[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
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
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 Lancasters 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
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 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