With Andrea Lara of Greywater Action
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Rhythmix Cultural Works
2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda
California’s limited water supplies are a constant challenge to us food growers as we try to use our limited water resources carefully. Greywater can help us meet this challenge. Greywater is water from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines, and can be safely reused for outdoor irrigation. Come learn how greywater is best used in the garden, and what building and using an effective low-cost system entails.
Our speaker, Andrea Lara, grew up in the foothills of Northern California, the daughter of a plumber. After studying Neuroscience at Pitzer College, and teaching after-school science programs, she entered the plumbing trade. Witnessing the wanton water waste of high end plumbing, Andrea decided to put her plumbing skills to better use, and joined Greywater Action. She’s led workshops and constructed greywater systems in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego.