United Nations World Water Day March 22

Ive known about Earth Day (4/22) for years.

Somehow, World Water Day hadnt made it to my radar screen. But the rest of the world has been concerned about water use for decades.

The United Nations theme for this year is Water and Food Security - crazy important. A topic that is very close to my heart.

Unfortunately, I couldnt find an embeddable version of their instructive animation. But because I think this should be better known, I converted content from the UN website into a youtube video. Im not trying to raise funds or make money off any of this, so I should be in the clear... Below is the final result, with background music written by Little Red King, appropriately named "Rain in the Desert."



So what are you planning to do for World Water Day on March 22nd?

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Dinner with Murray

Talking with Murray Hallam about his Videos
Today I got an e-mail from Sylvia Bernstein with pictures of me and Murray at the conference.

Did I mention how excited I was to meet Murray? Squee!!

I love how Murray makes aquaponics seem like the most natural, fun, productive thing in the world. And hes a lot like my grandfather, a down-to-earth person. And Murray has this fabulous Australian accent. I love how he pronounces pH "p-Haitch," for example.

I loved getting to explain "my" aquaponics system and greenhouse to Murray, before he conducted the fund-raising auction.

Explaining my bell siphon and system to Murray

Whats Up Next???

Now that Ive gotten some sleep back in me, I recall the next thing I really wanted to post about was how to finish off the greenhouse, since I wasnt able to do that to my satisfaction in the single hour I had at the conference. Luckily, I could really use a shed, so I can show off the basic technique without having to build an entire greenhouse.

After that, Im planning to build a solar heater, a home-made version of the basic "Cansolair" unit, demonstrated in the video below:

Cansolair heating air to 150+ degrees on a 17 degree day

Well get to 365 days a year of growing season yet...

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