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What's New
New Report Released - Brock contributes to this report entitled “Water Stewardship: Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture”
Water Consciousness Book - Brock contributes a chapter to this important guide due out in September 2008.
Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution DVD - See Brock interviewed in this new documentary.
Basins Of Relations Publication - Get a copy of our 20 page citizen's guide to protecting and restoring your watershed.
Reader's Survey - We want your feedback on our Basins of Relations publication.
Roofwater Harvesting Resource List - Check out this comprehensive resource on rainwater harvesting policy, design and installation.
Water Consciousness Book - Brock contributes a chapter to this important guide due out in September 2008.
Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution DVD - See Brock interviewed in this new documentary.
Basins Of Relations Publication - Get a copy of our 20 page citizen's guide to protecting and restoring your watershed.
Reader's Survey - We want your feedback on our Basins of Relations publication.
Roofwater Harvesting Resource List - Check out this comprehensive resource on rainwater harvesting policy, design and installation.
Education
2006-2007 Public Outreach
OCCIDENTAL ARTS AND ECOLOGY CENTER’S
WATER INSTITUTE 2006 - 2007
PUBLIC EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND POLICY ADVOCACY EFFORTS
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:
• Sonoma State University (Santa Rosa, CA): In January 2006, Brock spoke to 80 people at SSU about Water Issues in Sonoma County.
• Earth Activist Training (Cazadero, CA): In January 2006 Brock gave an evening presentation on “Thinking Like a Watershed” for 50 people attending this course.
WATER Institute Public Outreach
Over the years we have been presenting to many different audiences across Sonoma County, throughout California and in various countries abroad. Check out the following lists to get a sense of what kind of advocacy and education work we do in the world.
Water: Thinking Like a Watershed Lecture - Sebastopol, CA
10/04/2007 - 6:30pm
10/04/2007 - 8:00pm
Presenter: Brock Dolman
Cost: Free
Location: Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol, California
As part of the Science Buzz Cafe Fall Science series, Brock will be presenting about water and how to think like a watershed.
For more information about the Science Buzz Cafe, visit www.sciencebuzzcafe.org
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The Future of Water Lecture - Willits, CA
10/03/2007 - 6:30pm
10/03/2007 - 9:00pm
Presenter: Brock Dolman
Cost: Contact www.willitswaterwdom.org
Location: Willits Grange, 291 School Street, Willits, California
Page 15 - Bio-Filtered Pond Resources
RESOURCES:
Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape by Craig S. Campbell and Michael Ogden. Published in 1999 by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design by Nancy Jack Todd & John Todd. Published in 1994 by North Atlantic Books.
Natural Swimming Pools: Inspiration for Harmony with Nature by Michael Littlewood. Published in 2005 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
Page 14 - Plant, Vertebrate and Invertebrate Lists
Plant List
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Anemopsis californica
Colocasia esculenta *
Darmera peltata
Iris pseudacorus *
Juncus effusus
Juncus xiphioides
Lobelia cardinalis * B
Mimulus cardinalis B
Mimulus gutatus
Nymphaea (sp.) *
Sarracenia leucophylla B
Sarracenia purpurea B
* = Non-native species
B = Plants used in the bio-filter
Vertebrates/Invertebrates
RaccoonHumming Bird
Stellar Jay
California Towhee
Page 13 - Flow Forms at Work
The water is swishing through from side to side and bubbles are resulting from this action. Notice the clear water and the happy fish.
Page 12 - A Finished Pond
The pond is settling in nicely a couple of months after installation. The perimeter has been planted out and the edge of the liner can no longer be seen. The plants in the bio-filter are startingto fill in the space making it difficult to tell that there is a filter there at all.
Page 11 - Refilling The Pond With Fresh Water
Notice the inlet to the bio-filter through the four holes in the cinder blocks. Water is being pulled through by the submerged pump in the bucket and re-circulated into the top of the flow forms in the foreground. The two cinder blocks in the center of the pond have been placed on their sides at different heights and will provide support for more potted plants and offer cover and protection to the fish.
