When: Saturday, April 9th, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Meet at St Stevens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472

Theme of the Month: Water

This Saturday we will focus on Water… Where does it come from, and where does it go when it leaves our homes? Learn how to read your bill, check for leaks and optimize your water use. Find out when you should filter your water, and whether you should rethink your water use. You will learn and see rainwater harvesting and easy water catchment systems. Discover the simplicity of passive rainwater catchment, drip irrigation, & aquaponics. What is the best way to do our dishes, take our showers and/or store our water for emergencies? How much water should we be drinking, what types of purifiers are best, and what safeguards should we support that will protect and secure our water supply.? These things and more will be covered this session.

We will begin our day meeting at St Stevens’s parish hall at 8:30am. From there we will carpool over to the Llano Road Water Treatment Plant at 8:45am sharp. We will meet Denise Cadman there and she will give us a tour of the plant and present an overview about water. Afterward we will come back to St Stevens and meet Kerry Pollard from the Sonoma County Water Agency. She will also present an overview on water, walk the property, assess the irrigation system, check and test the toilets, as well as the entire system for leaks. She will cover practical applications for conservation of water.

Lunch is a potluck. If you don’t have time or money to prepare something, don’t worry about it. There will be plenty.

After lunch we will check in, make sure we have all been introduced, talk about the program process and also address water. At 2:20 we will head over to Erik Ohlsen’s home and walk through the comprehensive water systems he has installed, while he discusses each one. At 4:00 we will head back to St Stevens for some review, wrap up our day, and discuss the homework for the next module; Waste.

When: Saturday, April 9th, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Meet at St Stevens Church, 500 Robinson Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472

Theme of the Month: Water

This Saturday we will focus on Water… Where does it come from, and where does it go when it leaves our homes? Learn how to read your bill, check for leaks and optimize your water use. Find out when you should filter your water, and whether you should rethink your water use. You will learn and see rainwater harvesting and easy water catchment systems. Discover the simplicity of passive rainwater catchment, drip irrigation, & aquaponics. What is the best way to do our dishes, take our showers and/or store our water for emergencies? How much water should we be drinking, what types of purifiers are best, and what safeguards should we support that will protect and secure our water supply.? These things and more will be covered this session.

We will begin our day meeting at St Stevens’s parish hall at 8:30am. From there we will carpool over to the Llano Road Water Treatment Plant at 8:45am sharp. We will meet Denise Cadman there and she will give us a tour of the plant and present an overview about water. Afterward we will come back to St Stevens and meet Kerry Pollard from the Sonoma County Water Agency. She will also present an overview on water, walk the property, assess the irrigation system, check and test the toilets, as well as the entire system for leaks. She will cover practical applications for conservation of water.

Lunch is a potluck. If you don’t have time or money to prepare something, don’t worry about it. There will be plenty.

After lunch we will check in, make sure we have all been introduced, talk about the program process and also address water. At 2:20 we will head over to Erik Ohlsen’s home and walk through the comprehensive water systems he has installed, while he discusses each one. At 4:00 we will head back to St Stevens for some review, wrap up our day, and discuss the homework for the next module; Waste.

This Saturday’s itinerary is as follows:

8:30 – 8:45 Meet at St Stevens
8:45 - Carpool to Llano Road Water Treatment Plant….We will leave promptly at 8:45.
9:00 -10:20 – Denise Cadman, Tour - Laguna Treatment Plant, Natural Resource Specialist
10:30 -12:00 – Kerry Pollard, Sonoma County Water Agency, Water Conservation /Practical Applications
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:20 – Angel Rodriguez, Sustainable Living Institute, Water Overview
2:30 – 4:00 - Eric Ohlsen – Tour - Water Catchments, Gray Water Conversion, Ponds, Irrigation
4:00 – 5:00 - Review

Donation: $20 No one turned away for lack of funds.
Absolutely must RSVP by calling 477-4564 or email: angel@wegreenyou.com.

Directions:
Driving West on Highway 12 to Sebastopol
After passing a gas station on the right, and driving over the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed, you will come to the first of 4 signal lights, as you continue West on Bodega Avenue (Highway 12). The first one is at Morris Street. The second and third ones are at the central town intersections, which first cross one-way traffic heading North (to the right) on 116, and the second crossing one-way traffic heading South (to the left) on 116. Continue driving straight forward (West) passing all the lights and intersections. You will drive 3 blocks, High, Florence and Dutton. The final signal light is at Dutton, the street on your right. You will be in front of the fire station, on your left.
There is another street just on your left (Jewell).

Continue driving forward (West). You will pass 1 street on your right (Washington), and the road will begin to the right. The next street is
Robinson. Robinson will be on your left.

Make a left at Robinson. St Stephens is at 500 Robinson, and will be on the right-hand side of the street.

See you there. Call 477-4564, if you should have any problems with directions.