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Resilient Communities Information from Bioneers Conference

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 11:43am — PlacerSustain

The attachments are the Resilient Communities Sketch Map and the 2012 Bioneers Conference Presentation. Resource materials for healthy sustainable communities based on the Triple Bottom Line.

Attachment	Size
rcn_presentation_oct_18_scott_spann.pdf	1.87 MB
resilient_communities_sketch_map.pdf	81.42 KB

Melbourne study demonstrating benefits of rainwater harvesting for growing vegetables

Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:05am — Ed Armstrong

The University of Melbourne has been studying the use of rainwater capture for irrigating vegetable gardens:

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/voice/turning-stormwater-into-food-20130404-2h91j.html

and

http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/green/water.html#vegetable.

The Edible City

Fri, 01/18/2013 - 4:56pm — Ed Armstrong

I came across another link today that I thought might be of interest to Placer Sustain members:

http://dirt.asla.org/2012/04/30/the-edible-city/

Community Scale Change from Future Generations and John Hopkins University

Sat, 11/17/2012 - 6:45pm — PlacerSustain

This is a link to a one page summary of Community Change process from Future Generations, which was based on a collaboration between Future Generations and John Hopkins University. Here is an excerpt:

PlacerSustain: Voices of Placer County's Sustainability Community

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