workshop Announcement---
How to disengage from the water grid: Greywater, Rainwater, and Composting Toilets
How to Disengage from the Water Grid- with Rainwater, Greywater, and Composting Toilets. We will connect the water in our lives to local and global water struggles, look at rainwater as a resource, explore options of reusing greywater, and contemplate waterless (composting) toilets. From the apartment, to the house, to the city, ecological sanitation offers a path to a sustainable and just water future.
There will be a 1-hour presentation, followed by a 1-hour answer-and-question session.
Location:
Pearson Fuels/ EcoCenter
4001 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92105
Tel: 619.243.0410
Date/Time:
Thursday, July 24, 6:30pm-8:30pm
The room cost $200, plus $200 for the instructor's travel expenses. There is a suggested $5 donation.
Everyone is welcome to come, but please RSVP by emailing me at jocofran@gmail.com or through one of the meetup groups.
For more info about the presenters go to: www.greywaterguerrillas.com
Space is limited for the following workshops!
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008
Time: 5:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $20-40 sliding scale
Location: San Diego (once registered you'll be emailed directions)
Description: Greywater Design Workshop and with Hands-on component -
Interested in reusing your greywater? Want to learn more about it and
how to build your own system? Come to our design workshop. We'll
present you with information on the most common, low-tech, low-cost,
effective, residential greywater systems. Then we'll break into groups
and help you plan a system for your own home. Participants will be
emailed a greywater planning sheet, that you'll fill out and bring to
the workshop. We'll also look at an existing greywater system from a
washing machine and do an "upgrade" so you'll get some hands-on
practice too!
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Time: 11am- 3pm
Cost: $20-40
Location: Carlsbad, north of San Diego. (Once registered you'll be
emailed directions.)
Description: Hands-On Greywater Workshop - Workshop will include a
presentation on greywater reuse, the design process of the system
we'll be building, and the construction of a greywater system from the
washing machine to ornamental plants. Activities will involve digging,
measuring, cutting pipes, observing, and more!