Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
With Nate Downey, Author of Harvest the Rain
Saturday, September 24th
Saturday, September 24th
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 if utilized strategically, enough precipitation falls annually to provide ample water for everybody.
We simply have to collect, store, distribute, and reuse the rain that 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.
In this one-day workshop (with plenty of time for Q&A), author Nate Downey will discuss techniques that anyone can use to begin implementing rainwater harvesting designs today.
Rainwater harvesting can be low tech, designed for everyone, everywhere, even for those with limited time and money. In addition to cisterns, gray water, and earthworks, the Nate will share important ways to help protect & rejuvenate our local watersheds.
Today, our planet's water shortage is a reality for people worldwide, but if utilized strategically, enough precipitation falls annually to provide ample water for everybody.
We simply have to collect, store, distribute, and reuse the rain that 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.
In this one-day workshop (with plenty of time for Q&A), author Nate Downey will discuss techniques that anyone can use to begin implementing rainwater harvesting designs today.
Rainwater harvesting can be low tech, designed for everyone, everywhere, even for those with limited time and money. In addition to cisterns, gray water, and earthworks, the Nate will share important ways to help protect & rejuvenate our local watersheds.
Workshop Details:
Date: Saturday, September 29th, 9:00-5:30
Cost: Free. donations welcomed.
Location: True Nature Farm
Registration: Please call or email to register. Spaces are limited
For more information and to RSVP, call or email Eden at 435-335-7485 / Eden@TrueNatureFarm.org
Workshop Instructor:
Nate Downey
Author of "Harvest the Rain" and "Roof Reliant Landscaping"
Nate Downey is the author of the new and highly acclaimed book, Harvest the Rain: How to Enrich Your Life by Seeing Every Storm as a Resource. For a dozen years, Nate has written a popular monthly column called "Permaculture in Practice" for The Santa Fe New Mexican’s award-winning ‘Real Estate Guide.’
A frequent guest on public radio and a perennial presenter at green events, Nate is a seasoned teacher, speaker, writer, and businessman. He began teaching permaculture design certification courses with the Permaculture Drylands Institute in 1995, and over the years he has taught many workshops through various institutions including UNM, the Santa Fe Community College, SEED Institute, and EcoVersity.
Nate has been an active member of the International Erosion Control Association, chairman of the board of the Permaculture Credit Union and a long-time member of the board of Camino de Paz School and Farm. He is also a licensed irrigator and drainage-control specialist. Soon after graduating from St. John's College in 1991, he started Santa Fe Permaculture, Inc., with his wife Melissa McDonald. Since then, their beautiful, functional, and ecological projects have popped up regularly in prominent publications from Su Casa to Sunset. With their boys, Liam and Keenan, Nate and Melissa share a backyard brimming with bees, bunnies, chickens, all sorts of edible plants, lots of harvested rain, a greywater recycling system, and a nice little patio for building community.
To learn more about Nate Downey's work, visit www.harvesttherain.com
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Author of "Harvest the Rain" and "Roof Reliant Landscaping"
Nate Downey is the author of the new and highly acclaimed book, Harvest the Rain: How to Enrich Your Life by Seeing Every Storm as a Resource. For a dozen years, Nate has written a popular monthly column called "Permaculture in Practice" for The Santa Fe New Mexican’s award-winning ‘Real Estate Guide.’
A frequent guest on public radio and a perennial presenter at green events, Nate is a seasoned teacher, speaker, writer, and businessman. He began teaching permaculture design certification courses with the Permaculture Drylands Institute in 1995, and over the years he has taught many workshops through various institutions including UNM, the Santa Fe Community College, SEED Institute, and EcoVersity.
Nate has been an active member of the International Erosion Control Association, chairman of the board of the Permaculture Credit Union and a long-time member of the board of Camino de Paz School and Farm. He is also a licensed irrigator and drainage-control specialist. Soon after graduating from St. John's College in 1991, he started Santa Fe Permaculture, Inc., with his wife Melissa McDonald. Since then, their beautiful, functional, and ecological projects have popped up regularly in prominent publications from Su Casa to Sunset. With their boys, Liam and Keenan, Nate and Melissa share a backyard brimming with bees, bunnies, chickens, all sorts of edible plants, lots of harvested rain, a greywater recycling system, and a nice little patio for building community.
To learn more about Nate Downey's work, visit www.harvesttherain.com
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