BC Drought Map link What can you do to prepare for droughts? Actually it is fairly simple but planning starts now. You need to prepare by supercharging your landscape, supercharging your soils, choosing vegetation that is drought tolerant, and having a water supply that can fill in the gaps when watering restrictions otherwise say “you can’t…
Author: Eco-Sense
Ann and Gord, the owners and Builders of the Eco-Sense home in Victoria BC, are a living example of a sustainable transition to a sustainable lifestyle. Their home functions as part of the ecosystem, North Americas first legal load bearing cob house incorporates solar PV, solar thermal, living roofs, rain water harvesting, composting toilets, greywater irrigation, and much more. Ann and Gord believe that if it isn't affordable it isn't sustainable, and live up to their motto... "Less life stuff... more lifestyle".
Rainwater Harvesting by Eco-Sense
What’s Up…. Rainwater! On southern Vancouver Island after the summer of 2015 you may be thinking a lot about water. You may be thinking of water security for your food garden in the face of drought, or perhaps an emergency source to draw upon after an earthquake, or a back up source for fire suppression. …
Rainwater Harvesting 