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Wholly H2O’s Virtuous (Re)Cycle 2011
For those who have been been participating in Wholly H2O activities and those who have already donated funds in 2011, thank you for your engagement and support. For those yet to contribute to Wholly H2O, we would like to invite you to support the upcoming year’s virtuous water (re)cycle as we Absorb, […]
Wholly H2O Holiday Party, Fri Dec 16th, 5-8PM
During the holiday season, more than ever, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible. Thank you! Please join us Friday, December 16th from 5 to 8 PM for our first ever holiday party, co-hosted with neighbors at our new space in Mission Social. The Important Info WHAT: […]
Mayoral Forum: Our Food, Our Schoolyards, Our Water
Wholly H2O was part of a coalition of local organizations, Bay Area Water Stewards (BAWS) and San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA), that co-sponsored and supported last Monday’s SF mayoral forum specifically targeting issues related to the city’s management of its water, urban agriculture and green schoolyard initiatives. While turnout from the […]
Rain Letters on Gov Brown to Support AB 275
Thanks to our Board of Advisor member, Sonia Diermayer, Wholly H2O was one of the contributors to the crafting of AB 275, Rainwater Capture Act of 2011. This legislation makes it legal for all Californian’s to capture rainwater, thus decreasing stormwater runoff, increasing groundwater infiltration, and offsetting unnecessary potable water use for […]
Earth or Ocean?
LOVE this quote by sailor Brad Van Liew: “Perhaps our planet should have been named “Ocean” rather than “Earth” given that the majority of Earth is comprised of water not land: seventy-one percent to be precise. Humans are also comprised mostly of water, a strikingly analogous seventy percent.”
New Greywater Resource Available from the San Francisco Public Utility Commission
There is a new greywater resource available from the San Francisco Public Utility Commission! The San Francisco Graywater Design Manual is available to be downloaded here. In it are step-by-step instructions for building a laundry to landscape system and general info on other systems, irrigation with greywater, sample operation and maintenance manuals, […]