Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

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Thought Seeds

“[The] solution did not, like the typical industrial solution,
involve the making of a problem, or a series of problems, elsewhere.
It involved the making of a solution elsewhere:
the same work that improved the road improved the fields.”

--  Wendell Berry, 1990. "What are people for?" North Point Press, New York: p.121.

To implement such a solution check out Bill Zydeek’s book, "A Good Road Lies Easy on the Land...Water Harvesting from Low-Standard Rural Roads" – available for free download at www.QuiviraCoalition.org

Rainwater Harvesting

 

Hand cistern reaching for the rain. Inflow via forefinger, overflow via the thumb to terraced gardens.
Vine Street, Seattle, Washington


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The Umbrella: Summer 2020

THE UMBRELLA: A catch-all of resources, events, media, and more from Brad Lancaster In this time of Covid-19 and spending more time at home to be safe, I’ve been grateful for the solace, inspiration, and bountiful sustenance my water-harvesting gardens, landscape, and neighborhood forest has provided me, my family, friends, and neighbors. Record summer heat […]

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