BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150108T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150108T200000 DTSTAMP:20141223T030537Z CREATED:20141223T030537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141223T030537Z UID:7866-1420740000-1420747200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Integrated Local Harvests (public talk)\, January 8\, 2015 — Encinitas CA DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, January 8\, 2015\nTime: 6–8 pm\nVenue: Leichtag Foundation Ranch\nAddress: 441 Saxony Road\, Encinitas CA 92024\nCost: Free & open to the public\nRSVP here—space is limited!\nLight refreshments will be provided\nTalk will be followed by Q&A and book sales & signing\nBoth volumes of Brad’s book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, will be available for sale & signing\nTalk description:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\nPresented by: Leichtag Foundation URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-integrated-local-harvests-public-talk-january-8-2015-encinitas-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141220T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141220T113000 DTSTAMP:20141203T215452Z CREATED:20141203T215452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141203T215452Z UID:7750-1419067800-1419075000@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Guided Home and Neighborhood Tour Showcasing Integrated Harvests of Water\, Sun\, Wind\, Shade\, Fertility\, Carbon\, and Community\, December 20\, 2014 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Brad Lancaster\, author of the award-winning\, best-selling book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, will lead this 2-hour tour of his home property and sites within the public rights-of-ways of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood.\nA portion of the proceeds from the tour will help fund ongoing integrated water-harvesting\, native food-tree planting\, traffic-calming\, and education efforts within the public realm of the neighborhood. Tickets for this tour have sold out. Thanks\, all! Please send an email to admin@www.harvestingrainwater.com if you’d like to be on the waitlist for this tour &/or notified in advance of future tours!\nSome of the many features to be included in the tour: \n\nLow-tech\, low-cost\, gravity-fed (no pumps) potable rainwater-harvesting system providing for household water needs (including drinking water)\n\n\nRainwater-harvesting tanks doubling as summer sun- and winter shade-harvesting systems\, privacy/property fences\, fire breaks\, and more\n\n\nPassive\, gravity-fed greywater-harvesting systems that reuse all household drainwater for safe irrigation of food plants that also help passively shade/cool buildings in summer while retaining the sun’s heat and light gain in winter.\n\n\nFlood-controlling\, heat-island abating\, and carbon-sequestering public gardens and orchards irrigated ONLY with on-site rainwater\n\n\nA tiny-house one-car-garage to cottage conversion resulting in a passively heated and cooled garottage\n\n\nNumerous strategies on how to maximize the harvest of winter sun AND summer shade in a way that reduces your water consumption\, carbon emissions\, and costs—these strategies work in ALL seasons\, rather than working in only one season at the expense of others\n\n\nSculpture that celebrates the seasonally changing path of the sun and the design of homes and gardens that make the most of the winter sun and summer shade\n\n\nSolar cooking\, power\, hot water\, heating\, lighting\, and clothes drying\n\n\nLow-tech\, low-cost\, legal site-built compost toilet\n\n\nSelf-regenerating living mulch machines that naturally bioremediate pollutants from street runoff\n\n\nNovel urban-wildlife habitat such as pollinator fences and shade screens\n\n\nNeighborhood-history sign project\n\n\nNeighborhood-scale water harvesting\, native food-tree planting\, traffic calming\, and art—all celebrating and enhancing the story and potential of Place\n\nFor visual previews of some of these features: click to enlarge the images below\, check out these sun- and shade-harvesting and water-harvesting & cistern set-up videos\, &/or read this enhanced stormwater-harvesting blog post.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAlso available at the tour will be signed copies of Brad’s books (including the newly revised and expanded second edition of Volume 1)\, as well as Rainwater Harvesting and Desert Harvesters t-shirts—all at holiday sale prices.\n**The Fine Print** \n\nFor the tour to be held as planned will require a minimum of 15 tickets sold by 7 pm MST on Thursday\, December 18. All ticket-holders will receive an email by 12 noon on Friday\, December 19\, either to confirm the tour or to announce its cancellation. If the tour is cancelled\, all ticket-holders will receive a full refund.\nAnyone wishing to cancel his/her ticket(s) must email us their cancellation request by 7 pm MST on Thursday\, December 18\, to receive a refund. After that time\, your ticket purchase becomes a donation in the event you are not able to attend or sell/give away your ticket.\nTickets are transferable (you may give/sell your ticket to another person). When you arrive for the tour\, simply provide the name of the original ticket-purchaser and we’ll check you in on our tour list.\nAfter you complete your ticket purchase\, you will receive a confirmation email from PayPal and be brought back to this page. Thanks for your interest and support! URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-tour-of-integrated-home-neighborhood-scale-harvests-december-20-2014-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141122T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141122T120000 DTSTAMP:20141024T214111Z CREATED:20141024T214111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141024T214111Z UID:7715-1416641400-1416657600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:19th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Carbon Planting\, November 22\, 2014 — Tucson\, AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/19th-annual-dunbarspring-neighborhood-rain-tree-carbon-planting-november-22-2014-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141101T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141101T120000 DTSTAMP:20140821T210509Z CREATED:20140821T210509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140821T210509Z UID:7409-1414828800-1414843200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters: Water-Harvesting & Native-Tree Workshop at Food Conspiracy Co-op\, November 1\, 2014 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Plants’ water needs and tolerance determine the ideal Rain-Garden Zone. See plant lists in appendix 4 for more.\nDo you want to grow native trees in your yard without turning on the hose? Desert Harvesters’ Brad Lancaster will show you how to harvest rainwater\, air-conditioning condensate\, and stormwater to irrigate native perennial food plants. Learn how to use simple water levels (called bunyips) in your yard or neighborhood and make earthworks—landscaping features that direct and capture the flow of water—for water harvesting. You’ll also learn where to place trees to maximize summer shade and winter sun. After you’re done learning\, you’ll get to put your newly acquired knowledge to work installing earthworks and planting trees in the Conspiracy Gardens.\nBring pointed shovels and hard rakes\, along with hats and work clothes.\nDate: Saturday\, November 1\, 2014\nTime: 8 a.m.–noon\nLocation: Conspiracy Gardens\, behind the Food Conspiracy Co-op\, 412 North 4th Ave\, Tucson\nCost: Free\nRegister by emailing Kelly Watters at outreach@foodconspiracy.coop or calling (520) 624-4821 URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-water-harvesting-native-tree-workshop-at-food-conspiracy-co-op-november-1-2014-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141018T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141018T160000 DTSTAMP:20140722T020057Z CREATED:20140722T020057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140722T020057Z UID:7353-1413630000-1413648000@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Work In Beauty's Conversations on Local Agriculture\, October 18\, 2014 — Gallup NM DESCRIPTION:2014 CONVERSATIONS ON LOCAL AGRICULTURE\nHosted by Work in Beauty\, a local Gallup 501(c)3 organization\nDate: Saturday\, October 18\, 2014\nTime: 11 am – 4 pm\nVenue: UNM-Gallup Student Services Building\, Room 200\nCost: Free\nPROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:\nClick to view/download event poster\n**Brad’s presentation on Harnessing Free Water from Streets\, Dirt Roads\, and Driveways to Grow Abundance:\nLocal Harvests and Enhancements in Our Community Commons\nIn populated environments\, streetscapes are part of our public land\, our commons. They are abundant—one-third of a typical city’s footprint is pavement for motor vehicles. These streetscapes are usually designed as drains\, rapidly ridding a community of such perceived “problems” as rainwater\, stormwater\, organic matter\, fertility\, and obstructions to traffic flow. This design often leads to ever-increasing costs for importation of water\, flood control\, pollution control\, heat-island abatement\, climate-change mitigation\, and health problems.\nBut a simple shift in perception and design can enable us to see and utilize rainwater\, stormwater\, organic matter\, fertility\, and even some obstructions to traffic flow as free\, local resources\, which can be passively harvested to enhance local water supplies\, control flooding\, filter pollutants\, grow cool-islands\, mitigate the effects of climate change\, and improve health—while generating more resources and more life.\nThe key is to see and enhance the free abundance that we already have in a way that transforms more of our built systems into living systems that can regenerate themselves and our communities.\nNumerous successful examples will be featured.\n**Walking tour of campus with Brad to learn to see through a lens of possibility \n**Three Sisters Potluck Lunch with Presentation of Awards to winning Demonstration Projects\n**Brad’s presentation on Water Harvesting for Food Production:\nFood is virtual water—originating from the source of irrigation. Local\, sustainable food is all the rage\, but we can take it further by growing that food with local\, sustainable water. This talk covers the growing of food using rainwater\, stormwater\, and greywater for irrigation. Case studies include rain-fed greenhouses\, dryfarming\, backyard market gardens\, granada greywater groves\, and climate-appropriate traditional and appropriate plantings.\n.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . \nClick photo above to read a brief piece on Brad in the Gallup Journey\n>>Attendees are encouraged to check out the following resources before the Conversations:\nLet the Water Do the Work\, by Bill Zeedyk & Van Clothier (available for purchase)\nWater Harvesting from Low-Standard Rural Roads\, by Bill Zeedyk (available as free download) URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-conversations-on-local-agriculture-october-18-2014-gallup-nm/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141009T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141009T100000 DTSTAMP:20141006T205609Z CREATED:20141006T205609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20141006T205609Z UID:7530-1412841600-1412848800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Free Mini Hands-On Water-Harvesting Earthworks Workshop\, October 9\, 2014 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Free Mini Hands-On Water-Harvesting Earthworks Workshop\nBrad’s nephew Vaughan playing in the rain\, the runoff from which is passively directed to our street-side food-bearing\, native shade trees.\nDate: Thursday\, October 9\, 2014\nTime: 8–10 am\nLocation: Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood – just north of downtown\, Tucson\, AZ\nThe workshop is on rain or shine\nFREE with RSVP\nSpace is limited to six people\n– You’ll be given exact address once you RSVP…\n– To RSVP\, send us an email at admin@HarvestingRainwater.com\, being sure to include your name\, email & phone number (preferably cell)\nCome wield a shovel to help plant the rain! In so doing\, you’ll be creating a street-side raingarden which will freely irrigate native food-bearing shade trees\, mitigate downstream flooding\, re-forest and re-fauna the urban core\, and more. Plus you’ll be helping to spread these concepts and practices near and far\, as this workshop will be filmed by a French documentary team for inclusion in a project on water and enhancing global conditions with local efforts.\nIncluded in the workshop:\n– Hands-on creation of a street-side rainwater-harvesting basin\n– Use of simple bunyip water level and the 3 Key Elevation Relationships of a rain garden\n– How to use free\, existing driveway “curb cuts”\n– Touring thriving water-harvesting earthworks/rain gardens\n– How to assess best placement opportunities\n– How to improve existing earthworks\n– Enhancing the sponge of living soil with free on-site materials\nWhat to bring:\n– Sun hat\, water bottle\, gloves\, and work clothes\n– A get-after-it attitude and physical readiness to work–this is a hands-on workshop\n– A willingness to be filmed–a French documentary team will be filming all participants\n– Pointed shovel and/or hard rake\n– Rain gear if it looks like rain\nBrad will have signed copies of his award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond on hand for those wishing to buy them. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-free-mini-hands-on-water-harvesting-earthworks-workshop-october-9-2014-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140921T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140921T153000 DTSTAMP:20140826T213858Z CREATED:20140826T213858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140826T213858Z UID:7423-1411288200-1411313400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Hands-on Water-Harvesting Earthworkshop\, September 21\, 2014 — Marfa TX DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, September 21\, 2014\nTimes: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm\nLocation: Marfa International School\nAddress: 800 East Galveston  |  Marfa\, TX 79843\nRSVP &/or FMI: Contact Chris Hillen at hillen.christopher@gmail.com. Space is limited.\nHow to Plant the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance\nIn order to better see the whole and our place within the hydrologic cycle\, each earthworkshop begins with participants learning the Water-Harvesting Principles; basic watergy facts; integration of sun\, water\, and community; oasis zones; how to think like a plant; and various earthworks strategies. We then assess the site\, identifying water resources and watersheds\, asking and answering relevant site-specific questions\, and testing our observations with simple tools. Equipped with a deeper understanding of the site and its water\, we then place and create water-harvesting earthworks\, guided by the Principles\, key integration techniques\, and the goal of living within the site’s sustainable water budget. Depending on the site\, typical earthworks created in an workshop can include infiltration basins/rain gardens\, one-rock check dams\, contour berm ‘n basins/swales or boomerang berm ‘n basins\, and terracing. Time and resources permitting\, we will plant guilds of vegetation within/beside the earthworks and view a presentation of earthworks from around the world. This duration of this workshop is typically 6–7 hours.\nNote: There will be another hands-on earthworkshop in Alpine on Saturday\, September 20. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-hands-on-earthworkshop-september-21-2014-marfa-tx/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T210000 DTSTAMP:20140722T014015Z CREATED:20140722T014015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140722T014015Z UID:7348-1411239600-1411246800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: "Integrated Local Harvests\," September 20\, 2014 — Marfa TX DESCRIPTION:Both volumes of Brad’s book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, Volumes 1 & 2\, will be available for sale & signing\nDate: Saturday\, September 20\, 2014\nTime: 7–9 pm\nVenue: Crowley Theater\nAddress: 98 S Austin St | Marfa\, Texas 79843\nCost: Free & open to the public\nTalk will be followed by Q&A and book sales & signing\nSunday there will be a free hands-on water-harvesting workshop at Marfa International School\nSaturday’s talk description:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nClick 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\nPresented by: The Highland Soil & Water Conservation District URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-water-harvesting-talk-september-20-2014-marfa-tx/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140920T140000 DTSTAMP:20140722T015052Z CREATED:20140722T015052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140722T015052Z UID:7351-1411200000-1411221600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Hands-on Water-Harvesting Earthworkshop\, September 20\, 2014 — Alpine TX DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, September 20\, 2014\nTimes: 8 am – 2 pm (approximate—subject to slight adjustment)\nLocation: Alpine (TX) Public Libary\nAddress: 805 W. Avenue E  |  Alpine\, Texas 79830\nRSVP &/or FMI: Contact Will Juett at wjuett01@yahoo.com. Space is limited.\nHow to Plant the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance\nIn order to better see the whole and our place within the hydrologic cycle\, each earthworkshop begins with participants learning the Water-Harvesting Principles; basic watergy facts; integration of sun\, water\, and community; oasis zones; how to think like a plant; and various earthworks strategies. We then assess the site\, identifying water resources and watersheds\, asking and answering relevant site-specific questions\, and testing our observations with simple tools. Equipped with a deeper understanding of the site and its water\, we then place and create water-harvesting earthworks\, guided by the Principles\, key integration techniques\, and the goal of living within the site’s sustainable water budget. Depending on the site\, typical earthworks created in an workshop can include infiltration basins/rain gardens\, one-rock check dams\, contour berm ‘n basins/swales or boomerang berm ‘n basins\, and terracing. Time and resources permitting\, we will plant guilds of vegetation within/beside the earthworks and view a presentation of earthworks from around the world. This duration of this workshop is typically 6–7 hours.\nNote: There will be another hands-on earthworkshop in Marfa on Sunday\, September 21. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-hands-on-earthworkshop-september-20-2014-trans-pecos-tx/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T210000 DTSTAMP:20140722T013822Z CREATED:20140722T013822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140722T013822Z UID:7346-1411153200-1411160400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: "Integrated Local Harvests\," September 19\, 2014 — Alpine TX DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, September 19\, 2014\nTime: 7–9 pm\nVenue: Granada Theatre\nAddress: 207 E Holland Ave | Alpine\, Texas 79830\nCost: Free & open to the public\nTalk will be followed by Q&A and book sales & signing\nSaturday there will be a free hands-on water-harvesting workshop at the Alpine Public Library\nBoth volumes of Brad’s book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, Volume 1 & 2\, will be available for sale & signing\nFriday’s talk description:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nClick 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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! URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-water-harvesting-talk-september-19-2014-alpine-tx/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T090000 DTSTAMP:20140918T175217Z CREATED:20140918T175217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140918T175217Z UID:7468-1411115400-1411117200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Live Interview on Marfa (TX) Public Radio's Talk at Ten\, September 19\, 2014 — 93.5 FM or marfapublicradio.org DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 19\, 2014\n8:30 am AZ/PDT\n9:30 am MDT\n10:30 am CDT\nMarfa Public Radio\nKRTS 93.5 FM\nTune in or stream live!\nMPR’s Tom Michael will speak with designer and consultant Brad Lancaster\, author of the award-winning series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, which offers strategies on how to plan and implement effective water-harvesting systems.\nLancaster has lectured across the globe\, from the Middle East to Australia\, and has worked closely with the city of Tucson to improve its water-harvesting practices. His own home in Tucson features a system that can harvest up to 100\,000 gallons of rainwater annually.\nThis weekend\, Lancaster will speak at the Granada Theatre in Alpine on Friday night at 7 PM and at the Crowley Theatre in Marfa Saturday night at 7 PM. Admission is free.\n \n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-live-interview-on-marfa-tx-public-radios-talk-at-ten-central-september-19-2014-93-5-fm-or-marfapublicradio-org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140919 DTSTAMP:20140721T233408Z CREATED:20140721T233408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140721T233408Z UID:7341-1411057800-1411057800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Panelist at Border Green Infrastructure Forum\, September 18–19\, 2014 — Ciudad Juárez CHH DESCRIPTION:Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) / Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza (COCEF) cordially invites you to attend: \nBorder Green Infrastructure Forum: Resilience and Competitiveness for Cities of the United States-Mexico Border\nDates: September 18–19\, 2014\nTimes: Forum starts at 2 pm on September 18 and runs all day on September 19. Detailed agenda here. The panel in which Brad will be participating runs from 4:30–6:30 pm on Thursday\, September 18.\nLocation: Cibeles Convention Center\, Cd Juarez\, Chihuahua\, Mexico\nOBJECTIVE: To train officials of municipal governments\, consultants and professionals who are interested in learning about the strategies\, technologies and approach to green infrastructure\, in order to apply these concepts to public and private sector urban infrastructure projects.\nTHEMES:The event will feature nationally and internationally recognized speakers and panelists who will address topics such as: \n-Green infrastructure and its benefits\n-Impact of green infrastructure in public health and social welfare\n-Green infrastructure and resilience to hydro-meteorological phenomena\n-Green infrastructure and air quality\n-Green infrastructure\, financing\, and economic development \nTHE EVENT: The forum will cover a day and a half and will feature two lectures and three panels highlighting 14 field experts. There will be opportunities for public participation\, simultaneous interpretation\, Webcast\, and a welcome reception. The forum is free for registered participants.\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Officials of state and local governments responsible for the development of urban infrastructure\, city development and planning officials and technical personnel\, members of professional industry organizations\, developers of housing and urban areas\, academics and students of architecture and urban development\, general public interested in the subject.\nREGISTRATION: Here on BECC’s website (in English) or here on COCEF’s website (en español)\nFOR MORE INFORMATION: Please check BECC‘s or COCEF‘s website for updates or contact Mario E. Vázquez Valles at (656) 688-4600 or via email at mvazquez@cocef.org. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-panelist-at-border-green-infrastructure-forum-september-18-19-2014-ciudad-juarez-chh/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140826T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140826T200000 DTSTAMP:20140826T193516Z CREATED:20140826T193516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140826T193516Z UID:7416-1409079600-1409083200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Live Call-in Interview with Linda MacElwee on Ecology Hour\, August 26\, 2014 — KZYX Mendocino County CA DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 26\, 2014\nTune in from 7–8 pm PDT\, via radio or online\, for Brad’s live call-in interview with Linda MacElwee\, host of KZYX’s Ecology Hour\nKZYX frequencies are:\n90.7 Philo\n91.5 Willits & Ukiah\n88.1 Fort Bragg\nPlease join us!\n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-live-call-in-interview-with-linda-macelwee-on-ecology-hour-august-26-2014-kzyx-mendocino-county-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140812 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140818 DTSTAMP:20140628T215941Z CREATED:20140628T215941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140628T215941Z UID:7252-1407855600-1408287600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: "Plant the Rain" Earthworks Workshop at Earthship Biotecture\, POSTPONED — Taos NM DESCRIPTION:Join Brad for an Earthworks Workshop:\n“Plant The Rain” Permaculture Course\nHosted by 7ONE8 DESIGN in conjunction with Earthship Biotecture in Taos NM\n  \n\n\n*** POSTPONED *** NEW DATES TBA ***\nAs human beings we have an interdependent relationship with the entire planet. We also have a special and immediate dependency on the planet’s dwindling water resources. Permaculture\, like an Earthship\, is a sustainable design system that enables healing relationships between human beings and the living systems of our host planet.\n\n\nThe Earthship Academy presents a special hands-on permaculture workshop with rainwater-harvesting designer and practitioner Brad Lancaster. Brad is the author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, Volume I (2nd edition) and Volume II. In this preliminary site assessment and 5-day course\, Earthship Biotecture’s radically sustainable green buildings will converge with whole-system permaculture-design earthworks! \n• Learn to assess and build on a site’s existing potential.\n• Achieve hands-on implementation of water harvesting earthworks led by Brad.\n• Learn from the Earthship Community’s rainwater-harvesting systems by which roof runoff supplies all domestic water.\n• Explore holistic homestead design that enhances and benefits from surrounding soil\, water\, and vegetation.\n• Transform exposed\, arid landscapes with free\, onsite waters and sheltering vegetation that produces an abundance of\nresources such as food\, shade\, medicine\, wildlife habitat\, wind breaks\, and more.\n• Co-design earthworks using key principles and ethics to maximize benefits for Earthships (as well as other types of\ndwellings) and the landscape where they reside.\n• Live in and interact with Earthships for the duration of the workshop (optional). \nLocation:\n2 Earthship Way\nTres Piedras\, NM\nDates:\nPreliminary site assessment & donation-based evening public presentation: *** POSTPONED *** NEW DATES TBA ***\nEarthworks course: *** POSTPONED *** NEW DATES TBA ***\nTuition:\nOption 1\, $600: Covers course and materials\nOption 2\, $725: Covers course\, materials\, housing\, and participation in preliminary site assessment\nWhat you will need to bring with you:\nSunscreen\, sunhat\, sunglasses\, comfortable work clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty\, water bottle\, work gloves\, and notebook\nSuggested reading:\nRainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume I (2nd edition) & Volume II\nRegistration:\n*** POSTPONED *** NEW DATES TBA ***\nearthshipstore.com/es-learning-opportunities/earthworks-workshop-2014 URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-plant-the-rain-earthworks-workshop-at-earthship-biotecture-august-12-17-2014-taos-nm/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140725T210000 DTSTAMP:20140718T220844Z CREATED:20140718T220844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140718T220844Z UID:7337-1406314800-1406322000@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk at Woodbine: Integrated Local Harvests\, July 25\, 2014 — Sedalia CO DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, July 25\, 2014\nTime: 7–9 pm\nVenue: Woodbine Ecology Center\nAddress: 2584 N. State Hwy 67\, Sedalia\, CO 80135\nSuggested donation: $5–$10\nBoth volumes of Brad’s book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, will be available at the talk for sale & signing\nBrad’s talk:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\nFMI: Visit www.woodbinecenter.org URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-at-woodbine-integrated-local-harvests-july-25-2014-sedalia-co/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140725 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140804 DTSTAMP:20140421T205525Z CREATED:20140421T205525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140421T205525Z UID:7090-1406296800-1407074400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Eric Toensmeier: Integrated Ecological Design at Woodbine Ecology Center\, July 25 – August 3\, 2014 — Sedalia CO DESCRIPTION:.\nLongevity. Abundance. Regeneration. Oases. Beauty. Bounty.\nPlant the Rain. Garden Like a Forest. Design With Natural Patterns.\nIntegrated Ecological Design with Brad Lancaster and Eric Toensmeier\n\n\n\nDates: Friday evening\, July 25 – Sunday afternoon\, August 3\, 2014\n\n\nAbout the course:\nLearn water-harvesting and earthworks techniques\, and how to create edible forest gardens\, for easier\, more long-lasting\, beautiful yields and resiliency. Through studying examples and hands-on work\, this course will give participants an opportunity to delve into both basic and advanced permaculture techniques and develop a thorough understanding of ecological design to benefit one and all. This course will also focus on better preparing for climate change\, carbon-farming techniques and indigenous management practices. \nIn this course\, we will: \n\nLearn how to design more\, work less\nCreate natural oases\nUtilize “waste” water for delicious landscaping\nReduce our need for irrigation\nUtilize and assess our resources\nCreate lower-maintenance longer-lived gardens\nUse more native\, climatically-adapted plants\nCultivate bigger harvests with less work\nWork with local climate\, soil\, and and precipitation\nCreate perennial and sustainable systems\, inspired by nature\nDesign for resilient and regenerative communities\nPrepare for climate change and reduce our carbon footprint\nLearn about Eco-cultural restoration and Indigenous management techniques\nDevelop a strong sense of place\nUnderstand broad and transferable principles of ecological design\nEarn an Advanced Design Certificate*\n\n*The participant must have earned a Permaculture Design Certificate prior to the beginning of this class in order to be eligible for and Advanced Design Certificate. Participants without a PDC are also welcomed to attend and can earn a certificate of completion. This course has no prerequisites other than a strong desire to learn how to become an ecological designer.\nAbout the instructors:\nSince 1993\, Brad has turned water scarcity into water abundance & run a successful permaculture consulting\, design\, and education business focused on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design\, planning\, and living. He is the author of the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series.\nEric has spent much of his adult life exploring edible and useful plants of the world and their use in perennial agroecosystems. He is the author of Paradise Lot and Perennial Vegetables\, and co-author of Edible Forest Gardens with Dave Jacke. He has written and taught about carbon sequestration through agroforestry and is developing a book on Indigenous Plant Management techniques for Woodbine.\nAdditional instructors: Woodbine staff and guests\nMeals: Breakfast Saturday through lunch Sunday are included in the cost.\nLodging: Included. Dormitory style cabins\, dorm rooms\, and camping with your own equipment. Dormitory space is first come\, first serve. Please bring your own sheets\, pillow\, sleeping bag\, blankets and towels.\nCost:\nRegular: $1575\nEarly Bird Rate: $1295 (by July 1st)\n(Contact us for group discounts. Limited work-study and scholarship opportunities are available)\nFor registration information\, visit www.woodbinecenter.org/program-registration. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-eric-toensmeier-integrated-ecological-design-woodbine-july-25-aug-3-sedalia-co/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140712T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140712T120000 DTSTAMP:20140711T183523Z CREATED:20140711T183523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140711T183523Z UID:7301-1405152000-1405166400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster et ali: How to Plant Sustainable Oases on the Cheap! July 12\, 2014 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Join me and other Dunbar/Spring Oases Planters to Learn\nHow to Plant Sustainable Oases on the Cheap!\nSaturday\, July 12\, 2014\n 8am\n Meet at 813 N. 9th Ave \nFree for Dunbar/Spring residents\n $5 for others \nWe’ll show you how to collect\, scarify (for germination)\, and plant native food tree seed within simple rainwater-harvesting earthworks in the public right-of-way to sustainably grow shade and enhanced habitat for people and wildlife. We’ll also plant multi-color flowering cacti with delicious fruits – a different color on each block so you are encouraged to walk around the neighborhood to see every variety.\nThe idea is to help transform our public rights-of-way into enticing corridors of people\, shade\, food\, water\, wildlife\, beauty\, wonder\, and joy.\nWhat to bring:\nFingernail clippers; a hand tool – pointed shovel\, hard rake\, or pick; hat; water; snacks; and an eager willingness to plant and come back to help steward what we are trying to grow together. Bicycles are welcome for those wanting to get around further\, faster.\nThis is an outdoor\, hands-on participatory happening. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/7301/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140601T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140601T160000 DTSTAMP:20140531T225412Z CREATED:20140531T225412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140531T225412Z UID:7174-1401620400-1401638400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Oasis Group: “We Will Rock You” Work Party\, June 1\, 2014 — Madrid NM DESCRIPTION:“We Will Rock You” Work Party – Sunday June 1\, 2014\n5 Opera House Road\, Madrid\, 11 am – 4 pm\nBring water\, gloves\, garden shoes\, & sun protection.\nThe point of the project on Back Road is to effectively drain the dirt road of storm water\, while creating a stable location to channel the water down a steep slope\, preserving existing native vegetation\, and harvest this storm water in a food growing backyard habitat.  This will be a hands on project that will help restore a portion of a watercourse that traverses through the center of town and teach about an effective rock erosion control structure.  This watershed restoration project will help meet goals of the Oasis Group.\nPlease RSVP Mark Bremer in person or at markdb_2001@yahoo.com URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/oasis-group-we-will-rock-you-work-party-june-1-2014-madrid-nm/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140523T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140523T124500 DTSTAMP:20140520T023806Z CREATED:20140520T023806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140520T023806Z UID:7125-1400846400-1400849100@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Laura Allen\, Brock Dolman\, & Brad Lancaster: Spring of Sustainability Telesummit Panel "For the Love of Water: Local Actions that Matter\," May 23\, 2014 — Online DESCRIPTION:May 23\, 2014\n 12 noon (PDT/MST)\nLaura Allen\, Brock Dolman\, & Brad Lancaster in conversation with Renée Soule.\nRegister here for free. \nFor the Love of Water: Local Actions that Matter\nEarth is a blue water-planet and each of us needs to be water-wise. Water is one area where people resist commodification and corporate control. Instinctively\, we each understand that water is life. What more can we do to express and sustain our innate love of water? Join us to share radical\, accessible\, and hands-on solutions to earth’s water crises as an integral part of our daily lives. This interactive conversation will range from rainwater to bathwater\, garden ditches to watersheds\, and the viability of modern civilization to the health of your fruit trees. Consider your local water situation and bring questions to our three water experts—greywater activist Laura Allen\, watershed permaculturalist Brock Dolman\, and rainwater harvester Brad Lancaster. Learning to care for water is a crucial entry-point for creating a sustainable and sane way of life.\nDetails online at Spring of Sustainability.\nWe invite you to get acquainted with Brad’s colleagues with whom he’ll be speaking on the telesummit panel: \nLaura Allen is a founding member of Greywater Action and has been exploring low-tech\, urban\, sustainable water solutions for the past 15 years. Laura leads classes and hands-on workshops on rainwater harvesting\, greywater reuse\, and composting toilets through Greywater Action. Laura is the lead author of the San Francisco Graywater Design Guidelines for Outdoor Irrigation\, and authored the book The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape (forthcoming on Storey Press). Her work has been featured in Ask This Old House\, the New York Times\, Nightline\, Mother Jones\, and more. The Greywater Installer’s Training she developed and teaches has trained over 100 people from the US and Canada how to design and install greywater systems. Laura has presented widely on greywater reuse\, including at the Water Smart Innovations Conference\, Bioneers\, California Environmental Health Association conference\, the Water Conservation Showcase\, and Green Festival. She also works on codes and policies to legalize and support simple\, affordable\, sustainable water systems. Laura holds a BA in environmental science from UC Berkeley\, as well as a teaching credential\, and a master’s degree in education.\n\nBrock Dolman is a co-founder of the Sowing Circle\, LLC\, Intentional Community & Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (www.oaec.org)\, where he co-directs the Permaculture Program\, Wildlands Program and the WATER Institute (www.oaecwater.org) in Sonoma County\, California. He is a wildlife biologist\, permaculture designer\, water educator and watershed ecologist. Brock has been the keynote presenter at numerous conferences and has taught Permaculture internationally in Costa Rica\, Ecuador\, U.S. Virgin Islands\, Spain\, Brazil\, China\, Canada\, Zimbabwe\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Cuba and Haiti & and widely in the U.S.A. He was one of the core co-facilitators for the International Permaculture Convergence 8 (IPC8) Design Course in Sao Paulo\, Brazil and IPC11 in Pinar del Rio\, Cuba\, and has co-taught at least 70 Permaculture Design Certificate Courses since 1995. He has been featured in the award winning films: The 11th Hour by Leonardo DiCaprio; The Call of Life by Species Alliance; and Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution by Vanessa Shultz. In October 2012 he gave a City 2.0 TEDx talk. For over a decade he has served as an appointed commissioner on the Sonoma County Fish & Wildlife Commission. In 1992 he completed his BA\, graduating with honors from the University of California Santa Cruz with the Biology Department and Environmental Studies Department.\n \nHosted by Renée G. Soule\, PhD candidate in Psychology at Meridian University\, who has been developing and teaching ecopsychology for over 25 years. She is Director of Virtual Learning at Sustainable World Coalition\, adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies and teaches Nonviolent Communication in San Quentin Prison. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/laura-allen-brock-dolman-brad-lancaster-spring-of-sustainability-telesummit-panel-for-the-love-of-water-local-actions-that-matter-may-23-2014-online/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T210000 DTSTAMP:20140421T204652Z CREATED:20140421T204652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140421T204652Z UID:7086-1400353200-1400360400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Fundraising Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, May 17\, 2014 — Flagstaff AZ DESCRIPTION:Willow Bend Environmental Education Center\npresents \nAn Evening with Brad Lancaster\nAuthor of the “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond” book series \nIntegrated Local Harvests: Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nSaturday\, May 17 • 7–9 pm • Ponderosa High School\nA fundraising event to support Willow Bend’s K-12 environmental education programs in Coconino County.\nTickets: $15–$20 \n \n\nIn this dynamic presentation\, Brad Lancaster will share patterns and strategies to harvest\, integrate\, and enliven free local resources — rainwater\, graywater\, stormwater; sun\, wind\, shade\, soil fertility\, wild foods\, and community fun — in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is revisioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and using what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure\, currently disconnected from their surroundings\, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities. You’ll see many examples of such transformation: \n\nHow once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials\nHow ancient sun- and shade-harvesting sites are informing passively heated\, cooled\, and powered modern homes and retrofits\nHow 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\n\nThis talk is both an invitation to engage 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!\nFMI: www.willowbendcenter.org URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-fundraising-talk-integrated-local-harvests-may-17-2014-flagstaff-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140429T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140429T210000 DTSTAMP:20140416T050451Z CREATED:20140416T050451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140416T050451Z UID:7071-1398794400-1398805200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Water L.A. & Brad Lancaster: Integrated Local Harvests\, April 29\, 2014 — Pasadena CA DESCRIPTION:Thank you to La Loma Development & The Shed for making this event possible.\nDate: Tuesday\, April 29\, 2014\nTime: 6–9 pm\nVenue: The Shed @ La Loma Development\nAddress: 1355 Lincoln Ave\, Pasadena CA 91103\nRequested contribution: $10 at the door\nBrad will have his books on hand for sale & signing.\nRSVP to info@theshedpasadena.com\nMelanie Winter (6:30 pm):\nWater L.A.: Urban Acupuncture for Climate Resiliency\nFor the past two years\, The River Project has been piloting “Water LA” in the San Fernando Valley under a grant from the Coastal Conservancy. Working in collaboration with dozens of residents\, sister non-profits\, and half a dozen City agencies\, they’ve developed consistent guidance for homeowners on how to Capture\, Conserve and Reuse water on their own properties. From streamlining and reducing permit fees for greywater systems\, to bringing the Tucson-style parkway retrofit to Los Angeles\, the project aims to clear away numerous bureaucratic\, financial\, and social obstacles preventing us from making the meaningful adaptations that climate change requires.                                              \nBrad’s talk (7 pm):\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\nSee the event on Facebook.\nCheck out the event flyer (please share/post if you’re so inspired!). URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-integrated-local-harvests-talk-april-29-2014-pasadena-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T123000 DTSTAMP:20140421T202311Z CREATED:20140421T202311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140421T202311Z UID:7079-1398510000-1398515400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Talk at the Wild Wild West Fest\, April 26\, 2014 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Brad will be a Sustainability Headliner at the 3-day Wild Wild West Fest at Terrasante on the western outskirts of Tucson.\nThe festival runs on Friday\, April 25\, through Sunday\, April 27. Brad’s presentation will be from 11 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday\, April 26.\nAs described by the festival’s creators\, the thematic question that guides festival activities is “What would the American West be like\, if the days of the Wild Wild West had not been ended by an industrial revolution?” All activities and events associated with the festival are interpretations of participants relative to this theme.\nThe festival will feature lots of live music\, performing artists\, sustainability presenters\, and yoga. Tickets can be purchased as single-day passes or as a 3-day pass. Camping is allowed according to the specific rules outlined at the website below.\nFMI: azwildwildwestfest.com\n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-at-wild-wild-west-fest/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140419T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140419T160000 DTSTAMP:20131215T005045Z CREATED:20131215T005045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131215T005045Z UID:6795-1397898000-1397923200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Presentation and Hands-on Workshop at Shadhiliyya Sufi Center\, April 19\, 2014 — Pope Valley CA DESCRIPTION:Brad’s one-day class is part of a 2 1/2-day workshop led by Clara Yoshihara.\nDate: Saturday\, April 19\, 2014\nTime: 9 am – 4 pm\nCost: Between $62 – $82 per person (sliding scale) for the full multi-day workshop (does not include lodging or meals)\nVenue: Shadhiliyya Sufi Center\, Pope Valley CA\nThis one-day class will begin with Brad’s basic water-harvesting talk and continue with a hands-on integrated earthworks workshop. Read on for descriptions:\nGeneral Water-Harvesting Presentation:\nTurning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance\nThis inspiring presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance\, and floods into opportunity. They empower you to create integrated water-sustainable landscape plans at home and throughout your community. Rainwater harvesting is the process of capturing rain and making the most of it as close as possible to where it falls. Greywater harvesting is the process of directing water from household sink\, bathtub\, shower\, and washing-machine drains into the soils of the landscape where the water is naturally filtered and reused to generate more on-site resources. The two work hand in hand\, and can reduce our water consumption by 30 to 50%! You’ll see examples enhancing local food security\, passively cooling cities in summer\, reducing costs of living and energy consumption\, controlling erosion\, averting flooding\, reviving dead waterways\, minimizing water pollution\, building community\, creating celebration\, and more.\nHow to Plant the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance\nIn order to better see the whole and our place within the hydrologic cycle\, each earthworkshop begins with participants learning the Water-Harvesting Principles; basic watergy facts; integration of sun\, water\, and community; oasis zones; how to think like a plant; and various earthworks strategies. We then assess the site\, identifying water resources and watersheds\, asking and answering relevant site-specific questions\, and testing our observations with simple tools. Equipped with a deeper understanding of the site and its water\, we then place and create water-harvesting earthworks\, guided by the Principles\, key integration techniques\, and the goal of living within the site’s sustainable water budget. Depending on the site\, typical earthworks created in an workshop can include infiltration basins/rain gardens\, one-rock check dams\, contour berm ‘n basins/swales or boomerang berm ‘n basins\, and terracing. Time and resources permitting\, we will plant guilds of vegetation within/beside the earthworks and view a presentation of earthworks from around the world.\nRegister here.\nFMI: Contact Laila at (707) 965-0700 x 21\nChildcare assistance available.\nVisit Shadhiliyya Sufi Center’s website at SufiCenter.org to learn more about the center and its mission. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-water-harvesting-presentation-and-hands-on-workshop-at-shadhiliyya-sufi-center-april-19-2014-pope-valley-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140417T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140417T203000 DTSTAMP:20140307T032240Z CREATED:20140307T032240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140307T032240Z UID:6995-1397759400-1397766600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Brock Dolman\, and Trathen Heckman: Public Talk: Integrated Solutions for Drought\, April 17\, 2014 — Petaluma CA DESCRIPTION:This event is co-hosted by Daily Acts and OAEC’s WATER Institute\, and co-sponsored by the Sonoma County Water Agency and Wyatt Irrigation Co.\, local partners in water conservation. Learn about Wyatt’s Million Gallon Challenge—an initiative to help our community save a million gallons this growing season.\nDate: Thursday\, April 17\, 2014\nTime: 6:30 – 8:30 pm\nVenue: Activity Room at Petaluma Community Center—Lucchessi Park\nAddress: 320 N McDowell Blvd\, Petaluma CA 94954\nCost: $10 (but no one turned away for lack of funds)\n Purchase advance tickets here.\nBrad’s books will be available at the talk for sale & signing.\nTalk & description:\nBrad will share the stage with Brock Dolman and Trathen Heckman\, the directors of both hosting organizations\, who will root the solutions presented with local context and pathways for application right here at home before Brad gives his full-length talk:\nIntegrated Solutions for Drought:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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! \n\n      URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-evening-water-harvesting-talk-april-17-2014-petaluma-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140416 DTSTAMP:20140128T210343Z CREATED:20140128T210343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140128T210343Z UID:6903-1397566800-1397566800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Guest Presenter: Ashevillage Institute's Permaculture Design Course\, April 12–26\, 2014 — Asheville NC DESCRIPTION:Brad will present a 2-hour water component mid-course via live stream. Other guest presenters include David Holmgren and Joel Salatin.\nVisit www.ashevillage.org/pdc for all the latest information. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-guest-presenter-ashevillage-institutes-permaculture-design-course-april-12-26-2014-asheville-nc/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140411T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140411T090000 DTSTAMP:20140403T221202Z CREATED:20140403T221202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140403T221202Z UID:7049-1397203200-1397206800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: In-Studio Interview on Speak Up Las Cruces\, April 1\, 2014 — KOBE-AM 1450 DESCRIPTION:Brad will back on “Speak Up Las Cruces” as the 8 am (MDT) in-studio guest (MDT) with Keith Whelpley on\nKOBE-AM 1450\nLas Cruces\, NM\nFriday\, April 11\, 2014\nThis is a live call-in show\, so if you’d like to join in the conversation\, call the station at (575) 523-1450 during the program. Although online streaming not available at this time\, listeners outside the broadcast area are welcome to call in with questions for Brad between 8:10 and 8:50 am MDT.\nThanks\, Keith\, for the repeat invitation\, and Dael for coordinating! URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-in-studio-interview-on-speak-up-las-cruces-april-1-2014-kobe-am-1450/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140410T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140410T210000 DTSTAMP:20140302T024606Z CREATED:20140302T024606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140302T024606Z UID:6983-1397154600-1397163600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, April 10\, 2014 — Las Cruces NM DESCRIPTION:Thank you to the following individuals and organizations for making this event possible!\n \n\n Dael & Peter Goodman\nJeff Anderson and the Doña Ana County Master Gardeners\nCouncilors Miguel Silva & Gil Sorg\nLas Cruces City Council\nRuth Rose & family\n\nDate: Thursday\, April 10\, 2014\nTime: 6:30–9 pm\nVenue: Rio Grande Theatre\nAddress: 211 N Main St\, Las Cruces NM 88001\nCost: Free. Donations gratefully accepted.\nBrad’s books will be available before & after the talk for sale & signing.\nTalk:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\nFMI:\nDael & Peter Goodman\n(575) 521-0424\ndaelgagner@hotmail.com\nnamdoogretep@gmail.com\n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-integrated-local-harvests-april-10-2014-las-cruces-nm/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140331T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140331T170000 DTSTAMP:20131121T031616Z CREATED:20131121T031616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131121T031616Z UID:6730-1396252800-1396285200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Keynote Speaker at Park Pride 13th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference\, March 31\, 2014 — Atlanta GA DESCRIPTION:.\n .\n .\n . \n \nMonday\, March 31\, 2014\n 8 am – 5 pm \nAtlanta Botanical Garden\n Atlanta\, Georgia \nAmong the conference features will be three keynote addresses\, one each by:\nBrad Lancaster\, Kellie Rotunno\, and David Waggonner \nTheme of 2014 conference:\n \nAll over the country\, communities and municipalities are implementing ground-breaking projects that leverage rainwater runoff and green-infrastructure techniques to build innovative parks and greenspaces. In addition to improving water quality\, these new greenspaces can catalyze redevelopment\, mitigate stormwater flooding\, provide off-road transportation corridors\, transform neighborhoods\, and often provide community amenities where none existed previously.\nThe 2014 Parks and Greenspace Conference will highlight existing opportunities for development\, inspire cooperation from diverse partners\, and influence decision-makers to creatively solve problems concerning infrastructure while producing wonderful parks and greenspaces that provide multiple benefits to communities.\nMore details\, including registration information\, to come! Meanwhile\, visit the conference website at www.parkpride.org/conference.\n \n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-keynote-speaker-at-park-pride-13th-annual-parks-greenspace-conference-march-31-2014-atlanta-ga/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140306T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140306T193000 DTSTAMP:20140131T014844Z CREATED:20140131T014844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140131T014844Z UID:6922-1394128800-1394134200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Water-Harvesting Talk & Hands-on Raingarden Workshop\, March 6–7\, 2014 — Amarillo TX DESCRIPTION:Thanks to community partners Amarillo College\, Acts Community Resource Center\, and Xcel Energy for making these events possible!\nPUBLIC WATER-HARVESTING TALK:\nDate: Thursday\, March 6\nTime: 6–7:30 pm\nVenue: Amarillo College Downtown Campus Auditorium\nAddress: 1314 S. Polk St\, Amarillo TX 79101\n—> Talk details <—\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\nYou’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.\nThis 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!\n\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nHANDS-ON RAINGARDEN WORKSHOP:\nDate: Friday\, March 7\nTime: 10:30 am – 5 pm (with a break for lunch)\nVenue: Acts Community Resource Center\nAddress: 202 S. Louisiana\, Amarillo TX 79106\nLimited workshop spots available!\nReserve yours by sending an email to Teresa (tclemons@actx.edu) or calling (806) 467-3028\n—> Workshop overview <—\nThe day will begin with a 1-hour presentation to orient workshop participants to the whats\, whys\, and hows of water-harvesting earthworks (10:30–11:30 am). After a short lunch break\, the hands-on work will happen (noon–5 pm)! See details below.\nWater-Harvesting Earthworks Presentation:\nPlanting the Rain: Principles\, Practices\, and Tips for Water-Harvesting Earthworks and Raingardens\nPlant the rain before you plant your trees to boost production\, reduce flooding\, conserve water\, and create sustainable oases around your homes and community infrastructure. Raingardens and other small-scale earthworks quickly infiltrate rainfall into the soil where less is lost to evaporation\, while reducing erosion. Living ‘pumps’ of vegetation then enable us the access that water. Come learn simple principles and tips to leverage greater success as you implement these simple and effective passive systems. This presentation builds on Brad’s basic water-harvesting talk\, while offering more specifics and case studies. Working examples and case studies will be highlighted.\nHands-on Workshop: Planting the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance\nIn order to better see the whole and our place within the hydrologic cycle\, each earthworkshop begins with participants learning the Water-Harvesting Principles; basic watergy facts; integration of sun\, water\, and community; oasis zones; how to think like a plant; and various earthworks strategies. We then assess the site\, identifying water resources and watersheds\, asking and answering relevant site-specific questions\, and testing our observations with simple tools. Equipped with a deeper understanding of the site and its water\, we then place and create water-harvesting earthworks\, guided by the Principles\, key integration techniques\, and the goal of living within the site’s sustainable water budget. Depending on the site\, typical earthworks created in an workshop can include infiltration basins/rain gardens\, one-rock check dams\, contour berm ‘n basins/swales or boomerang berm ‘n basins\, and terracing. Time and resources permitting\, we will plant guilds of vegetation within/beside the earthworks and view a presentation of earthworks from around the world. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-hands-on-workshop-march-6-7-2014-amarillo-tx/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140304T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140304T210000 DTSTAMP:20140131T014631Z CREATED:20140131T014631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140131T014631Z UID:6919-1393959600-1393966800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Free Public Water-Harvesting Talk\, March 4\, 2014 — Lubbock TX DESCRIPTION:Thanks to Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department\, Plant and Soil Science Graduate Student Council\, Texas Tech International Cultural Center\, and PSS Graduate Research Assistant Misha Manuchehri for making this event possible!\nDate: March 4\, 2014\nTime: 7 pm\nTalk: Water Harvesting for Food Production & Beyond\nVenue: Texas Tech International Cultural Center\, Hall of Nations\nAddress: 601 Indiana Avenue\, Lubbock TX 79409-5004 \nCost: Free & open to the public. Donations welcome!\nBrad will have his books\, including the new 2nd edition of Volume 1\, available for sale & signing\nFMI: Misha Manuchehri: misha.manuchehri@ttu.edu or (425) 246-7853 URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-march-4-2014-lubbock-tx/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR