WATER In The Media

IN THE PRESS

El Mensajero del Agua - By Carlos Fresneda. Posted on El Mundo's website (under Eco Heroes) at http://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/ecoheroes/2011/07/06/el-mensajero-de... on July 6, 2011.

Brock Dolman: Your Watershed Is Your Lifeboat - By Sarah O’Leary. Printed in Econews (the newsletter of the Northcoast Environmental Center) in December 2009 .

Know Your Lifeboat: An Interview with Permaculturist Brock Dolman - By Marita Prandoni. Posted on EcoHearth's Eco Zine (under Eco Heroes) at www.ecohearth.co/eco-zine/eco-heroes on November 18, 2009.

Saving From a Rainy Day: Liquid Assets, Conserving Is Key But Storing Water Is A Growing Green Trend - By Janet Parmer. Printed in the Press Democrat on October 22, 2009. Article about rainwater harvesting at OAEC and beyond.

Bioneers 2009: Brock Dolman's Watershed Approach - by Bonnie Hulkower. Posted on www.treehugger.com on October 21, 2009. Blog about Brock's 2009 Bioneer's plenary talk.

Coho Salmon Are Bred for Diversity, Strength - by Peter Fimrite. Printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on January 3, 2009. Article about the historic re-introduction of Coho salmon into Salmon Creek in Sonoma County, CA.

Volunteers, DFG return Coho to Salmon Creek - by George Snyder. Printed in The Sonoma West Times & News on December 18, 2008. Article about the historic re-introduction of Coho salmon into Salmon Creek in Sonoma County, CA.

Interest in Water Management Blossoms - by Deborah K. Rich. Printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on December 6, 2008. Article about Brock Dolman, The WATER Institute and the work of graduates of the Basins of Relations Training.

Get Out of the Drain Age, Into the Retain Age - by Deborah K. Rich. Printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on December 6, 2008. Article about stormwater management, roof water catchment, rain gardens and more.

Runoff As Resource Instead of Problem - by Deborah K. Rich. Article printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on December 6, 2008. Article about ecological landscaping, permaculture design, swales, erosion control and rain-garden planting.

Creek Signs Appearing Around the County - by the Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District in their half century report entitled "Celebrating Half Century of Caring for the Land." Article about the watershed signs in Sonoma County.

Words Of Warning - By Lisa Owens Viani, printed in Terrain Magazine in the Fall/Winter 2007 issue. Article on The WATER Institute's Salmon Safe Campaign.

Helpful Hints For Saving The Planet - By Manohla Darghis, printed in The New York Times on August 17, 2007. Article on The 11th Hour.

Harvesting Rain for a Dry Day - By Rick Polito, printed in The Marin Independent Journal on February 9, 2007. Article on the roofwater catchment.

Restoration Efforts in Dutch Bill Creek Bringing Back the Salmon - Printed in The Russian River Monthly on September 1, 2002.

ESSAYS

Planet Water - By Brock Dolman

Totem Oak - By Brock Dolman

REPORTS

California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply Agricultural Water Stewardship Recommendations - Brock contributed to this report released in June 2011.

Water Stewardship: Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture - Brock contributes to this June 2008 report.

BOOKS

Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource - A call to action and a solution-focused guide to solving our global water crisis. Edited by Tara Lohan with a chapter by Brock Dolman (2010).

BOOKLETS

Basins Of Relations: A Citizen's Guide to Protecting and Restoring our Watersheds - A 20 page booklet by Brock Dolman (2nd Edition 2008).

Garden Koi Pond With Bio-Filtration - A report on our bio-filtered pond at OAEC (2007)

Heating Water With The Sun: A Thermal Drainback Solar Hot Water Heater Demonstration - A 10-page WATER Institute how-to on solar hot water heating (2009).

Low Cost Roofwater System for Agricultural Supply: A Demonstriation of Our Flexible "Wonder Gutter" System at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center - An 11 page booklet on this simple agricultural roofwater catchment design (2011).

Roofwater Harvesting For a Low-Impact Water Supply - A report on our roofwater harvesting systems at OAEC (2008).

Roofwater Harvesting In California: Obstacles and Opportunities - Supporting statewide adoption of this valuable water conservation strategy to increase community water security and stream flows for salmonid recovery - A 23-page WATER Institute report on roofwater harvesting in California (2011).

Salmon Creek Water Conservation Program's Conservation Strategies (2009):

• No. 1 Stream Restoration For Salmonids  4.4 MB pdf

• No. 2 Residential Self-Survey for Efficient Water Use 2.0 MB pdf
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• No. 3 Low Water Gardening for Rural Coastal California Communities 2.2 MB pdf

• No. 4 Stormwater Management for Coastal California Communities 2.4 MB pdf

• No. 5 Roofwater Harvesting for Coastal California Communities 2.2 MB pdf

• No. 6 Conservation in the Hospitality Industry 1.5 MB pdf

• No. 7 Water Rates for Rural Coastal California Communities 1.4 MB pdf

• No. 8 Managing Water Systems in Rural Coastal California Communities 1.4 MB pdf

Slow it. Spread it. Sink it! A Homeowner's and Landowner's Guide to Beneficial Stormwater Management - OAEC WATER Institute contributed to this informative 62-page guide for Sonoma County (2010).

POETRY

Basins Of Relations - A poem by Brock Dolman

FILM

Bioneers Conference Plenary Presentation October 2009 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) - Permaculturist and watershed wizard Brock Dolman shows how the future lifeboat well need is shaped exactly like our local watershed. He wields his dazzling poetics to tell us how we can engage with the spirit of Planet Water, create water-literate human settlement patterns, and regenerate ecological integrity and social resiliency to prepare for the climate changes ahead.

Save The California Tiger Salamander in Sonoma County - This is a special report on the slayings of rare California Tiger Salamanders on a Sonoma County Road, and one easy thing you can do to save the rest of them! Video released in February 2009.

Divine Water - The following is a short introductory video featuring luminaries such Robert Bly, Dr Fritjof Capra and Alice Waters as well as others such as Pauline Tangiora, William Marks, Dr Karl Maret, Julia Whitty and Brock Dolman. Healing Water Institute, is making a full length, theatrical standard documentary film on vitally important, little understood fascinating aspects of water, and at the same time calling for a new culture that takes water as the paradigm to learn from.

Your Salmon Creek Video - The WATER Institute's behind the scenes look at the historic reintroduction of Coho salmon into Salmon Creek in Sonoma County, California in December 2008.

Thinking Like A Watershed - In November 2008 Brock was invited to speak at the San Diego Natural History Museum as part of a water lecture series held in conjunction with the Water: H2O = Life exhibit.

Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution DVD - Brock and other permaculturists are interviewed by Vanessa Schultz in this 27 minute documentary (2008).

The Role of Native Perennial Bunchgrasses in Rangeland Management Video - Brock is interviewed by Aaron Lucich (2007).

RADIO

KRCB Radio North Bay Report on the Coho Release into Salmon Creek (December 12, 2008)

Thinking Like A Watershed - Brock talks with radio host Lee Hamilton of KPBS Radio 89.5 FM in San Diego on November 18, 2008.