DIY Resources

Note: This is a new page as of August 2014, and a work in progress. Please contact us if you’d like us to consider listing your company here.

NATION-WIDE

Blue Barrel Rainwater Catchment Systems
Specializing in resources to support DIY-ers in building safe, code-compliant multi-tank systems out of recycled barrels. Blue Barrel is based in California, but serves customers anywhere they have partner barrel suppliers, which includes Minnesota, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and New England.

Arizona

Watershed Management Group
Watershed Management Group (WMG) develops community-based solutions to work toward the long-term prosperity of people and health of the environment, providing people with the knowledge, hands-on skills, and resources for sustainable livelihoods. If you live in Tucson or Phoenix, look into WMG’s Green Living Co-op, which is based on a barn-raising model where members learn practical skills by helping implement projects at people’s homes.

California

Blue Barrel Rainwater Catchment Systems
Specializing in resources to support DIY-ers in building safe, code-compliant multi-tank systems out of recycled barrels.

Greywater Action
A collaborative group of educators, designers, builders, and artists who educate and empower people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure. Through hands on workshops and presentations, they’ve educated hundreds of people about the process of greywater-system design and construction, and built greywater systems at dozens of houses in cities around California and beyond. Specialties also include rainwater harvesting and composting toilets.