Dear Friends of the San Diego Permaculture Center and SDECC,
We hope you will join us on Sunday, Sept. 21, International Day of Peace, for a
talk on Rainwater Harvesting by author Brad Lancaster (see event announcement
below). At this critical time for humanity and the planet, we welcome your
presence and your actions to promote positive change.
See you there!
Marcia Boruta, Co-Chair
San Diego Permaculture Center &
SDECC (San Diego Economic Conversion Council)
*** EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT***
"RAINWATER HARVESTING" TALK, SEPT. 21
Author Brad Lancaster will speak on his book "Rainwater Harvesting for
Drylands" on Sunday, September 21, 3pm - 4:30pm, at the Peace Resource Center /
Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego 92105 (City Heights).
The event is free, donations are welcome. Info: San Diego Permaculture
Center, 619-255-6111 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also, come early to participate in the Peace Resource Center's 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 about the Friends Center, see
www.sdfriendscenter.org .
The San Diego presentation by author Brad Lancaster is part of a multi-city
book tour organized by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network. For other
speaking locations, see www.sbpermaculture.org or www.harvestingrainwater.com/
*** MORE ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR ***
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks
by Brad Lancaster
Earthworks are one of the easiest, least
expensive, and most effective ways of passively
harvesting and conserving multiple sources of
water in the soil. Associated vegetation then
pumps the harvested water back out in the form of
beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and
passive heating and cooling strategies, while
controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility,
reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and air quality.
Building on the information presented in Volume
1, this book shows you how to select, place,
size, construct, and plant your chosen
water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed
how-to information and variations of a diverse
array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch,
vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can
customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site.
Real life stories and examples permeate the book, including:
* How curb cuts redirect street runoff to
passively irrigate flourishing shade trees planted along the street.
* How check dams have helped create springs
and perennial flows in once-dry creeks
* How infiltration basins are creating thriving rain-fed gardens
* How backyard greywater laundromats are
turning “wastewater” into a resource growing
food, beauty, and shade that builds community, and more
* How to create simple tools to read slope and water flow
* More than 450 illustrations and photographs
Brad Lancaster has been teaching the sustainable design system of permaculture
and integrated rainwater harvesting systems, and running his own permaculture
design, consultation, and education business since 1993. He has taught programs
for the ECOSA Institute, Columbia University, University of Arizona, Prescott
College, Audubon Expeditions, Berea College, Sonoran Permaculture Teaching
Guild, Permaculture Drylands Institute, the Amphitheater School District, and
others. He has designed water harvesting permaculture systems for Milagro
Co-housing, Stone Curves Co-housing, Rio Development, Civano, and others. Brad
and his brother have created, and live on, a thriving 1/8th of an acre urban
permaculture site in downtown, Tucson Arizona. Within his neighborhood and
beyond, Brad feeds his passion for community building and activism, resulting
in the creation of the Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden, mini-nature
park, BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Arts and Salvage), annual neighborhood
native tree plantings, and the desert harvesters project (
www.DesertHarvesters.org)_______________________________________________
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