Part 2: Water Harvesting and Biodiversity: Sustainably Reveg

[infamouscrook]

is there any update on this project? What happened?? It's already been more than 3 years now! Come on people...

[paulwheaton12]

Neat strategy - catching street water. I do worry just a tiny bit about icky stuff that might be in that water.

[EvilSiper]

LOL fail, toxic plants

[StoryboardOptics]

some more up to dat epics please

[Snurdgerbly]

It's been a few years, so it would be good to see how the project is going. Any updates?

[linquiry]

On this issue of organic, edible plants:

The primary reason for this urban revegetation via water harvesting is to lower cooling costs, minimize the heat island effect (make Tucson more livable, by providing street side shade, and create habitat for native Sonoran Desert fauna.

Brad is promoting the use of native Sonoran Desert plants and shares his knowledge about their multiple values.

[pdxjules]

Rainbarrels, buckets, and pitchers allow us to do a home harvest of water...my household also uses rinsing greywater from the bathtub, kitchen sink in the garden. Kitchen compost is always wet, it goes out halfway to becoming compost tea. Easy!

[scorpiometaldog]

If those plants are to be used as food, they will not be organic or particularly healthy for consuming as foods, being exposed so continually to such added toxic chemicals.

What about maybe at least putting "buffer" shrubs / plants between roadway and any plants to be used as food or medicine, or for catching water to be used for much of anything?

[scorpiometaldog]

That is wonderful to be focusing on permaculture and sustainable living and posting related videos. Question though - the plants that are planted right up against the roadway with the wonderfully sponge-like absorbent soil - arent they going to be absorbing the run-off oil & gas and toxic fumes from the continual stream of automobiles right next to them?