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

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Learn about water harvesting in new Sustainable World Radio podcast with Jeff 
Adams, owner of Terra Sophia Ecological Design Co. 
http://www.terrasophia.com/index.html

In this episode, Permaculture Designer Jeff Adams talks about practical ways 
to design landscapes that conserve water. It doesn't matter if you live in an 
extremely wet or dry climate, design strategies exist that can save you 
water, resources and money! Jeff Adams has years of experience in 
regenerating watershed health and is a lead instructor for the American 
Rainwater Catchment Systems Association's Accredited Professional Training. 
Owner of Terra Sophia, Ecological Design Consulting and Education Firm, Jeff 
says that soil is the largest and cheapest water tank that we have. In this 
podcast Jeff talks about rain gardens, purposeful and purposeless turf, green 
infrastructure and why it's time for us to pay attention to the water cycle. 

Jeffrey Adams

Jeffrey Adams is founder and principal of terrasophia, an ecological design 
consulting and education firm synergizing practical experience and systems 
thinking with a passion for solution-oriented action to cultivate resiliency 
through public and private design and education projects. In 2010 Jeffrey 
provided technical experience and program development as Water Sustainability 
Coordinator for the innovative 10,000 Rain Gardens Pilot Program, a 
partnership between the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network and Marin 
Municipal Water District (http://raingardens.spawnusa.org/).

Over the past decade Jeffrey has collaborated with a variety of non-profits, 
community groups, schools, and individuals to raise awareness and build 
skills for sustainability and regenerative living, including G3 - the Green 
Gardens Group, the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, Los 
Angeles Conservation Corps, Sacred Mountains Foundation in the Navajo Nation, 
AZ, Plenitud Iniciativas Eco-educativas in Puerto Rico, the Campus Center for 
Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University, and Daily Acts in Sonoma 
County, CA among others.

He designed his own interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree at Humboldt 
State University in Indigenous Technology with a minor in Environmental 
Ethics, and is certified as a Permaculture Design Consultant, Qualified Water 
Efficient Landscaper, and in Greywater System Design and Installation. He has 
also been an Accredited Professional through the American Rainwater Catchment 
Systems Association since 2009. With experience facilitating workshops and 
implementing projects around the United States and working in the 
construction and landscape trades for 15 years, Jeffrey brings a practical 
and integrated approach to each project. Jeffrey was residential site manager 
for Sunrise Ridge Gardens, a permaculture inspired 7-acre lavender and mixed 
fruit orchard in West Sonoma county, CA from April 2010 to July 2011. Jeffrey 
has recently relocated to New Mexico to pursue a graduate degree in Water 
Resources while continuing to collaborate on ecological design and education 
projects.