Rain is our lifeblood . . .

• Birds drinking from rainwater running down footpath to be wasted to the ocean

• Birds drinking from rainwater running down footpath to be wasted to the ocean

There’s hope to be found in our gardens and on our streets but we need to change the way we design rainwater runoff, and we need to do it now.

When people visit my sustainable house in Sydney they ask similar questions.

“Do you have hope?”, “Why did you do this?”, or, “Is it expensive?”

My answer and some solutions for water are here.