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Ecological design
Principles of ecological design: Integrating Technology, Economics and Ecology Principles of Ecological Design gives insight, inspiration and guidance for a root-level redesign of our way of life. It illuminates a way to live better and healthier with a lower climate footprint. These principles are fundamental to any green building or ecological living initiative.-More Info- |
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Greywater
Which greywater book(s) do you need?
- Most of our customers purchase the Greywater set (details below), which also includes Principles of Ecological Design and our .
- In all cases, you'll want our Create an Oasis with Grey Water book.
- If your project is going to involve permits or building a system for someone else, or if you are a regulator, policy maker, or researcher, you will also want the Builder's Greywater Guide (Create an Oasis is required to make sense of the Builder's Greywater Guide).
- If your project includes a washing machine, most likely you will want our .
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Create an Oasis with Greywater: Integrated Design for Water Conservation: Reuse, Rainwater Harvesting & Sustainable Landscaping. 6th ed. Create an Oasis describes how to choose, build, and use 17 different types of greywater systems. It thoroughly covers all greywater basics, and will benefit everyone who is using or contemplating the use of greywater. This 6th edition of the world’s best-selling greywater book includes ten pages of new text, photos, and figures, as well as complete, detailed design and installation information on Laundry to Landscape greywater systems.. -More Info-
Author: Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, September 2015. 8.5x11, 162 pages, 300 figures & photos. ISBN 978-0-9643433-3-7. $22.95. $22.95 Create an Oasis book only |
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Laundry to Landscape Greywater Systems: Instructional video (DVD or download) An instructional video explaining how to design and build Laundry to landscape greywater systems. These are the simplest, most economical greywater systems to install yourself as an owner or renter, and a good green collar job opportunity (as a self-employed installer or as part of your landscape, plumbing, or construction business). -More info- Laundry to Landscape Instructional Video Produced by Art Ludwig, published by Oasis Design, 2010. 90 minutes DVD—$19.95 Soy ink color printed in a recycled cardboard case. ISBN 0-9643433-8-X. |
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Builder's Greywater Guide: Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction and Remodeling A supplement to our Create an Oasis with Greywater-book which will help architects, landscape architects, plumbers, homeowners or anyone getting a permit for a greywater system, making a greywater system for others, or with an academic interest in greywater. Shows how to work within or around building codes to successfully include greywater systems in new construction or remodeling. Includes information on treatment effectiveness, excerpts from the UPC and CPC with commentary, and sample permit submissions. -More Info- Author: Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 1995-2015. 8.5 x 11, 58 pages, 16 figures and tables. ISBN 0964343320. $14.95 |
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Flow Splitters (hardware) Special plumbing fittings for Branched Drain greywater systems which reliably split a gravity flow of unfiltered greywater into two streams. -More Info-
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Three-way Diverter Valve 1" (brass) Special valves used to switch laundry greywater between alternate destinations. -More Info- $59 Three-Way Laundry Diverter Valve 1" (brass)
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Water
How to design, build, and maintain water tanks, cisterns and ponds, and manage groundwater storage. It will help you with your water system, fire protection, and disaster preparedness, at low cost and using principles of ecological design. Includes how to make ferrocement water tanks. -More Info-
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Water Quality Testing Procedures and Information Packet A set of downloadable files which will help you learn water testing techniques which are an optimal combination of simple, inexpensive and accurate; improve the design of your testing program; learn the limitations of testing; and learn how to get more out of your interpretation of water testing results. -More Info-
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Clean, Green and Wild Understanding how nature processes and reuses "wastes" is a prerequisite not only to camping responsibly, but to designing any ecological wastewater system. This article will benefit anyone who spends much time outdoors. An understanding of these principles ideally would be required of anyone who designs water or wastewater systems.-More Info-
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Pictorial Dictionary for Plumbing and Masonry Tools & Materials in English and Spanish A key to common plumbing and masonry tools and components, in English, Spanish and pictures. It includes use tips (how to make good joints in PVC and galvanized, for example), and doubles as a shopping list for accurate hardware store runs, which was the use for which it was originally developed. -More Info- |
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Bicycles—
Make your Bicycle Bearings Invincible and Vastly Easier to Service
Explains why and how to install your own grease fittings so your bearings vastly outperform "sealed" bearings at a fraction of the cost.
Includes drawings and detailed procedures for adding Zerk universal grease fittings to your bicycle's headset, bottom bracket, pedals and hubs. -More Info-
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Edible Landscaping— Includes over a hundred recommended cultivars of subtropical and low chill deciduous fruit trees, with information on how to choose the most beneficial trees for multifunction, multi-benefit landscapes; drought, frost and shade tolerance, which varieties give the best fruit, bearing seasons, etc. Geared towards the home orchardist between 25 and 40 degrees from the equator. NOTE, this is a BETA VERSION , about 60% complete and 85% accurate. This is still the most complete and accurate information we've found on fruit trees in one list. -More Info-
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Includes all these books at 10% off:
Create an Oasis with Greywater-book, Builder's GW Guide-book, , Water Storage-book,
...and all these downloads for free!
Eco Design Principles-download, Wild water wisdom-article, Water testing-download, Fruit tree chart, Invincible bearings, Pictorial construction Spanish dictionary, Maruata at the Crossroads (download)
Volume Discounts—get 40% off when you order 6 or more copies per title. Great for presents, workshops, stocking stuffers...
You can get cases at an even bigger discount via our Wholesale order form. This is the same form used by our wholesale customers but no account setup or anything is required. Note that volume discounts do not apply to packages. If you want a discount on, say, the greywater book set, just buy six or more of each component. Please check that you've got the total and discount you were aiming for before hitting the finalize order button.
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