Water Day 2016 1 www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org Rainwater Harvesting Seminar www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org Hosted by: Jamie Wallace CANARM Board of Directors Owner Raindrop Harvesting Certified ‘CANARM’ Professional ARCSA Accredited Professional(AP) www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org MISSION STATEMENT To bring awareness, educate, and conduct research in best practices for rainwater and stormwater management across Canada. CANARM began as a member-driven Canadian organization that raises awareness of rainwater and stormwater management. We do this by providing education and conducting research on best practices for the safe collection, storage, and use of rainwater in communities across Canada. www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org
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Water Day 2016
1
www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org
Rainwater Harvesting
Seminar
www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org
Hosted by: Jamie Wallace
CANARM Board of Directors Owner
Raindrop Harvesting Certified ‘CANARM’
Professional ARCSA Accredited
Professional(AP)
www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org
MISSION STATEMENT
To bring awareness, educate, and conduct research in best practices for
rainwater and stormwater management across Canada.
CANARM began as a member-driven Canadian
organization that raises awareness of rainwater
and stormwater management.
We do this by providing education and conducting
research on best practices for the safe collection,
storage, and
use of rainwater in communities across Canada.
www.arcsa.org The Rainwater Network www.canarm.org
• Permaculture is an ethics based design system developed in Australia
in the late 1970s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgrem.
• The word Permaculture originally made reference to permanent
agriculture, then was expanded to include permanent culture.
• Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against
nature. Looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than
treating any area as a single product system.
Loess Plateau, China
Large scale permaculture projects
Strategy: •They used nitrogen-fixing cover-crops to regenerate nitrogen in the soil, and further reduce erosion.
•Improve vegetation cover and sediment control, felling of trees was prohibited.
•A decade later, responsible farming on a local scale has lifted an estimated 2.5 million people out of poverty, making the Loess Plateau Project one of the largest success stories for sustainable farming
Mark Shepard of New
Forest Farm, Wisconsin
Farm scale permaculture projects
Strategy: •Conversion of old, depleted corn field and turn into a Savanna based polyculture.
•Build soil, planting layout is based on keyline geometry.
•Thirty years later New Forest Farm has developed into a rich, diverse farm which has numerous revenue streams including, nuts, fruits, annual vegetables, perennials vegetables, pork and beef. •Mark Shepard authored the book Restoration Agriculture
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Urban scale permaculture projects
Image source: Earth flow designs, Permaculture
magazine
Urban scale permaculture projects
Image source: Hatchet & Seed
What can Permaculture offer us in a
changing climate. How can we built in
some resilience to our landscapes?
Permaculture techniques to save
water
• Mulch: Using natural materials such as straw, leaves, twigs, small branches and paper products as
mulch helps hold in moisture and therefore conserves water. As the mulch decomposes it becomes an
excellent source of food for the bacteria and organisms living in the soil, enhancing the soil quality.
Permaculture techniques to save
water
• Deep Root Plants and Trees: Plants and trees with deep roots have the ability to store water and not
only survive periods of drought, but also provide water to plants that are grown around them.
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Permaculture techniques to save
water
• Swales: Swales are ditches with flat bottoms that