Rethink your green
GRAPHICS tell the story. The team from CalArts that produced this garden map of Greater Los Angeles are finalists in the Inaugural Aspen Design Challenge to Design Water’s Future. To the left, there is Greater Los Angeles as it is now, with the graphic showing 60% of its vegetation given over to water-intensive lawn. To the right are the zones for the region’s drought-tolerant native vegetation. Posting compliments of Craig Matsuda at SoCal Minds. For Emily Green in the op-ed pages of the Los Angeles Times on the beauty of brown, red, gold … anything but green, click here.…
The governor writes
Questioned on August 6 about his endorsement of the Cadiz, Inc groundwater project proposed for the Mojave Desert, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today replied.
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Albuquerque vs Vegas, gallon per gallon
80 … 161 … 107 … 248 …
The week that was, 8/17-23/2009
Jacobs recommends everyone in Seattle practice at least one water sport. — Seattle Sketcher, Seattle Times
“I will not sign anything that does not have above-the-ground and below-the-ground water storage.” Arnold Schwarzenegger demanding new dams from any legislation to reform state water policy, AP…
Photo gallery: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Helianthus annuus, aka sunflowers, bloom by the roadside in Owens Valley. Photo: Chris Austin. Aquafornia offers a photo tour by Austin of Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct system. To see it, click here. To read Emily Green on the smiley face of nature, click here.…
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