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Link to Oasis Design

Here's a list of popular pages to link to, with suggested descriptions. See the Downloadable copy & graphics page for more lengthy descriptive text, images, and content you could add to your site, catalog, book or article. The link exchange form follows the table.

Interest/ audience

Sample resource listing & URL

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Ecological design

Oasis Design — Ecological systems design. Water, wastewater, and grey water systems, edible landscaping, transport bicycles, and more. Books, articles, and consulting.
http://www.oasisdesign.net

 
  Principles of Ecological Design — Inspiration, and guidance for a radical redesign of our way of life.
Disengage from corporate consumer culture, and create a more fulfilling lifestyle.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/design/principles.htm
Ecological design principles are fundamental to any green building or ecological living initiative.

Greywater

Grey water central— All about greywater systems: Why to use them, how to choose, build and use them, regulations, studies, and examples.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater

Grey water systems can save water and reduce pollution. For Central has a plethora of information on greywater systems.

Choosing building, and using a greywater system

The New Create an Oasis with Grey Water (book)— How to choose, build, and use twenty types of greywater systems.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/createanoasis

To choose, design, and use new greywater system, or to get more out of an existing one, reading a general book on greywater systems is a good first step.

Choosing building, and using a greywater system

Common grey water mistakes—A compendium of popular grey water system designs and practices that don't yield good results are described. Grey water systems that work are recommended.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/misinfo

To avoid common pitfalls in greywater system design, be sure to read Oasis Design's compendium of Common grey water mistakes.

Greywater law, policy, research

Grey water policy center— Extensive information about legal aspects of grey water, with links to more.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/law
The legal aspects of greywater reuse are almost never a problem for homeowners doing retrofit systems, but almost always a problem for new construction or large retrofits.

Builders who are interested in incorporating greywater in new construction and remodeling, researchers, and regulators

Builder's Grey Water Guide (book)—will help building professionals or homeowners work within or around building codes to successfully include greywater systems in new construction or remodeling, even if they have little prior greywater experience.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/buildersguide

 
Urban and institutional greywater applications

Indoor grey water reuseCascading,
Gray Water Heat Recovery, and Rainwater HarvestingCase studies, links, and references.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/indoorreuse.htm

 
Water

Water Storage (book) Designing, building and maintaining tanks and ponds; sustainably managing groundwater, how to make ferro cement tanks.

http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/storage

Finally there is a general book on water storage. It is estimated that on the average water system, Oasis Design's book will pay for itself a hundred times over in errors avoided and maintenance savings.

 

Backpackers, campers, boaters, kayakers, camp leaders, forest
service types, livaboards, etc. etc.

Engineers, treatment plant operators, regulators of water and
wastewater, watershed managers, builders, Back to the landers, et. etc.

 

Wild Water Wisdom (article)— Outdoorspeople: see how to bathe, wash dishes, and laundry in the outdoors without getting the water dirty, by understanding the impact of adding different materials to different points in the water cycle. Learn about alternative cleaning materials from the wild.

Engineers: gain insight for better design of any water or wastewater system, by understanding how nature handles water and wastewater.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/wild.htm

 
Engineers, treatment plant operators, regulators of water and
wastewater, watershed managers, water lovers

Fecal coliform measurements— What They Really Mean About Water Quality. Alternative measurements of bacteriological water quality can help you understand general and fecal coliform bacteria counts and relate them to the real world. Understanding water quality can help you design and use systems better.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/quality/coliform.htm

 

 

Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting — Resources for design and construction of rainwater harvesting systems.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/rainharvest/index.htm

 

Transportation

What does driving cost?— What driving really costs, and how much you can same by using alternatives.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/transport/cars/cost.htm

 

Link exchange form

To exchange links, fill in the form below with the URL of the page you've linked to us on, your URL, and a short, objective description of it. Please check the Links page to see what the other descriptions are like; we won't post it if it sounds like a sales pitch.

Note: use the Supplier listing form if it is a supplier listing you're after.

   *Your URL from which you've linked to Oasis:
     *URL you would like us to link to:
     *Title of your link:

Very short description in objective, non-sales language:

     Category you would like to be listed under on our links page (check one):
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