1. WATER
Your reading/viewing
guide for this unit

2. And now we begin
looking at the
parts, the pieces of
the systems
Water: Our most
important system

3. But FIRST,
Let’s do a check in.
How are you feeling? What is going
on with you today?
Are you ready to learn???
I hope so….. I am.
Are you coming over to my house?
You’re invited!

4. Do you know
what’s next?
Can you remember
the pattern?
YEAH!
The best of last week: patterns
Click here to post! HERE!

5. To get into the spirit
of WATER, I want
you to smell.
Close your eyes if you want to.
Walking along the ocean
Swimming at Chena Hot Springs
Pumping water out of the tundra to drink
Are there other places where you’ve
smelled a certain water smell before?

6. The Water Cycle
PLEASE SING IT! :-) HERE
Incase you forgot 4th grade.
But the water cycle is changing.
BlueGold snippet 1, This movie: Blue Gold is
BlueGold snippet 2, also very good if you want
to watch it. It’s not
BlueGold snippet 3, required though.

7. If you haven’t been following the
troubles the oceans are in,
and even if you have been,
please read
Post Carbon Institute Reader, chapter 7
And watch A Sea Change IF you
can.
At least watch the trailer.
Make sure you are taking notes. It’s sure easier than going back to
remember what you learned.

8. So what can you
do about it?
“Slow it, Spread it, Sink it”
Read this article on
Rainwater Harvesting:
You COULD build a rain garden. See Anchorage’s plan here

9. You can make
water usage more
efficient in your
home
Read this article on Grey Water

10. You could build a
constructed
wet land
Read this article!

11. Or you could set up
a sand filter
Read this article!

12. If you live on a
steep slope
like I do…..
this article on KeyLine
Planning is for you to read.
Please read it even if you
are a flat lander!

13. You noticed in
Yeomans scale that
water is the 3rd
hardest thing to
change.
This video will blow your mind.
It’s really fascinating.
Geoff Lawton is a very famous permaculturist!

14. So how do we do that
here in Alaska?
This video is about Oregon

15. Here’s pictures of Kira and
Neil Wagner’s pond in Homer.
It’s very similar to the Oregon
video.

16. Another great
paper
Skim this----unless you are really

17. Your last reading
Pamphlet #11 in the
Mollison/Jeeves
Curriculum hand-out

18. Now it’s your turn
Find your favorite Grey
Water System on You Tube
and post the link in the
comment box with an
explanation of why it’s
your favorite.

19. Fairly easy
reading/viewing this
week!
Cool beans!
Don’t forget to go over
and post your notes of
these readings/viewings to
your Personal Blog

20. When you are
ready…..
POST your synopsis on the
CLASS BLOG!
I’ll see you over at the
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