November 22, 2009 through January 8, 2010 "Living Within Our Watershed"
WHEN: January 7th, 7:30-9:30pm
WHERE: Mill Valley Outdoor Arts Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave
Mill Valley - http://www.theoutdoorartclub.org/directions1.html

Please join the following panelists for an informative discussion on learning to live within our scenic 21,000 acre watershed by employing innovative, "low-tech" water conservation practices such as water catchments, rain gardens, household conservation, native plantings and gray water:

* Brock Dolman, co-founder and co-owner of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, where he is Director of the Water Institute (www.oaecwater.org) and Permaculture Design Program. Brock is a wildlife biologist and permaculture, erosion control and watershed restoration consultant. He has presented at numerous conferences including Bioneers and has lectured internationally in Costa Rica, Brazil and China

* Dan Carney, Water Conservation Manager for the Marin Municipal Water District, Board member for the Bay Friendly Regional Landscaping and Gardening Coalition, and a graduate of the School of Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, with over 30 years experience in landscape architecture, environmental design, and water management

* Paola Bouley, M.S., a community ecologist with over 13 years experience in habitat restoration and wildlife conservation who serves as Conservation Program Director of SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network), which in 2010, will be leading MMWD's rainwater harvesting pilot program.
Moderator Norman Solomon, a Marin-based author and political commentator who currently serves as co-chair of the Commission on a Green New Deal for the North Bay. He is the author of a dozen books including "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."

Brochures on mulching, native plants and water-wise gardening will be provided at the tea courtesy of Marin Municipal Water District. [C&C Program Chair: Kerry Stoebner; Tea Chairs: Charlotte Osborn and Merri Mills Burns]