Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

Craig Sponholtz: Gully Rehabilitation Workshop, September 27, 2009 - Mimbres Valley NM
2009-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Ever looked at an actively eroding gully or headcut and wondered what to do about it?
Erosion leaves the landscape drier and less productive, and is especially serious in semi-arid environments since soils develop at extremely slow rates.
A free gully rehabilitation workshop will be conducted September 27, 2009, from 9am to 4pm in the Mimbres Valley of New Mexico (30 miles east of Silver City) for producers, landowners, land managers, and anyone concerned with watershed health.
If you’re interested in learning about restoration techniques you can actually use to improve your land, then this is the workshop for you. During the workshop, participants will learn hands-on how to design, construct, and maintain a variety of different erosion control structures using low-cost techniques and local materials that dissipate the energy of water, capture sediment, and retain moisture. These structures promote vegetation establishment, which further anchors the soil.
GullyRegister early since space is limited to 20 people. For more information and to register, please contact Rebecca Benavidez at (575)-388-1416. The workshop will be instructed by Craig Sponholtz of Dryland Solutions, Inc., and is sponsored by the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District and the New Mexico Environment Department.

Various Teachers: Northern Arizona Permaculture Design Course
2009-09-25 09:00 - 17:00
The course consists of four three-day weekends held in Flagstaff, Tucson, the Verde Valley & Sedona: September 25-27, October 2-4, October 16-18, and November 13-15. Partial registration is available for just Weekend 1 &/or Weekend 2.
Learn how Permaculture design can meet and exceed human needs by transforming human gardens and communities into fully functioning ecosystems. Receive hands-on experience on how to apply the principles of ecological design in your own home, neighborhood, and city.
Permaculture is an integrated ecological design system for creating sustainable human settlements. Far more than a set of gardening tips and techniques, Permaculture is about understanding and designing the connections between people, the earth, plants, energy, climate, water, transportation, shelter, animals, economics and much more.
This course is for:
Home owners, renters, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, landscapers, architects, builders, developers, civic planners, educators, environmentalists, students … everyone who wishes to learn how to live sustainably and apply the principles of holistic design to their respective fields.
Course topics:

Permaculture ethics
Permaculture design principles
Understanding natural patterns
Creating healthy soil
Plant selection, plant guilds & food forests
Site analysis & design
Mapping
Climate and microclimates
Water harvesting
Energy
Natural building
Bioregional theory
Local food systems & community land access
Co-housing, eco-villages & City Repair
Design for peak oil & ecological collapse
Ecological economics & community currencies

About the course: This 72 hour curriculum will cover Bill Mollison’s PERMACULTURE DESIGNERS MANUAL plus more recent material. The course consists of four (4) three (3)-day weekends held in Flagstaff, Tucson, the Verde Valley & Sedona. The spread out weekend format is to accommodate local residents schedules to participate in this valuable learning experience taught by regional experts in Permaculture & Sustainability. Course experience will include classroom instruction, field trips, hands-on activities, required & suggested readings & completion of a permaculture design project. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will receive Permaculture Design Certification.

Course Information

Instruction on all course dates is from 9 AM to 5 PM, with the exception of the field trip to Tucson.
Weekend 1, Sept. 25-27 – Flagstaff, AZ “Introduction to Permaculture Design”
This first week session lays the ground work for permaculture design and can be taken as a single “Introduction to Permaculture” workshop. This session will include Permaculture Ethics & Principles, Regenerative, Generative & Degenerative Systems, Pattern Recognition, Climactic Pattern Understanding, Site Assessment, Forests & Energy, Permaculture Design Methodologies, Solar Cooking lunch demo by Lisa Rayner & tours of urban & rural, active, mature Permaculture sites including Quaking Aspen and Mountain Meadow Farm.
Weekend 2, Oct. 2-4 – Tucson, AZ “Permaculture in Practice”
In the second weekend session we will look at “Permaculture in Practice” as we tour Tucson with permaculture and water harvesting expert Brad Lancaster. In this session students will learn the fundamentals of water harvesting, tour co-housing developments, meet with city officials who are applying permaculture in the government, learn about simple neighborhood community co-operative sharing models, backyard Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) examples, and much more. Due to the popularity of this weekend, we are offering the “Permaculture in Practice” session as a single workshop as well. Course participants will camp near Tucson Friday and Saturday nights.
Weekend 3, Oct 16-18 – Cornville, AZ
The third weekend builds upon the first two as we learn to apply Permaculture on farms and ranches. Topics include Keyline Design, Perennial agriculture systems including guild planting, agroforestry and food forests, Animal Husbandry, Seed Saving with Bill McDorman, and the Soil Food Web. Hands-on projects include creating water harvesting earthworks at a 10 acre farm in Cornville.
Weekend 4, Nov. 13-15 – Sedona, AZ
In the final weekend we will apply permaculture on the community scale and learn about Land Access, The City Repair Project, Creating a Local/Regional Food Economy, Alternative Economics and Local Currencies, and Right Livelihood. This weekend will feature a hands-on natural building project with Cassandra Lasdin and a visit to the Crescent Moon Ranch Community Garden. Culminating the whole course will be student design presentations and the infamous permaculture costume and talent / no talent show!

Course Instructors

We have an exciting line-up of teachers for this year’s permaculture design course, including…

Brad Lancaster
Brad is the author of the acclaimed “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands” series. He is also a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of Desert Harvesters (DesertHarvesters.org). He has taught programs for the ECOSA Institute, Columbia University, U of AZ, Prescott College, Audubon Expeditions and many others. He has helped design integrated water harvesting and permaculture systems for homeowners and gardeners, including the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site, and the Milagro and Stone Curves housing developments. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he harvests over 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year on his 1/8-acre homesite.

Josh Robinson
Josh Robinson has a strong love of plants, soil, and ecology. It is only natural that he finds himself working to transform conventional landscapes into their full and sustainable potential as abundant gardens of Eden. Josh is certified in permaculture design and has a master’s degree in Ecological Landscape Design. Josh also encourages people to reclaim their own gardens through education. He has taught numerous classes, workshops, and slideshows on permaculture and ecological landscape design including courses through Northern Arizona University, Coconino Community College, Prescott College, and the ECOSA Institute. Josh lives and gardens in Flagstaff at “Quaking Aspen,” an award-winning 1/4-acre ecological and food-producing paradise.

Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson has been practicing sustainable living since 1994, when he began working on organic farms. He later developed a market garden business and co-created a mobile environmental education program for schoolchildren in Appalachian Ohio. Chris earned a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2001 and became a Rainwater Catchment Systems Accredited Professional in 2008. Chris is Vice President of Eden on Earth, LLC, an ecological landscaping company specializing in creating abundant and edible landscapes that are irrigated naturally with rainwater and greywater. Chris gardens at his West Sedona home and is creating a community Food Forest at the Crescent Moon Ranch Community Garden.

Lisa Rayner
Lisa Rayner is a writer and teacher of sustainable cooking and permaculture design in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lisa is known as a progressive political activist who rides her bicycle to meetings and events all over town. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Interpretation from Northern Arizona University. She is a graduate of the 1993 Black Mesa Permaculture Project’s Design Certification Course and 1994 Coconino County Master Gardener Program.

In addition to this excellent core group of teachers, we have many guest instructors including:Bill McDorman – a Cornville resident, Bill has been lecturing about seeds and seed-saving for 23 years at institutions that include the University of Montana. He founded, and remains president of- Seeds Trust, Inc., a company dedicated to genetic conservation, sells non-hybrid varieties and teaches seed-saving. High Altitude Seeds, one of Seeds Trust’s mail order departments, remains the world’s only mail-order seed company specializing in vegetable and wildflower seeds for high elevations, listing seeds for more than 100 wildflowers, 25 native grasses, and 200 vegetable varieties. Bill published his first book in 1994, titled- “Basic Seed Saving”, which contains seed saving information for 29 wildflowers and 18 vegetables. He received his permaculture certification from Larry Santoyo through the Permaculture Institute (USA).
Cassandra Lasdin – holds a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Studies and has been working in the field of natural building for 6 years. She has focused on earth and lime plasters, cob, strawbale, and light straw clay construction. She has worked for permaculture landscape companies and permaculture farms fitting natural building into the landscape. She has worked with both adults and children and loves empowering students as they learn to build dwellings from on-site materials and teach others in their community.
And many more to be announced.

Registration

Registration costs for the Northern Arizona Permaculture Design Course are as follows:
• $600 per person if a non-refundable deposit of $150 is received by August 25
• $625 per person if a non-refundable deposit of $150 is received by September 10
• $650 otherwise
• The balance of the course costs are due on or before the first day of the course
• Registration for Weekend 1 or Weekend 2 sessions only is $200 per weekend per person. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to hold your space.Make checks payable to: Chris Anderson, PO Box 615, Sedona, AZ 86339. With your registration, please include your name, address, email address, and phone number.
If you wish to pay by PAYPAL, contact Chris @ activehope@yahoo.com or 928-202-6649.and refer to PAYPAL and the Northern Arizona Permaculture Design Course.
For more info call: Donna Lay @ (928) 202-2363

Brad Lancaster: Keynote Address at 2009 Arizona Highlands Garden Conference - Flagstaff, AZ
2009-09-19 13:00 - 14:00
Saturday, September 19, 2009
du Bois Conference Center
on the Northern Arizona University campus
Flagstaff, Arizona

Brad’s presentation will be from 1 – 2 pm, with book sales and signing from 2 – 2:30 pm.
The Arizona Highlands Garden Conference is planned and presented by University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Master Gardener volunteers from Coconino, Yavapai, Gila, and Navajo Counties. The conference offers presentations on a variety of topics related to high elevation gardening and landscaping.
This year’s theme is ‘From the Ground Up’ and we will feature two nationally known speakers: Jeff Lowenfels, author, radio host, and America’s longest-running garden columnist; and Brad Lancaster, a dynamic teacher, author and rainwater harvesting expert. Brad Lancaster will give a keynote presentation at 1pm on Turning Water Scarcity to Water Abundance with Integrated Water Harvesting.
Conference registration is $65 if received by September 1 and $80 if received after Sept. 1. To register fill out and mail the registration form linked below. Participants may also register for a pre-conference tour of six Flagstaff gardens for an additional fee of $15.
For more information or to register for the conference, visit:
cals.arizona.edu/coconino/highlandconference.html

Brad Lancaster: ARCSA Panel on "Passive Rainwater Harvesting - Best Practices" - Decatur GA
2009-09-16 08:15 - 09:00
Brad will be giving a presentation at ARCSA on “Passive Rainwater Harvesting – Best Practices,” on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, from 8:15 – 9 am.
For more information, visit www.arcsa.org/2009conference.html.

Extended Deadline for Watershed Management Group's Artistic Cistern Design Contest Deadline
2009-09-15
Artistic Cistern Design Contest Deadline Extended to September 15

June 15, 2009 – September 15, 2009
What would the ideal rainwater cistern look like in your backyard? A dramatic sculpture? A complement to our desert flora? A sound instrument played by the rain? A good cistern design is sturdy, lightfast, mosquito-proof, easy to maintain, and cheap to build. But it doesn’t have to be boring!
In this friendly competition, WMG asks participants to tap their artistic side and submit their best ideas for aesthetically pleasing rainwater cisterns. The winning vision will be announced in September and constructed by the group in the fall.
Find out more details about the cistern design contest here.

Brad Lancaster, Moderator: ARCSA Panel "Why Consider Alternatives to Active Rainwater Harvesting" - Decatur GA
2009-09-15 15:00 - 15:45
Brad will be moderating “Why Consider Alternatives to Active Rainwater Harvesting” on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, from 3 – 3:45 pm.
The panelists will be:
Steve Williams of Building Greener,
Doug Pushard of www.HarvestH2O.com,
and Nate Downey of Santa Fe Permaculture.
For more information, visit www.arcsa.org/2009conference.html.

American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) Nat'l Conference, Sept 14-16, 2009 - Decatur, Georgia
2009-09-14 13:00 - 2009-09-16 12:00
September 14-16, 2009
Holiday Inn Decatur Conference Center
Decatur, Georgia
www.arcsa.org/2009conference.html

ARCSA Pre-Conference Rainwater Harvesting Seminar & Accreditation Workshop, Sept 12-13, 2009 - Decatur, GA
2009-09-12 09:00 - 2009-09-13 16:00
September 12 – 13, 2009
Decatur, Georgia
www.arcsa.org/workshop.html

Brad Lancaster: Turning Drains into Sponges and Water Scarcity into Water Abundance - Liberty TN
2009-09-10 17:00 - 19:00
When: Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 5 pm
Where: Short Mountain Sanctuary
247 Sanctuary Lane, Liberty TN 37095
Cost: Free, although donations are welcome and appreciated
For more information: Contact Sandor, sandorkraut@wildfermentation.com
Come out to Short Mountain Sanctuary and hear Brad Lancaster speak about the eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance and 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.
About Short Mountain Sanctuary: SMS is a collective providing queer safe space. We strive to live lightly on the land and to maintain an environment that is open, free, and stimulating to each person’s growth and creativity. We make decisions by consensus. Life here is simple and rustic. We drink springwater, use an outhouse, and heat with wood. What electricity we have we collect from the sun. The heart of the community is an antebellum log cabin that serves as kitchen, dining, library, and common space. Residents live in a variety of homebuilt one- to five-person dwellings. We grow much of our food, herbs, and dazzling flowers. Goats supply us with milk and chickens with eggs. We publish _RFD: A Country Journal for Queer Folk Everywhere_ and host two faerie gatherings a year (May and October). Since SMS started in 1981 we have become a magnet for queers and the people who love us who wish to live rurally with a sense of community. Three new intentional communities have formed nearby: Ida, Sun Valley, and Pumpkin Hollow, and a growing group of friends lives independently in the surrounding countryside. As an extended community we share resources, party, and help each other out. We are a sanctuary and welcome visitors anytime.

Brad Lancaster & Eric Toensmeier: Module 3 of Tennessee Carbon Farming Intensive, Sept 8-11, 2009 - Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm, Summertown TN
2009-09-08
Tennessee Carbon Farming Intensive
Broadacre Permaculture & Holistic Management for
Carbon Negative Agriculture
Exploring Soil, Water, Carbon, Energy & the Economy
through a 6-part holistic curriculum
August 25 – September 16, 2009
Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm
in Summertown, TN
www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Carbon_Farming_09.html

Including

Holistic Management, Advanced Permaculture Design, Keyline Design & Implementation, Soil Food Web, Rainwater Harvesting, Carbon-Farming, Food Forest Gardening, Energy, Economy Relocalization, and Much More.
Context

The Tennessee Carbon Farming Course will be the first in a national campaign to spread this cutting edge curriculum throughout the United States. The Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm offers an amazing opportunity to experience permaculture in action; the Farm’s 1,700 acres will undergo a massive keyline design and implementation during and after the course to help drought-proof the community and prepare for future growing.
Course Description

Taught by the leading experts in sustainable agriculture and carbon sequestration, this course will encompass all of the design elements needed to create a carbon sequestering agricultural system—returning carbon to the soil while increasing food production. This course will cover holistic landscape systems design, project management, and implementation.

Purpose

Studies have shown that permaculture-inspired soil building techniques lead to significant carbon sequestration, while also increasing soil fertility and water retention. This course will provide participants with an opportunity to learn these techniques in order to create resilient, drought proof, soil-rich, carbon-negative agricultural systems that produce organic food as well as additional income through the international carbon market.

Format

This course will be offered through six interrelated modules constituting the nation’s first holistic curriculum for carbon negative agriculture. Participants can choose to attend the entire course or individual modules and/or combined selections based on their specific interests.

Modules

Module 1 – 8/25-30: Holistic Management®: with Kirk Gadzia
Module 2 – 9/1-6: Keyline Design Course: with Darren Doherty
Module 3 – 9/8-11: Regenerative Earthworks & Food Forestry: with Brad Lancaster & Eric Toensmeier
Module 4 – 9/13-16: Soil Food Web & Pathways to Relocalisation: with Dr. Elaine Ingham & Joel Salatin
Module 5 – 9/14-15: Regenerative Food Forestry: with Eric Toensmeier
For more information, visit:
www.livingmandala.com/Living_Mandala/Carbon_Farming_09.html

Brad Lancaster & Larry Breed: Harvesting Rainwater & Greywater - Burning Man, Black Rock City NV
2009-09-04 16:30 - 17:30
Harvesting Rainwater and Greywater

Date/Time(s):
Friday, September 4th, 2009 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Type:
Class/Workshop

Location:
Earth Guardian Pavilion

URL:
http://www.earthguardians.net/

Contact Email:
earthguardians@burningman.com

Description
What is your greywater doing at home and on the playa? Come hear greywater use advocate Brad Lancaster and greywater evaporative expert Larry Breed talk about systems to harvest rainwater and greywater to make your home and camp more sustainable. See the websites below for more information.
https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Gray_B_Gon_wind_powered_evapotron_for_graywater_di/
To see this listing on the Burning Man site and access the Burning Man events calendar, visit:
http://playaevents.burningman.com/brc/2009/playa_event/848/

Brad Lancaster: Watershed Management Group's Blackwater System Installation Class
2009-08-13 07:00 - 12:00
Watershed Management Group is offering a series of classes in a wide range of water-related topics. Information for the sessions Brad is teaching is listed below.
If you have questions or would like information on the other class sessions, contact WMG.
Level 1
Sunday, July 19th: 5-8pm. Site Assessment for Greywater System (site TBD)
Saturday, July 25th: 7-11am. Greywater System Install
Saturday, July 25th: evening hours. Open time available to finish installation of system if needed
Level 2: note date change/correction
Wednesday, August 12th: 2-4pm. Integrated Design Lecture
Wednesday, August 12th: 4-6pm. Blackwater (KRD) System Site Assessment (Lisa & Catlow’s house)
Thursday, August 13th: 7am-12pm. Blackwater System Installation

Brad Lancaster: Watershed Management Group's Integrated Design Lecture & Blackwater (KRD) System Site Assessment
2009-08-12 14:00 - 18:00
Watershed Management Group is offering a series of classes in a wide range of water-related topics. Information for the sessions Brad is teaching is listed below.
If you have questions or would like information on the other class sessions, contact WMG.
Level 1
Sunday, July 19th: 5-8pm. Site Assessment for Greywater System (site TBD)
Saturday, July 25th: 7-11am. Greywater System Install
Saturday, July 25th: evening hours. Open time available to finish installation of system if needed
Level 2: Note date change/correction!
Wednesday, August 12th: 2-4pm. Integrated Design Lecture
Wednesday, August 12th: 4-6pm. Blackwater (KRD) System Site Assessment (Lisa & Catlow’s house)
Thursday, August 13th: 7am-12pm. Blackwater System Installation

Brad Lancaster & Toby Hemenway: Permaculture Design Course in Seattle, WA
2009-08-08 09:00 - 2009-08-09 17:00
Six Weekends, May to October, 2009
Brad Lancaster will be teaching with Toby Hemenway August 8 and 9, 2009
For more info, email Carrie Niskanen
and see Toby’s site www.patternliteracy.com

Brad Lancaster: Public Water Havesting Talk - Seattle, WA
2009-08-07 19:00 - 20:30
Permaculture Now! is very excited to present an evening with Brad Lancaster:
Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance.
Date: Friday, August 7, 2009
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Address: Greenlake YogaLife Studio, 7200 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle WA 98115
Suggested Donation: $10 at the door
Contact: Jenny Pell, (206) 949-0496
Please invite your friends, neighbors, extended email networks, and especially your local city public utilities officials, city council members, and other interested parties.
This inspiring and timely 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.

Scott Pittman & Guests: Workshop 3 of Permaculture Design Course, August 1-5, 2009 - Seeds of Change Farm, New Mexico
2009-08-01 - 2009-08-05
Workshop Three: Sustainable Home and Community
August 1-5, 2009
(arrive to class July 31st, leave class August 5th after 8pm, or on August 6th)
See Workshop III Schedule
with SCOTT PITTMAN & guests
* Natural Building Methods & Design Approaches
* Use of Alternative Energies
* Appropriate Technologies for Waste Management, Heating etc
* Design for Communities and Ecovillages
Hands-on exercises in food processing & storage, seed saving, building with natural materials, learning to work with farm animals for soil & farm management
For more info see www.permaculture.org

Brad Lancaster: Watershed Management Group's Greywater System Installation Class
2009-07-25 07:00 - 11:00
Watershed Management Group is offering a series of classes in a wide range of water-related topics. Information for the sessions Brad is teaching is listed below.
If you have questions or would like information on the other class sessions, contact WMG.
Level 1
Sunday, July 19th: 5-8pm. Site Assessment for Greywater System (site TBD)
Saturday, July 25th: 7-11am. Greywater System Install
Saturday, July 25th: evening hours. Open time available to finish installation of system if needed
Level 2
Tuesday, August 11th: 2-4pm. Integrated Design Lecture
Tuesday, August 11th: 4-6pm. Blackwater (KRD) System Site Assessment (Lisa & Catlow’s house)
Thursday, August 14th: 7am-12pm. Blackwater System Installation

Brad Lancaster, Josh Robinson, et ali: Permaculture & Intensive Hands-On Workshop at Ecosa Institute, July 6-31, 2009 - Prescott, AZ
2009-07-23 - 2009-07-24
July 6-31, 2009
Prepare for a local food economy
An ECOSA Institute Intensive Workshop
Prescott, AZ
www.ecosainstitute.org for details
or
call 928-541-1002
or email info@ecosainstitute.org
This summer, invest in a hands-on intensive program that will have you generating positive solutions to the global environmental emergencies we face today. Prepare yourself for new opportunities in the “green” economy.
• Learn the latest practices and techniques for water harvesting, and creating local food sources and edible landscapes.
• Learn about both traditional materials and the latest materials available on the market
• Especially designed for: landscape architects, contractors, homebuilders, career changers, students
Instructors include: Brad Lancaster and Josh Robinson
72-hour Permaculture Certificate awarded. Credit available from Prescott College.

Brad Lancaster: Watershed Management Group's Greywater Site Assessment Class
2009-07-19 16:00 - 19:30
Watershed Management Group is offering a series of classes in a wide range of water-related topics. Information for the sessions Brad is teaching is listed below.
If you have questions or would like information on the other class sessions, contact WMG.
Level 1
Sunday, July 19th: 4 – 7:30 pm. Site Assessment for Greywater System
Saturday, July 25th: 7 – 11 am. Greywater System Install
Saturday, July 25th: evening hours. Open time available to finish installation of system if needed
Level 2
Tuesday, August 11th: 2 – 4pm. Integrated Design Lecture
Tuesday, August 11th: 4 – 6pm. Blackwater (KRD) System Site Assessment (Lisa & Catlow’s house)
Thursday, August 14th: 7 am-12 pm. Blackwater System Installation

The Bullocks, et ali: Permaculture Design Course at the Bullock Permaculture Homestead, July 19 to Aug 8, 2009 - Orcas Island, WA
2009-07-19 - 2009-08-08
Permaculture Design Course – FULL.
Accepting people for waiting list only.

Orcas Island, WA
July 19 – August 8, 2009
At the Bullock Permaculture Homestead
Instructors: Douglas Bullock, John Valenzuela, Joseph Bullock, Sam Bullock, & Dave Boehnlein. Presentations by Brad Lancaster Thursday morning, August 6, 9 am – 12:15 pm.
Course Will Cover:
Approximately 144 hours of classroom and hands-on education. Including: design methodologies, observation skill building, whole system design, annual and perennial foods, water/energy/waste techniques, appropriate construction, plant propagation and culture, outdoor mushroom cultivation, herbs and fiber use, and animals. Agricultural strategies for drylands, wetlands, and everything in between will be observed, discussed, and implemented at our ever-evolving homestead.
Course Tuition:
Cost: $1850 ($1750 if paid in full by June 1st, 2009); includes delicious, mostly organic meals, materials, and certificate. Camping space is provided. A $250 nonrefundable deposit is required with course registration, with the remainder due on or before July 1, 2009. Course is limited to 30 participants.
For more info contact:
Dave Boehnlein
360-840-8483
info@permacultureportal.com

Brad Lancaster & Scott Pittman: Workshop 2 of Permaculture Design Course, July 4-8, 2009 - Seeds of Change Farm, New Mexico
2009-07-04 09:00 - 2009-07-08 18:00
Workshop Two: Natural and Constructed Ecosystems with Brad Lancaster (author of Rainwater Harvesting in Drylands & Beyond) & Scott Pittman

Dates: July 4 – 8, 2009 (arrive for class July 3rd, leave July 8th after 6pm)

Forest and Trees: Their Role in the Landscape
Food Forests and Gardens for Self-Sufficiency
Rainwater Harvesting and Reuse
Water Management on the Landscape

Hands-on exercises in understanding of role and management of weeds, introduction to native pollinators & honey bees to farms, orchards and home gardens; soil management in drylands on broadscale, tracking water on the landscape, learning to design rainwater harvesting systems.
For more info see: www.permaculture.org

Brad Lancaster: Viva Verde Expo Presentation - Silver City NM
2009-06-27 14:00 - 15:00
Turning Water Scarcity into Water Abundance
with Brad Lancaster, author of the award-winning, best-selling books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vols 1 & 2.
Learn the eight universal principles of water harvesting and simple strategies for creating integrated water-sustainable landscapes at home and throughout your community to increase local food security, passively cool your home, reduce energy consumption, control erosion, avert flooding, revive damaged waterways and more.
WHEN: Saturday, June 27, 2009
2 – 3 pm
WHERE: Global Resource Center Auditorium
Western New Mexico University
Corner of 12th and Kentucky Streets, Silver City NM
FOR DETAILED SCHEDULE INFORMATION:
http://www.vivaverdenm.com/exposchedule.html

Viva Verde Expo, June 26-28, 2009 - Silver City NM
2009-06-26 - 2009-06-28
The Viva Verde Expo is a weekend-long educational conference that will provide opportunities to participate in hands-on workshops; learn from experts in the field; connect with providers of green goods and services; participate in our Green Home and Garden Tour to learn about a variety of energy efficient retrofits and green building techniques, and take part in discussions about regional development of Green Jobs.
www.vivaverdenm.com

Brad Lancaster will give a presentation on Turning Water Scarcity into Water Abundance on
Saturday, June 27, 2009
2pm to 3pm
in the Global Resource Center Auditorium,
Western New Mexico University,
Corner of 12th and Kentucky Streets

Brad Lancaster: Water Harvesting Presentation - Salt Lake City, Utah
2009-06-15 12:00 - 13:30
Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance
Monday June 15th
12:00-1:30 PM
Utah Society of Environmental Education:
Green Bag Professional Development Series
SLC Downtown Library
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT
www.usee.org (RSVP required)
$5-$15 USEE members/nonmembers, Donations welcome
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. 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 is a dynamic teacher, consultant, and designer of regenerative systems. He is the author of the award-winning, best-selling books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, the information-packed website www.HarvestingRainwater.com, and the Drops in a Bucket Blog. He lives his talk on an oasis-like eighth of an acre in downtown Tucson, Arizona, by harvesting over 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year where just 12 inches per year falls from the sky.

Brad Lancaster: Water Harvesting Presentation - Salt Lake City, Utah
2009-06-14 17:00 - 18:30
Sunday, June 14th
5:00-6:30 PM
Realms of Inquiry School
1140 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, UT
Suggested Donation $5
Hosted by Utah Urban Homesteaders and TreeUtah
www.treeutah.org (contains PDF/RSVP info)
http://utahurbanhomesteaders.webs.com/

Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance
By Brad Lancaster
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. 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 is a dynamic teacher, consultant, and designer of regenerative systems. He is the author of the award-winning, best-selling books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, the information-packed website www.HarvestingRainwater.com, and the Drops in a Bucket Blog. He lives his talk on an oasis-like eighth of an acre in downtown Tucson, Arizona, by harvesting over 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year where just 12 inches per year falls from the sky.

Applied Watershed Restoration for Drylands with Craig Sponholtz - northern New Mexico
2009-06-05 - 2009-06-10
June 5-10, 2009
Wind River Ranch
near Las Vegas, New Mexico
Five-day long practical land restoration training for practitioners, landowners and anyone concerned about the health of degraded arid and semi-arid landscapes.
This is a hands-on course that will develop the student’s ability to read the movement of water in the landscape, assess the symptoms and causes of watershed degradation and create appropriate solutions. We start by learning and observing runoff patterns and processes common to most drylands. Using nature as the model students then learn to utilize readily available materials such as rocks and wood to reduce erosion and harvest runoff. These simple structures enhance water absorbing landforms and plant communities creating living sponges that heal erosion and ultimately re-wet the landscape.
In addition to building foundational knowledge, we apply it by designing and constructing restoration structures as a part of ongoing restoration efforts at Wind River Ranch. This is an intensive, project- oriented class that is intellectually challenging and involves some physical labor. We learn and create as a team, and encourage all students to participate in the hard work of on-the-ground restoration at their own ability level. Every project involves a wide variety of tasks, not all of which are physically strenuous. Since the majority of class time is spent in the field visiting previously constructed projects and working on our own project, students must be prepared to be outdoors rain or shine. After all how could we miss observing a rainstorm in New Mexico! We do of course take the necessary precautions to avoid extreme weather.
Our goal is to send students home empowered to recognize and initiate the simple changes that can produce profound benefits for their home watersheds.
Topics Include
SITE ASSESEMENT:

Tracking sources and sinks of runoff and sediment
Moisture storage in landforms and plants
Identifying and diagnosing ecological degradation
Prioritizing restoration needs
PROJECT DESIGN:
Passive water harvesting
Erosion control for headcuts, gullies, and arroyos
Wetland restoration
Re-vegetation
PROJECT PLANNING
Identifying on-site resources
Checking for project feasibility
Labor and materials estimating
Long term monitoring and maintenance
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
Site survey and layout
Tools, materials and logistics
Building for form and function
Minimizing the construction footprint
LOGISTICS:
The program is offered at a beautiful conservation ranch in New Mexico, not far from Las Vegas, NM. Classes will be held from 9:00 AM to 5:00PM with regular breaks throughout the day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are prepared by the staff. Students have plenty of time to relax, converse and enjoy the beautiful setting of Wind River Ranch while carrying out meaningful watershed restoration work. More detailed logistics on what to bring, what to expect are HERE.
Dates: June 6-10, or August 15-19 2009
Workshop Testimonials by Brad Lancaster (author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond) and Larry Santoyo of Earthflow Designs – see left column
Workshop Fee: $665 if registered one month in advance, or $700 thereafter
Last Day to Enroll five days before the class start date.
Deposits: Space is limited. A non-refundable deposit of $300 will hold your space for both classes.
Scholarships: Two and more attendants applying together receive 10% discount.
Cancellation refunds: We donâ€™t issue program refunds unless the program is canceled by us. Please plan your attendance accordingly!
Workshop fees include: all instruction, all workshop materials, lectures, study materials, three meals per day and camping/bunkhouse space.
Instructors:
Craig Sponholtz of Drylands Solutions. Read more about their work here
Contact Us
For additional questions about this program, please contact Arina, also at 505-455-0514.
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Nuts & Bolts of Water Harvesting for the Urban Homestead: with Brad Lancaster in Austin TX
2009-05-31 11:00 - 15:00
This is a unique opportunity to experience Brad in action! With Brad’s guidance, we will analyze an existing urban homestead for potential rainwater harvesting opportunities. Then we will get our hands dirty (and wet) as some selected water harvesting devices are constructed. Techniques, sources of materials, and other nuts & bolts items necessary to actually implement the strategies will be covered.
Who should attend? Do-It-Yourselfers and those who want to know HOW

Date & Time: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11 am – 3 pm
Location: A West-Central Austin Residence, details to be provided upon registration
Admission – $40, including brunch. Advanced registration required at www.designbuildlive.org. Limited to 15 participants.

Greywater Happy Hour: with Brad Lancaster in Austin TX
2009-05-30 19:00 - 20:30
Greywater, generally described as water from washing machines, showers and bathtubs, and handsinks, is a potential source of secondary, or reclaimed, water. Why send water down the drain when it can be safely introduced to the landscape through various earthworks and strategies? State and local regulations sometimes put certain restrictions on the use of greywater, but Brad will describe some of the strategies that have been employed in various jurisdictions. (The June 17 monthly DBL presentation will specifically address Central Texas area regulations.)
Beer (not greywater!) and light snacks will be served. Book sales and signing.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 7-8:30 pm
Location: The Great Outdoors Garden Center
Who should attend? General public, Civil Engineers, Landscape Architects, Architects, Municipal and regional water and stormwater regulators
Admission – $5 in advance or at the door. Limited space – advanced registration recommended at www.designbuildlive.org. Approximately capacity: 100.

Integrated Water Strategies for Home, Farm, Garden & Community: with Brad Lancaster in Austin, TX
2009-05-30 14:00 - 16:00
Join Design~Build~Live in welcoming Brad Lancaster to Austin by attending this presentation with Tucson’s premiere “rainwater wrangler.” Cisterns and rainbarrels are wonderful components of a rainwater harvesting strategy, but they are only part of an integrated system which will maximize the use and benefits of free water in creating abundant, beautiful, energy-conserving landscapes. In addition to rainwater, Brad will discuss stormwater, greywater, and other water resources. He will show us what can happen when we replace water scarcity with water abundance.
Brad Lancaster teaches how to harvest rainwater, greywater and stormwater to create water abundance in place of water scarcity. He has 15+ years of experience in permaculture consulting, design, and education, focusing on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design, planning and living.
Book sales and signing follows the presentation.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 2-4 pm
Location: AMD, Oak Hill, Austin Lone Star Campus, 7171 Southwest Pkwy, Austin TX 78735
Who should attend? General public, Civil Engineers, Landscape Architects, Architects, Municipal and regional water and stormwater regulators
Admission – $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Advanced registration recommended at www.designbuildlive.org. Limited to 300 seats.
For more information: Visit the website or send an email to info@designbuildlive.org.

Harvesting Rainwater & Stormwater to Create Amenities & Solve Problems: with Brad Lancaster in Austin TX
2009-05-29 13:30 - 15:00
Simple, inexpensive rainwater- and stormwater-harvesting strategies and earthworks hold great potential for replacing volume and runoff problems with amenities such as raingardens, shade trees, verdant landscapes and food. Brad’s integrated approach also seeks water-resource opportunities from air conditioning condensate and greywater. Integrated water strategies can be applied from the suburban residential lot to the community and regional level.
Date & Time: Friday, May 29, 2009, 1:30-3 pm

Location: Council Chambers, Austin (TX) City Hall
Who should attend? City/regional water and stormwater regulators, civil engineers, landscape architects, architects, permaculturists, motivated general public.
Admission: Free. 250-seat capacity. Advanced registration recommended at www.designbuildlive.org
