People see that dramatic positive change is possible when—after we implement water-harvesting plantings and restoration efforts—we post signs with photos documenting conditions before we planted regenerating abundance. Place the signs where the ‘before’…
You can grow tanks (and living pumps), rather than buy them, and they’ll have a lot more water-harvesting capacity. This video (filmed summer 2021) is about how living sponges (rain gardens) have far…
This video is about multi-use native plants self seeding, germinating , and thriving where we planted the rain. Typically, no supplemental irrigation is needed for these seedlings (the exception might be in an…
Brad Lancaster hosts this video about how you can plant your water-harvesting basins for FREE by transplanting volunteer seedlings of desired plants that come up with the rains. The idea is to maximize…
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Water Harvesting CalculationsWater Harvesting Calculations, Appendix 3 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol. 1 Rainwater Harvesting Nomogram for Tucson, ArizonaThis diagram and a ruler can determine optimal sizes of rainwater tanks…
Kailash Ecovillage in Portland, Oregon has transformed their 2 acres to absorb all of the rain that falls on it with an edible landscape, in a way that they give more water to…
This video was shot in early summer 2021 coming out of the driest year on record with record heat, and finally got 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rain 7-2021. But almost everyone let…
Miracle on Elmer Avenue Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, talks about Elmer Avenue, a neighborhood in Los Angeles’ NE San Fernando Valley that was transformed from a flood-hazard zone into a…