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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Book Signing & Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, June 26\, 2013 — Los Angeles CA
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to event sponsors:\nLos Angeles Eco-Village Collaborative\, \nCRSP Institute for Urban Eco-Villages\, \nUrban Soil-Tierra Urbana Co-op\, \nBeverly-Vermont Community Land Trust\, and \nGreywater Action\nfor making this event possible!\nWHEN:\nWednesday evening\, June 26\n7:30–9 pm\nWHERE:\nL.A. Eco-Village\n117 Bimini Place\nLos Angeles CA 90004\nCOST:\n$5–$10 sliding scale (no one turned away)\nCLICK HERE FMI\nABOUT THE NEW\, EXPANDED EDITION OF VOLUME 1—AVAILABLE FOR SALE & SIGNING:\nTurn 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.\nClearly 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!\nABOUT THE TALK:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\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 shade\, feeding the soil\, sailing with the wind\, and living as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!\nABOUT BRAD:\nBrad Lancaster is a dynamic teacher\, consultant\, and designer of regenerative systems that sustainably enhance local resources and our global potential. He is also the author of the award-winning\, best-selling book series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond; the information-packed website www.HarvestingRainwater.com; and the ‘Drops in a Bucket’ Blog.\nBrad has taught throughout North America as well as in the Middle East\, Asia\, and Australia. His hometown projects have included working with the City of Tucson and other municipalities to legalize\, incentivize\, and provide guidance on water-harvesting systems\, demonstration sites\, and policy. He has likewise collaborated with state agencies to promote practices that transform local “wastes” into enhanced soil fertility. Brad’s aim is always to boost communities’ true health and wealth by using simple overlapping strategies to augment the region’s hydrology\, ecosystems\, economies\, local food and renewable power production\, citizens’ capabilities and cooperation\, joy\, and beauty.\nBrad lives his talk on an oasis-like demonstration site he created and continually improves with his brother and neighbors in downtown Tucson\, Arizona. On this eighth of an acre and surrounding public right-of-way\, they harvest 100\,000 gallons of rainwater a year where less than 12 inches fall from the sky. In addition\, the site’s sun-\, wind-\, and shade-harvesting systems power both Brad’s and his brother’s homes\, and help power those of their neighbors. Brad is motivated in his work by the tens of thousands of people he has helped inspire to do likewise\, go further\, and continue our collective evolution.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-integrated-local-harvests-june-26-2013-los-angeles-ca/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Book Signing & Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, June 25\, 2013 — Santa Barbara CA
DESCRIPTION:Santa Barbara Permaculture Network &\n Sweetwater Collaborative Present:\n Booksigning & Evening Talk with\nBrad Lancaster\n \nauthor of\nRainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, \nVolume 1\, 2nd Edition\nTuesday\, June 25\, 2013\n7:30 pm\, $5 donation\nSanta Barbara Central Library\, Faulkner Gallery\n40 East Anapamu St\, Santa Barbara\nClick poster below to download:\n\nRainwater-harvesting expert Brad Lancaster returns to Santa Barbara with his newly published 2nd edition of his award-winning\, best-selling book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 1\, on Tuesday\, June 25.\n\nABOUT THE BOOK:\nTurn 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.\nClearly 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!\nABOUT THE TALK:\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis 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.\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 shade\, feeding the soil\, sailing with the wind\, and living as one of your community’s inspirational sparks! \nCo-sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & Sweetwater Collaborative\nFor more information\, please call (805) 962-2571\, margie@sbpermaculture.org \nABOUT BRAD:\nBrad Lancaster is a dynamic teacher\, consultant\, and designer of regenerative systems that sustainably enhance local resources and our global potential. He is also the author of the award-winning\, best-selling book series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond; the information-packed website www.HarvestingRainwater.com; and the ‘Drops in a Bucket’ Blog.\nBrad has taught throughout North America as well as in the Middle East\, Asia\, and Australia. His hometown projects have included working with the City of Tucson and other municipalities to legalize\, incentivize\, and provide guidance on water-harvesting systems\, demonstration sites\, and policy. He has likewise collaborated with state agencies to promote practices that transform local “wastes” into enhanced soil fertility. Brad’s aim is always to boost communities’ true health and wealth by using simple overlapping strategies to augment the region’s hydrology\, ecosystems\, economies\, local food and renewable power production\, citizens’ capabilities and cooperation\, joy\, and beauty.\nBrad lives his talk on an oasis-like demonstration site he created and continually improves with his brother and neighbors in downtown Tucson\, Arizona. On this eighth of an acre and surrounding public right-of-way\, they harvest 100\,000 gallons of rainwater a year where less than 12 inches fall from the sky. In addition\, the site’s sun-\, wind-\, and shade-harvesting systems power both Brad’s and his brother’s homes\, and help power those of their neighbors. Brad is motivated in his work by the tens of thousands of people he has helped inspire to do likewise\, go further\, and continue our collective evolution.\n  \nEvent Sponsors:\nSanta Barbara Permaculture Network\n  www.sbpermaculture.org\n&\nSweetwater Collaborative\n  www.sweetwatercollaborative.org  \n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-integrated-local-harvests-june-25-2013-santa-barbara-ca/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Sierra EcoSummit & Festival\, June 23\, 2013 — Groveland CA
DESCRIPTION:Complete information to come.\nMeanwhile\, check out basic event info at www.sierraecosummit.org.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-sierra-ecosummit-festival-june-23-2013-groveland-ca/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Great Basin Permaculture: One-Day Water-Harvesting Seminar\, June 22\, 2013 — Las Vegas NV
DESCRIPTION:Join Great Basin Permaculture and Brad Lancaster for a one-day seminar in water harvesting and conservation!\nWHAT:\nA one-day seminar on the most important issue challenging our community’s vitality. Brad Lancaster\, a leading authority in the water-conservation movement\, will teach Las Vegans how to achieve more with less—moving the discussion beyond typical restrictions to topics such as rainwater harvesting\, designing for resilience\, and earthwork construction.\nWHEN:\nSaturday\, June 22\n9 am: Networking breakfast and registration\n10 am – 5 pm:  Presentations\, breakout sessions\, roundtable discussions. Lunch will be served.\nWHERE:\nDowntown Construction Zone\n102 S 7th St\, between Fremont St & Carson Ave\nWHY:\nFinding new ways to live sustainably is an imperative to keeping our community healthy and strong. Recently\, the Colorado River was named the most endangered in the country\, and the Bureau of Reclamation recently released a report forecasting severe water loss due to climate change. This seminar will be packed with strategies attendees can implement immediately. Lancaster will teach specific pathways to resilience; for instance\, how to use greywater for landscaping… and make it legal—as it already is in our surrounding states!\nFMI:\nContact Peter Frigeri at peter@greatbasinpermaculture.org
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-great-basin-permaculture-one-day-water-harvesting-seminar-june-22-2013-las-vegas-nv/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, June 20\, 2013 — Boulder UT
DESCRIPTION:Integrated Local Harvests: \nSimple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World \nThe talk will be followed by book sales & signing of Brad’s new edition of Volume 1\n\nWhen: Thursday\, June 20\, 6–8 pm.\nWhere: Red House Farm\, Boulder\, Utah\nCost: Free. Donations welcome to cover the speaker’s travel expenses.\nJoin Brad Lancaster\, author of the award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Volumes 1 and 2)\, to celebrate the new edition of his first book and to explore different ways to create an a natural abundance. Brad will share a diverse array of strategies to assess your on-site resources\, maximize their potential\, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated\, multi-functional plan specific to your site and needs. \nThis dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest\, integrate\, and enhance free local resources – such as rainwater\, greywater\, 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.\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 shade\, feeding the soil\, sailing with the wind\, and living as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!\nThe talk is hosted by True Nature Sustainable Living & Wilderness School (special thanks to Eden Gal!) and will be followed by a book signing of Brad’s new edition of Rainwater Harvesting Volume 1.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/tentative-brad-lancaster-public-talk-integrated-local-harvests-june-20-2013-boulder-ut/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130609T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130609T160000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Hands-on Earthworks & Acequia Workshop\, June 9\, 2013 — Albuquerque NM
DESCRIPTION:Date: Sunday\, June 9\, 2013\nTime: 10 am to 4 pm\nBrad will be leading a hands-on workshop at Kalyx Studio Learning Center in Bernalillo County’s South Valley.\nParticipants will learn and practice earthwork techniques used in water-harvesting systems. The workshop will focus specifically on earthworks that can be implemented to improve the efficiency of acequia irrigation for the home garden.\nAlthough we will be constructing a system that combines traditional desert-gardening practices with water-harvesting techniques as applied to acequia irrigation\, all of the techniques relate directly to working with rainwater and greywater systems.\nAt this time the workshop is full\, but there is a wait list in the event of cancellations. Inquiries can be directed to workshop organizer Leslie Buerk at info@kalyxstudio.com.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-hands-on-earthworks-acequia-workshop-june-9-2013-albuquerque-nm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130607T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130607T200000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Free Public Talk on Water-Harvesting & Integrated Design\, June 7\, 2013 — Albuquerque NM
DESCRIPTION:Brad will give his classic water-harvesting talk with new material on integrated design.\n\nTime: 6–8 pm\nVenue: Garcia Honda Auditorium—George Pearl Hall\nUniversity of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning\, Albuquerque\nCost: Free\nRefreshments graciously provided by La Montañita Co-op.\nWe are crossing our fingers that the much-awaited new edition of Brad’s Volume 1 in the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series will be hot off the press and available for sale and signing after Brad’s talk. Volume 2 will be available.\nFMI: Contact Amanda at Erda Gardens: info@erdagardens.org  |  (505) 610-1538  |  www.erdagardens.org\nThank you to the following organizations for making this event happen!  \n\nErda Gardens and Learning Center \nKalyx Studio\nPermaculture Institute\nQuerencia Green\nUniversity of New Mexico’s Sustainability Studies Program
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-free-public-talk-on-water-harvesting-integrated-design-june-7-2013-albuquerque-nm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130524T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130524T220000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Conferencia Pública de Cosecha de Agua de Lluvia y Reforestación Urbana\, 24–25 de mayo 2013 — La Paz\, México
DESCRIPTION:Niparajá A.C. y Raíz De Fondo A.C. te invitan a:\n\n“Conferencia Pública de Cosecha de Agua de Lluvia y Reforestación Urbana”\nPonente Principal:  Brad Lancaster\nPresentación:  7:30PM – 10:00PM viernes\, 24 de mayo 2013\, Jardín Comunitario Sabores De La Tierra (Nayarit #40\, Col. Manglito\, a media cuadra de la playa)\nIntervención:  9:00AM – 1:00PM sábado\, 25 de mayo 2013\, Jardín Comunitario Encinas (Calle Guillermo Prieto 1016\, esq. Encinas\, Col. Centro)\n\nTú puedes crear tu propio OASIS en tu patio\, en la banqueta frente de tu casa\, en espacios públicos… Y lo puedes hacer con AGUA DE LLUVIA.\nEste evento es gratuito y abierto a todo público\, y será hablado en español y inglés simultaneamente.  ¡Invita a quien quieras!\nCanalizando el agua pluvial correctamente y a muy bajo costo\, podemos crear espacios verdes\, recargar acuíferos y reducir inundaciones en sus espacios públicos y desarrollos.  En este evento se reunirá el sector público\, turístico\, de la construcción y el público en general para aprender de alternativas comprobadas que aumentarán la calidad de vida para todos que habitamos en Baja California Sur.\nBrad Lancaster nos visita desde Tucson\, Arizona\, una región con un clima desértico y población muy parecidos a La Paz.  En su patio urbano de 500 m2 él logra recolectar más de 375\,000 litros de agua pluvial al año para alimentar su jardín de plantas comestibles\, medicinales y de sombra.  Autor de dos libros sobre el tema\, Brad ha diseñado e instalado docenas de proyectos públicos y particulares para capturar\, guardar y utilizar el agua pluvial para reforestar paisajes urbanos.\nEste evento es gratuito y abierto a todo público.  ¡Invita a quien quieras!\nPara mayores informes visita: www.raizdefondo.org\nTambién\, si quieres saber más sobre el tema sugerimos que veas la pagina de Brad Lancaster www.www.harvestingrainwater.com/ y este video en Youtube para tener una idea de que tanta agua podemos recolectar en La Paz….\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nPublic Conference on Rainwater Harvesting and Urban Reforestation\nTheory: 19:30 hrs. Friday\, May 24\, Sabores De La Tierra Community Garden (Nayarit #40\, Col. El Manglito\, a half block from the beach)\nPractice Installation: 09:00 hrs. Saturday\, May 25\, Encinas Community Garden (Guillermo Prieto #1016\, corner of Encinas\, Col. Centro)\nYou can create your own OASIS in your patio\, on the sidewalk in front of your home\, in public spaces… And you can do it with RAIN WATER.\nThis Friday and Saturday we’ll teach you how with BRAD LANCASTER\, author of 2 books on the subject and leader in the urban reforestation in drylands.  This workshop is free and open to the public.  For more info visit www.raizdefondo.org   Invite a friend!\n(This event will be spoken in English and Spanish simultaneously.)\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-conferencia-publica-de-cosecha-de-agua-de-lluvia-y-reforestacion-urbana/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T180000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Free Public Talk on Water Harvesting and Integrated Design\, April 12\, 2013—Phoenix AZ
DESCRIPTION:Brad will be giving a version of his classic water-harvesting talk\, updated to include more information on integrated design.\nDate: Friday\, April 12\, 2013\n Time: 6–7:30 pm\nLocation: Phoenix City Hall\, 200 W Washington St\, Phoenix\n Room: Assembly Rooms A\, B\, & C\nFree parking at City Hall garage if you arrive before 6 pm!\nEvent information can also be found on the City of Phoenix’s Water Services Facebook page\, at WaterUseItWisely.com and on Water—Use It Wisely’s Facebook page (if not yet posted\, it will be soon!).\nThanks to the City of Phoenix for hosting this event on behalf of ADWR and AMWUA as part of Water Awareness Month!
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-free-public-talk-on-water-harvesting-and-integrated-design-april-12-2013-phoenix-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130405
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SUMMARY:WMG Instructors: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, April 5–13\, 2013 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:Note: Brad is one of many instructors for this course.\n\nThe WMG Water Harvesting Certification program is a hands-on training course that provides certification in water-harvesting-system design and implementation. WMG’s goal is to transfer water-harvesting knowledge to those who will utilize these practices in their professions and\, in turn\, teach the practices to others. Our program provides the highest quality and greatest depth of training in integrative water harvesting offered in the nation.\nThe course teaches design\, implementation\, and installation of: \n\nGreywater systems\nWater-harvesting earthworks\nPlastic cisterns\n\n\nEarly Registration: Apply by January 21\, 2013.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the course is full\, so early applications are encouraged.  $1\,100 course fee\, including gourmet local-food lunch each day of the training.\nRegular Registration: Apply by February 25\, 2013.  $1\,250 course fee\, including gourmet local-food lunch each day of the training. \nFor more information and to apply  visit http://watershedmg.org/tech-trainings
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/wmg-instructors-water-harvesting-certification-course-april-5-13-2013-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130313
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Joel Glanzberg: 4-Day Permaculture Interactive Series\, March 13–16\, 2013 — Moab UT
DESCRIPTION:Click image below to visit Community Rebuilds’ website for event details and maps.\nClick image above to visit Community Rebuilds’ website\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-joel-glanzberg-4-day-permaculture-interactive-series-march-13-16-2013-moab-ut/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Dig In! Food and Farming Festival\, March 1–2\, 2013 — Fayetteville AR
DESCRIPTION:Click image above to visit the Festival website\nThe festival will be taking place at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Fayetteville\nFrom the Dig In! organizers:\nHere’s an overview of the 2013 festival!   We hope you will consider buying a supporter pass if you are able\, but remember the conference is offered by donation also so that it is available to everyone. Suggested donation is $5 per class\, film\, talk. It’s going to be a great time. \n \nAll events take place at UA Global Campus on the Fayetteville Square. Map here.   When you arrive\, check in at registration booth in street-level lobby. You will get a detailed program at check in. \nThursday\, February 28\n\nAfter School Special—4:00-5:30 p.m. What’s on Your Plate – a fun-filled movie about where food comes\nfrom. The film follows two eleven-year-old city kids as they talk to food activists\, farmers\, new friends\,\nstorekeepers\, their families\, and the viewer\, in their quest to understand what’s on all of our plates. This\nmovie is free and open to the public – everyone welcome. This is a great film for kids\, but adults will love it\ntoo. Donations gratefully accepted. A co-production with Apple Seeds\, Inc.\n\n\nEvening—Films: Festival Starters 7 p.m. Truck Farm and 7:55 Fresh This showing of Fresh sponsored by the Fayetteville Chapter of The Weston A. Price Foundation.\n\n\n\nFriday\, March 1: Farmer Friday\nOne morning track designed for farmers and aspiring farmers. A second morning track for gardeners with some experience. Followed by a special keynote presentation of interest to both groups and and to water conservationists too.  Farmer Friday is offered by donation\, with $20 suggested for the full day\, but we want Farmer Friday available to all growers who are interested\, so please come as you are! \n\n9:00-9:30 Registration and Welcome: Street level Lobby\n\n\nFarmers Morning Session 1: 9:30 to 10:45—”How to Sell More” Lori Boatwright\, Public and Media Coordinator\, Fayetteville Farmers Market\, and Nicki McNelly\, Manager\, Bentonville Farmers Market\n\n\nFarmers Morning Session 2: 11:00-12:00—”Small Farm Financing” Charlie Stockton\, FORGE\, Financing Ozark Rural Growth and Economy (forgeonline.com)\n\n\nGardeners Morning Session 1: 9:30 to 10:45—“The Generous Garden: Designing Landscapes That Give As They Grow” with Leigh Wilkerson & “Backyard Fruit” with Guy Ames. \n\n\nGardeners ( & Growers welcome too)  Session 2: 11:00-12:00 — “Fundamentals of no-till gardening: start and run a garden or farm with no machine\, high yields and great peace” with Patrice Gros. \n\n\n12 noon: Lunch and Conversation: Lunch provided by Ozark Natural Foods for full-day participants.\n\n\nAfternoon Keynote Session & Conversation: 1:00-4:00—“Planting the Rain: Principles\, Practices\, and Tips for Water-Harvesting Earthworks & more” Brad Lancaster\, author  of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond. Food 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  for irrigation. Case studies include rain-fed greenhouses\, dryfarming\, backyard market gardens \, and climate-appropriate plantings.\n\n  \nFriday Evening\, March 1: Opening Night & Film Premieres!!\n\nOpening Reception sponsored by BHK Kafe and Arsaga’s at The Depot— 5: 30 p.m. Come and kick off the main festival with all of our friends\, supporters\, volunteers\, teachers\, and sponsors.  (This ticketed event is included in Foodie\, Locavore\, and Friend of the Farm Passes\, or $15 per ticket)\n\n\nFarmer Friday:  FILM PREMIERE NIGHT starts at  7 p.m. Join us for the Arkansas premieres of Eating Alabama at 7 p.m.  and To Make a Farm* at 8:15. Two delightful new films\, not to be missed\, were the favorites of your Dig In! coordinators and are the highlight of our film series.  Included in supporters passes; suggested donation $5/film.\n\n  \nSaturday\, March 2: The Big Day!\n Classes & Films Included in all Festival Passes or $5 suggested donation per session; seed swap and information/vendor fair are free. \n8-9 Registration & Coffee. Info & Vendor Fair Opens. Info/Vendor fair.\nCLASS SCHEDULE:\n9-10am Concurrent Class Session 1 \nEMMA: EASY BRASSICAS & COOL WEATHER GREENS\nDANA & LEIGH: EDIBLE LANDSCAPES\nMARY: CANNING & PRESERVING\nPATRICE: WINTER HARVEST\nCHEF LEWIS: COOKING IN SEASON\n \n1030-1130am Concurrent Class Session 2 \n \nMARIAH & IRA: BACKYARD CHICKENS\nJANE: COMPOSTING FOR BETTER SOILS\nKARYN: EASY HERBS TO GROW AND COOK\nTIFFANY: BUDGET BEGINNER ORGANIC GARDENS\nCHEF TUESDAY: COOKING IN SEASON\n \n1130-130p Lunch Break/ Vendor Fair/ Interest Group Roundtables/ FREE Community Seed Swap by Fayetteville Community Garden Coalition. \n11:30-12:30 Sponsored Tasting: Lean Green Gourmet. Visit their table in the Information & Vendor Fair\n12:30-1:30 Sponsored Tasting: Greenhouse Grille Visit their table in the Information & Vendor Fair\n12:00-1:00 Interest Roundtables: Community conversations\, totally casual. Meet up with other folks who share your interests and share information.\n•Lexicon of Food: What do the terms organic\, local\, locavore really mean? Farmer James Maginot of Beyond Organics Farm will moderate this discussion on the terminology of the food movement.\n•Urban Gardening: Peter Nierengarten\, Director of Sustainability and Strategic Planning for the City of\nFayetteville will moderate this conversation on the particular challenges and opportunities of growing within cities.\n•Find Your Food: Local Markets\, CSAs & More. Farmers Mariah and Ira of Summer Kitchen Farm will moderate this conversation on exploring options to eat more locally.\n \n130-330p PUBLIC KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: BRAD LANCASTER\nClassic Water-Harvesting Presentation: Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance\n This inspiring  presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance. 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. 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.\n3:30-4:00 Sponsored Tasting: Ozark Natural Foods Tasting table in the Information & Vendor Fair area (4th Floor).\n400-500pm Concurrent Class Session 3 \nCELESTE: MAKING MEDICINALS WITH HERBS\nCAT & LUCY: FERMENTED FOODS FOR BEGINNERS\nLEIGH: BEGINNER BEEKEEPING\nGUY: GROWING BACKYARD FRUIT\nHERB: SEED SAVING (Followed by an “Advanced Seed Savers Exchange”  by Fayetteville Community Garden Coalition. See details here. \n \nSaturday Evening—FESTIVAL FILMS: Make A Difference Night Films start at 6:30 King Corn (90 min) \, 8:10 Big River (27 min) 8:40 Homegrown Revolution (14 min) (Included in all Festival Passes\, or $5 per film suggested donation) \nStay tuned to this page for more news coming soon.  You will receive a program with all event details when you register at the festival Thurs\, Fri or Sat.  Please join us.\nCost:  The festival is offered  by donation. It is a not-for-profit event and your contributions and those of our sponsors make the festival happen. If you can\, please consider a supporters pass.   You can also get a pass at the festival and/or donate what you can. Mainly: we want everyone to be able to attend—so come as you are!\nMap\, directions\, parking info here: http://diginfestival.com/map_parking/\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-dig-in-food-and-farming-festival-march-1-2-2013-fayetteville-ar/
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SUMMARY:Regular Registration Deadline for WMG's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, Spring 2013 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/12/03/wmg-instructors-water-harvesting-certification-course-april-5-13-2013-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:WMG Webinar: Extreme Composting: Using Human Waste to Enhance Soil in Case Studies from Around the World\, with Diane Austin and Sowmya Somnath — February 21\, 2013
DESCRIPTION:Extreme Composting: Using Human Waste to Enhance Soil in Case Studies from Around the World\nA free WMG webinar with Diane Austin and Sowmya Somnath\n\nFebruary 21\, 2013\n9–10 AM MST\nComposting toilets are particularly useful in parts of the world with limited sanitation infrastructure\, but there are many barriers to implementation\, including social stigma\, limited resources\, and building community capacity to maintain systems.  Dr. Diane Austin of the University of Arizona and Watershed Management Group’s own Sowmya Somnath will discuss projects they have led in India\, Burkina Faso\, and Mexico and will discuss the challenges and successes of implementing community-based eco-sanitation projects.\nClick here to register for this webinar.\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/wmg-webinar-extreme-composting-using-human-waste-to-enhance-soil-in-case-studies-from-around-the-world-with-diane-austin-and-sowmya-somnath-february-21-2013/
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SUMMARY:Early Registration Deadline for WMG's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, Spring 2013 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/12/03/wmg-instructors-water-harvesting-certification-course-april-5-13-2013-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:Regular Registration Deadline for WMG's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, Winter 2013 — Phoenix AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/12/03/wmg-instructors-water-harvesting-certification-course-february-22-march-2-2013-phoenix-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130112
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SUMMARY:Valley Permaculture Alliance w/ Brad Lancaster: Permaculture Design Course\, January–June 2013 — Phoenix AZ
DESCRIPTION:The 2013 Permaculture Design Course: Drylands (PDC)\, offered by the Valley Permaculture Alliance (VPA)\, teaches an approach that will provide you the skills to observe your world\, garden\, home\, and life with a fresh and new perspective. Permaculture is a holistic approach to life that can benefit you both personally and professionally.\nEarly registration deadline: December 20\, 2012\nThe PDC is a comprehensive program designed for anyone wanting to learn the principles in applying nature awareness\, energy systems\, water supplies and so much more to desert home landscapes\, gardens\, and communities. This year\, unique to all previously taught VPA PDC programs\, you can take as few sessions as you like\, or all 12 sessions earning you the PDC Certification—the choice is yours.\nThe VPA is bringing in locally known and nationally recognized experts to present and demonstrate real-world examples of permaculture principles and how to apply them to your life. This is an opportunity to meet and learn from highly respected instructors from the global stage\, plus local teachers that possess first-hand experience of our unique area.\nAll dates and topics are now open for registration with a limited-time early-bird discount. Those who take all ten January–May classes will be enrolled in two additional classes in June specific to the Permaculture Design Project.\nFor an overview of the course: http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/page/pdc-course\nFor course topics and schedule: http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/page/pdc-schedule\nFor registration and payment information: http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/page/register-payment\nFor a list of instructors and their bios: http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/page/instructor-bios
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/valley-permaculture-alliance-w-brad-lancaster-permaculture-design-course-january-june-2013-phoenix-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121215
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SUMMARY:Early Registration Deadline for the 18th Annual Sonoran Permaculture Guild Design Course\, February–March 2013—Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:Registration for the 18th Annual Permaculture Design Course is open now!\nThis course happens over five weekends every February and March. Dates for the upcoming 2013 course are:\nFebruary 9–10\,\nFebruary 16–17\,\nMarch 2–3\,\nMarch 16–17\, and\nMarch 23–24\nCost: $695\, or $650 for early registration (before December 15). \nPartial scholarships are available. \nThere is also a class book fee of $42 for a copy of Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison. Also highly recommended are Brad Lancaster’s Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands & Beyond\, Volumes 1 and 2.\nFor the last seventeen years this course has been full with a waiting list\, so early registration is encouraged. To give a high-quality educational experience\, we limit the size of the class to eighteen participants. Contact Dan\, the course registrar\, at dorsey@dakotacom.net or 520-624-8030 to register or receive more information.\nThis Permaculture certification course covers all aspects of sustainable design with a  Southwest drylands flavor\, including a balance of hands-on experience\, classroom time\, and design practicum. Dynamic exercises encourage pattern recognition\, noticing the links between plants and animals\, climate\, and landforms that make up natural ecosystems. The course focuses on dryland communities with a strong urban and semi-rural emphasis\, addressing individual site and neighborhood “problems\,”  such as stormwater flooding. Students learn to read the landscape\, to map and analyze energies flowing through a site\, and to develop integrated designs for sustainable systems. The weekend format of the course makes it easier for people who hold a weekday job to attend and promotes better integration of the course material into daily life. Our course closely follows the standard 72-hour format developed by Bill Mollison and others.\nCourse topics include agroforestry\, appropriate technology\, building design\, design principles and patterning\, site analysis\, dryland gardening principles\, ecosystem restoration\, philosophy and ethics of Permaculture\, regenerative community economics\, soils and erosion control\, village and community design\, water harvesting\, invisible structures\, and many other topics.  The classroom site is in the central-Tucson area and at other Permaculture sites in the Tucson area. Much of the class is held outdoors. This course is co-taught by Dan Dorsey\, Brad Lancaster\, and Barbara Rose\, each with two decades of Permaculture experience\, as well as other SPG associate teachers.\nTo visit the Sonoran Permaculture Guild website’s listing for this course\, go to www.sonoranpermaculture.org/courses-and-workshops.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/early-registration-deadline-for-the-18th-annual-sonoran-permaculture-guild-design-course-february-march-2013-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121211
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SUMMARY:Early Registration Deadline for WMG's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, Winter 2013 — Phoenix AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/12/03/wmg-instructors-water-harvesting-certification-course-february-22-march-2-2013-phoenix-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121127
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SUMMARY:Craig Sponholtz & Owen Habutzel: Applied Watershed Restoration & Introduction to Keyline Design\, November 27 – December 1\, 2012 – southern CA
DESCRIPTION:Course details and registration information to be posted at www.quailsprings.org/events.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/craig-sponholtz-owen-habutzel-applied-watershed-restoration-introduction-to-keyline-design-november-27-december-1-2012-southern-ca/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121118
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SUMMARY:Watershed Management Group's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, November 9–17\, 2012 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:Watershed Management Group’s Water Harvesting Certification Course\n\nNovember 9–17\, 2012\n\nTucson\, AZ\n\nEarly Registration Deadline: September 7\, 2012 \nRegular Registration Deadline: October 5\, 2012 Two spots left! Deadline extended… Interested? Apply now!\n\n\nParticipants who complete the Water Harvesting Certification will be able to:  \n\n Integrate water-harvesting systems with other design considerations (energy conservation\, aesthetic design\, food production\, wildlife habitat\, etc.)\n Calculate rainwater runoff potential of catchment areas and determine soil percolation rate\n Create a water budget and use water-harvesting systems to match landscaping to available water supply\n Choose\, size\, and build appropriate earthworks features for different applications (basins\, berms\, swales\, French drains)\n Design greywater systems from laundry machines\, bathroom sinks\, and bathroom shower water\n Build gravity-fed greywater systems from laundry-machine water to irrigate landscape\n Size and install plastic cisterns\n Design water-harvesting systems to support small-scale food production (including earthworks design\, cistern design and application\, and soil improvements)\n Design all of the above systems while incorporating safety and health considerations\n\n\n\n\nInstructors  \n\n Brad Lancaster\, WMG Senior Watershed Specialist\, and author of Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands and Beyond \n Catlow Shipek\, WMG Senior Program Manager\n James DeRoussel\, WMG Program Manager\n Lisa Shipek\, WMG Executive Director\n Mark Ragel\, Owner of Water Harvesting International\n\n\nFull information and application can be found at: watershedmg.org/tech-trainings
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/watershed-management-groups-water-harvesting-certification-course-november-9-17-2012-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster with Amanda Bramble (Ampersand)\, Steve Carson (Rangeland Hands)\, Jan-Willem Jansens (Ecotone)\, and Craig Sponholtz (Dryland Solutions): Watershed Restoration Workshop\, October 6–7\, 2012 — Cerrillos NM
DESCRIPTION:WATERSHED RESTORATION: THE CUTTING EDGE\n CATCHING\, SINKING\, STORING\, AND USING WATER WHERE IT FALLS\nOCTOBER 6–7\, 2012\nCOST: $35 (Scholarships available for residents of the Galisteo Watershed)\nREGISTRATION: Send us an email at ampersandproject@yahoo.com\, listing your name\, email\, phone\, and location.  We will contact you by late August with the formal registration procedure.  If you don’t hear from us by then\, give us a call at 505 780-0535. \n.    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    . \nUse the free\, on-site water flowing off our roofs\, backyards and roads to increase the living sponge of biomass that is the foundation of our communities’ ecology and good health. Learn to identify and enhance natural processes in order to create sustainable oases of perennial food and shelter systems. We will also investigate how our built environment impacts the watershed\, and how to design\, retrofit\, and build watershed-friendly systems.\n* Explore community watershed potential through the use of maps identifying your site\, its subwatershed\, and the role of both within the larger Galisteo Watershed\n* Create water-harvesting earthworks and low-impact erosion-control structures utilizing free\, local materials to enhance to capacity of your property and your neighborhood.\n* Join contractors and educators who have organized\, designed\, and installed local restoration projects within the Galisteo Watershed and set the standards for the current water-harvesting movement!\nInstructors include:\nBRAD LANCASTER\nAuthor of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Vols 1 & 2\nAMANDA BRAMBLE\nAmpersand\nSTEVE CARSON\nRangeland Hands\, Inc.\nCRAIG SPONHOLTZ\nDryland Solutions\, Inc.\nJAN-WILLEM JANSENS\nEcotone\nDownload the Ampersand Watershed Restoration Workshop Flyer.\nFor more about Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center: www.ampersandproject.org or call (505) 780-0535
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-with-amanda-bramble-ampersand-steve-carson-rangeland-hands-jan-willem-jansens-ecotone-and-craig-sponholtz-dryland-solutions-watershed-restoration-workshop-october-6/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121005
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SUMMARY:Registration Deadline for Watershed Management Group's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, November 9–17\, 2012 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/07/12/watershed-management-groups-water-harvesting-certification-course-november-9-17-2012-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121004
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SUMMARY:Stream Dynamics et ali: Free Rainwater-Harvesting Workshop: A Graceful Resolution for the Urban River\, October 4–5\, 2012 — Silver City NM
DESCRIPTION:Rainwater Harvesting: A Graceful Resolution for the Urban River\nContact: \nVan Clothier\, Stream Dynamics\, Inc.\nstreamdynamics@aznex.net\nwww.streamdynamics.us\n(575) 388-5296\nDates: \nOctober 4–5\, 2012\nLocation:\nSilver City\, New Mexico\nPresenters: \nVan Clothier      Director of Stream Dynamics\, Inc.\nCatlow Shipek   Watershed Management Group\nDenise Smith     Town of Silver City\, Office of Sustainability\nAllyson Siwik    Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP)\nTuition:\nFREE to participants\, thanks to a grant from the New Mexico Environment Department\nThis workshop is part of the 2012 New Mexico Watershed Forum\, and is being financed by a grant from the New Mexico Environment Department\, so tuition is free!\nRainwater harvesting converts nuisance storm water runoff into a beneficial resource—protecting urban streams from flooding and water pollution—and provides free irrigation for landscaping and food-producing plants. The large array of benefits from this practice will be presented in detail. Local and regional experts will demonstrate water harvesting principles and benefits with beautiful color slides of successful projects in Silver City\, Santa Fe\, and Tucson.\nTour: Participants will tour half a dozen successful water-harvesting projects in Silver City and learn first-hand about the theory and practice of urban water harvesting and how it benefits both people and the environment.  These projects\, all within 2 miles of each other\, range in age from 6 weeks to 6 years.  Each site on the tour will demonstrate a different method to harvest water.  We will discuss the design challenges at each site\, how this was resolved\, and how each project has performed in rain and snow.  The workshop is fast-paced\, and will go back and forth from the classroom to the streets and backyards of this small town.\nHands-on project: Participants will actually build a water-harvesting project during the second day of the workshop. They will get first-hand experience in designing and building a project\, and participate in every step in the process. Stream Dynamics will monitor the project site and send participants project updates with photographs of the project they built\, showing how it performs with flowing water.\nParticipants: The workshop is open to city officials\, engineers\, architects\, landscapers\, students\, and people who work in Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development in New Mexico and especially from Grant\, Luna\, Hidalgo\, Catron\, and Doña Ana counties.\nLunch: Morning coffee service and catered lunch will be provided free of charge to participants.\nClassroom Materials: These books will be provided to participants:\nLet the Water Do the Work\, by Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier\nRainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, by Brad Lancaster\nCreate an Oasis with Greywater\, by Art Ludwig\nThere will also be a 3-ring binder provided with additional reports\, contacts and references\, and a project site map.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/stream-dynamics-rainwater-harvesting-workshop-a-graceful-resolution-for-the-urban-river-october-4-5-2012-silver-city-nm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120919T183000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Calgary Poet Laureate Kris Demeanor: Harvesting Our Future: A Conversation about Water\, Permaculture\, and Systemic Change\, September 19\, 2012—Calgary AB
DESCRIPTION:The Waterlution Hub Network\, in conjunction with Verge Permaculture\, presents:\nHarvesting Our Future: Water\, Permaculture & Systemic Change\nwith:\nGuest Provocateur Brad Lancaster\, Author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, and\nCalgary Poet Laureate Kris Demeanor\, with a water-related musical performance\nWednesday\, September 19th\, 2012\nDoors open: 6 pm\nEvent: 6:30–9 pm\nHow do we create systemic change toward a better future? What are the water costs of energy and the energy costs of water?\n“Watergy” is a term for the water-energy nexus. As an expert on rainwater harvesting\, Brad sparks conversation on how to address systemic change around water and energy through a permaculture or ecological-design-system lens. Join us for an interactive evening of dialogue on how much water and energy is required in a water-scarce landscape whether in gardens\, indoor plumbing\, municipal infrastructure or industry.\nFind inspiration for action at Waterlution’s first Calgary Hub gathering in 2012-2013\, explore cross-sector collaboration and discover opportunities with fellow professionals.\nLocation:\nNational Music Centre\n134 – 11 Avenue SE Calgary\, AB\nCost: Free with registration (see below for link)\nAppetizers and refreshments provided\nReserve your spot! Register at www.waterlution.org/hubs/ab \n**Volunteers needed for evening of event!**\nPlease contact Mike at mike@waterlution.org for further information.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/5019/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120921
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SUMMARY:Craig Sponholtz: Applied Watershed Restoration Course\, September 17-20\, 2012 – Calgary AB Canada
DESCRIPTION:Rockworks & Earthworks: Applied Watershed Restoration \n Turning landscape water problems into solutions… \n\nWatershed Restoration emphasizes working with\, rather than against\, nature to work effectively with our most precious resource: water. Using agro-ecological principles\, Craig Sponholtz has become internationally renowned for his ability to transform eroding gullies and barren landscapes into lush islands of native vegetation that are not only aesthetically pleasing\, but capable of feeding people\, livestock and wildlife.\nCraig’s Applied Watershed Restoration course covers fascinating topics such as: reading the landscape\, erosion\, soil conservation\, water harvesting rockworks & earthworks and cutting edge watershed restoration methods including natural channel design and induced meandering. \n\nEvening Presentation\, TBA\n\n\nFour day workshop – Applied Watershed Restoration: Monday\, September 17 – Thursday\, September 20th.\n\n\nHosted by: VERGE Permaculture\, a Calgary-based company that specializes in a systems design approach to sustainable human habitat and a focus on interconnected elements: low energy buildings\, water management\, waste re-use\, renewable energy & food production systems.\nVERGE is passionate about helping Canadians regenerate degraded landscapes\, build topsoil and improve our surrounding ecologies so both ours and future generations can lead healthy lives and benefit from natural resources.\nFMI: www.vergepermaculture.ca/content/rockworks-earthworks-applied-watershed-restoration
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/craig-sponholtz-applied-watershed-restoration-course-september-17-20-2012-calgary-ab-canada/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Plant the Rain to Grow Sustainable Abundance\, September 10-13\, 2012 – Calgary AB (Canada)
DESCRIPTION:If you think that urban water harvesting begins and ends with rain barrels … you’re thinking too small.\nDiscover how you can use your lawn\, your street\, your shovel—and your shower!—to transform your community into a green oasis of empowered neighbors! During this 4-day course\, participants will learn from Brad—in the classroom and through hands-on learning—strategies and skills in integrated design and water harvesting with earthworks and greywater systems.\nFor LOTS more course information and to register\, visit www.vergepermaculture.ca/courses/rainwater-harvesting.\nDates: Monday\, September 10 – Thursday\, September 13\, 2012\nTimes: 9 am – 5 pm\, daily\nWhere: An acreage 10 minutes south of Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada\nHosted by: The folks at Verge Permaculture
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-plant-the-rain-to-grow-sustainable-abundance-september-10-13-2012-calgary-ab-canada/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Talk: Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance\, September 8\, 2012 – Calgary AB (Canada)
DESCRIPTION:Green Calgary Sustainability Series Presents:\nDate: Saturday\, September 8\, 2012\nTime: 7–9 pm\nLocation: John Dutton Theatre at Castell Central Library\, 616 Macleod Trail SE\, Calgary\nTurning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance\nThis inspiring power point presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance. 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.\nCost:  $10 for members  |  $20 general admission  |  $20 Calgary Dollars\nPlease RSVP by Wednesday\, September 5 to www.greencalgary.org or (403) 230-1443\nThis event is a fundraiser for Green Calgary and is made possible by:\nGreen Calgary\nCalgary Public Library\nVerge Permaculture\nBullfrog Power
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-talk-turning-drains-into-sponges-and-water-scarcity-into-water-abundance-september-8-2012-calgary-ab-canada/
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SUMMARY:Early Registration Deadline for Watershed Management Group's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, November 9–17\, 2012 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2012/07/12/watershed-management-groups-water-harvesting-certification-course-november-9-17-2012-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120822T090000
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SUMMARY:University of Arizona Outreach College: Residential Rainwater Harvesting Course (open to Tucson homeowners)\, Fall Semester 2012 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:A course on Residential Rainwater Harvesting will be offered in the fall term at the University of Arizona. A flyer which gives you the essential details can be downloaded here. The target is to have 20 students for this class\, half from the neighborhoods in Tucson and half regularly registered UA students. The schedule of the class has been set to encourage participation from homeowners in the Tucson area. All classes are held on Wednesdays with lectures from 9–11 am and a studio/lab from 1–4 pm. The latter may run shorter on some days. While this is not so convenient for regular UA students\, our intent is to make it easier for Tucson householders to attend as they will need to come to campus only one day per week.\nNon-UA students can register—this time only—for $25 and if they complete the course satisfactorily are eligible for 7 Continuing-Education Units. Classes begin on Wednesday\, August 22\, and end Wednesday\, December 5. Classes will be held in room 105 of the Veterinary and Microbiology Building\, which is near the 6th Street Parking Garage.\nThe primary purpose of the course is to help students prepare a detailed portfolio on planned water harvesting for their Tucson home. It must be a home whose site has not previously been analyzed in a UA class. The portfolio is to be of a high quality so that a water harvesting program could be carried out by the homeowner or a contractor. All students are expected to complete the same assignments and take the same exams. A complete syllabus will be provided at a later date. We use Brad Lancaster’s\, “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 1” as our textbook.\nFor more information\, contact Professor Jim Riley at jjriley@ag.arizona.edu.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/university-of-arizona-residential-rainwater-harvesting-course-fall-semester-2012-tucson-az/
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