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Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance, September 8, 2012 – Calgary AB (Canada)

September 8, 2012 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Green Calgary Sustainability Series Presents:
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012
Time: 7–9 pm
Location: John Dutton Theatre at Castell Central Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary
Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance
This inspiring power point presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance. They empower you to create integrated water-sustainable landscape plans at home and throughout your community. Rainwater harvesting is the process of capturing rain and making the most of it as close as possible to where it falls. Greywater harvesting is the process of directing water from household sink, bathtub, shower, and washing-machine drains into the soils of the landscape where the water is naturally filtered and reused to generate more on-site resources. The two work hand in hand, and can reduce our water consumption by 30 to 50%! You’ll see examples enhancing local food security, passively cooling cities in summer, reducing costs of living and energy consumption, controlling erosion, averting flooding, reviving dead waterways, minimizing water pollution, building community, creating celebration, and more.
Cost:  $10 for members  |  $20 general admission  |  $20 Calgary Dollars
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 5 to www.greencalgary.org or (403) 230-1443
This event is a fundraiser for Green Calgary and is made possible by:
Green Calgary
Calgary Public Library
Verge Permaculture
Bullfrog Power

Details

Date:
September 8, 2012
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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