Daily Acts Tour: Water-Saavy Stars - Sebastopol, CA

Offered: Saturday, July 19th, 9am to 4pm

Presenters: Djubaya and Deborah, Brock Dolman, Julian and Celine Rich Darley

Cost: $25 (Free for Sebastopol Residents) To register click here.

Location: Sebastopol, CA (Go to www.daily-acts.org for more information)

To kick off this tour of some of Sebastopol's water wonders, we visit lovely Catchtail Gardens, a three-acre Permaculture paradise with some remarkable water conserving features. Witness the six consecutive catch­ments that spill into each other, diverting water from the ditches and feed­ing the 150 redwoods, thus pouring an estimated 12,000 gallons of water annually back into the aquifer. Even more amazing is the harvesting of topsoil - over 50 cubic feet diverted from the salmon habitat annually and reused in the garden.

For a look at one of Sebastopol's most treasured water resources, we land at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, a fabulous 14-mile wetland. Brock Dol­man, Director of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's Water Institute and Permaculture Design Program, Co-director of the Wildlands Biodiversity Program and ecologist featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio documentary The 11th Hour, will guide us on a short tour and discussion about the La­guna and the importance of water conservation, water reuse and effective stormwater management.

Then, for mighty inspiration found in a smaller package, our final des­tination is the internationally renowned Energy Farm of the Post Carbon Institute (PCI), home of Julian Darley, Founder and Director of PCI and Executive Director, Celine Rich Darley. We'll tour the abundant gardens and water applications, learn about low-water food production, and ex­plore their water-catchment and cleaning system designed especially for the in-town backyard.

This incredible day will leave you breathless with the possibilities for improving your life by improving your relationship with water.