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“Living Within Our Watershed” |
We missed this in our newsletter-
Thursday,
Jan. 7th, 7:30
– 9:30 p.m.
The Outdoor
Art Club, One West Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley
Join the following panelists
for an informative discussion on learning to live within our scenic
21,000 acre watershed by employing innovative, “low-tech” water
conservation practices such as water catchments, rain gardens, household
conservation, native plantings and gray water:
- Brock Dolman,
co-founder of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, where he is Director
of the Water Institute (www.oaecwater.org) and Permaculture Design Program.
Brock is a nationally and internationally noted watershed restoration
consultant and expert on rainwater catchments;
- Dan Carney,
Water Conservation Manager for the Marin Municipal Water District, with
over 30 years experience in landscape architecture, environmental design,
and water management;
- Paola Bouley,
Conservation Program Director of SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed
Network), and President of Sustainable Fairfax. In 2010 SPAWN will be
leading MMWD’s rainwater harvesting pilot program.
- Moderator Norman
Solomon, a Marin-based author and political commentator who currently
serves as co-chair of the Commission on a Green New Deal for the North
Bay.
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