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Street-side water harvesting image gallery

Utilizing street runoff to grow and enhance life along the street…
Neighborhood Food ForestryPassive SystemsSoil and Fertility HarvestingStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting

In-street water-harvesting traffic-calming image gallery

Utilizing street runoff to grow and enhance life within the street…
Neighborhood Food ForestryPassive SystemsStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting

Water harvesting from dirt roads image gallery

Transforming life- and resource-eroding dirt roads to generators of life and resources…
Passive SystemsStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting
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Videos

Desert Streetside Rainwater Abundance at 25 Years

Brad Lancaster leads us on a tour of the rainwater harvesting neighborhood transformation that has happened in the desert city of Tucson, Arizona. Brad has been working on soaking up the rains when they come since he started his project in the mid-nineties.
Neighborhood Food ForestryPassive SystemsRainwater HarvestingSoil and Fertility HarvestingStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting

Ray’s Soil Health Lecture

Great demonstrations on the comparative performance of untilled farm soil that is high in organic matter, versus regularly tilled, synthetically fertilized soil. Tips on how to enhance the living fertile sponge of your soil.
Passive SystemsRainwater HarvestingSoil and Fertility HarvestingStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting

Snow Falls on a Sinking CIty

Watch and read the American Oasis story about Brad Lancaster and others who are building on the region’s water-harvesting heritage and traditions.
Active SystemsGreywater HarvestingNeighborhood Food ForestryPassive SystemsRainwater HarvestingSoil and Fertility HarvestingStormwater & Street Runoff Harvesting
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