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SUMMARY:Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Las Vegas\, NV
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: Monday\, December 2\, 6:00pm\nPlace: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension\, Lifelong Learning Center\, Classrooms A\, C\, D\n850 Paradise Road #105\, Las Vegas\, NV 89123\nCost: FREE\nTurn water scarcity into abundance!\nThis dynamic presentation shares inexpensive\, and highly effective\, strategies that\nmake the most of free on-site resources—such as the harvest of rainwater\,\nstormwater\, greywater\, air conditioning condensate\, and more. You can implement all\nat home\, in your landscape\, your neighborhood\, and beyond with numerous benefits\nsuch as flood control; reduced bills; local food production; beauty; street tree orchards;\nwildlife habitat; regenerating the flows of springs\, creeks\, wetlands\, and rivers;\ncommunity-building; and joy.\nStories and highlights from the newly revised\, full-color editions of Brad’s award-winning\nbooks\, and Desert Harvesters’ Eat Mesquite and More will be featured. And the books will be available for sale at deep discount!\nFlyer for Brad Lancaster presentation in Las Vegas
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/water-harvesting-presentation-book-signing-with-brad-lancaster-in-las-vegas-nv/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191206
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SUMMARY:ARCSA Conference in Las Vegas\, Nevada
DESCRIPTION:Brad will be presenting at the conference Dec. 3 at 1pm.\nHere’s a brief synopsis of the presentation:\nPlant the Rain\, Recycle Your Drain Water\, and Save Energy; While Growing Resilience\, Abundance\, and Joy\nby Brad Lancaster\, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, and HarvestingRainwater.com\n \nIn most communities – even dryland communities more rain falls (for free) on the community than all its citizens consume of municipal water. Thus the potential of harvesting rainwater is huge\, especially when one considers the energy and monetary costs of pumping and transporting water. 20% of the state of California’s energy consumption goes to transporting and treating water. In the City of Tucson it is over 44%.\nWater-harvesting potential and energy savings dramatically increase still more when you integrate it with the recycling of once-used water\, or greywater. You don’t need to buy tanks\, pumps\, and filters—you can grow them in a way that heats buildings in winter and cools them in summer for free. Gravity-fed systems and pipeless systems can also be utilized which never fail from power outages or leaks.\nIntegrating water-harvesting with flood control takes things even further\, by shifting the focus from drainage to infiltration—results in millions of dollars saved per project\, enhanced quality of life\, and more income for cities and businesses.\nBleak streets and parking lots of exposed pavement can become street food forests and parking orchards irrigated with nothing more than the stormwater from the hardscape. Storm drains become storm parks. Crime drops\, the heat-island effect becomes the cool-island effect\, and life flourishes. This is available to us all everywhere if we make a simple mental shift. Numerous case studies and strategies to be shared\, along with Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus charts for at-home perusal comparing the energy consumption of various sources of water\, water needs of various energy sources (that may be used to pump or treat that water)\, and the carbon emitted by the water and energy sources.\n \nFor more info on the conference see:\nhttps://www.arcsa.org/event/2019conference
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/arcsa-conference-in-las-vegas-nevada/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20191119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20191119T193000
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SUMMARY:Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Silver City\, NM
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: Tuesday\, November 19th\, 6:00pm\nPlace: El Sol Theatre\, 406 N. Bullard Street\, Silver City\, NM 88061\nBring a blanket – wonderful old theater can be cold\nCost: $5 suggested donation\,\nthough no one turned away due to lack of funds\nTurn water scarcity into abundance!\nThis dynamic presentation shares inexpensive\, and highly effective\, strategies that\nmake the most of free on-site resources—such as the harvest of rainwater\,\nstormwater\, greywater\, air conditioning condensate\, and more. You can implement all\nat home\, in your landscape\, your neighborhood\, and beyond with numerous benefits\nsuch as flood control; reduced bills; local food production; beauty; street tree orchards;\nwildlife habitat; regenerating the flows of springs\, creeks\, wetlands\, and rivers;\ncommunity-building; and joy.\nStories and highlights from the newly revised\, full-color editions of Brad’s award-winning\nbooks will be featured. And the books will be available for sale at deep discount!\nBook tour flyer 2019 Silver City
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/water-harvesting-presentation-and-book-signing-with-brad-lancaster/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20191110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20191110T173000
DTSTAMP:20191028T224151Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T224151Z
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SUMMARY:Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Truth or Consequences\, NM
DESCRIPTION:Date and time: Sunday\, November 10 – 4:30 pm\nPlace: Truth or Consequences Brewery\n410 N. Broadway\, Truth or Consequences\, NM 87901\nCost: FREE\nTurn water scarcity into abundance!\nThis dynamic presentation shares inexpensive\, and highly effective\, strategies that\nmake the most of free on-site resources—such as the harvest of rainwater\,\nstormwater\, greywater\, air conditioning condensate\, and more. You can implement all\nat home\, in your landscape\, your neighborhood\, and beyond with numerous benefits\nsuch as flood control; reduced bills; local food production; beauty; street tree orchards;\nwildlife habitat; regenerating the flows of springs\, creeks\, wetlands\, and rivers;\ncommunity-building; and joy.\nStories and highlights from the newly revised\, full-color editions of Brad’s award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond will be featured. The books will be available for sale at deep discount!\nBook tour flyer 2019 Truth or Consequences
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/water-harvesting-presentation-book-signing-with-brad-lancaster-in-truth-or-consequences-nm/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191109
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SUMMARY:Localizing California Waters: Integrated Water Solutions For Healthy Communities
DESCRIPTION:Where: Rush Creek & Evergreen Lodges in Yosemite\, California \nThe Localizing California Waters (LCW) Conference connects unlikely allies towards the broader goal of water management throughout California by discussing local water approaches in an intimate setting. \nLCW breaks down barriers to alignment through presentations\, round table discussions\, workshops and information networking to work towards an outcome of innovative solutions to local and global climate challenges by advancing local water policy and enacting best water management practices at an accelerated pace. \nThis year\, we’re focusing on activating the Water Portfolio. \nFor more info see:\nhttps://localizingcaliforniawaters.org/
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/localizing-california-waters-integrated-water-solutions-for-healthy-communities/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191111
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SUMMARY:Watershed Management Group w/ Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, November 3–10\, 2019 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://watershedmg.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1093#new_tab
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191206
DTSTAMP:20190910T185955Z
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SUMMARY:Online Rainwater Harvesting Course
DESCRIPTION: \nNote: Enrollment remains open until the night of October 27th. \nRainwater Harvesting Course Structure\nWEEK 1 RAINWATER HARVESTING PRINCIPLES: You will share stories of people and sites that are using rainwater harvesting to enhance their lives and communities.\nWEEK 2 SITE ASSESSMENT: You will discover how to analyze the rainwater resources in your climate and on your site\, as well as the water requirements that you need to plan for.\nWEEK 3 WATER COLLECTION STRATEGY: You will decide what features and systems to use and the reasons behind making the best choices for your site.\nWEEK 4 RAINWATER HARVESTING DESIGNS: You will integrate your rainwater harvesting strategies into a wider plan that also considers the sun\, plants\, soils\, and more.\nWEEK 5 TECHNICAL SYSTEMS DETAILS: You will refine the conceptual plan you are developing to bring you closer to installing the plan on your site. \nLearning Formats\nYou will assess your on-site rainwater resources and learn to apply a diversity of strategies to maximize their potential. This expert-led course features: \n\nvideo lectures\nexercises\nassignments\ncustom made spreadsheets and templates\n\nThe course also features the work of Arizona rainwater harvesting author Brad Lancaster. Brad’s best-selling-award-winning book “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 1″ is the textbook for the course. Brad is also the featured lecturer\, alongside Andrew Millison\, the course’s developer.\n \nFor more information and to register see:\nhttps://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-rainwater-harvesting-online-course
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/online-rainwater-harvesting-course/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191012T210000
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SUMMARY:Motherload Documentary Arizona Premiere at Film Fest Tucson
DESCRIPTION:LOCATION:\nTucson Children’s Museum\, north lawn\n200 S. 6th Ave\, Tucson\, Arizona 85701\nJoin proud hosts Film Fest Tucson and community partners Technicians For Sustainability\, Brad Lancaster – Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Exo Roast Co.\, Transit Cycles\, Roadrunner Bicycles\, Living Streets Alliance and This Is Tucson for the Arizona premiere of the crowd-sourced cargo bike documentary\, Motherload.\nMotherload is a crowdsourced exploration of our cultural shift toward isolation and disconnection\, what this means for the future of the planet\, and how life on a cargo bike could be an antidote as experienced by scores of devotees. This film about the rise of the cargo bike and its ability to empower families to rethink their transportation in the 21st century.\nEvent is FREE. RSVP for your free ticket(s) here.\nSee movie trailer here\nBrad will be there on his cargo bicycle with copies of his just released\, new full-color editions of his books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volumes 1 and 2 available for sale along with Plant the Rain shirts\, caps\, and bicycle stickers!
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/motherload-documentary-arizona-premiere-at-film-fest-tucson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190929T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190929T120000
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SUMMARY:Desert Harvesters/Neighborhood Foresters Hands-On Neighborhood Tree Pruning & Mulching Workshop\, September 29\, 2019 - Tucson\, Arizona
DESCRIPTION:Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning\n& Mulching Workshop\nAnd neighborhood chipping/mulching fee for service\, and neighborhood native plant delivery\,\nand help with planting service \n\nOpen to all \n\n\n\nSunday\, September 29\, 2019\nStarts at 8 am\, stay as long as you can or want\nCost: $5 suggested donation\, though no one will be turned away due to lack of funds\n\nMeet at Dunbar/Spring Community Garden/Orchard (NW corner of 11th Ave & University Blvd)\nAfter the pruning and mulching demonstration\, we will move to various parts of the neighborhood to get hands-on experience with certified arborist Aleck as we prune native food-bearing trees in our neighborhood’s public rights-of-way.\nThis is an incredible learning opportunity as every six months we revisit and rework areas pruned so we see the effect of our good work and mistakes\, thereby enabling us to improve and evolve with the expert guidance from Aleck.\nProfessionals can also get continued education credits for the workshop from Aleck.\nInstructors:\nLocal certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon\, The Pedaling Arborist; assisted by Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters and Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond;  and Omar Ore-Giron of Native Roots Gardening and Desert Harvesters will teach participants:\n– Best pruning times\, techniques\, and tools;\n– How best to maintain City clearance standards for trees in the public right-of-way along footpaths and streets; and\n– How to reuse prunings (cut up with hand tools or chipped with chipper/shredder) as an aesthetically-pleasing\, water-conserving\, fertility-enhancing mulch.\nAfter the pruning\, we will turn the prunings into mulch by Tank’s Materials/Fairfax Company.\nThis way the pruned biomass is recycled back into the root zone of the trees it came from. Nothing is thrown away or removed from the natural system. And we feed\, rather than degrade the living soil carbon sponge.\nThis is how to transform wasteful Brush & Bulky\ninto resourceful Chipped & Mulchy\n  \n\nChipping and Mulching Service for Fee/Donation\nIn the workshop we’ll show you how to efficiently cut up prunings in mulch with hand tools\, but for larger volumes of prunings we also offer a service for a minimum $20 donation whereby the prunings will be picked up by Omar and his trailer and taken to Tank’s Materials where they will be chipped and composted.\nIn return\, Omar will bring about a 1/2 yard of finished mulch back to you from Tank’s.\n(Note that the minimum donation for the service can vary based on the volume of your prunings).\n\nEmail Omar at nativeroots.az@gmail.com\nWe’ll also discuss other chipping/mulching services we are considering for future events.\n \nBring your own pruning tools\, though we will provide tools for those that lack them\n \nCome learn how you can replicate and evolve this practice to grow more healthy forests and citizen foresters in your neighborhood.\nThis workshop is open to\, and can be attended by\, EVERYONE\, no matter what neighborhood you live in.\nNOTE: All public rights-of-way in front of properties must maintain a minimum continuous clear walkway area 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall to make our neighborhood walkways and forests easily navigable for all. Please prune accordingly to enable this.\nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study\nSponsored by the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters and  Desert Harvesters\n\n\n \nIn addition\, now is a great time to plant your rain gardens to start to get them established over the cool months!\nSee wildflowers and native perennials with seed mixes available from Wildlands Restoration and sold at Native Seeds/SEARCH\, Tucson Audubon\, Spadefoot Nursery\, and Desert Survivors Nurseries.\nAlso\, this week is Desert Survivors’ Native Plant Nursery’s big fall plant sale!\nThis weekend the sale is for members. Tuesday on\, the sale is for everyone.\nSee the plant appendix of the new\, full-color Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 1\, 3rd Edition\nand ideal rain garden planting zones for the plants.\n \nNative plant purchase\, delivery\, and help with planting service in Dunbar/Spring neighborhood\nFor a $10 per 1-gallon-sized plant fee\, Brad will select\, purchase\, and deliver native plants for Dunbar/Spring residents\, as long as you:\n• you will be planting them within or beside a rain garden harvesting stormwater runoff\n• you will help plant them – we’ll help you\n• you agree to water and steward the plantings and their rain gardens to get the plants well- established.\nYou’ll need to water them at least once per week for the first year.\nThis is a great way to get more vibrant\, living sponges\, of mult-use native plants withing our community forest and public rain gardens (in public right-of-ways\, round-a-bouts\, chicanes\, etc.)\nEmail Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com if you are interested.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/desert-harvesters-neighborhood-foreseters-hands-on-neighborhood-tree-pruning-mulching-workshop-september-29-2019-tucson-arizona/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190311
DTSTAMP:20180902T190739Z
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster with Watershed Management Group: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, March 3–10\, 2019 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://watershedmg.org/learn/training/certification#new_tab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181109T200000
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters: Wild-Food Forestry Presentation and “Eat Mesquite and More” Book Signing\, November 9\, 2018 — Albuquerque NM
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-of-desert-harvesters-wild-food-forestry-presentation-and-eat-mesquite-and-more-book-signing-albuquerque-nm/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181103
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UID:11316-1541170800-1541170800@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Keynote Speaker at Spokane Conservation District's Farm & Food Expo\, November 2\, 2018 — Spokane WA
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URL:http://www.farmandfoodexpo.org/#new_tab
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181029
DTSTAMP:20171229T155932Z
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UID:10871-1540108800-1540710000@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster with Watershed Management Group: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, October 21–28\, 2018 — Tucson AZ
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URL:https://watershedmg.org/learn/training/certification#new_tab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180908T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180908T120000
DTSTAMP:20180807T235213Z
CREATED:20180807T235213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T235213Z
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SUMMARY:Aleck MacKinnon\, Brad Lancaster\, Omar Ore-Giron & Desert Harvesters' Neighborhood Foresters Program: FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree Pruning & Mulching Workshop\, September 8\, 2018 – Tucson\, AZ
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/aleck-mackinnon-brad-lancaster-omar-ore-giron-desert-harvesters-neighborhood-foresters-program-free-hands-on-neighborhood-tree-pruning-mulching-workshop-september-8-2018-tucson-a/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180812T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180812T183000
DTSTAMP:20180807T191809Z
CREATED:20180807T191809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T191809Z
UID:11318-1534093200-1534098600@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters: Wild-Food Forestry Presentation & "Eat Mesquite and More" Booksigning\, August 12\, 2018 — Truth or Consequences NM
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-of-desert-harvesters-wild-food-forestry-talk-booksigning-august-12-2018-truth-or-consequences-nm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180810T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180810T170000
DTSTAMP:20180807T233709Z
CREATED:20180807T233709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T233709Z
UID:11322-1533916800-1533920400@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters: Wild-Food Forestry Presentation & “Eat Mesquite and More” Booksigning\, August 10\, 2018 — Albuquerque NM
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-wild-food-forestry-presentation-and-eat-mesquite-and-more-booksigning-august-10-2018-albuquerque-nm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180809T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180809T193000
DTSTAMP:20180807T232957Z
CREATED:20180807T232957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T232957Z
UID:11320-1533839400-1533843000@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters: Wild-Food Forestry Presentation & "Eat Mesquite and More" Booksigning\, August 9\, 2018 — Silver City NM
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-of-desert-harvesters-wild-food-forestry-presentation-and-eat-mesquite-and-more-booksigning-august-9-2018-silver-city-nm/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180210T140000
DTSTAMP:20171127T235301Z
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Aleck MacKinnon\, Omar Ore-Giron with Desert Harvesters and Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters: FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning & Mulching Workshop\, February 10\, 2018 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning & Mulching Workshop\nplus\, an opportunity to get your prunings chipped into mulch for an extremely reasonable donation \nNeighborhood volunteer pruning crew—note the piles of fresh prunings on the curb\, ready for chipping\nSaturday\, February 10\, 2018\nStarts at 9 am—stay as long as you can or want\nMeet at Dunbar/Spring Community Garden/Orchard (NW corner of 11th Ave & University Blvd)\nAfter the demonstration\, we will move to various parts of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood to get hands-on experience with Aleck as we prune native and domesticated food-bearing trees in the neighborhood’s public rights-of-way. \nInstructors: \nLocal certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon (The Pedaling Arborist)\,\nBrad Lancaster (Desert Harvesters and Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond)\, and\nOmar Ore-Giron (Native Roots Landscaping) \nParticipants will learn: \n– Best pruning times\, techniques\, and tools; \n– Best practices to maintain City clearance standards for trees in public rights-of-way along footpaths and streets; and \n– How to reuse prunings (cut up with hand tools or chipped with chipper/shredder) as an aesthetically-pleasing\, water-conserving\, fertility-enhancing mulch. \nImmediately after the pruning\, we will turn the prunings into mulch with a chipper/shredder that will be moving through the neighborhood behind the pruners.\nIn this way the pruned biomass is recycled back into the root zone of the trees it came from. Nothing is thrown away or removed from the natural system. \nThis is how to transform wasteful Brush & Bulky\ninto resourceful Chipped & Mulchy\nCome learn how you can replicate and evolve this practice to grow more healthy forests and citizen foresters in your neighborhood.\nThis workshop is open to and can be attended by EVERYONE\, no matter what neighborhood you live in.\nNOTE: All public rights-of-way in front of properties must maintain a minimum continuous clear walkway area 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall to make our neighborhood walkways and forests easily navigable for all. \nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study \nSponsored by the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters\nand Desert Harvesters \nChipping Service (by donation): Turn “wastes” into resources\, as you transform your prunings into mulch\nThroughout the pruning-workshop day\, Omar Ore-Giron will be operating a rented industrial chipper-shredder to quickly turn prunings into mulch. To cover costs he will be asking for a donation of $30 per property for those using the chipper services. This is an amazing deal\, as this would ordinarily cost well over $100 per property.\nPruning Requirements and Guidelines for Neighborhood Mulching Service: \n• Contact Omar (nativeroots.az@gmail.com\, (520) 425-9795) by Friday\, February 9\, to let him know you want your prunings mulched. Suggested minimum donation is $30. \n• All public rights-of-way adjoining all properties must maintain/prune a continuous clear walkway a minimum 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall\, so two people can comfortably walk along the path side by side without having to duck under limbs. Violations are subject to citations from the City of Tucson. \n• All piles of prunings left beside street curb (for chipping into mulch) should contain ONLY freshly pruned green limbs 3” in diameter or less. \n• No old\, dry dead wood will be chipped into mulch\, as this dulls the chipper blades too quickly. \n• Pile branches so branch butts are all facing in the same direction. This helps ensure that the pile of prunings is not tangled\, but rather is orderly and therefore easy to take apart to chip into mulch. \n• Wide branch “crotches” or “V’s” should be cut at their base\, so the branch will fit into the chipper (no diameter can exceed 3 inches). \n• All piles must be on the street curbside before chipping service arrives on site. \nThis is a wonderful opportunity to: \n• Meet neighbors\, build community\, and expand your knowledge of local plants and ecology\, \n• Prune your trees in a way that will improve their health and reduce future need to prune\, \n• Make walking and bicycling in our neighborhood more convenient\, enjoyable\, and safe\, \n• Keep our trees’ useful biomass and fertility in our neighborhood\, \n• Increase our living soil’s ability to bioremediate/filter pollutants\, \n• Enhance our soil’s ability to absorb and hold onto water—lessening flooding AND reducing water bills\, and \n• Maximize the amount of carbon we can beneficially sequester in our soils and trees. \nBring hat\, work gloves\, water bottle\, and pruning tools if you have them (we will also have some for those without).\nIf you have trees in need of some pruning\, prunings in need of chipping into mulch\, or would like to participate\, please contact:\nOmar Ore-Giron\, Dunbar/Spring resident and owner of Native Roots Landscaping\, at nativeroots.az@gmail.com or (520) 425-9795. \n\n\n\n\nRight-of-way footpath before pruning…\n\n…and after pruning!
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-aleck-mackinnon-omar-ore-giron-with-desert-harvesters-and-dunbarspring-neighborhood-foresters-free-hands-on-neighborhood-tree-pruning-mulching-workshop-february-10-2018/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180106
DTSTAMP:20171229T160153Z
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SUMMARY:EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS for Brad Lancaster with Watershed Management Group: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, March 5–11\, 2018 —Tucson AZ
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URL:https://watershedmg.org/learn/training/certification#new_tab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T120000
DTSTAMP:20170910T163216Z
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SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters & Desert Harvesters: 22nd Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Carbon Planting\, November 18\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:.\n.\nHelp green our streets and walkways with water- and mulch-harvesting rain gardens planted with native\, food-bearing shade trees! \nSuch trees contribute to cooler neighborhood temperatures in summer; attract native song birds; reduce downstream flooding; beautify our community; sequester carbon; and clean our air\, water\, and soil.\n \nBe part of the effort to amplify the oasis effect in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood! \n22nd Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Carbon Planting\nDate: Saturday\, November 18\, 2017\nTime: 7:30 am\nMeeting spot: In front of 813 N 9th Ave\nDescription: Join Dunbar/Spring neighbors Brad Lancaster\, Omar Ore-Giron\, and other Neighborhood Foresters for demonstrations & training on the work we’ll do. Then help your neighbors—and get to know more of them!—as we plant rain\, mulch\, and trees within water-harvesting basins in the public rights-of-way along our streets. \nTO GET READY…\n** Sign up for Omar’s Water-Harvesting Basin-Creation Service:\nNeighbor and landscaper Omar Ore-Giron is offering a water-harvesting-basin-digging service before the tree planting for just $30 per basin. This is an amazing deal! Trees planted with such basins grow to be healthier and larger\, and have faster growth rates than those without such basins. Using his CanDig machine\, Omar will create water-harvesting tree basins deep enough to harvest street runoff. (We’ll offer a curb-coring service the week after planting\, to cut core holes in the curb\, enabling to the street runoff to flow into the basins.) Omar must have all basin-digging (and coring) requests by November 12. Contact Omar at (520) 425-9795 or nativeroots.az@gmail.com to sign up to get your basin(s) dug.\n** Tree-Order Deadline is Sunday\, November 12!\nTo get your tree-order form(s): email Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com\, or download them from www.DunbarSpring.org or the Native-Tree Order Forms page of Desert Harvesters’ website.\n \nTHIS EVENT IS A COLLABORATION OF:\nDunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters and Desert Harvesters 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/dunbarspring-neighborhood-foresters-desert-harvesters-22nd-annual-dunbarspring-neighborhood-rain-tree-carbon-planting-november-18-2017-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171106
DTSTAMP:20170831T213152Z
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SUMMARY:WMG with Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, October 30 – November 5\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:Photo courtesy of watershedmg.org\n.\nWatershed Management Group’s Water Harvesting Design Certification Course provides professionals\, educators\, and community organizers with comprehensive instruction in water-harvesting systems design and construction.\nThrough a unique combination of hands-on and classroom instruction the course provides a thorough\, on-the-ground understanding of the core practices in this increasingly popular field.\nFall 2017 Course\nDates: October 30 – November 5\, 2017\nTimes: Classes generally run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nWhere: Various locations around Tucson\, Arizona\nEarly registration runs through September 5\, 2017\nTo register and/or FMI\, including meaning of certification\, program requirements\, cost\, and a slate of recent course instructors (some of whom\, e.g.\, Brad\, will be teaching parts of the Fall 2017 course)\, visit WMG’s certification-course webpage.\nCertification-course curriculum\nThe curriculum provides detailed instruction on water-harvesting systems\, planning\, design\, and installation for retrofitting urban areas. The course includes: \n\nIn-depth site assessment and system design\nHands-on training workshops to install water-harvesting systems at public\, residential\, or commercial sites\nReading and homework assignments to solidify knowledge gained in hands-on workshops\nFinal exam to earn certification\n\nThe Water Harvesting Design Certification course is designed and administered by WMG staff with assistance from professionals who teach and implement water-harvesting practices.\n \nCertification will teach you to: \n\nIntegrate water-harvesting systems with other design considerations (energy conservation\, aesthetic design\, food production\, wildlife habitat\, etc.)\nCalculate runoff potential of catchment areas and run soil-percolation tests\nCreate a water budget and match water-harvesting systems with appropriate landscaping\nSize\, design\, and build appropriate earthworks features for different applications (eg. infiltration basins\, berms\, swales)\nDesign greywater systems for laundry\, bathroom sink\, and bathroom shower water\nConstruct gravity-based greywater systems from laundry-machine wastewater to irrigate landscape\nDesign\, size\, and install plastic cisterns\nDesign water-harvesting systems to support small-scale food production (including earthworks design\, cistern design and application\, and soil improvements)\nDesign all of the above systems while incorporating safety and health considerations\n\nTo register and/or FMI\, including meaning of certification\, program requirements\, cost\, and a slate of recent course instructors (some of whom\, e.g.\, Brad\, will be teaching parts of the Fall 2017 course)\, visit WMG’s certification-course webpage.\n 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/wmg-with-brad-lancaster-water-harvesting-certification-course-october-30-november-5-2017-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T110000
DTSTAMP:20170916T201457Z
CREATED:20170916T201457Z
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SUMMARY:Vail Preservation Society with Brad Lancaster: Community Event: Connect Past to Future\, September 23\, 2017 — Vail AZ
DESCRIPTION:Connect Past to Future in Historic Vail!\n\n\nVail Store and Post Office\, ca. 1935. Image courtesy of the Vail Preservation Society.\nThis community event is an opportunity to engage with the living history of the unique town of Vail\, Arizona. Participants can choose from a variety of activities ranging from making adobe bricks\, learning passive & active water-harvesting and pollinator-friendly landscaping techniques from Brad Lancaster\, playing the historic game of cornhole\, attending historic-preservation presentations\, learning about historic-preservation trades\, to touring the 1908 Old Vail Post Office and the 1935 Shrine of Santa Rita in the Desert. \nThere will also be an Artist & Artisan Sale and a Plant Sale going on for the duration of the morning’s events.\n\n\n Date: Saturday\, September 23\, 2017\nTime: 8–11 am\n \nVenue: Old Vail Post Office \nAddress: 13105 E Colossal Cave Road\, Vail\, Arizona (at the corner of Old Vail Road (map))\n \nCost: Free\n \nNote: In addition to teaching about water harvesting\, Brad will likely be part of the tours of the Santa Rita Shrine’s still-functioning water-harvesting system from the 1930s!\n \nFor additional information: Click the flyer below &/or\nsend an email to vailpreservationsociety@gmail.com\n\n \nClick to visit the website of the Vail Preservation Society
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/vail-preservation-society-with-brad-lancaster-community-event-connect-past-to-future-september-23-2017-vail-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170925
DTSTAMP:20170828T223243Z
CREATED:20170828T223243Z
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Ann Audrey\, Rafael de Grenade\, Barbara Eiswerth\, Richard Fe Tom\, and Jonathan Mabry: LEAF Network's Statewide Conference: Planning\, Growing & Harvesting Edible Urban Forests\, September 22–24\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:.\n .\nPlanning\, Growing\, and Harvesting\nEdible Urban Forests\nA Statewide Conference of Education\, Community Involvement\, and Local Tours\nSeptember 22–24\, 2017\nTucson\, Arizona\nPresented by the LEAF Network and Tucson’s City of Gastronomy \n \nCONFERENCE OVERVIEW\nSeptember 22\n8 am – 5 pm \nMethodologies and Templates for Planning\, Growing\, and Harvesting Edible Urban Forests\nA day of education for technical and policy personnel from government\, NGOs\, and academic institutions and for the public. (Brad will be presenting at some point during this day and September 23)\nRegistration: $50 \nSeptember 23\n8:30 am – 4 pm \nCommunity Engagement in Planning\, Growing\, and Harvesting Edible Urban Forests\nA day of education and celebration for community members from Tucson and beyond. (Brad will be presenting at some point during this day and September 22)\nRegistration: $40 \nSeptember 24\n9 am – 1:15 pm \nTours of Edible Urban Forests\nFriends of Tucson’s Birthplace Tour of Mission Garden\n9–11 am\nRegistration: $10 \nIskashitaa Tour of Edible Trees on the UA Campus\n11:15 am – 1:15 pm\nRegistration: $10 \nLearn more and register at leafnetworkaz.org\nDownload the flyer here
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-ann-audrey-rafael-de-grenade-barbara-eiswerth-richard-fe-tom-and-jonathan-mabry-leaf-networks-statewide-conference-planning-growing-harvesting-edible-urban-forests-septembe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170902T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170902T120000
DTSTAMP:20170826T011749Z
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SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters: FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning & Mulching Workshop\, September 2\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:.\n .\nFREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning\n& Mulching Workshop\n(plus\, the opportunity to get your prunings chipped into mulch for an extremely reasonable donation) \nDATE: Saturday\, September 2\, 2017\nSTART TIME: 8 am\nMEETING LOCATION: Dunbar/Spring Community Garden/Orchard space (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd)\nWHO’S INVITED: EVERYONE\, no matter what neighborhood you live in\nWHAT TO BRING: Hat\, work gloves\, water bottle\, and pruning tools if you have them (we will also have some tools for those without)\n\n\n\n		\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n		\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n	\n	\n	\n\nAfter a pruning demonstration by a local certified arborist\, we will then move to various parts of the neighborhood to get hands-on experience as we prune native and domesticated food-bearing trees in our neighborhood’s public rights-of-way. \n\nInstructors:\n\nAleck Mackinnon\, local certified Pedaling Arborist\, assisted by\nBrad Lancaster of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, and\nOmar Ore-Giron of Native Roots Landscaping\n\n\nTopics:\n\nBest pruning times\, techniques\, and tools\nHow best to maintain City clearance standards for trees in public rights-of-way along footpaths and streets\nHow to reuse prunings (cut up with hand tools or chipped with chipper/shredder) as an asthetically-pleasing\, water-conserving\, fertility-enhancing mulch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n	\n	\n	\n\nImmediately after the pruning\, we will turn the prunings into mulch with a chipper/shredder that will be following along behind the pruners. This way the pruned biomass is recycled back into the root zone of the trees it came from. Nothing is thrown away or removed from the natural system. \nThis is how to transform wasteful Brush & Bulky into resourceful Chipped & Mulchy! \nCome learn how you can replicate and evolve this practice to grow more healthy forests and citizen foresters in your neighborhood.\nThis workshop is open to\, and can be attended by\, EVERYONE\, no matter what neighborhood you live in.\nNOTE: All public rights-of-way in front of properties must maintain a minimum continuous clear walkway area 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall to make our neighborhood walkways and forests accessible for all.\nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study –> here. \nChipping service (by donation):\nTurn “wastes” into resources\, as you transform your prunings into mulch\nThroughout the pruning workshop day\, Omar Ore-Giron will be operating a rented industrial chipper-shredder to quickly turn prunings into mulch. To cover costs\, he will be asking for a donation of $30 per property for those using the chipper services. This is an amazing deal\, as this ervice would ordinarily cost well over $100 per property.\n\n\n\n		\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n	\n	\n	\n\nPruning Requirements and Guidelines for Neighborhood Mulching Service in Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood \n\nYou must contact Omar (nativeroots.az@gmail.com\, (520) 425-9795) by Friday\, September 1\, to let him know you want your prunings mulched. Suggested minimum donation is $30.\nAll public rights-of-way adjoining all properties must maintain/prune a continuous clear walkway a minimum of 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall\, so two people can comfortably walk along the path side by side without having to duck under limbs. Violations are subject to a citation from the City of Tucson.\nAll piles of prunings left beside street curb (for chipping into mulch) should should include ONLY freshly pruned\, green limbs 3” or less in diameter.\nNo old\, dry dead wood will be chipped into mulch (this dulls the chipper blades too quickly).\nPlease pile branches so branch butts are all facing in the same direction. This helps ensure that the pile of prunings is not tangled\, but rather is orderly and therefore easy to pull from to chip into mulch.\nWide branch “crotches” or “V’s” should be cut at their base\, so the branch will fit into the chipper (no diameter can exceed 3 inches).\nAll piles must be on the street curbside before chipping equipment arrives on site.\n\nThis is a wonderful opportunity to: \n\nMeet neighbors\, build community\, and expand your knowledge of local plants and ecology;\nPrune your trees in a way that will improve their health\, and reduce the future need to prune;\nMake walking and bicycling in our neighborhood more convenient\, enjoyable\, and safe;\nKeep our trees’ useful biomass and fertility in our neighborhood;\nIncrease our living soil’s ability to bioremediate/filter pollutants;\nEnhance our soil’s ability to absorb and hold onto water\, thereby lessening flooding AND reducing water bills; and\nMaximize the amount of carbon we can beneficially sequester in our soils and trees.\n\nBring a hat\, work gloves\, water bottle\, and\npruning tools if you have them (we will also have some for those without) \nIf you have trees in need of some pruning\, prunings in need of chipping into mulch\, or would like to participate\, please contact: Omar Ore-Giron\, Dunbar/Spring resident and owner of Native Roots Landscaping\, at nativeroots.az@gmail.com\nSponsored by: \nDunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters\nDesert Harvesters
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/dunbarspring-neighborhood-foresters-free-hands-on-neighborhood-tree-pruning-mulching-workshop-september-2-2017-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170621
DTSTAMP:20170530T002223Z
CREATED:20170530T002223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170530T002223Z
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & thirty-something others: Home Grown Food Summit\, June 12–20\, 2017 — Online
DESCRIPTION:.\n. \nMarjory Wildcraft’s 3rd Annual\nHome Grown Food Summit\nDates: June 12–20\, 2017\nVenue: Online\nRegistration is required and begins May 29 \nCost: Free \nHow it works: Each day of the Summit\, starting at 9 am CDT\, a selection of 5–6 presentations will be available for free for 24 hours. Altogether there will be over 38 presentations from experts including Brad Lancaster (greywater (June 18))\, Joel Salatin (raising beef)\, Angie Silvera (donkeys for dairy)\, Geoff Lawton (permaculture & soils)\, Hanna Crum (kombucha)\, Sayer Ji (nightshades)\, Martin Payne (wild plants) and many more. Registered attendees will receive the complete schedule along with instructions for watching. For those who wish to have unlimited access to the videos\, MP3s\, and transcripts of all presentations\, this package will be available for purchase.\nFMI and registration here.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-thirty-something-others-home-grown-food-summit-june-12-20-2017-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T170000
DTSTAMP:20161202T005324Z
CREATED:20161202T005324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161202T005324Z
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: "Planting the Rain\," A One-Day Integrated Water-Harvesting Design Class\, April 21\, 2017 — Denver CO
DESCRIPTION:Join Brad for this one-day workshop\, hosted by Denver Botanic Gardens as part of their Bonfils-Stanton Series:\n\nPLANTING THE RAIN:\nPrinciples\, Practices\, and Tips to Design and Implement Thriving Integrated Water-Harvesting Systems at Home &/or Throughout Your Neighborhood\nDate: Friday\, April 21\, 2017\nTime: 9 am – 4 pm\nCost: $59 (for DBG members: $56)\n\n\n\n		\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n				\n						\n		\n								\n			\n		\n							\n			\n	\n	\n	\n\nClass description:\n\nPlant the rain before you plant your trees and other vegetation and you will boost production\, enhance soil fertility\, reduce flooding\, conserve water\, and create sustainable oases around your home and community infrastructure. Existing landscapes can be retrofitted to achieve similar benefits. Rain gardens and other small-scale water-harvesting earthworks are legal in Colorado and always have been—and they don’t cost any more than the price of a shovel. These rain-garden earthworks quickly infiltrate rainfall into the soil—where less moisture is lost to evaporation—while also reducing erosion. Living ‘pumps’ of vegetation then enable us the access that water. Now that Coloradans can legally harvest rainwater in tanks\, too\, we’ll show you how to integrate your tanks with your rain gardens to get the biggest bang for your buck. Come learn simple principles and tips to leverage greater success as you implement these highly effective systems.\nDuring the class you will learn:\n \n\n8 guiding principles for successful water harvesting\nHow to calculate how much water you can harvest\nMany different options for the harvest of that water\, and how to choose the best strategies for your site\nHow to integrate water-harvesting tanks with water-harvesting earthworks or rain gardens\nKey elevation relationships for successful rain gardens\nHow to get your elevations right with a simple DIY water level\nHow to select and place the best multi-use plants within the three zones of your rain gardens to maximize success\nSuper-cheap and easy alternatives to drip irrigation to get your plants established\nHow to integrate greywater harvesting with your rain gardens\nHow to place your trees and shrubs to maximize your home’s free harvest of both winter sun (i.e.\, heat\, power\, and light) and summer shade (i.e.\, cooling)\n\n\nFor more information\, download the Bonfils-Stanton Series program-overview flyer &/or the detailed version.\nRegister here.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-planting-the-rain-one-day-integrated-water-harvesting-design-class-april-21-2017-denver-co/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170420T203000
DTSTAMP:20170329T010052Z
CREATED:20170329T010052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170329T010052Z
UID:10590-1492711200-1492720200@www.harvestingrainwater.com
SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Public Lecture: Resource Harvesting for Dynamic Gardens and Neighborhoods: Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Garden\, and Beyond\, April 20\, 2017 — Denver CO
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URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-public-lecture-resource-harvesting-for-dynamic-gardens-and-neighborhoods-simple-and-effective-ways-to-enhance-the-natural-abundance-of-your-home-garden-and-beyond-april-20-2017/
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SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster with Warren Brush & Brenton Kelly: Water for Every Farm: Earthworks for Resiliency in an Era of Drought\, April 5–8\, 2017 — Hyder AZ
DESCRIPTION:.\n. \nWater for Every Farm:\n EARTHWORKS FOR RESILIENCY IN AN ERA OF DROUGHT\n April 5-8\, 2017\nIn collaboration with Lush Cosmetics\, join international educator Warren Brush\, with a dynamic teaching team including Brad Lancaster as well as Brenton Kelly of Quail Springs Permaculture\, at Jalisco Jojoba Farm in Hyder\, Arizona. Learn about earthworks and hydration strategies for ecological farming\, land restoration\, water harvesting\, and earth reparation for agro-ecosystem stability with a focus on dryland applications.\n\nWorldwide\, topsoil erosion averages 30 to 40 tons per hectare (2.5 acres) per year\, which is 30- to 40- times faster than the replacement rate of topsoil. The need is growing daily for people with hands-on skills in hydrological restoration and the integration of farming utilizing the principles that lead to ecological stability. Whether you are working on your own landscape\, farm\, or as a consultant\, this course will grow your skills in the appropriate design and construction of structures that will reduce erosion\, increase productivity\, harvest & store water\, and create resiliency in the ecologies that sustain us.\nClick for the course flyer\, which includes a working overview of the schedule (subject to change) \n\n\nClick to register \n\n\n\n\nThe program offers an overview of:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEthics and principles of permaculture as applied to land restoration and regenerative design\nLand-component identification\nNatural patterning in farm application\nWater-harvesting\, drought-proofing\, and erosion-mitigation systems applications\nEarthworks & soil-renovation techniques and machinery applications\nPlanting structures and guild development\nAn emphasis on dryland strategies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe following systems will be explained and participants will be able to assist in surveying\, mapping and construction of various elements of: \n\nSwales\nSoil armoring\nAnti-evaporation structures\nWater flow harvest structures\nDryland drains and roads\nErosion-mitigation structures\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major component of this course will be hands-on skill development where we will develop on-site earthworks with large earth-moving equipment:  \n\nLandform discovery and mapping\nWater-flow calculation\nUse of survey equipment\nSoil testing for earthworks\nConstruction flagging\nAppropriate earthworks system application for dryland context\nWorking appropriately with equipment operators\nEquipment overview and application\nLarge swale development and systems linking\nSystem planting and commissioning\nAdditional hydration strategies\n\nTuition Cost: $1050\n*Financial assistance may be available for students and next-generation farmers\n\n\n\n\nClick to register \n\n\n\n\nFor more information or if you have any additional questions\, please contact Ana at ana@regenerativeearth.com. 
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-with-warren-brush-co-water-for-every-farm-earthworks-for-resiliency-in-an-era-of-drought-april-5-8-2017-hyder-az/
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SUMMARY:Watershed Management Group w/ Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, March 13–19\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:Water Harvesting Certification-course curriculum overview\n\nThe curriculum provides detailed instruction on water-harvesting systems\, planning\, design\, and installation for retrofitting urban areas. The course includes: \n\nIn-depth site assessment and system design\nHands-on training workshops to install water-harvesting systems at public\, residential\, or commercial sites\nReading and homework assignments to solidify knowledge gained in hands-on workshops\nFinal exam to earn certification\n\nParticipants will learn how to: \n\nIntegrate water-harvesting systems with other design considerations (energy conservation\, aesthetic design\, food production\, wildlife habitat\, etc.)\nCalculate runoff potential of catchment areas and run soil-percolation tests\nCreate a water budget and match water-harvesting systems with appropriate landscaping\nSize\, design\, and build appropriate earthworks features for different applications (e.g.\, infiltration basins\, berms\, swales)\nDesign greywater systems for laundry\, bathroom-sink\, and bathroom-shower water\nConstruct gravity-based greywater systems from laundry-machine wastewater to irrigate landscape\nDesign\, size\, and install plastic cisterns\nDesign water-harvesting systems to support small-scale food production (including earthworks design\, cistern design and application\, and soil improvements)\nDesign all of the above systems while incorporating safety and health considerations\n\nThe Water Harvesting Design Certification course is designed and administered by WMG staff with assistance from professionals who teach and implement water-harvesting practices. Brad will lead a half-day session for this course.\nVisit WMG’s website to view complete details &/or to register\, or for contact info for questions.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/watershed-management-group-water-harvesting-certification-course-march-14-20-2016-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:Aleck MacKinnon\, Brad Lancaster\, and Omar Ore-Giron: FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning & Mulching Workshop\, February 11\, 2017 — Tucson AZ
DESCRIPTION:FREE Hands-On Neighborhood Tree-Pruning\n& Mulching Workshop\nplus\, an opportunity to get your prunings chipped into mulch for an extremely reasonable donation \nA well mulched rain- and greywater-harvesting basin. Mulch is regenerated by cutting up and dropping prunings from plants within the basin. This creates a sponge that more rapidly infiltrates harvested water\, while reducing soil moisture loss to evaporation. Photo credit: Brad Lancaster\nSaturday\, February 11\, 2017\nStarts at 9 am\, stay as long as you can or want\nMeet at Dunbar/Spring Community Garden/Orchard (NW corner of 11th Ave & University Blvd)\nAfter the demonstration\, we will move to various parts of the neighborhood to get hands-on experience with Aleck as we prune native and domesticated food-bearing trees in our neighborhood’s public rights-of-way. \nInstructors—local certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon\, The Pedaling Arborist; assisted by Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters and Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond; and Omar Ore-Giron of Native Roots Landscaping—will teach participants: \n– Best pruning times\, techniques\, and tools; \n– How best to maintain City clearance standards for trees in the public right-of-way along footpaths and streets; and \n– How to reuse prunings (cut up with hand tools or chipped with chipper/shredder) as an aesthetically-pleasing\, water-conserving\, fertility-enhancing mulch. \nImmediately after the pruning\, we will turn the prunings into mulch with a chipper/shredder that will be moving through the neighborhood behind the pruners.\nThis way the pruned biomass is recycled back into the root zone of the trees it came from. Nothing is thrown away or removed from the natural system. \nThis is how to transform wasteful Brush & Bulky\ninto resourceful Chipped & Mulchy\nCome learn how you can replicate and evolve this practice to grow more healthy forests and citizen foresters in your neighborhood.\nThis workshop is open to\, and can be attended by\, EVERYONE\, no matter what neighborhood you live in.\nNOTE: All public rights-of-way in front of properties must maintain a minimum continuous clear walkway area 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall to make our neighborhood walkways and forests easily navigable for all. \nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study \nSponsored by the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters\,\nDesert Harvesters\, and the LEAF Network \nChipping Service (by donation): Turn “wastes” into resources\, as you transform your prunings into mulch\nThroughout the pruning-workshop day\, Omar Ore-Giron will be operating a rented industrial chipper-shredder to quickly turn prunings into mulch. To cover costs he will be asking for a donation of $30 per property for those using the chipper services. This is an amazing deal\, as this would ordinarily cost well over $100 per property.\nPruning Requirements and Guidelines for Neighborhood Mulching Service: \n• Contact Omar (nativeroots.az@gmail.com\, (520) 425-9795) by Friday\, February 10\, to let him know you want your prunings mulched. Suggested minimum donation is $30. \n• All public rights-of-way adjoining all properties must maintain/prune a continuous clear walkway a minimum 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall\, so two people can comfortably walk along the path side by side without having to duck under limbs. Violations are subject to a citation from the City of Tucson. \n• All piles of prunings left beside street curb (for chipping into mulch) should contain ONLY freshly pruned green limbs 3” in diameter or less. \n• No old\, dry dead wood will be chipped into mulch\, as this dulls the chipper blades too quickly. \n• Pile branches so branch butts are all facing in the same direction. This helps ensure that the pile of prunings is not tangled\, but rather is orderly and therefore easy to take apart to chip into mulch. \n• Wide branch “crotches” or “V’s” should be cut at their base\, so the branch will fit into the chipper (no diameter can exceed 3 inches). \n• All piles must be on the street curbside before chipping service arrives on site. \nMake walking\, bicycling\, and joyous romping in our neighborhood more convenient\, enjoyable\, and safe\nThis is a wonderful opportunity to: \n• Meet neighbors\, build community\, and expand your knowledge of local plants and ecology \n• Prune your trees in a way that will improve their health and reduce future need to prune \n• Make walking and bicycling in our neighborhood more convenient\, enjoyable\, and safe \n• Keep our trees’ useful biomass and fertility in our neighborhood \n• Increase our living soil’s ability to bioremediate/filter pollutants \n• Enhance our soil’s ability to absorb and hold onto water—lessening flooding AND reducing water bills\, and \n• Maximize the amount of carbon we can beneficially sequester in our soils and trees. \nBring hat\, work gloves\, water bottle\, and pruning tools if you have them (we will also have some for those without).\nIf you have trees in need of some pruning\, prunings in need of chipping into mulch\, or would like to participate\, please contact:\nOmar Ore-Giron\, Dunbar/Spring resident and owner of Native Roots Landscaping\, at nativeroots.az@gmail.com or (520) 425-9795.
URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/aleck-mackinnon-brad-lancaster-and-omar-ore-giron-free-hands-on-neighborhood-tree-pruning-mulching-workshop-february-11-2017-tucson-az/
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