Peak Oil -- And What Do We Do Now?
Debate on "Peak Oil" and choosing a new Global Paradigm
This group's purpose is to debate the “peak oil” phenomenon and its inevitable aftermath, and how we can help shape a post -petroleum future. This is a global phenomenon and this is a global group. Peak oil is the point in time at which the maximum global petroleum production rate is reached. After this point in time, the rate of production begins a termi ...learn more
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Open House, Tour and Celebration: Model Site for Water Efficiency, Harvesting and Re-Use
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| Open House, Tour and Celebration: Model Site for Water Efficiency, Harvesting and Re-Use | |
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East Oakland Boxing Association, (EOBA) youth interns are showing the new 21st century model for appropriate water management with the completion of a gray-water washbasin system, rainwater catchment tank and a rain-garden landscape renovation. This sustainable water efficiency system represents the inaugural green capital and green job project the Oakland Redevelopment Agency is supporting through the new Green Works Development (GWD) Program. In August, through an Oakland Redevelopment Agency grant, EOBA hired DIG Cooperative, an East Bay based ecological design/build firm to run the 3.5-month training program in which the youth interns learned and utilized essential skills such as plumbing, landscaping and Permaculture design principles. The significance? An $800 average water bill within each 2-month cycle. The outcome? A comprehensive facility water audit and site remodel including: water conservation retrofit of sinks, showers and dual flush toilet kits, 18 thousand gallons of roof water annually captured in a cistern to irrigate crops with a controlled overflow to a bamboo pollution screen on the property edge of 98th Avenue, a garden washbasin for fruit tree irrigation, and a series of rainwater Earthworks in the landscape with drought tolerant plants, which combined will provide enough water to augment almost three quarters of the facility's water needs. Aside from seeding job skills within the emerging green field of water efficiency, the completed Urban Water Stewardship, Harvesting and Reuse Pilot Program supports the irrigation needs for EOBAs upcoming "Urban Fresh Gardeners" edibles retail program. Complimentary Food and Music. Free public tours of the facility will be provided at 10:30am, 12:30pm, and 2:30pm. |
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| Time: | 10am - 3pm. |
| Location: | East Oakland Boxing Association, 816 98th Ave., Oakland. |
| Info: | http://www.eoba.org/. |
