permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

Harvest the Rain, Book-signing & Talk with Nate Downey Southern CA Tour 
Oct 18-29 SLO-San Diego

Oct 18^ , San Luis Obispo,Tuesday. 5:30-8pm Lugwig Community Center 864 
Santa Rosa
Contact: Ken Haggard SLOsg@slonet.org <mailto:SLOsg@slonet.org> and  
Mikel Robertson gouldmund@hotmail.com <mailto:gouldmund@hotmail.com>
Sponsored by: www.slosustainability.com <http://www.slosustainability.com>

 Oct 19 11am-12pm,  book talk,SBCC Farmers Market, SBCC, 721 Cliff 
Drive, Santa Barbara, CA.

Oct19, Ojai Wednesday ,7-8:30pm , Chapparel Auditorium, 414 E. Ojai Ave, 
Donation: suggested $2
Contact:  Deborah 805-669-8445, 649-8631, cell 805-331-4348
coordinator@ojaivalleygreencoalition.org 
<mailto:coordinator@ojaivalleygreencoalition.org>, Sponsored by: 
www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org <http://www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org>

Oct 20, Meiners Oak,Thursday 9:30-11am, coffee talk, Farmer and the 
Cook, 339 W. El Roblar,  805-646-0960
Contact:  Carla 805-816-8188, crosart05@yahoo.com 
<mailto:crosart05@yahoo.com>, Sponsor: www.farmerandcook.com 
<http://www.farmerandcook.com>

Oct 20, Santa Barbara CA, Thursday, 7-9:30, book talk, Faulkner Gallery, 
Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu, $5
Contact:  Margie Bushman margie@sbpermaculture.org 
<mailto:margie@sbpermaculture.org> 805-962-2571, Sponsored 
by:www.sbpermaculture.org <http://www.sbpermaculture.org/>

Oct 21, Ventura CA,  Friday, 7pm  E.P. Foster Library 651 East Main 
Street, Ventura, CA 93001,
Contact: Antonio Antonio@nopalitonursery.com 
<mailto:Antonio@nopalitonursery.com>, Sponsored by: 
www.nopalitonursery.com <http://www.nopalitonursery.com>

Oct 22 Santa Barbara CA, Saturday, 12-1pm, "Every Storm is a Resource'  
talk & book-signing, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon 
Road,
Fee: $5/reservations required, Contact: Judy Sanregret 805-682-4726, 
jsanregret@sbbg.org <mailto:jsanregret@sbbg.org>, Sponsored by: 
www.sbbg.org <http://www.sbbg.org>

Oct 22  Los Olivos Ca ,,Saturday, 7pm The Grange, 2374 Alamo Pintado Los 
Olivos Donation $5
The event is sponsored by the Valley Alliance and the SYV Film Group
Contact: Carla Rosin crosart05@yahoo.com <mailto:crosart05@yahoo.com>   
  805 816-8188

Oct 24, San Diego CA, Monday 5:30pm 3176 Thorn Street, inside Home Brew 
and Gardens Shop in North Park area. Donation $5
The event sponsored by Home Brew and Gardens and RainThanks & Greywater.
For more information Contact (619) 807-9193 or visit RainThanks.com 
<http://RainThanks.com>.


Oct 25, North Hills CA, Tuesday, 7-10pm, Sepulveda Unitarian 
Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave
Contact:  Carol N. Hart  818-831-5694 or © 818-81-9387 
goldenhart76@verizon.net <mailto:goldenhart76@verizon.net>
Sponsored by: www.transitionsfv.org <http://www.transitionsfv.org> and 
www.valleyonion.org <http://www.valleyonion.org>


Oct 24, San Diego CA, Monday 5:30pm 3176 Thorn Street, inside Home Brew 
and Gardens Shop in North Park area. Donation $5
The event sponsored by Home Brew and Gardens and RainThanks & Greywater.
For more information Contact (619) 807-9193 or visit RainThanks.com 
<http://RainThanks.com>.


Oct 25, North Hills CA, Tuesday, 7-10pm, Sepulveda Unitarian 
Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave
Contact:  Carol N. Hart  818-831-5694 or © 818-81-9387 
goldenhart76@verizon.net <mailto:goldenhart76@verizon.net>
Sponsored by: www.transitionsfv.org <http://www.transitionsfv.org> and 
www.valleyonion.org <http://www.valleyonion.org>

Oct 26, Winchester CA, Wednesday, 6:30pm, evening book talk, Holy 
Nativity Church, 6700 West 83rd
The event is sponsored by Westchester Permaculture Guild.
Contacts: John Tikotsky 310-820-3787

Oct 28  Los Angeles, CA, Friday,  Café Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 West Adams 
Blvd, _www.faisdodo.com/_ <http://www.faisdodo.com/> 323-931-4636
Contacts: Larry Santoyo santoyo@earthflow.com 
<http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/yab-fe/mu/MainView?.src=neo&themeName=blue&stab=1314653427590>, 
Camille Cimino, camillecimino@gmail.com <mailto:camillecimino@gmail.com> 
  213-924-5238
Sponsored by: www.earthflow.com <http://www.earthflow.com>

Oct 29, Long Beach CA  Saturday, 2pm, Long Beach Library , 101 Pacific 
Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90822
Contacts: Ty Teissere 562-314-7509
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<http://www.sbpermaculture.org/>_
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_If we want thriving landscapes, abundant food, strong communities, and 
sustainable economies, we can start by treasuring the rain.

Join Nate Downey, author of the newly published book */Harvest the Rain/ 
*for a talk and book-signing event, as he shares thoughts and strategies 
for taking advantage of rain, a precious resource that falls free from 
the sky.

For millennia, people relied on rainwater harvesting to supply water for 
households, landscape, livestock, and agricultural uses. Today, our 
planet's water shortage is a reality for people worldwide, but actually 
enough precipitation falls annually to provide ample water for 
everybody.  We simply have to collect, store, distribute, and reuse just 
a small percentage of that which falls from the sky.

Fortunately this way of saving the world comes with perks such as 
increasing your property's value, lowering your utility bills, or simply 
creating a comfortable oasis outside your door.

Nate Downey shows you the way with his practical book that anyone can 
use to begin implementing rainwater harvesting designs today.
/Harvest the Rain/ is low tech, designed for everyone, everywhere, even 
for those with limited time and money.  In addition to cisterns, gray 
water, and earthworks, the book shares important ways to help protect 
your local watershed.

Nate Downey has been a successful permaculture landscape designer and 
installer for eighteen years with his company Santa Fe Permaculture; a 
columnist for the last twelve years for the Santa Fe New Mexican Real 
Estate Guide, and a past President of the Permaculture Credit Union.  He 
published/ Roof Reliant Landscaping/ in 2008.


***Nate Downey Booktour: Sept 27-Oct 30 Portland Oregon to San Diego. 
Official tour sponsor, Permaculture Credit Union www.pcuonline.org

<http://www.pcuonline.org/>_Additional Resources:_

   * *Website/ Harvest the Rain /Book/ /*http://harvesttherain.com
     <http://harvesttherain.com/>
   * */Roof Reliant Landscaping/* ebook New Mexico Office of Engineer
     http://www.ose.state.nm.us/wucp_RoofReliantLandscaping.html
   * *Santa Fe Permaculture* www.santafepermaculture.com
     <http://www.santafepermaculture.com/>
   * *American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association* Annual meeting
     Sept 27-29 Portland Oregon http://www.arcsa.org
   * *Nate Downey on You Tube:*
   * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WW9-6CDwD8