Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

Laura Allen, Brock Dolman, & Brad Lancaster: Spring of Sustainability Telesummit Panel "For the Love of Water: Local Actions that Matter," May 23, 2014 — Online
2014-05-23 12:00 - 12:45 (America/Los_Angeles)
May 23, 2014
12 noon (PDT/MST)
Laura Allen, Brock Dolman, & Brad Lancaster in conversation with Renée Soule.
Register here for free.
For the Love of Water: Local Actions that Matter
Earth 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.
Details online at Spring of Sustainability.
We invite you to get acquainted with Brad’s colleagues with whom he’ll be speaking on the telesummit panel:
Laura 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.

Brock 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.

Hosted 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.

Brad Lancaster: Fundraising Talk: Integrated Local Harvests, May 17, 2014 — Flagstaff AZ
2014-05-17 19:00 - 21:00
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center
presents
An Evening with Brad Lancaster
Author of the “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond” book series
Integrated Local Harvests: Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World
Saturday, May 17 • 7–9 pm • Ponderosa High School
A fundraising event to support Willow Bend’s K-12 environmental education programs in Coconino County.
Tickets: $15–$20

In 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:

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
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 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!
FMI: www.willowbendcenter.org

Water L.A. & Brad Lancaster: Integrated Local Harvests, April 29, 2014 — Pasadena CA
2014-04-29 18:00 - 21:00
Thank you to La Loma Development & The Shed for making this event possible.
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Time: 6–9 pm
Venue: The Shed @ La Loma Development
Address: 1355 Lincoln Ave, Pasadena CA 91103
Requested contribution: $10 at the door
Brad will have his books on hand for sale & signing.
RSVP to info@theshedpasadena.com
Melanie Winter (6:30 pm):
Water L.A.: Urban Acupuncture for Climate Resiliency
For 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.
Brad’s talk (7 pm):
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.
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!
See the event on Facebook.
Check out the event flyer (please share/post if you’re so inspired!).

Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Talk at the Wild Wild West Fest, April 26, 2014 — Tucson AZ
2014-04-26 11:00 - 12:30
Brad will be a Sustainability Headliner at the 3-day Wild Wild West Fest at Terrasante on the western outskirts of Tucson.
The 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.
As 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.
The 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.
FMI: azwildwildwestfest.com

Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Presentation and Hands-on Workshop at Shadhiliyya Sufi Center, April 19, 2014 — Pope Valley CA
2014-04-19 09:00 - 16:00
Brad’s one-day class is part of a 2 1/2-day workshop led by Clara Yoshihara.
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Cost: Between $62 – $82 per person (sliding scale) for the full multi-day workshop (does not include lodging or meals)
Venue: Shadhiliyya Sufi Center, Pope Valley CA
This 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:
General Water-Harvesting Presentation:
Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance
This 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.
How to Plant the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance
In 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.
Register here.
FMI: Contact Laila at (707) 965-0700 x 21
Childcare assistance available.
Visit Shadhiliyya Sufi Center’s website at SufiCenter.org to learn more about the center and its mission.

Brad Lancaster, Brock Dolman, and Trathen Heckman: Public Talk: Integrated Solutions for Drought, April 17, 2014 — Petaluma CA
2014-04-17 18:30 - 20:30
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.
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Venue: Activity Room at Petaluma Community Center—Lucchessi Park
Address: 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma CA 94954
Cost: $10 (but no one turned away for lack of funds)
Purchase advance tickets here.
Brad’s books will be available at the talk for sale & signing.
Talk & description:
Brad 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:
Integrated Solutions for Drought:
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.
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!

Brad Lancaster, Guest Presenter: Ashevillage Institute's Permaculture Design Course, April 12–26, 2014 — Asheville NC
2014-04-15
Brad will present a 2-hour water component mid-course via live stream. Other guest presenters include David Holmgren and Joel Salatin.
Visit www.ashevillage.org/pdc for all the latest information.

Brad Lancaster: In-Studio Interview on Speak Up Las Cruces, April 1, 2014 — KOBE-AM 1450
2014-04-11 08:00 - 09:00
Brad will back on “Speak Up Las Cruces” as the 8 am (MDT) in-studio guest (MDT) with Keith Whelpley on
KOBE-AM 1450
Las Cruces, NM
Friday, April 11, 2014
This 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.
Thanks, Keith, for the repeat invitation, and Dael for coordinating!

Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests, April 10, 2014 — Las Cruces NM
2014-04-10 18:30 - 21:00
Thank you to the following individuals and organizations for making this event possible!

Dael & Peter Goodman
Jeff Anderson and the Doña Ana County Master Gardeners
Councilors Miguel Silva & Gil Sorg
Las Cruces City Council
Ruth Rose & family

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014
Time: 6:30–9 pm
Venue: Rio Grande Theatre
Address: 211 N Main St, Las Cruces NM 88001
Cost: Free. Donations gratefully accepted.
Brad’s books will be available before & after the talk for sale & signing.
Talk:
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.
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!
FMI:
Dael & Peter Goodman
(575) 521-0424
daelgagner@hotmail.com
namdoogretep@gmail.com

Brad Lancaster: Keynote Speaker at Park Pride 13th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference, March 31, 2014 — Atlanta GA
2014-03-31 08:00 - 17:00
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Monday, March 31, 2014
8 am – 5 pm
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Atlanta, Georgia
Among the conference features will be three keynote addresses, one each by:
Brad Lancaster, Kellie Rotunno, and David Waggonner
Theme of 2014 conference:

All 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.
The 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.
More details, including registration information, to come! Meanwhile, visit the conference website at www.parkpride.org/conference.

Brad Lancaster: Public Water-Harvesting Talk & Hands-on Raingarden Workshop, March 6–7, 2014 — Amarillo TX
2014-03-06 18:00 - 19:30
Thanks to community partners Amarillo College, Acts Community Resource Center, and Xcel Energy for making these events possible!
PUBLIC WATER-HARVESTING TALK:
Date: Thursday, March 6
Time: 6–7:30 pm
Venue: Amarillo College Downtown Campus Auditorium
Address: 1314 S. Polk St, Amarillo TX 79101
—> Talk details <—
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.
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!

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HANDS-ON RAINGARDEN WORKSHOP:
Date: Friday, March 7
Time: 10:30 am – 5 pm (with a break for lunch)
Venue: Acts Community Resource Center
Address: 202 S. Louisiana, Amarillo TX 79106
Limited workshop spots available!
Reserve yours by sending an email to Teresa (tclemons@actx.edu) or calling (806) 467-3028
—> Workshop overview <—
The 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.
Water-Harvesting Earthworks Presentation:
Planting the Rain: Principles, Practices, and Tips for Water-Harvesting Earthworks and Raingardens
Plant 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.
Hands-on Workshop: Planting the Rain (and Other On-site Waters) to Grow Sustainable Abundance
In 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.

Brad Lancaster: Free Public Water-Harvesting Talk, March 4, 2014 — Lubbock TX
2014-03-04 19:00 - 21:00
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!
Date: March 4, 2014
Time: 7 pm
Talk: Water Harvesting for Food Production & Beyond
Venue: Texas Tech International Cultural Center, Hall of Nations
Address: 601 Indiana Avenue, Lubbock TX 79409-5004
Cost: Free & open to the public. Donations welcome!
Brad will have his books, including the new 2nd edition of Volume 1, available for sale & signing
FMI: Misha Manuchehri: misha.manuchehri@ttu.edu or (425) 246-7853

Brad Lancaster: Presentation at 2nd National Iranian Rainwater Catchment Systems Association Conference, February 19, 2014 — Mashhad, Iran
2014-02-19 - 2014-02-20
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Second Iranian National Conference on Rainwater Catchment Systems
February 19–20, 2014
Mashhad International Exhibition Center
Vakil Abad Boulevard
Mashhad, Iran
Brad is scheduled to speak on the afternoon of February 19, 2014, followed by a discussion and Q&A. Please see the program below (in Persian) for details about Brad’s and other conference participants’ sessions.
2nd National IRCSA Conference program

Main topics:
Traditional/local knowledge on rainwater harvesting
Effects of climate change on rainwater harvesting
New technologies in rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting’s role in integrated water-resources management
Rainwater quality (in urban and rural areas)
Rainwater use challenges in urban and rural areas (social, economical, technical, etc.)
Rainwater harvesting for rangeland reclamation, irrigation, and livestock and wildlife use
This conference is co-organized by IRCSA and the Iranian Ministries of Power and Agriculture. Iranian government employees and foreigners are invited to attend free of charge.
For more information, visit www.ircsa.ir or send an email to info@ircsa.ir or conference chairman Dr. Dastorani at dastorani@um.ac.ir.

Many thanks to Dr. Javad Tabatabaee Yazdi (IRCSA President), Dr. Dastorani (IRCSA Conference Secretary),
and their many colleagues for inviting Brad to speak at their conference and for making his trip possible.

Brad Lancaster: Ancient Sun-, Shade-, and Water-Harvesting Strategies and Their Modern-Day Resurgence, February 13, 2014 — Winter Count (near Maricopa AZ)
2014-02-13 18:30 - 20:00
Noon, summer solstice. White House ruin, Canyon de Chelly. The orientation and placement of the buildings is ideal for passive shading and cooling. The natural overhang shades out the majority of the noonday sun that sits high in the sky, while the cliff shades out the hot early-morning and late-afternoon summer sun that rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest.
Weather permitting, Brad will give an evening presentation on Ancient Sun-, Shade-, and Water-Harvesting Strategies and Their Modern-Day Resurgence.
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Time: After dark (given times are approximate)
Venue: Winter Count Primitive Skills Gathering
Location: Near Maricopa, AZ
For more information about Winter Count, including registration, visit: www.backtracks.net/wintercount.html
Full event runs February 9–15, 2014

Brad Lancaster: Integrated Local Harvests Talk & Book-Signing, February 12, 2014 — Glendale AZ
2014-02-12 18:00 - 20:00
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Time: 6–8 pm
Venue: Glendale Public Library Auditorium, 5959 W Brown St, Glendale, AZ 85302 (map)

Description: Brad’s talk, Integrated Local Harvests: Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World, will explore strategies to harvest, integrate, and enhance free local resources—such as rain-, grey-, and stormwater; sun, wind, and shade; and soil fertility, wild foods, and community fun—in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts.

Brad will have his new Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 2nd edition, and Volume 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks, on hand to sell & sign.

There is no fee to attend, although donations will be gratefully accepted at the door. This program is offered by the city of Glendale Conservation and Sustainable Living Office in partnership with the Watershed Management Group.

To register, please call (623) 930-3760 or email bpatrick@glendaleaz.com. For more information contact Ryan Wood with Watershed Management Group at rwood@watershedmg.org or (602) 618-6650.

Brad Lancaster: Free Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests, February 12, 2014 — Chandler AZ
2014-02-12 11:15 - 13:00
Brad’s talk is made possible by Milos Podmanik and the
Center for Civic and Global Engagement at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
Thank you!
Date: Wednesday, February 12
Time: 11:15 a.m – 1 p.m.
Venue: Performing Arts Center Auditorium
Location: Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Address: 2626 E Pecos Rd, Chandler AZ 85225
Cost: Free
Brad will have his books on hand for sale/signing.
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.
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!

Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance, February 11, 2014 — Oakland CA
2014-02-11 09:30 - 12:30
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WHO & WHAT: Brad Lancaster 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. This presentation will focus on large projects and how to recreate our cities with fewer storm drains by reestablishing watersheds.
PRESENTED BY: Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
DATES: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
TIME: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Lakeside Park Garden Center on Lake Merritt, 666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland
COST: Register before 2/7/2014 and the cost is $15 for Bay-Friendly members, and $20 for non-members.
After 2/7/14, the cost is $20 for Bay-Friendly members, and $25 for non-members.
TO REGISTER: Please click here to visit the registration portal
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MORE ABOUT THE TALK:
This 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.

Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Simple & E ffective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World, February 10, 2014 — San Francisco CA
2014-02-10 18:30 - 21:30
WHO & WHAT: Brad Lancaster shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enliven free local resources-such as rain, grey, and storm water, sun, wind, and shade, along with soil fertility, wild foods, and community fun – in a way that generates more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. This presentation covers simple, manageable, small site projects.
PRESENTED BY: Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
DATES: Monday, February 10, 2014
TIME: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Hall of Flowers In Golden Gate Park, 9th Avenue @ Lincoln Ave, San Francisco
COST: Register by 2/7/2014 and the cost is $15 for Bay-Friendly members, and $20 for non-members.
After 2/7/14, the cost is $20 for Bay-Friendly members, and $25 for non-members.
TO REGISTER: Please click here to visit the registration portal
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MORE ABOUT THE TALK:
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.
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.

Brad Lancaster: Community Water-Harvesting Series, January 31–February 2, 2014 — Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
2014-01-31 16:00 - 18:00
El agua de lluvia representa un recurso disponible y factible de aprovechar de manera fácil y económica. Con la intención de ofrecer un espacio de aprendizaje sobre experiencias exitosas en captación de agua de lluvia y manejo de aguas pluviales, se desarrollará el evento “COSECHA DE AGUA DE LLUVIA Y REFORESTACIÓN URBANA”, con la participación de Brad Lancaster, de Tucson Arizona, experto en captura y utilización de agua pluvial para reforestar paisajes urbanos, quien además ha brindado asesoría en Estados Unidos de América y en otros países.
Como parte del evento se impartirá una conferencia magna y se realizará una intervención demostrativa, a pequeña escala, sobre formas de captar agua de lluvia para desarrollar áreas verdes en zonas urbanas.
AGENDA DEL EVENTO:
VIERNES 31 DE ENERO
4:00 pm a 6:00 PM Conferencia sobre experiencias exitosas en captación de agua de lluvia y en reforestación urbana.
Palacio Municipal, Sala de Cabildo Nueva.
SÁBADO 1 DE FEBRERO
9:00 am a 1:00 pm Parte taller práctico demostrativo a pequeña escala sobre formas de captar agua de lluvia para desarrollar áreas verdes.
Estadio Manuel Piri Sagasta
3:00 pm a 6:00 pm Asesoría a Cocorit, Recorrido por la comunidad.
DOMINGO 2 DE FEBRERO
8:30 a 12:30 Recorrido por áreas verdes en Cd. Obregón para asesoría
Este es un esfuerzo de colaboración entre la sociedad civil, iniciativa privada y gobierno, convencidos de la importancia de implementar prácticas cada vez más sustentables que permitan cuidar y aprovechar adecuadamente los recursos naturales y generar mejores condiciones de vida.
Agradeceríamos contar con su presencia y al mismo tiempo, esperamos contar con su apoyo para promocionar este evento en todos los sectores de la comunidad.
Mayores Informes: 413-1996, 414-3850, 415-3637, yhira.rodiguez@imipcajeme.org, eambiental@ponguinguiola.org

Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Enhancing What We Already Have, January 17, 2014 — Harare, Zimbabwe
2014-01-17 14:30 - 17:30
Rain is always free.Illustration by Joe Marshall.
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Location: Education Centre, Upper East Road, Harare
Date: Friday, January 17, 2014
Time: 2:30 – ? pm
Enhancing What We Already Have:
Inspiring Stories and Strategies from Around the World for Harvesting Free On-Site Resources such as Water, Sun, Shade, Food, Fertility, and Community
This presentation shares universal principles and practices that turn water scarcity into water abundance, floods into opportunity, and wastes into fertility. The key is creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. We begin with simple and effective strategies that can be used at home, then move to the street, the neighborhood, the village or city, and the rural broadacre environment.
Rainwater-, greywater-, stormwater-, and condensate-harvesting strategies from the southwestern U.S., Middle East, and Italy will be shared. Examples include how once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials; how ancient rainwater cisterns are being rediscovered and rehabilitated to again hydrate people and farms of today; and how greenbelts of water, wildlife, food, and celebration are being generated by planting once-drained stormwater, seed, and organic matter.
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!
There will be lots of time afterwards for questions and discussion. It’s a good opportunity to explore this very critical topic to us in Zimbabwe.
Please RSVP to John Wilson if you plan on attending so he knows how many people to expect, and please feel free to spread this around your email/internet contacts to others who might like to come.
Directions: Coming out of town on Sam Nujoma Ave (former 2nd Street extension), turn right just beyond the junction with Churchill Ave into Upper East Road. About 200-300 metres along Upper East turn right into the Ministry of Education complex and the Education Centre is on the left. There will be a PELUM Association banner on display outside.

Brad Lancaster: Live Interview on Speak Up Las Cruces, November 26, 2013 — KOBE-AM 1450
2013-11-26 09:06 - 10:00
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Brad will be the 9 am (MST) guest with Peter Goodman and Keith Whelpley on “Speak Up Las Cruces”
KOBE-AM 1450
Las Cruces, NM

November 26, 2013

This 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 9:10 and 9:50 am MST.

Brad Lancaster: Panelista en el Foro Regional sobre Infraestructura Verde, 21 y 22 de noviembre 2013 — Tijuana BC México
2013-11-21 15:00 - 19:30
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte mediante el Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente está organizando el primer
Foro Regional sobre Infraestructura Verde (FRIV)
Horario: el jueves, 21 de noviembre, 3–7:30 pm,
y el viernes, 22 de noviembre, 8 am–5 pm
Lugar: Aula Magna Raúl Rangel de El Colef, Tijuana
Costo: Gratis
El objetivo del foro es evaluar los factores clave, incentivos y obstáculos para la incorporación de los conceptos de infraestructura verde en la gestión urbana ambiental.
El evento se está enfocando principalmente en la implicación de las áreas verdes con a) la accesibilidad a parques, salud, resiliencia urbana y riesgos asociados con la deforestación; y b) el desarrollo verde y mecanismos de la planeación urbana como lo son el transporte público, ciclo vías, restauración de ríos, y tratamiento de agua y reciclaje.
Mesas de Trabajo:

Techos verdes y captación de agua pluvial (el jueves: Brad es uno de los tres panelistas, habrá traducción simultánea)

Redes y corredores verdes (el viernes)

Ríos (el viernes)

Integración a la Planeación Urbana (el viernes)

Si desea ver este evento en línea, habrá videostreaming en www.colef.mx
Coordinadores del Evento:

Dr. Carlos de la Parra Rentería, Profesor-Investigador del Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente de El Colef.

Dra. Lina Ojeda Revah, Profesora-Investigadora del Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente de El Colef.

Dra. Ana Córdova y Vázquez, Profesora-Investigadora del Departamento de Estudios Urbanos y del Medio Ambiente de El Colef, Unidad Regional Ciudad Juárez.

Dra. Ileana Espejel Carbajal, Profesora-Investigadora de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada.

Mayores informes:
www.colef.mx
+52 (664)631-6300, ext: 2412
infraverde@colef.mx
Event basics:
Green Infrastructure Forum
November 21 and 22
11/21: 3 pm – 7:30 pm (PDT)
11/22: 8 am – 5 pm (PDT)
Free and open to the public
Lecture Hall: Aula Magna Raúl Rangel

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Tijuana, Baja California, México

Brad Lancaster: Native Seeds/SEARCH Salon, Local Integrated Harvests Talk & Book-Signing, November 18, 2013 — Tucson AZ
2013-11-18 18:00 - 20:00
Brad will give his newest water-harvesting and integrated-design talk at the Native Seeds/SEARCH’s Salon Program, as well as having his new Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 2nd edition, on hand to sell & sign.
Native Seeds/SEARCH Salons happen every third Monday of the month at the NS/S Conservation Center and have a little something for anyone who has ever wielded a fork or pitchfork. Bring your juiciest ideas and an appetite for mind-watering conversations.
Where:
Native Seeds/SEARCH Conservation Center
3584 E River Road
Tucson AZ 85718
When:
Monday evening, November 18, 2013
6–8 pm
Cost: Free
FMI:
Belle Starr
belle@nativeseeds.org
(520) 622-0830, x104
The Talk:
Integrated Local Harvests:
Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World
This dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enhance free local resources—such as rain-, grey-, and stormwaters; sun, wind, and shade; and 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.
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 shade, feeding the soil, sailing with the wind, and living as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!
The Book:
Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, is the best-selling, award-winning guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-, sun-, wind-, and shade-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional plan specific to your site and needs.
Clearly written with more than 280 illustrations, this volume helps bring your site to life; reduce your cost of living; endow you with skills of self-reliance; and create community-building, living, air-conditioning vegetation that grows beauty, food, and wildlife habitat. Stories of people who are successfully welcoming rain, sun, wind, and shade into their life and landscape will invite you to do the same!

Brad Lancaster: Integrated-Design Talk, Monday, November 11, 2013 — Albuquerque NM
2013-11-11 08:00 - 09:00
Brad will be giving a short talk on integrated design, focused on sun and shade harvesting, followed by Q&A at Albuquerque Academy, tailored for their 10th- through 12th-grade students, yet open to the public.
Date: Monday morning, November 11, 2013
Time: 8–9 am
Venue: Albuquerque Academy’s Little Theatre, Simms Center for the Performing Arts
Address: 6400 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
Campus map available here.
Free!

Brad Lancaster: "Urban Acupuncture" Talk, November 4, 2013 — Hollywood CA
2013-11-04 19:00 - 21:00
Urban Acupuncture: Creating Regenerative Rights-of-Way
A public talk by Brad Lancaster
Venue: Los Angeles Beautification HQ
Address: 1741 N Cherokee Ave, Hollywood CA 90028
Date: Monday, November 4, 2013
Time: 7–9 pm
Sponsored by: The River Project
Suggested donation: $10
RSVP at Eventbrite
Download the flyer here.

Brad Lancaster: Parkway Gardens Hands-on Workshop, November 3, 2013 — Studio City CA
2013-11-03 13:00 - 16:00
Parkway Gardens Hands-on Workshop
Organized by The River Project & Water LA
That no-man’s land between the sidewalk & the street can take a good deal of labor & water to maintain! We’ll show you how you can transform it into a low-maintenance, low-water oasis.
Capture, conserve, & reuse the rain & runoff that usually flows past your property & out to the ocean!
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2013
Time: 1–4 pm
Cost: Free (as long as you’re willing to lend a hand)
General location: Rhodes Avenue & Valley Spring Lane, Studio City
*Please RSVP via Eventbrite for exact address*
Snacks & beverages provided, everyone welcome!

Brad Lancaster: Keynote Speaker at WESTCAS Fall Conference, October 31, 2013 — Tucson AZ
2013-10-31 12:00 - 2013-11-02 13:30
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WESTCAS 2013 FALL CONFERENCE:
Sharing Insights and Opportunities—Has the Arid West Drawn the ‘Shortage Straw’?

October 30 – November 1, 2013
Westward Look Resort
245 E Ina Rd
Tucson AZ 85704
Brad will be delivering the daily keynote on Thursday, October 31, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm.
Click here to download the conference brochure, with general information, conference agenda, and registration materials.
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Who is WESTCAS?
The Arid West has a unique ecosystem. Many months have no rain, and annual precipitation often is less than 12 inches. Consequently, it is essential to protect both the quantity and quality of water supplies. To this end, in 1992 the area’s water and wastewater providers joined together to share their talents and resources, assuming the name Western Coalition of Arid States, or WESTCAS. A grassroots organization, WESTCAS is dedicated to encouraging the development of water programs and regulations which assure adequate supplies of high quality water for those living in the arid regions while protecting the environment.
What does WESTCAS offer?
WESTCAS provides members with a powerful presence in Washington, D.C. and in regional and state regulatory and legislative decision-making; an effective vehicle for information exchange through meetings and publications; the opportunity to help draft federal, regional, state, and local legislation and regulations about water quality and supply.
Who should belong to WESTCAS?
Water and wastewater service providers, including cities and towns, water and irrigation districts, wastewater agencies, Native American nations, and others concerned with management of issues related to water and wastewater supply, such as attorneys, engineering firms, and consulting firms.

Brad Lancaster: Free Public Talk, Free Sun- & Shade-Harvesting Strategies for Passive Heating, Cooling, Lighting, & Power, October 17, 2013 — Tucson AZ
2013-10-17 18:30 - 20:00
Who: Brad Lancaster, in conjunction with Watershed Management Group & hosted by the Jewish Community Center
What: Free public talk on Free Sun- & Shade-Harvesting Strategies for Passive Heating, Cooling, Lighting, & Power
Brad’s books, including the new 2nd edition of Volume 1, will be available for sale & signing after the talk.
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2013
Time: 6:30 – 8 pm
RSVP: Here
Location:
Jewish Community Center
3800 E River Rd, Tucson AZ 85718
(520) 299-3000
FMI:
Tory Syracuse | Associate Director | Watershed Management Group
Email: tsyracuse@watershedmg.org
Office: 520-396-3266, ext. 6
Cell: 520-820-9483

Watershed Management Group, with Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Certification Course, October 7–13, 2013, & March 17–23, 2014 — Tucson AZ
2013-10-07 - 2013-10-13
Brad will be one of several instructors for this classic WMG course.
When:
October 7–13, 2013
March 17–23, 2014
Early registration ends August 16, 2013 for the October 2013 course, and January 24, 2014, for the March 2014 course

Description:
The WMG Water-Harvesting Certification program is designed for professionals, educators, and community organizers seeking comprehensive instruction in water-harvesting systems design and construction. The program offers a unique combination of hands-on and classroom instruction, providing participants with a thorough, on-the-ground understanding of the core practices in this increasingly popular field. Our program provides the highest quality and greatest depth of training in integrative water harvesting offered in the nation.
The course teaches site assessment, design, and installation of:

Greywater systems, gravity-based
Rainwater harvesting landscapes
Roof-top rainwater catchment (cisterns)

The course educational sessions includes:

Lectures on each major topic
Hands-on assessments at the sites where projects will be implemented
Training workshops where participants learn by constructing water harvesting systems at public, residential, or commercial sites
Reading and homework assignments to solidify knowledge gained in the hands-on workshops
Final exam to earn certification

Click here to register for the OCTOBER 2013 course
Click here to register for the MARCH 2014 course

Contact:
Phone: 520-396-3266
Email: tech-trainings@watershedmg.org
Course Fee:

Regular Registration
$ 1,100.00

WMG Training Alumni and Students
$ 1,050.00

Partial Payment Installments (1st payment)
$ 400.00

Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests, October 3, 2013 — Sedona AZ
2013-10-03 19:00 - 20:30
Please join Ecosa Institute (a sponsored program of Prescott College) and Keep Sedona Beautiful in welcoming Brad Lancaster to Sedona!
Brad will being presenting his newest talk, Integrated Local Harvests, and will have copies of his books available for sale and signing, including the new 2nd edition of Volume 1, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond: Guiding Principles.
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2013
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Keep Sedona Beautiful, 360 Brewer Rd., Sedona
Donations will be greatly appreciated!
The talk:
Integrated Local Harvests:
Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home, Community, and the Larger World
This dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enhance free local resources—such as rain-, grey-, and stormwaters; sun, wind, and shade; and 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.
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 shade, feeding the soil, sailing with the wind, and living as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!
The Book:
Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, is the best-selling, award-winning guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-, sun-, wind-, and shade-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. This book enables you to assess your on-site resources, gives you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional plan specific to your site and needs.
Clearly written with more than 280 illustrations, this volume helps bring your site to life; reduce your cost of living; endow you with skills of self-reliance; and create community-building, living, air-conditioning vegetation that grows beauty, food, and wildlife habitat. Stories of people who are successfully welcoming rain, sun, wind, and shade into their life and landscape will invite you to do the same!
