Monday marked the beginning of a week-long greywater installation course at the Humanist Hall. The day was jokingly deemed "Laundry Day." No, not the day to throw dirty clothes in the wash. Rather, the goal was to create a basic and inexpensive system to carry excess water from your washing machine to a drum, then into your yard for irrigation.

During this week leading up to the Spring Equinox, find your balance with a mix of cultural, artistic, political, and relaxing events.

The first day of spring will present a paean to our most precious resource with "Ripple Effects," an evening of music, art and education about water.

In addition to offering music by Justin Ancheta, Strange Angels Blues Band, Koralie "Sugar" Hill and Walter Ogi Johnson, and artwork by Christina Bertea, Design Action Collective, Doug Minkler, Juana Alicia, Matthew Kertesz, Matlena Hourula, Phoebe Ackley, Street Art Workers and Sven Atema, the event is a benefit for multiple organizations.

Visualize for a moment your morning shower. The warm water runs gently and momentarily over you, then falls to the drain. It goes on its merry way to...well, to a place most of us rarely think about. It simply goes "away" after our brief contact with it. Similarly, think about that last load of laundry you did. How much water did it take to complete these mundane tasks and where did it go?