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Free Water Section: WATER FOR LIFE — by veg-head, 31 Aug Tara gives lessons on free water Bill Gates Foundation has just budgeted $4m to investigate the potential of rainwater harvesting in the third world. But what about the first world? America is rapidly catching on to water caching, as rainwater harvesting is also known.

While many of us have yet to even install rainwater barrels outside our homes, some people are saving a dramatic amount of water with giant barrels placed outside public buildings like schools and office buildings.  The Langston Brown Community Center and High School in Arlington, Virginia has two

SuperForester P.J. suggests: "A drop of water conserved, a drop of drinking water earned." Yesssssss! Thinking of that, how many inches of rainwater fell on NYC last year? Huh. That's funny, when we add it up, we get 47.14 inches. But no matter, the thought is: Plenty of rainwater falls on NYC per year.

Last week, I posted about the tremendous relocalization efforts of the small town of Willits, CA. Earlier today, I had the chance to speak with Liam UiCearbhaill, the Operational Facilitator for Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL), the Willits relocalization group, about a variety of topics, including WELL’s community involvement, current projects, and future plans.

As part of Eco-Libris' ongoing content partnership with Green Options Media, we feature a post that was originally published by Philip Proefrock on May 10 on Green Building Elements. Today's post is about a new book that presents the new look and perception of off the grid homes.

Off the Grid Homes combines beautiful images with technical information for sustainable homes. The book by architect Lori Ryker is less of a manual for systems to be used in off the grid homes (though it does include good information about the systems and strategies that are used in sustainable

Just a couple days ago I posted about cohousing and today I noticed this story about Manzanita Village in Prescott. They are receiving a matching grant from the Arizona State Land Department to enhance it’s urban forest and to expand it’s networks of information sharing.

By Dave Room and Ingrid Severson, Bay Localize Rainwater catchment is an ancient practice used widely around the globe to harvest and store rainwater for human consumption and irrigation. Dating as far back as 4,000 B.C., it is now commonly used in Australia, New Zealand, parts of Europe, Japan, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand as well as the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Peak Moment: Suburban Permaculture with Janet Barocco and Richard Heinberg 06 Mar 2008 | | View all related to gardening | Peak Moment Television | Permaculture | rainwater catchment | Suburbia | Sustainability View all related to Richard Heinberg Tour Janet and Richard's quarter acre for an example of what's possible in suburbia.