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PERMACULTURE
PATTERNS
local, bioregional,
global solutions
permaculture for nine billion
Permatopia dictionary:
permanent place [topia]
permaculture utopia
documents:
Hirsch report
Pentagon climate change study
environmental patterns
dominant paradigm
limited hang out / greenwash
ideal direction
disinformation
philosophy
- groups - toxics - food
safety - energy - global warming - forest
Greenwash
carbon
neutral isn't
Permatopia
hierarchy of needs
food
organic
urban gardening
vegan diets
buy local
solar drying
solar cooking
sprouting
fermentation
Peak Grain
food irradiation
genetic phood
mad cow disease
toxic fertilizers
nutrition
water
rainwater harvesting
graywater
filters, solar distillation
drip irrigation
boycott bottled water
blue gold: clean water
shelter:
weatherization
green building
natural building
urban planning
energy
97 quads
conservation for renters
renewable energy
solar power
wind energy
microhydro
biofuels
hydrogen
free energy?
transportation
car culture
highway expansions
100 mpg cars
car sharing
transit & trains
bicycles
internet not jets
community
consciousness
spiritual resources
money:
community currency
cooperatives
precious metals?
health:
single payer
permaculture:
principles
courses
references
environmental education
waste:
a terrible thing to mind
reuse, not recycle
humanure
waste prevention
forests:
deforestation
clearcuts & climate change
selective forestry
non-timber products
biomimicry
detoxification:
bioremediation
mycoremediation
the end of growth
communication
primitive technology
homesteading
eco-cities
related websites:
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Rain Water
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands
Brad Lancaster
Chelsea Green Publishing
www.harvestingrainwater.com
www.rainwatercollection.com
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged (something almost
everyone can do - even Gov. George W. Bush collects rainwater at his
bunker / ranch in Crawford, Texas)
www.eugenerainwater.com
www.specallproducts.com/rainwater_filters.htm
www.timbertanks.com/rainwatr.htm
under pressure, a step in a sensible direction ...
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=5732049
Chapel Hill offers rain barrels to all
By Anthony Wilson
(10/29/2007 -- CHAPEL HILL) - The state's water crisis has people
searching for ways to conserve. One idea that's catching on in many
communities is collecting rainwater from drain spouts, before it hits
the ground.
Demand for rain barrels means short supplies in towns like Apex were
they're being sold to residents only. But in Chapel Hill Steve Tyce
is ready to help rainwater recyclers who don't mind crossing county
lines.
Tyce is ready to sell the 20 barrels he has after hearing that some
people can't find their own. "This last 3 or 4 days of rain I got
almost a thousand gallons of water, because I had 20 barrels to work
with!"
His recycling process starts at the catering business he owns in
Chapel Hill. The barrels arrive at the business filled with food.
Then, when they're empty, he cleans them out and uses them to collect
rainwater.
Tyce says his $75 price for the recycled barrels won't clean you out.
In fact, he says you can make your own if you know how to. "Fashion
the top so that it's going to keep out the debris, such as leaves,"
Tyce explains, "I put on a spout that is easily operated with just
your foot, rather than having to bend down and turn it with your
hand. And then we have the rim, to keep that secure."
You might find plastic barrels to be the easiest barrels to work
with. "When I realized that you can get as much as 200 or 300 gallons
off a single rain, then I just added more to it!" Tyce said.
Tyce is willing to sell his rain barrels because he's sure he can
replace them. The 55-gallon capacity rain barrels Tyce makes come
with overflow tubing and brass spigots.
For more information call Tyce at (919) 929-1722
www.zimbabwesituation.com/dec19_2007.html#Z10
Rainwater harvesting eases shortage
BULAWAYO, 18 December 2007 (IRIN) - Residents of Zimbabwe's second city,
Bulawayo, are harvesting welcome rainwater from their roofs after
consistently low rainfall in the past few years forced the city council to
decommission all but one of its six reservoirs and impose rigorous water
rationing.
"We had gone for almost 10 days without water because council supplies are
only available once a week now," said Hlengiwe Ncedani, who had arranged a
variety of receptacles under the roof of her three-roomed house in the
working-class suburb of Mabutweni to collect rainwater.
Ncedani told IRIN that she and her three children had missed the last water
ration, which took place at about midnight when most families were sleeping.
"We can collect as much as 200 litres of potable water on a good rainy day,
and this lessens the burden of scrounging for water," Ncedani said.
In Iminyela, another Bulawayo suburb, Euginia Mbondera also welcomed the
rain, saying, "We can breathe a sigh of relief and hope the rains continue."
She
is caring for a brother-in-law infected with HIV/AIDS and said the family
had been hard pressed to maintain the hygienic conditions crucial to his
well-being.
Poor access to water has far-reaching implications for general health and
hygiene, but is even more crucial in HIV/AIDS prevention and care. "It might
take some time before council restores normal supplies as dams take time to
fill up, given how dry it has been over the past months," Mbondera said.
Harnessing roofs
Lareto Nare, a researcher at Rainwater Harvesting Association of Zimbabwe,
told IRIN there was great potential for rainwater harvesting from roofs in
Bulawayo and it was a practice that council institutions should view
seriously.
"Council schools and clinics that already have substantial roof surfaces
could benefit a large community," Nare said. The council runs more than 30
clinics and an infectious diseases hospital, and there are at least 140
primary and secondary schools in and around the city.
Water experts surmise that a 100 sq m roof in an area with an annual
rainfall of 600mm could collect as much as 36,000 litres of water, assuming
the rain was collected on an impermeable surface without evaporation. This
is about twice the annual requirement of a five-member family with an
average daily drinking-water requirement of 10 litres per person.
When it rains it pours
While Bulawayo thirsts for more rain, Meteorological Services Department
director Hector Chikoore said, "Most areas have recorded more rainfall than
what they normally receive during the same period of the year. For instance,
in Harare [the capital] we expect a seasonal rainfall of 800mm, but Harare
has already recorded almost a quarter of the total in only seven days."
The state-run Herald newspaper reported that three people had died and one
was missing after floods destroyed homes in northeastern Zimbabwe. According
to the Civil Protection Unit, which coordinates emergency responses, about
1,000 people were displaced.
Meteorologists have warned of torrential rains and further flooding in other
parts of the country during Zimbabwe's rainy season between November and
April.
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[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
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