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  • From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Updated BOOK TOUR Brad Lancaster author Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks in California AUG 28-SEPT 21 2008
  • Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:01:02 -0700

Brad Lancaster was interview about his new book on Sustainable World Radio on KCSB 91.9 FM 9-10am PST weekly and streaming live on www.kcsb.org. Also found on www.sustainableworldradio.com, later in the month

Interview with Brad Lancaster on Aug 22 on Sustainable world Radio has been posted on
<http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org/content/view/205/160>http://socalifornia.permacultureconvergence.org/content/view/205/160



ABOUT HIS NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK AND CALIFORNIA BOOKSIGNING TOUR AUG 28-SEPT 21 2008
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks,

=Get out your shovels and dance in the rain! That is what Brad Lancaster’s second volume in his trilogy on Rainwater Harvesting will make you want to do.

Join Brad Lancaster , as he shares his experiences traveling the world learning about harvesting rainwater---with simple landforms and earthworks---in places like India, Peru, Mexico, Africa and the United States, where impoverished landscapes are turned into oases of life.

Harvesting rainwater was once a worldwide technology, but was replaced by pipes, canals, and sprinklers---inefficient and wasteful strategies that are running dry. In his newly published book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks, Brad Lancaster shares techniques for designing landscapes that passively harvest water using brilliant, low-tech, regenerative systems to hydrate the land and maximize the benefit that water brings to plants, animals and people.

Water has been identified as a global crisis in the making. Southern California has one of the most piped landscapes ever designed, relying on water from far away that may not be available in the future. Brad's book encourages individuals and government agencies to redesign landscapes to live sustainably in their watersheds. Earthworks, using
shovels to large earth moving equipment, can be the foundation strategy for sustainable landscapes.

Brad Lancaster is a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of Desert Harvesters (DesertHarvesters.org). Living on an eighth of an acre in downtown Tucson, Arizona, where rainfall is lessthan 12 inches annually, Brad practices what he preaches by harvesting over 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year. Brad has taught programs for the ECOSA Institute, Columbia University, University of Arizona, Prescott College, Audubon Expeditions, and many others. He has helped design integrated water harvesting and permaculture systems for homeowners and gardeners, including the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site, the Milagro and Stone Curves co-housing projects.


Tour dates will be posted on Brad Lancasters website www.harvestingrainwater.com/

Tour Organizer Santa Barbara Permaculture Network contact Wes Roe wes@sbpermaculture.org , www.sbpermaculture.org

TOUR DATES

Sept 5th Fri. 6pm potluck dinner, 7:30-9:30 presentation. Solstice Grove Institute. Marin County
To get tickets <http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=26856>http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=26856
$23.95 in advance, $30 at the door. Workexchange available.
Contact for more info and directions to info@urbanpermacultureguild.org , <http://www.urbanpermacultureguild.org>www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
Sponsored by Urban Permaculture Guild and Solstice Grove Institute.

Sept. 7 Sun,. 7 - 9 pm Commonweal Garden, Bolinas CA
Contact www.regenerativedesign.org 415-868 9681 Cost $10
Sponsored by Regenerative Design Institute


Sept. 8th Mon, 7:30 pm Occidental Arts & Ecology Center¹s ­ North Garden
Stage
This is an outdoor location ­ please dress accordingly
Suggested donation of $5 to $10 to support Brad¹s great work! No one turnedaway for lack of funds!
Plan on buying and having autographed by Brad several copies of the book forholiday gifts!!
This event sponsored by the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center¹s WATER Institute www.oaecwater.org
For more information call: 707-874-1557 x 206. For directions to OAEC www.oaec.org

Sept 9 Tues 7pm, Boonville Fire House , Boonville
Contact Linda <lsmacelwee@hotmail.com> For details call 707-456-0779 or 707-895-3230
Cosponsor The Mendocino Ecological Learning Center ,the City of Willits and the Navarro Watershed Working Group

Sept 10 , Wed 5pm Willitis
Contact max@melc.us, 707-456-0779 or 707- 895-3230
Cosponsor The Mendocino Ecological Learning Center ,the City of Willits and the Navarro Watershed Working Group

Sept. 12, Fri 1pm Seminar room 4016, Bren Hall University of California Santa Barbara Free
Contact Jami Nielsen(805)893-2968, nielsen@es.ucsb.edu
<http://www.tps.ucsb.edu/mapFlash.aspx#campus_map>http://www.tps.ucsb.edu/mapFlash.aspx#campus_map,


Sept. 12, Fri 7:30-9 p.m.Lecture BC Forum Fe Bland Auditorium SBCC west campus 721 Cliff Drive. Santa Barbara
For more information and details on location and parking see
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu
Cosponsors by The Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Santa Barbara Adult Education Program

Sept. 13, 14, Sat& Sun 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sustainable Design Workshop with Art Ludwig and Brad Lancaster
Location EBS 309 SBCC East Campus 721 Cliff Drive. Santa Barbara
Spend two days with expert sustainable water systems designers, Art
Ludwig and Brad Lancaster, as they work through practical and locally
appropriate designs for Santa Barbara residents. We live in a drought and
flood prone area. Learn how to manage water, nutrients, and energy more
sustainably using simple design strategies. For more information and
details on location and parking see http://sustainability.sbcc.edu
Cosponsors by The Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Santa Barbara Adult Education Program

Sept 15 Mon 6:30pm, 6pm, potluck Santa Monica Main Library. 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica
2nd floor, Multi-purpose room NO Charge and NO Books Sale
The library is located on Santa Monica Blvd. at 6th street in Downtown Santa Monica. Parking, entrance on 7th street
Contact: Sean Jennings 310-883-5021 or swjennings@gmail.com
No books to be sold please purchase a book before event from local bookstore of www.harvestingrainwater.com/
Cosponsored by Sustainable Santa Monica and the Westside Permaculture Gatherings.


September 19, Fri.6:30-9:30pm Center for Spiritual Living, Environmental Outreach 27121 Calle Arroyo Suite 2200 San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 $20 for Dinner & Talk
To sign up or for more information please call (949) 481-4040 or www.centerfortruth.org

September 21, Sun 3 pm - 4:30 pm Peace Resource Center / Church of the Brethren 3850 Westgate Place
San Diego, CA 92105
Free, donations welcome. Info: 619-255-6111 or sdecc@igc.org
Also
Come early for the International Day of Peace Open House
12 pm - 3pm showcasing the soon-to-be completed Friends Center,
an urban green building featuring strawbale construction, edible landscaping, and more!
For information on the Friends Center, see www.sdfriendscenter.org .





  • [permaculture] Updated BOOK TOUR Brad Lancaster author Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks in California AUG 28-SEPT 21 2008, Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 09/04/2008

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