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A Day of Drought
A Day of Drought

A few weeks ago I went to shoot some fill-in material for a story on the drought I was doing for Landscape Architecture magazine. I thought the juxtaposition of the two subjects really told the story of how bad it is and how far we need to go before all of us out here in the southland start to take some responsibility ourselves for improving the situation.It is pretty clear that we may be in this for a while. A report last week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center indicates a poor forecast for rain and more importantly the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada for this winter.

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Categories, Food and Agriculture, WaterPeter Bennettcalifornia aqueduct, castaic lake, drought, Drought Resistant, Drought tolerant, ecosystem, environment, environmental, Garden, Global Warming, lawn watering, lawns, Los Angeles, Peter Bennett, reservoir, san luis dam, sprinklers, Urban Runoff, Water, water supply, Watershed, WaterwaysComment
Ed Begley Jr's new green home - part 2

Last July I wrote about the start of construction of Ed and Rachelle Begley’s new home in their attempt to build one of the Greenest homes in North America. The steel framing had just begun and now these months later the sheathing is being laid over that frame. Recently two new water systems started to be installed that will help Ed and Rachelle save on water bills as well as recycle much needed water back to the aquifer.

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Categories, Green Construction, WaterPeter Bennettaquifer, Cistern, ecosystem, ed begley jr-, environment, environmental, Garden, gardening, green construction, green home, greywater systems, Los Angeles, Peter Bennett, plumbing, rainwater capture, Urban Runoff, Water, water reclaimation, water table, WatershedComment