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Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: “Integrated Local Harvests,” September 19, 2014 — Alpine TX

September 19, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014
Time: 7–9 pm

Venue: Granada Theatre
Address: 207 E Holland Ave | Alpine, Texas 79830

Cost: Free & open to the public

Talk will be followed by Q&A and book sales & signing

Saturday there will be a free hands-on water-harvesting workshop at the Alpine Public Library

Both volumes of Brad's book series, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond, will be available for sale & signing
Both volumes of Brad’s book series, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond, Volume 1 & 2, will be available for sale & signing

Friday’s talk description:
Integrated Local Harvests:

Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World
This dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enliven free local resources—such as rain-, grey-, and stormwaters; sun, wind, and shade; along with soil fertility, wild foods, and community fun—in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure, disconnected from their surroundings, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.
Click to view the full-size poster with details on Brad's 2 public talks and 2 free workshops the weekend of Sept 19-21 in Alpine and Marfa.
Click to view the full-size poster with details on Brad’s 2 public talks and 2 free workshops the weekend of Sept 19-21 in Alpine and Marfa.

You’ll see many examples of such transformation, including how once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials; how ancient sun- and shade-harvesting sites are informing passively heated, cooled, and powered modern homes and retrofits; and how once-blighted, overheated neighborhood streets are being rejuvenated into thriving greenbelts of water, people, wildlife, art, food, and celebration by planting once-drained stormwater, seed, and yard prunings.
This talk is both an invitation for you to engage and partner with your natural surroundings and community, and a treasure map showing you the way—by planting the rain, dancing with the sun, growing fertile shade, and more to live as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!

Details

Date:
September 19, 2014
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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