Permaculture Green Practices

Permaculture and Sustainability

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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Watershed_Restoration_Practices

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Bill Mollison quotes --- Permaculture quotes

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Permaculture for Our Times

2015

"As California confronts historic drought, TreePeople community initiatives in LA push for water savings programs"

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-drought-trees-20150612-story.html#page=1 -- http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/06/12/52345/urban-trees-dying-in-drought-what-you-need-to-know/ -- http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/06/12/43259/tree-care-extra-tips-to-keep-your-trees-green/

This interview with astute words of advice from our GreenPolicy friend, Andy Lipkis, is worth listening to... Moving Los Angeles Toward Water Independence Andy draws from his permaculture, water savings ideas to propose a water savings plan and rain harvesting is a key water saving tactic.

Take a look at some of Andy's recommendations to share models that work, enabling Southern California to use Australian green best practices for water savings and resilience in the face of historic drought and recent mandatory water cuts throughout California.

Australians have been confronting historic drought conditions and TreePeople's team are pointing out ways the Aussie "Land of Oz" has become among world leaders in water saving and smart water usage practices... Water conservation lessons from AU...

Sharing Green Best Practices

Of course, permaculture practices have roots in Aussie land in the person of Bill Mollison.

Climate change impacts, whether Australia or southwest US, are real and the water crisis brought on by drought in California continues to impact greatly. Look at what Altadena is doing in California as another model to capture and save water.

Their Foothill MWD water department collaborated with Hey!Tanks LA and TreePeople to develop a cistern rebate program. Kudos. Going the right direction in the foothills/headwaters of what used to be the LA River and the streams that in the olden days would replenish the LA basin aquifer and resupply (perma-supply in a cycle) the water being drawn out by LA's water wells (which are a considerable percentage of the Los Angeles water supply.)

There are ideas in the works to revitalize the LA River watershed but right now let's talk Cisterns.

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Rain barrels to catch roof-runoff can be very handy tool in helping maintain hardy landscaping.

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Speaking of water saving approaches and sustainability initiatives, there's a program in LA to replace the turf of water-hungry lawns with water-conserving perma-practice 'lawns', i.e., nextgen earth-scaping... http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lawn-rebate-explainer-20150416-story.html

The DWP program to switch is up to $3.75 a square foot that the LA Dept. of Water & Power will give homeowners to rip out their turf, that old-fashioned look, and replace it with hardy, drought-tolerant plants.

The US EPA is increasingly focusing on water conservation and water saving.

As California confronts its historic drought, the water savings ideas of permaculture practice become more and more important."Water's valuable in the Golden State!"

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Take a look at Nate Downey's recent PermaDesign book -- Harvest the Rain. Nate is one of the vital voices advancing permaculture practices in the US.