rainwater catchment and water conservation, creating an educational model for land and water stewardship

rainwater catchment tank with overflow pipe

Growing a Village/Cultivando un Pueblo, together with Daily Acts (dailyacts.org) and the city of Santa Rosa, recently collaborated on  a rainwater catchment and  water conservation project at a private residence in the junior college neighborhood, intended as a model for upcoming bilingual educational tours.

here is a photo of the prior system, intended to prevent flooding of the home. This system was revamped and the new system conserves water while reducing flooding.

here is a seasonal wetland that was dug as part of the overall project, creating habitat for various creatures, and allowing what would have been floodwaters to eventually seep into the aquifer.

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Posted April 11, 2024

knome house/casa de knomes

Creative neighbors came up with this pandemic passtime and welcomed young and old to play at and/or add to the knome house in their front yard.

A los vecinos se les occurrio este pasatiempo pandemico y dieron la binevenida a personas jovenes y mayores para jugar y agregar a la casa de knomes en su patio delantero.

Posted July 16, 2023

thanks everyone! Gracias a todas!

11 neighbors came out to take care of a little patch of earth we call the Poppy Creek Green Space on April 15.  A good time was had by all.  Thank you everyone!

Salieron 11 vecinos a cuidar un pedacito de tierra llamamos El Poppy Creek Green Space. Todos la pasamos muy bien gracias a todos!

Posted April 19, 2023