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Slow Water

The highest good is like water. Water gives life to the 10,000 things and does not strive. It flows in places men reject and so is like the Dao.

Dao De Jing, chapter 8. Translated by Jane English

Water gives life. It is the fundamental element. It is integral to climate change – higher temperatures cause more evaporation and rain.
This video brings up another issue with water, slow water.

As you know, modern use of running water in our homes was one of the leaps forward in human societies. However, as we whisk water from concrete and into drains, we are losing gifts of life that this element would give us. Erica Geis gives the example of a flood plain, the abundance of life.

What is the future of water management in cities? This next video from Singapore gives a view of mega engineering. They used tunnel boring machines of a massive scale.

How can the concept of slow water work on the individual level? In this next video, Dr. Cally Brennan shows how to make a water swale. The swale is a level trench that brings slow water into a garden. She also notes that you can use a wicking bed where the water wicks up the soil to water the plants.

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