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

Materials and Suppliers

The following listings are meant to inform, they are not meant as recommendations. And don’t forget to look in the yellow pages of the phone book for more local suppliers.

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Upcoming Events

  1. Online Rainwater Harvesting Course

    October 21 - December 5

  2. Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Silver City, NM

    November 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

  3. ARCSA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

    December 2 - December 5

  4. Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Las Vegas, NV

    December 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  5. Spring 2020 – Permaculture Design Course, Tucson, AZ

    February 8, 2020

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Umbrella Newsletter

The Umbrella: Summer 2019

THE UMBRELLA: A catch-all of resources, events, media, and more from Brad Lancaster   New, full color, revised editions of the award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 and 2 are now available for order and pre-order!   Buy direct from Brad for big discounts, and to help him fund the creation […]

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