Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster
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Thought Seeds

“Our street curbs flow like ephemeral creeks when it rains. So let's treat them like creeks, by planting the native vegetation you would naturally find growing along such local waterways. Then cut or eliminate the street curbs to allow the creek water to water the plants in flood-controlling, street-side rain gardens.

For every inch of rainfall...
• A 10-foot wide paved street will drain 27,800 gallons of runoff per mile
• A 30-foot wide paved street will drain 83,500 gallons of runoff per mile

For every 100 mm of rainfall...
• A 3-m wide paved street will drain 300,000 liters of runoff per kilometer
• A 9-m wide paved street will drain 900,000 liters of runoff per kilometer”

--  Brad Lancaster, "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2"

Enough rain runs off my 38-foot wide neighborhood street to support over 400 native shade trees per mile, or one tree every 25 feet on both sides of the street.

Workshops in Rainwater Harvesting & Permaculture

Magazines/Journals

Permaculture Activist
Permaculture and related courses around the world.
Information on courses and events, as well as subscription information at:
www.permacultureactivist.net

The Last Straw: The International Journal of Straw Bale & Natural Building
Lists natural building and sustainable building events and workshops.
www.thelaststraw.org

Organizations

Drylands-Specific

Arizona

Tucson
Sonoran Permaculture Teaching Guild
www.sonoranpermaculture.org

Watershed Management Group
Offers workshops on water harvesting (greywater and rainwater), the Water Harvesting Co-op program to assist homeowners in implementing practices, and assistance to schools, homeowners, neighborhoods, organizations, and more to implement collaborative and sustainable solutions. For more information about these programs, please visit:
www.watershedmg.org

Northern Arizona
ECOSA Institute, Prescott
www.ecosainstitute.org

Eden on Earth
Eden on Earth offers numerous classes, workshops, and educational events related to permaculture and rainwater and greywater harvesting in the Northern Arizona region.
www.EdenOnEarthLandscaping.com

Flagstaff Permaculture
Flagstaff Permaculture offers the only certified permaculture design course in Northern Arizona. For more information on the next permaculture design course contact Josh Robinson at:
Josh@EdenOnEarthLandscaping.com

Permaculture Institute, Sustainable Living in Drylands
PO Box 3702, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone/Fax: 505-455-0514
info@permaculture.org
www.permaculture.org


New Mexico
Earthworks Institute
1413 Second St., Suite 4, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-982-9806
www.earthworksinstitute.org

Ampersand Sustainable Living Center
Cerrillos, New Mexico
www.ampersandproject.org


Non-Drylands Specific

California
Occidental Arts And Ecology Center (OAEC) & The WATER Institute OAEC and The WATER Institute conduct many fine workshops including “Watershed Basins of Relations: Starting and Sustaining Community Watershed Groups.”
15290 Coleman Valley Road, Occidental, CA 95465
707 874-1557
www.oaec.org.

Permaculture Institute of Northern California
PO Box 341, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
415 663-9090
www.permacultureinstitute.com

Mexico
Alternativas
Tehuacan, Puebla, MEXICO
info@alternativas.org.mx
www.alternativas.org.mx

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