Trilogy Speaks: Water Harvesting For Water Resilience With Brook Sarson

Many of us in San Diego don’t know where our water comes from. During this conversation we will discuss how to better understand how you can feel empowered to not only enhance your own water resources in the face of an uncertain water future, but also the resilience of your neighborhood and our ecological communities including the ocean and the waterways that feed it.

Using passive and active rainwater harvesting and relying on greywater for our landscape irrigation means we use less energy, create more beautiful and nurturing landscapes, and keep our waterways clean while reducing flooding during rain events. More climate appropriate plants mean healthier soils which means reducing carbon emissions and even sequestering carbon!

We all need water to live! Let’s nurture and value our relationship with it now.

-Over 600 gallons falls on a 1000 square foot roof when it rains. Let’s design our rainwater storage well

– Rainwater is a great resource for growing food! Plants much prefer it to city water resources
– greywater is gently used shower/laundry water. Get 2 uses out of the water you paid for by routing it out to your landscape

– “saving water” doesn’t mean you need to have a boring and arid landscape. We need trees, plants for pollinators, and to grow food in our community

TICKET: $15

BIO

Brook is co-owner and CEO of CatchingH2O. Her engineering background perfectly complements the permaculture design framework she uses to approach design problems. She graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in 2001. She received her Permaculture Certificate in 2008 from ECOSA Institute in Prescott, Arizona. Brook also completed the Watershed Management Group Water Harvesting Certification Course as well as a Watershed Restoration Course with Craig Sponholtz. Brook received the Water Warrior Award from the Surfrider Foundation in 2011 for her on the ground work in water conservation.

Brook started her first company H2OME in 2008 with a mission to educate and support her community in becoming water resilient. She has taught and developed many classes and workshops including her annual Water Harvesting Certificate Course.

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