BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T170000 DTSTAMP:20161202T005324Z CREATED:20161202T005324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161202T005324Z UID:10063-1492765200-1492794000@www.harvestingrainwater.com 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/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/V12-1.17-COLOR-rwm2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT 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 DESCRIPTION: 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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170409 DTSTAMP:20161128T001611Z CREATED:20161128T001611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161128T001611Z UID:10037-1491408000-1491667200@www.harvestingrainwater.com 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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170313 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170320 DTSTAMP:20160106T045343Z CREATED:20160106T045343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160106T045343Z UID:9037-1489438800-1489957200@www.harvestingrainwater.com 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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170211T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170211T130000 DTSTAMP:20170124T015428Z CREATED:20170124T015428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170124T015428Z UID:10368-1486803600-1486818000@www.harvestingrainwater.com 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/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170205 DTSTAMP:20161128T005228Z CREATED:20161128T005228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161128T005228Z UID:10045-1486227600-1486227600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster with Dan Dorsey & Sonoran Permaculture Guild: 22nd Annual Permaculture Design Course\, 5 weekends in February & March 2017 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:.\n. \n A Tucson tradition!\nSpring 2017 Permaculture Design Course\nThis course happens over five weekends every February and March. Dates for the upcoming Spring 2017 course are the following five weekends:\n February 4 & 5\,\nFebruary 11 & 12\,\nFebruary 25 & 26\,\nMarch 11 & 12\, and\nMarch 18 & 19 \nClass generally runs from 9 am to 5:30 pm each day. \nThe cost for the course is $725 plus an optional class book fee of $42 for a copy of Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison. Also highly recommended are Brad Lancaster’s Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volumes 1 and 2. \nA limited number of partial scholarships are available. \nFor the last twenty years this course has been full with a waiting list\, so early registration is encouraged. To give a high quality educational experience\, we limit the size of the class to eighteen participants. Contact Dan\, the course registrar\, at dorsey@dakotacom.net or 520-624-8030 to register and/or to receive the syllabus and detailed FAQs for the course. Some scholarship funds are available.\nThis Permaculture certification course covers all aspects of sustainable design with a Southwest drylands flavor\, including a balance of hands-on experience\, classroom time\, and design practicum. Dynamic exercises encourage pattern recognition\, noticing the links between the plants and animals\, climate\, and land forms that make up natural ecosystems. The course focuses on dryland communities with a strong urban and semi-rural emphasis\, addressing individual site and neighborhood “problems” such as stormwater flooding. Students learn to read the landscape\, to map and analyze energies flowing through a site\, and to develop integrated designs for sustainable systems. The weekend format of the course makes it easier for people who hold a week day job to attend and promotes better integration of the course material into daily life. The course closely follows the standard 72-hour format developed by Bill Mollison and others.\nCourse topics include agroforestry\, appropriate technology\, building design\, design principles and patterning\, site analysis\, drylands-gardening principles\, ecosystem restoration\, philosophy and ethics of Permaculture\, regenerative community economics\, soils and erosion control\, village and community design\, water harvesting\, invisible structures\, and many other topics.\nThe classroom site is in the Central Tucson area and at other Permaculture sites in the Tucson area. Much of the class is held outdoors. This course is taught and facilitated by Dan Dorsey\, Brad Lancaster\, and Barbara Rose\, each with two decades of Permaculture experience\, as well as our many extraordinary associate SPG teachers. See the profiles for the core team teachers here.  See pictures from previous courses and workshops here. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-with-dan-dorsey-sonoran-permaculture-guild-22nd-annual-permaculture-design-course-5-weekends-in-february-march-2017-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170124T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170124T203000 DTSTAMP:20161222T230212Z CREATED:20161222T230212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161222T230212Z UID:10161-1485282600-1485289800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Regenerative Rights-of-Way: Planting and Stewarding Stormwater to Enliven Oases in Our Urban Environment\, A Public Talk\, January 24\, 2017 — Petaluma CA DESCRIPTION:.\n.\n.\nWhen: Tuesday\, January 24\, 2017 | 6:30–8:30 pm\nWhere: Petaluma Community Center\, 320 N McDowell Blvd\, Petaluma\, California\nCost: $10 entry fee\, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Click here to purchase your ticket(s).\n[BREAK]\nIn this energetic presentation\, Brad will share how to re-design our community commons and streetscapes by adopting regenerative rainwater solutions\, rather than focusing on stormwater problems.\nIn the urban environment\, streetscapes are our public land\, our commons. And they are abundant! In fact\, one-third of a typical city’s footprint is pavement for motor vehicles. These streetscapes are usually designed as drains\, rapidly ridding a community of obstructions to traffic flow\, as well as perceived “problems” such as rainwater\, stormwater\, and organic matter. This design often leads to ever-increasing costs for importation of water\, flood control\, pollution control\, heat-island abatement\, climate-change mitigation\, and health problems.\nBut a simple shift in perception and design can enable us to see and utilize rainwater\, stormwater\, organic matter\, fertility\, and even some obstructions to traffic flow as free\, local resources. These resources can be passively harvested to enhance local water supplies\, control flooding\, filter pollutants\, grow cool-islands\, mitigate the effects of climate change\, and improve health—while generating more resources and more life. The key is to see and enhance the free abundance that we already have by transforming more of our built systems into living systems that can regenerate themselves and our communities.\nBrock Dolman\,Water Wizard and Program Director at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center\, will also be contributing to this event by tying together local stormwater issues and solutions. Brock has taught Permaculture for many years and has consulted on regenerative project design and implementation internationally. His passion for this work allows him to provide the audience with adaptation strategies for a dynamically changing planet. \n*After his presentation\, Brad will be selling\, and signing his Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond books for those who may be interested in purchasing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event organized by Daily Acts\, with additional sponsorship from Russian River Watershed Association\, Sonoma County Water Agency\, The City of Petaluma\, and Wyatt Irrigation Supply. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-regenerative-rights-of-way-planting-and-stewarding-stormwater-to-enliven-oases-in-our-urban-environment-a-public-talk-january-24-2017-petaluma-ca/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Fig.-18B-public-right-of-way-in-Nov-2015-BRAD-LANCASTER-rwm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170124T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170124T120000 DTSTAMP:20170104T002646Z CREATED:20170104T002646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170104T002646Z UID:10209-1485243000-1485259200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Keynote Speaker at 4th Biannual Russian River-Friendly Landscaping Event "Supply in the Sky: Stormwater as a Resource\," January 24\, 2017 — Santa Rosa CA DESCRIPTION:When: Tuesday\, January 24\, 2017 | 7:30 am – 12 noon\nWhere: City of Santa Rosa Utilities Field Operations\, 35 Stony Point Rd\, Santa Rosa\, California\nCost: Free. Click here to register and secure your spot.\n[BREAK]\nThe Russian River Watershed Association is pleased to present the 4th Biannual Russian River-Friendly Landscaping Event “Supply in the Sky: Stormwater as a Resource\,” in Santa Rosa. Join them on Tuesday\, January 24\, for practical advice on utilizing stormwater as a valuable resource to enhance the ecological health of local landscapes and water supply.\nFrom precipitation to percolation\, each event speaker will focus on different aspects of stormwater in landscaping. Brad Lancaster\, keynote speaker and author of the award-winning book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, will present Planting the Rain: Principles\, Practices\, and Tips for Water-Harvesting Earthworks and Rain Gardens. His books will also be available for sale and signing. Additional speakers include Water Resources Engineer Angelique Fabbiani-Leon (Department of Water Resources)\, Water Systems Designer and Cartographer Sebastian Bertsch (Permaculture Artisans)\, and Environmental Specialist Sean McNeil (City of Santa Rosa).\nA continental breakfast will be provided.\nFor additional information on Russian River-Friendly Landscaping\, please visit:\nwww.rrwatershed.org/project/russian-river-friendly-landscape-guidelines URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-keynote-speaker-at-4th-biannual-russian-river-friendly-landscaping-event-supply-in-the-sky-stormwater-as-a-resource-january-24-2017-santa-rosa-ca/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RRFL-logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170117 DTSTAMP:20161228T040926Z CREATED:20161228T040926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161228T040926Z UID:10178-1484596800-1484596800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters: 1st Annual Neighborhood Curb Coring\, Week of January 16\, 2017 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:1st Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Curb Coring… to direct street runoff to street-side tree basins for free irrigation and flood control\nThe week of January 16\, 2017\, Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters will work with the City of Tucson and a local contractor to cut 4″-diameter curb core holes through the street curb to direct street runoff to existing street-side tree basins in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood.\nWould you like curb core(s) for trees and basins in the public right-of-way adjoining your property?\nIf so\, you must already have water-harvesting basins in place\, and agree to maintain the basins\, the trees\, and a continuous minimum 5-foot wide pedestrian pathway (pruned clear to a minimum height of 7 feet).\nIf you do not have such basins\, we can help you make them in our neighborhood’s next Annual Rain and Tree Planting in the fall of 2017\, which will be followed up with the 2nd Annual Neighborhood Curb Coring.\nReview the Curb-Core/Curb-Cut Maintenance Agreement to get a sense of the commitment required.\nTo sign up for curb coring\, contact us by January 1\, 2017.\nCosts\nCurb-coring costs are $30 per core hole (this is a reduced price thanks to the volume discount we are getting from the contractor).\nPermit fees are a $50 curb-coring permit fee\, and a $74 barricade fee per curb-coring address. However\, we can reduce this fee for neighbors getting curb cores and sharing the same street and block\, because in that instance the permit fees will be per curb-coring street/block\, since that length of street will be counted as the address. So get your neighbors involved!\nYou can also get half of these costs rebated if you apply for the city’s rainwater-harvesting rebate program.\nTo sign up for curb coring\, contact us by January 1\, 2017.\nContact neighborhood foresters Omar Ore-Giron at (520) 425-9795\, or Brad Lancaster at brad@harvestingrainwater.com.\nWe will then help you with the permitting process\, marking all underground utilities\, and coordinating the work with the licensed contractor.\nYou can also contact us to become one of our neighborhood’s volunteer foresters\, and/or to make a donation to our forestry effort. \n\n\n\n\nLicensed contractor making curb core into streetside basin\n\n4″-diameter curb core URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/dunbarspring-neighborhood-foresters-1st-annual-neighborhood-curb-coring-january-16-2017-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170114T170000 DTSTAMP:20161203T043523Z CREATED:20161203T043523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161203T043523Z UID:10091-1484384400-1484413200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Teré Fowler-Chapman\, Stephen Duneier\, Karyn Garvin\, Jitesh Vaswani\, Danielle McFarlin\, Adiba Nelson\, Molly Hottle\, & Tony Ford: TEDxTucson's Imagine!\, January 14\, 2017 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, January 14\, 2017\n Time: 9 am – 5 pm \nVenue: Berger Performing Arts Center\n Address: 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.\, Tucson\, Arizona 85745\nMore information\, including link to tickets\, at TEDxTucson\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAbout TEDxTucson\, from their website: \nThe world often requires people to think in terms of black and white. Rigid\, unbendable choices seem to close us in sometimes. After a while\, life seems more monochrome than ever. But we live in a world of color\, and texture\, and music! \nThis year\, we at TEDxTucson challenge you to imagine our new world. We invite you to imagine\, to question\, to be vulnerable\, to doubt\, and to gain new perspective. Expose yourself to the ideas that help create our chaotic—but dazzling—world of color. \nImagine! is our annual conference where we bring together Brilliant Minds and Intriguing Ideas on One Stage. You’ll meet a diverse and curated collection of inspired speakers\, sharing their ideas on topics ranging from virtual reality to the power of poetics\, from becoming present to sustainability in the desert. \nTEDxTucson creates unique community events featuring diverse\, multi-generational thought leaders from all walks of life. We support contemporary themes and highly interactive learning. We facilitate community discussions so that\, together\, we can envision the impact of emerging ideas. \nWe will begin our journey together at 9 am on January 14 at the Berger Theater where we will listen to incredible speakers\, play together\, talk together\, explore ideas\, and eat! We will experience oversized toys\, collaborative art and music. Connect\, explore\, network\, and enjoy! \nTEDxTucson has become a major source for brilliant ideas and innovative change. We create local experiences based on the original TED conference\, an event where Technology\, Entertainment and Design converged. Today\, TED covers almost all topics that are shaping our future—from science\, to business\, to global issues. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-tere-fowler-chapman-stephen-duneier-five-other-innovative-thinkers-and-doers-tedxtucson-january-14-2017-tucson-az/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ad-tedx-speaker-brad-lancaster1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161222T123000 DTSTAMP:20161208T200319Z CREATED:20161208T200319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161208T200319Z UID:10122-1482400800-1482409800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Guided Home and Neighborhood Tour Showcasing Integrated Harvests of Water\, Sun\, Wind\, Shade\, Fertility\, Carbon\, and Community\, December 22\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Brad Lancaster\, author of the award-winning\, best-selling book series\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, will lead this 2.5-hour tour of his home property (the only home property that will be toured) and sites within the public rights-of-ways of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood.\nA portion of the proceeds from the tour will help fund ongoing integrated water-harvesting\, native food-tree planting\, traffic-calming\, and education efforts within the public realm of the neighborhood.\nTickets are $20 per person—please see Fine Print down below before purchasing:\n \n\n \n\n\n\nSelect multiple tickets in shopping cart:\n\n\nOne Ticket $20.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of the many features to be included in the tour: \n\nLow-tech\, low-cost\, gravity-fed (no pumps) potable rainwater-harvesting system providing for household water needs (including drinking water)\n\n\nRainwater-harvesting tanks doubling as summer sun- and winter shade-harvesting systems\, privacy/property fences\, fire breaks\, and more\n\n\nPassive\, gravity-fed greywater-harvesting systems that reuse all household drainwater for safe irrigation of food plants that also help passively shade/cool buildings in summer while retaining the sun’s heat and light gain in winter.\n\n\nFlood-controlling\, heat-island abating\, and carbon-sequestering public gardens and orchards irrigated ONLY with on-site rainwater\n\n\nA tiny-house one-car-garage-to-cottage conversion resulting in a passively heated and cooled garottage\n\n\nNumerous strategies on how to maximize the harvest of winter sun AND summer shade in a way that reduces your water consumption\, carbon emissions\, and costs—these strategies work in ALL seasons\, rather than working in only one season at the expense of others\n\n\nSculpture that celebrates the seasonally changing path of the sun and the design of homes and gardens that make the most of the winter sun and summer shade\n\n\nSolar cooking\, power\, hot water\, heating\, lighting\, and clothes drying\n\n\nLow-tech\, low-cost\, legal site-built compost toilet\n\n\nSelf-regenerating living mulch machines that naturally bioremediate pollutants from street runoff\n\n\nNovel urban-wildlife habitat such as pollinator fences and shade screens\n\n\nNeighborhood-history sign project\n\n\nNeighborhood-scale water harvesting\, native food-tree planting\, traffic calming\, and art—all celebrating and enhancing the story and potential of Place\n\nFor visual previews of some of the above features:\nClick to enlarge the images below\, check out these sun- and shade-harvesting and water-harvesting & cistern set-up videos\, &/or read this enhanced stormwater-harvesting blog post.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAlso available for sale at the tour will be signed copies of Brad’s books (including the newly revised and expanded second edition of Volume 1)\, specially priced for tour-goers at $20 for Volume 1 and $30 for Volume 2\, as well as kid-sized Rainwater Harvesting t-shirts.\n**The Fine Print** \n\nUnless maximum attendance is reached before 8 am MST on December 22\, tickets may be purchased via PayPal up until that time. (PayPal will not allow you to purchase tickets after maximum attendance has been reached.)\nAfter 7 pm MST on Tuesday\, December 20\, ticket fees are non-refundable; your ticket purchase becomes a donation (in the event you are not able to attend or sell/give away your ticket).\nTickets are transferable (you may give/sell your ticket to another person). When you arrive for the tour\, simply provide the name of the original ticket-purchaser and we’ll check you in on our tour list.\nAfter you complete your ticket purchase\, you will receive an automated confirmation email from PayPal and be brought back to this page. When one of us humans sees your purchase\, we’ll generate a second confirmation email via PayPal. Thanks for your interest and support! URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-guided-home-and-neighborhood-tour-showcasing-integrated-harvests-of-water-sun-wind-shade-fertility-carbon-and-community-december-22-2016-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161119 DTSTAMP:20161107T153920Z CREATED:20161107T153920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T153920Z UID:9993-1479196800-1479456000@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Water-Harvesting Presentation & Sun-and-Shade Hands-on Workshop at ECHO International Agriculture Conference\, November 15–18\, 2016 — Fort Myers FL DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/e996662d-8eaf-44e1-8fdd-39b1cbd383b9#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ECHO.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161110T120000 DTSTAMP:20161105T011800Z CREATED:20161105T011800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161105T011800Z UID:9987-1478775600-1478779200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Water Harvesting in Urban Environments at Tijuana Innovadora 2016\, November 10\, 2016 — Tijuana BC México DESCRIPTION:Tijuana Innovadora 2016: November 3–10\, 2016\nClick to visit event website where you can view the full conference program and more\nBrad’s presentation date: November 10\, 2016\nTime: 11 am–noon\nVenue: World Trade Center\, Sala Veracruz\nAddress: Paseo del Parque #18025\, Zona Río Tercera Etapa\, Tijuana\, Baja California\, CP 22654\nWater Harvesting & Native Plants in Urban Environments\nOverpaved\, drain-like urban environments eject precious local resources such as rainwater\, creating the ‘need’ to import water from afar. This creates liabilities such as flooding\, water shortages\, pollution\, and hotter temperatures paired with higher energy consumption. But we can create sponge-like urban environments that harvest resources such as rainwater\, stormwater\, greywater\, and condensate as close to their sources as possible. In so doing\, we turn would-be liabilities into assets such as street orchards that control flooding and produce native food; more resilient and more numerous water resources; living filters of soil\, water\, and air; and temperature-reducing\, energy-conserving and -producing oases for native plants and wildlife. Examples\, from small- to large-scale\, from ancient to contemporary\, from the Middle East and around the world\, will be presented.\nCost for Brad’s talk: MX$250\nVisit the Tijuana Innovadora website for more… URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-water-harvesting-in-urban-environments-at-tijuana-innovadora-2016-november-10-2016-tijuana-bc-mexico/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161106 DTSTAMP:20220121T213628Z CREATED:20161102T130754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T213628Z UID:9981-1478217600-1478390399@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Others: ITKI-UNESCO Food & Water in Arid Lands Conference: Dialogues Across Contemporary and Traditional Knowledge\, November 4–5\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-others-itki-unesco-food-water-in-arid-lands-conference-dialogues-across-contemporary-and-traditional-knowledge-november-4-5-2016-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T120000 DTSTAMP:20161012T030216Z CREATED:20161012T030216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161012T030216Z UID:9899-1477726200-1477742400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster\, Omar Ore-Giron\, Ezra Roati\, Rocky Yosek\, et ali: 21st Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Carbon Planting\, October 29\, 2016 — Tucson\, AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-omar-ore-giron-ezra-roati-rocky-yosek-et-ali-21st-annual-dunbarspring-neighborhood-rain-tree-carbon-planting-october-29-2016-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161028 DTSTAMP:20160804T030403Z CREATED:20160804T030403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160804T030403Z UID:9524-1477425600-1477598400@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Steve Carson\, Bill Zeedyk\, Craig Sponholtz\, and Brad Lancaster: Watershed-Restoration Training Workshop—Beyond the Basics\, October 25–27\, 2016 — Altar Valley AZ DESCRIPTION:The Altar Valley Conservation Alliance invites you to join them for this team-taught workshop they are hosting with generous support from the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation.\nWhen: October 25–27\, 2016\nWhere: Altar Valley\, AZ\nCost: $100 per person\nThe workshop will be taught by instructors Steve Carson\, Bill Zeedyk\, Craig Sponholtz\, and Brad Lancaster\, and targets people with basic training or experience doing low-tech watershed-restoration work who wish to advance and broaden their skills. The Elkhorn/Las Delicias Project\, installed in 2012 in Sonoran Desert grassland\, will serve as the outdoor classroom for a 3-day workshop that will combine observation\, discussion\, and hands-on work as a whole group—plus break-out sessions in small groups led by the various instructors. Teaching modules will include: Day 1 (morning): Planning and installation; Day 1 (afternoon): Monitoring and evaluation; Day 2: Repair and maintenance; and Day 3: Design and build.\nSpace is limited\, so register soon! More information—including details about food and camping—is in the registration form\, which can be found here.\nIf you wish to pay by credit card\, please do so via PayPal at the Alliance’s Support/Donate page and make a note of it on your registration form. \n\n\nFor questions about registration\, contact Sherie Steele at alliance@altarvalleyconservation.org. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the workshop\, contact Mary Miller at mary@altarvalleyconservation.org. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/steve-carson-bill-zeedyk-craig-sponholtz-and-brad-lancaster-watershed-restoration-training-workshop-beyond-the-basics-october-25-27-2016-altar-valley-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161025T200000 DTSTAMP:20160919T205600Z CREATED:20160919T205600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160919T205600Z UID:9692-1477416600-1477425600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Craig Sponholtz: Free Public Talk: Integrated Local Harvests\, October 25\, 2016—Three Points (Tucson) AZ DESCRIPTION:Integrated Local Harvests\nFree Public Talk (RSVP via link below) &\nOptional Dinner ($10 prepaid via link below)\nOctober 25\, 2016\n 5:30–8pm\nVenue: Robles Elementary School\nAddress: 9875 South Sasabe Road\, Tucson\, AZ 85736\nPresenters: Brad Lancaster & Craig Sponholtz\nThe Altar Valley Conservation Alliance is hosting a free lecture by Brad Lancaster and Craig Sponholtz. Dinner ($10 prepaid) is also available prior to the talk–if you would like to join folks for this meal\, please be sure to pay in advance via the link below.\nIntegrated Local Harvests: Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nThis dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest\, integrate\, and enliven free local resources such as rain-\, grey-\, and stormwaters\, plus soil fertility\, in a way that reduces erosion and maintenance\, while freely growing more vegetation\, fodder for livestock\, and food for us. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure\, disconnected from their surroundings\, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.\nYou’ll see many examples of such transformation\, including how once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials; how such structures are enhancing parts of the Altar Valley; how dirt roads are being reworked to stay dry and freely irrigate adjoining pasture\, and how once-blighted\, overheated neighborhood streets are being rejuvenated into thriving greenbelts of water\, people\, wildlife\, art\, food\, and celebration by planting once-drained stormwater\, seed\, and yard prunings.\nThis talk is both an invitation for you to engage and partner with your natural surroundings and community\, and a map showing you the way—by planting the rain\, growing fertility\, and more—to live as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!\nRSVP for Integrated Local Harvests: Click to RSVP.\nIf you would like to ADD DINNER\, $10 MUST BE PREPAID at this site\, and you will receive a printed ticket.\nQuestions? Please e-mail kyle@altavalleyconservation.org.\nDownload the flyer here. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-craig-sponholtz-free-public-talk-integrated-local-harvests-october-25-2016-three-points-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161024 DTSTAMP:20161004T205736Z CREATED:20161004T205736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T205736Z UID:9792-1476712800-1477231200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Colleagues: Watershed Management Group's Water-Harvesting Certification Course\, October 17–23\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://watershedmg.org/learn/training/certification#new_tab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161016T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161016T150000 DTSTAMP:20161004T202402Z CREATED:20161004T202402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T202402Z UID:9787-1476622800-1476630000@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Neighbors: Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Tour\, October 16\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Date: October 16\, 2016\n Time: 1–3 pm\nCost: $5 per person on the day of the event\nTickets: Pick up yours at the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Garden (NW corner of 11th Ave and University)\n50% of all proceeds will benefit Caridad Community Kitchen!\nAbout the tour:\nInvite your friends and family and come out for a fun-filled event to showcase our neighborhood to the greater Tucson community! We will have homes\, gardens\, local businesses\, public art\, and water-harvesting features on the tour. Self-guided tour on foot\, or bicycle tour provided by BICAS. Neighborhood stories by author Aloma J. Barnes at the Dunbar School Project!\nBrad will be welcoming ticket-holding tour-goers to the public right-of-way adjoining his home from 1–3 pm to describe and answer questions about the variety of resource-harvesting strategies in place around the Lancaster property and in the neighborhood’s public commons.\nNOTE: Tour-goers will not have access to the Lancaster property\, only what is visible from the public right-of-way. Folks interested in touring the property itself can sign up for future tours of the site later this year which will be posted on this site\, www.HarvestingRainwater.com.\nContact Dunbar/Spring tour organizer Ezra Roati for more information about the overall tour.\nLike/share on Facebook!\nBig thanks to our generous sponsors:\n Caridad Community Kitchen\n Cirrus Visual Communication\n COPE Community Services\, Inc.\n Desert Survivors Inc.\n Originate\n Southwest Urban Realty & Development\n and The Whistle Stop Depot\n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-neighbors-dunbarspring-neighborhood-tour-october-16-2016-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T210000 DTSTAMP:20161002T224938Z CREATED:20161002T224938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161002T224938Z UID:9780-1475780400-1475787600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Fellow Storytellers: Odyssey Storytelling Theme: "Natural\," October 6\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/320972728250377/#new_tab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160805T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160807T160000 DTSTAMP:20160603T024325Z CREATED:20160603T024325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160603T024325Z UID:9454-1470420000-1470585600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Brad Lancaster: Woodbine Ecology Center's Praxis of Ecological Design Series\, August 5–7\, 2016 — Sedalia CO DESCRIPTION:This workshop has been cancelled. Please visit Woodbine’s website for more about their center and future programming. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/woodbine-ecology-center-pandora-thomas-brad-lancaster-jason-gerhardt-praxis-of-social-and-ecological-design-series-summer-2016-sedalia-co/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160716T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160716T090000 DTSTAMP:20090501T210251Z CREATED:20090501T210251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T210251Z UID:1085-1468656000-1468659600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:TNC Docents: Free Tour of TNC's Water-Harvesting Features — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:The Nature Conservancy’s rainwater-harvesting project includes retrofitting the onsite buildings and the surrounding landscape to capture as much as possible of the approximately 11 inches of annual rainfall on the campus and adjacent areas. The retrofitting involves both active and passive rainwater-harvesting techniques. The Nature Conservancy and its partners see the grounds as a community asset where one can learn about sustainability and common-sense approaches to sustainable design and practices.\n\nThe one-hour tour is free to the public. Time is 8 am for all dates. Meet at the front entrance (NE corner) of the building at 1510 E Ft Lowell Road. Groups may schedule tours at times other than those regularly scheduled. For more information on any of these tours\, please call 520 547-3437 or send an email to dboone@tnc.org.\nMay through October 2016 tours are all at 8 a.m. on the 1st Thursday and the 3rd Saturday of the month.\nThursday\, July 7\nSaturday\, July 16\nThursday\, August 4\nSaturday\, August 20\nThursday\, September 1\nSaturday\, September 17\nThursday\, October 6\nSaturday\, October 15\n \n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/nature-conservancys-water-harvesting-tour/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160428T160000 DTSTAMP:20160325T055540Z CREATED:20160325T055540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160325T055540Z UID:9189-1461848400-1461859200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Re-Envisioning Sustainability\, a public talk hosted by ReScape California (Bay-Friendly Coalition)\, April 28\, 2016 — San Francisco CA DESCRIPTION:When:\nThursday\, April 28\, 2016\n1–4 pm (talk starts at 1:30 pm)\n\nWhere:\nHall of Flowers\n1199 9th Ave\nSan Francisco\, CA 94122\nRegister here.\nBrad’s talk:\nCelebrating and Leveraging What’s Possible with Place-Friendly Landscapes that Reconnect and Regenerate People\, Communities\, and Their Watersheds\nThis talk will be peppered with juicy examples from around the globe of people and landscapes striving to collaborate with the unique potentials and essence of their place and community in a way that lifts the health and potential of all. Though this presentation is more than a celebration; it is also a challenge. Since Bay-Friendly efforts have influenced policy and practices state-wide and beyond\, and will continue to do so\, we will envision how to further lift the power and potential of what is possible with place-regenerating principles and practices that simultaneously work in nested contexts such as home\, neighborhood\, watershed\, and world.\nRegister here.\n**This workshop is hosted by ReScape California (the new incarnation of Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition)\, counts for 2.5 Bay-Friendly Qualified Professional CEUs\, and is sponsored by: URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-re-envisioning-sustainability-a-public-talk-hosted-by-bay-friendly-coalition-april-28-2016-san-francisco-ca/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160324T200000 DTSTAMP:20160201T040808Z CREATED:20160201T040808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160201T040808Z UID:9063-1458842400-1458849600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: MOCA Tucson 2016 Local Genius Award Talk\, March 24\, 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, March 24\, 2016\nTime: 6 pm\nVenue: MOCA Tucson\nAddress: 265 S Church Ave\, Tucson\, Arizona 85701\nCost & perks:\nMOCA members $5\nNon-members $15\nAdmission includes beer\, wine\, and snacks\nTalk description:\nPlaying\, Planting\, and Partnering with Tucson’s Distinctive Genius Loci\, or “Spirit of Place”\nHow can we each tap our unique essence and blend it with Tucson’s distinct spirit in a way that lifts the vitality\, health\, and potential of all lives here? Brad will pose and seek to answer such questions at this nearly World Water Day event through evolving stories of inspiration\, water harvesting around the globe\, and local fountains of creativity.\nAbout the awards:\nThe MOCA Local Genius Awards were established to honor those visionary and innovative Tucsonans whose activities have a global impact\, and whose talents have been internationally recognized. More about the Awards at www.moca-tucson.org/lga2016.\nFor more about other Local Genius Award talks this spring\, click here. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-moca-tucson-2016-local-genius-award-talk-march-24-2016-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160309T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160309T170000 DTSTAMP:20160203T033658Z CREATED:20160203T033658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160203T033658Z UID:9068-1457510400-1457542800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster & Kieran Sikdar: Presentation at ASU Sustainable Cities Network's Regional Tree & Shade Summit 2.0\, March 9\, 2016 — Phoenix AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sustainablecities.asu.edu/2015/12/31/regional-tree-shade-summit-2-0-march-9-2016-branching-out-one-community-at-a-time/#new_tab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160207 DTSTAMP:20151203T020955Z CREATED:20151203T020955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151203T020955Z UID:8810-1454785200-1454785200@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Dan Dorsey & Sonoran Permaculture Guild (incl. Brad): 21st Annual Permaculture Design Course\, 5 Weekends in February & March 2016 — Tucson AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:http://www.sonoranpermaculture.org/permaculture-design-certification-course/#new_tab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151205T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151205T120000 DTSTAMP:20220121T213845Z CREATED:20151201T195022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T213845Z UID:8804-1449300600-1449316800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Desert Harvesters & DSNA: 20th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Carbon Planting\, December 5\, 2015 — Tucson\, AZ DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/desert-harvesters-dsna-20th-annual-dunbarspring-neighborhood-rain-tree-carbon-planting-december-5-2015-tucson-az/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T213000 DTSTAMP:20151106T040218Z CREATED:20151106T040218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151106T040218Z UID:8571-1447961400-1447968600@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Regenerative Rights-of-Way Public Talk\, November 19\, 2015 — Calgary AB DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, November 19\, 2015\nTime: 7:30–9:30 pm\nVenue: University of Calgary\, Craigie Hall C\, Room 119\nAddress: 2940 University Way NW\, Calgary\nHosted by: Eclipse Solar\, Leaf Ninjas\, and Pixie Gardens\, with special thanks to Landscape Alberta*\nTickets in advance via Eventbrite\nBrad’s talk title & description:\nRegenerative Rights-of-Way: Local Harvests and Enhancements in Our Community Commons\,\na.k.a.\, Urban Water and Abundance\nIn-street water-harvesting\, traffic-calming\, food- and wildlife-habitat-producing chicane\nIn the urban environment\, streetscapes are our public land\, our commons. They are abundant—one-third of a typical city’s footprint is pavement for motor vehicles. These streetscapes are usually designed as drains\, rapidly ridding a community of such perceived “problems” as rainwater\, stormwater\, organic matter\, fertility\, and obstructions to traffic flow. This design often leads to ever-increasing costs for importation of water\, flood control\, pollution control\, heat-island abatement\, climate-change mitigation\, and health problems.\nBut a simple shift in perception and design can enable us to see and utilize rainwater\, stormwater\, organic matter\, fertility\, and even some obstructions to traffic flow as free\, local resources\, which can be passively harvested to enhance local water supplies\, control flooding\, filter pollutants\, grow cool-islands\, mitigate the effects of climate change\, and improve health—while generating more resources and more life.\nThe key is to see and enhance the free abundance that we already have in a way that transforms more of our built systems into living systems that can regenerate themselves and our communities.\nNumerous successful examples will be featured.\n*Thanks to Landscape Alberta for bringing Brad to Calgary for their 2015 Green Industry Show & Conference. Event details & registration here. URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-regenerative-rights-of-way-public-talk-november-19-2015-calgary-ab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151119T101500 DTSTAMP:20150518T024606Z CREATED:20150518T024606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150518T024606Z UID:8100-1447921800-1447928100@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: Landscape Alberta's Green Industry Show & Conference\, November 19–20\, 2015 — Calgary AB\, CANADA DESCRIPTION:Landscape Alberta presents: \n2015 Green Industry Show & Conference\nVenue: BMO/Round-up Centre at Stampede Park\nAddress: 20 Roundup Way SW\, Calgary\nDates: November 19 & 20\, 2015\nConference website\nConference program\nRegistration page\nAttend one or both days.\nDiscounts for members and students.\nFrom the organizers:\nOur amazing team of staff and volunteers have put together a conference program aimed to inform and inspire everyone from designers to arborists\, owners to students\, growers to contractors. Our conference sessions are timely and responsive to industry issues—this event is not to be missed! Please join us this fall in Calgary to make new connections\, build your business\, and share in the success of our industry in Alberta and beyond.\nCopies of my book\, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 1\, 2nd edition\, will be available after each session for sale & signing\nMy two contributions:\nThursday morning—Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World:\nThis dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest\, integrate\, and enliven free local resources—such as rain-\, grey-\, and stormwaters; sun\, wind\, and shade; along with soil fertility\, wild foods\, and community fun—in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure\, disconnected from their surroundings\, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.\nYou’ll see many examples of such transformation\, including how once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials; how ancient sun- and shade-harvesting sites are informing passively heated\, cooled\, and powered modern homes and retrofits; and how once-blighted\, overheated neighborhood streets are being rejuvenated into thriving greenbelts of water\, people\, wildlife\, art\, food\, and celebration by planting once-drained stormwater\, seed\, and yard prunings.\nThis talk is both an invitation for you to engage and partner with your natural surroundings and community\, and a treasure map showing you the way—by planting the rain\, dancing with the sun\, growing fertile shade\, and more—to live as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!\nFriday morning: Water-Harvesting Earthworks and Rain Gardens:\nPlant the rain before you plant your trees to boost production\, reduce flooding\, conserve water\, and create sustainable oases around your homes and community infrastructure. Raingardens and other small-scale earthworks quickly infiltrate rainfall into the soil where less is lost to evaporation\, while reducing erosion. Living ‘pumps’ of vegetation then enable us the access that water. Come learn simple principles and tips to leverage greater success as you implement these simple and effective passive systems. This presentation builds on Brad’s basic water-harvesting talk\, while offering more specifics and case studies. Working examples and case studies will be highlighted.\n \n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-landscape-albertas-green-industry-show-conference-november-19-20-2015-calgary-ab-canada/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151116T203000 DTSTAMP:20151107T212754Z CREATED:20151107T212754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151107T212754Z UID:8578-1447700400-1447705800@www.harvestingrainwater.com SUMMARY:Brad Lancaster: "Integrated Local Harvests" Public Talk\, November 16\, 2015 — Eagle Mountain City UT DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday\, November 16\, 2015\nTime: 7–8:30 pm\nVenue: Garden Near the Green\nAddress: 3700 E Campus Dr #100\, Eagle Mountain\nHosted by: Eagle Mountain City\, with special thanks to the Office of Mayor Christopher Pengra\nBrad’s talk title & description:\n\nIntegrated Local Harvests:\n Simple and Effective Ways to Enhance the Natural Abundance of Your Home\, Community\, and the Larger World\nWater and sun harvesting\, along with water and sun cycling. Illustration by Joe Marshall.\nThis dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest\, integrate\, and enliven free local resources—such as rain-\, grey-\, and stormwaters; sun\, wind\, and shade; along with soil fertility\, wild foods\, and community fun—in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure\, disconnected from their surroundings\, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.\nYou’ll see many examples of such transformation\, including how once-dying wetlands and creek flows are being regenerated with simple hand-built structures made of on-site materials; how ancient sun- and shade-harvesting sites are informing passively heated\, cooled\, and powered modern homes and retrofits; and how once-blighted\, overheated neighborhood streets are being rejuvenated into thriving greenbelts of water\, people\, wildlife\, art\, food\, and celebration by planting once-drained stormwater\, seed\, and yard prunings.\nThis talk is both an invitation for you to engage and partner with your natural surroundings and community\, and a treasure map showing you the way—by planting the rain\, dancing with the sun\, growing fertile shade\, and more—to live as one of your community’s inspirational sparks!\nThere will be the opportunity after the talk for Q&A as well as sales and signing of Brad’s book\, Rainwater Harvesting for Dryland and Beyond\, Volume 1.\n  URL:https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/event/brad-lancaster-integrated-local-harvests-public-talk-november-16-2015-eagle-mountain-city-ut/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR