More info on this film: http://www.damnationfilm.com/
No reservations necessary.
Fee: $5 to $15 sliding scale (no one turned away)
Refreshments available for small donation.
This event sponsored by Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana Housing Co-op Water Committee.
DATE & TIME: Wed., November 19, 2014 at 7pm
LOCATION: 117 Bimini Pl, LA 90004
Donations: $5-$15 sliding scale (no one will be turned away for lack of funds).
Food and drinks will also be available for a small donation.
No reservations required.
More info: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
Film series sponsored by Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana in association with Greywater Action.
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COMING SOON IN THIS FILM SERIES ON WATER: MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 7:00pm
Dam Nation
http://www.damnationfilm.com/
No reservations necessary.
Fee: $5 to $15 sliding scale (no one turned away)
Refreshments available for small donation.
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Please join us in celebrating Dia de lxs Muertxs at the Los Angeles Eco-Village (LAEV) on Sunday November 2nd, 2014 from 6-9 pm. We will be hosting a community potluck and honoring those who have passed.
Please feel free to bring photos, marigold flowers or anything you would like to display in the community altar. Please also bring vegetarian food to share.
Some ideas of traditional food for this Mexican holiday include tamales, dulce de calabaza, mole, pan de muertxs, enchiladas. You may also want to bring a drink to share.
This is also an opportunity for people to learn more about LA Eco-Village, including how to become a member-resident in our community or a short term guest or longer term visitor.
Reservations: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
Location: 117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles 90004
Directions
Time: 6 to 9pm
No charge for this event.
Can we get paid not to work, not to be “gainfully employed,” as we know it: To be able to pursue our labors of love in an economy designed to bring out the best in humanity, an economy that is restorative and steady state for life on the planet?
Join us for an interesting and provocative talk and dialog with Dr. Richard Gilbert.
Free admission but donations gratefully accepted.
Reservations please: crsp@igc.org or 213/738-1254
About Richard Gilbert
Richard is a professor of Psychology and Director of The P.R.O.S.E. Project (Psychological Research on Synthetic Environments) at Loyola Marymount University. He chairs the Board of Governors, Western United States Chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative. He has authored numerous papers and articles on the future of work.
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. WATCH FOR FUTURE GREYWATER WORKSHOPS
Interested in learning all about greywater, installing your own system, or becoming a greywater installer for your area? This course is designed for people with either basic plumbing, landscaping, or permaculture skills who want to learn how to design and build simple, economical residential greywater systems.
You will learn about the theory behind simple and high-end systems including the indoor use of greywater. We’ll cover basic plumbing and landscaping skills needed for the four types of common simple greywater systems. You will learn how to conduct a site assessment, determine which system to install and how to maintain existing systems. Additionally you’ll learn about what plants do best with greywater and the do’s and don’t of residential greywater reuse. By the end of the course you will know about proper installation of code compliant washing machine, and simple systems under the CA state code.
There will be an optional exam and installation for people wishing to be certified and listed on our website. The “installer’s page” contains contact info for graduates who wish to be listed, as well as an internal list serve for installers to share info, experiences, and get support.
Location: Los Angeles, CA (L.A. Eco-Village 117 Bimini Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90004)
Cost: $650 limited work trade available (send requests to info@greywateraction.org)
These workshops typically fill up, and we have to turn people away. Because of this, we are first opening registration for the following people: anyone with an existing landscaping, plumbing, or construction business, anyone working in a water utility (e.g. water conservation department). Register here.
If your main purpose of the course is to install a system in your own home, or the homes of your friends and family, please sign up here and we’ll get back in touch when we open this registration.
Learn more about the content and see the week’s schedule here.
This workshop sponsored by Greywater Action in association with Urban Soil-Tierra Urbana Housing Co-op
- Location/time: 7pm-8:30pm at the Los Angeles Eco-Village. 117 Bimini Place, LA 90004 (near 1st and Vermont, and the Vermont/Beverly Metro stop on the Red Line).
- Cost: $5 to $15 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
- Come join this event, no RSVP required.
Event sponsored by Greywater Action in association with CRSP and Urban Soil/Tierra Urbana
Los Angeles: (Last workshop of the year is this weekend! Nov. 15th)
1) Greywater Design and Installation workshop. Learn how to design and install your own Laundry-to-landscape greywater system. We’ll walk you through the design process and give you hands-on practice by creating a “mock up” system using real parts. Watch a video of an L2L system on Ask This Old House.
Nov. 15th, Los Angeles, CA 90004 (This workshop will also include a tour of a L2L system.) For more info and for registration click here.
Time and place: 10am-12:30pm at the Los Angeles Eco-Village (117 Bimini Place, LA, 90004)
Cost: Sliding scale $15-$40
Bring: Photographs of your laundry room and landscape, and a site plan with dimensions of your house and yard.
2) City of Thousand Oaks- Come to a series of free workshops hosted by Cal American Water and City of Thousand Oaks (taught by Laura Allen of Greywater Action).
Intro to Greywater: Thursday, Nov. 20th at 7pm. More info here.
Laundry-to-landscape design and install workshop: Sat Dec. 6th 10am. More info here.
3) Greywater Installer’s 5 day course. January 26th-30th in Los Angeles. This 5 day class is designed for people wanting to install greywater systems professionally or for their friends and family.
You will learn about the theory behind simple and high-end systems including the indoor use of greywater. We’ll cover basic plumbing and landscaping skills needed for the four types of common simple greywater systems. You will learn how to conduct a site assessment, determine which system to install and how to maintain existing systems. Additionally you’ll learn about what plants do best with greywater and the do’s and don’t of residential greywater reuse. By the end of the course you will know about proper installation of code compliant washing machine, and simple systems under the CA state code.
There will be an optional exam and installation for people wishing to be certified and listed on our website. The “installer’s page” contains contact info for graduates who wish to be listed, as well as an internal list serve for installers to share info, experiences, and get support.
Location: Los Angeles, CA (LA EcoVillage 117 Bimini Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90004)
Cost: $650, limited work trade available (send requests to info@greywateraction.org) Learn more about the content and see the week’s schedule here.
For more information or to register go here.
Bay Area
Hands-on Rainwater Catchment Workshop
December 6, 2014 – 11:00am to 4:00pm
Come learn about simple, backyard rainwater harvesting systems. We’ll cover common types of rainharvesting systems, storage options, system components, how to size a system, and irrigation methods. We’ll install a rain water catchment system at a real house. This system will:
provide storage
reduce stormwater runoff and sewage overflows
recharge aquifers
increase your backyard harvest
lower your water bill
Cost: $30- $100 sliding scale, limited work trade spots available
Location: Oakland, CA (exact address provided after registration)
Register here
WHEN: Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 11am
WHERE: White House Place Learning Garden at Los Angeles Eco-Village, northeast corner of Bimini and White House Place.
FEE: Free and open event. (Donations always welcome)
FOOD: Feel free to bring a brown bag snack or lunch.
EVENT SPONSOR: Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust
MORE INFO:
laraeco@hotmail.com 213/383-8684
or
crsp@igc.org 213/738-1254
Join Hop Hopkins to hear first-hand how to improve local food security.
This is a free and open event.
About Hop Hopkins
As a certified arborist, Master Gardener, Permaculture Designer, and CERT instructor, Hop’s guiding vision is to help establish a network of residential food forests that can support the development of stable, human-scale solar self-reliant neighborhood communities integrated with cooperative local economies. Grassroots environmental justice community organizing in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, along with several years staffing environmental programs with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust put Hop in the unique position of knowing a lot about a lot of things.
About the White House Place Learning Garden
After years of planning, fundraising, and building infrastructure for the Garden, there is a rich array of edible plants and fruit trees. And the planting continues.
We invite teachers, staff, friends and neighbors to tour the garden during the open garden hours listed below and to attend the talks.
When: Saturday, August 23, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Where: White House Place Learning Garden at the northeast corner of White House Place and Bimini Place in Los Angeles Eco-Village
Directions
Regular Garden Hours*:
*Saturdays: noon to 4pm
*Sunday: 8am to noon
*If you plan to come on days when no talk is scheduled, call or text Lara: 213/383-8684 or call Lois 213/738-1254 or Julio 323/377-0973
Also upcoming in the White House Learning Garden on Saturday September 27, 2014 at 11am: Meredith McKenzie “Shares the Ways of Watersheds”
The White House Place Learning Garden is a project of the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust in association with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Thanks to the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council for their financial support for the garden.
Greywater is water from sinks, showers, and washing machines. Instead of sending it down the sewer it can be safely and simply redirected into the landscape for irrigation. Reusing household greywater saves water, saves time, and reduces water flowing into the sewer system. Find out if a greywater system is a good match for your home and landscape in our informative evening slideshow presentation “Drought-Proof Your Landscape with Greywater”.
Location: 7pm-8:30pm at Los Angeles Eco Village 117 Bimini Place Los Angeles, CA 90004
Cost: $5 to $15 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Come join this event, no RSVP required.
This talk sponsored by Greywater Action in association with Urban Soil/Tierra Urbana and CRSP.
About Laura Allen
Laura is a founding member of Greywater Action and a resident-member of Los Angeles Eco-Village. She has spent a decade exploring low-tech, urban sustainable water solutions. She has a BA in Environmental Science, a teaching credential and a masters in education from New College of CA. She is a co-editor of the anthology Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground. Laura leads classes and workshops on urban ecological sanitation technologies of rainwater harvesting, greywater reuse and composting toilets. Laura also works with the Greywater Alliance to help remove institutional barriers to sustainable water use.
