Podcast appearances and mentions of brad lancaster

Here to expect on the podcast:The importance of learning from failures.Acquiring new skills can enhance your ability to support those around you in difficult times.Continuously improving preparedness strategies ensures you're always ready for unexpected challenges.The value of community support and the need for multiple redundancies in preparedness plans.Benefits of maintaining internet access.And much more! Resources:Jackery Solar Generator -  https://bit.ly/3B8dm95Rocket Stove -  https://bit.ly/4ie203TButane Stove and fuel -  https://bit.ly/4i9XQKxButane Fuel - https://bit.ly/41a2baoWater Bottle Pump - Cozy BlueWater Dispenser, Portable Water Bottle Pump for Universal 3, 4 and 5 Gallon with USB Electric Charging and Automatic Off Switch (Black)Water bottle silicon covers - 3 and 5 Gallon Water Jug Cap, Silicone Reusable Replacement Cap, Non Spill Bottle Caps for 55mm Bottle Water Dispenser Caps - Pack of 3Well hand pump - https://www.lehmans.com/product/stainless-steel-deep-well-pump-head/Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/The Ministry for the Future - https://bit.ly/4g2fCgWScenario Planning Worksheet - https://joyfulprep.kartra.com/page/scenarioConnect with Brad Lancaster - https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/Permaculture Institute of North America - https://pina.in/Connect with Judith Horvath: https://www.fairhillfarm.com/Connect with Greg Peterson: https://www.urbanfarm.org/ Connect with Wendi Bergin!Website: https://joyfullyprepared.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joyfulprepInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyfulprepper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selfreliantmoms/Download Home Storage Checklist: https://www.joyfullyprepared.com/52weeks

Here to expect on the podcast:Takeaways from being prepared and needing to be prepared.The most critical skills to share when helping others get ready for a hurricane.Avoid becoming a burden to others during times of need.Factors people should consider to ensure a home is safe from flooding during house hunting.And much more! Resources:Jackery Solar Generator -  https://bit.ly/3B8dm95Rocket Stove -  https://bit.ly/4ie203TButane Stove and fuel -  https://bit.ly/4i9XQKxButane Fuel - https://bit.ly/41a2baoWater Bottle Pump - Cozy BlueWater Dispenser, Portable Water Bottle Pump for Universal 3, 4 and 5 Gallon with USB Electric Charging and Automatic Off Switch (Black)Water bottle silicon covers - 3 and 5 Gallon Water Jug Cap, Silicone Reusable Replacement Cap, Non Spill Bottle Caps for 55mm Bottle Water Dispenser Caps - Pack of 3Well hand pump - https://www.lehmans.com/product/stainless-steel-deep-well-pump-head/Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/The Ministry for the Future - https://bit.ly/4g2fCgWScenario Planning Worksheet - https://joyfulprep.kartra.com/page/scenarioConnect with Brad Lancaster - https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/Permaculture Institute of North America - https://pina.in/Connect with Judith Horvath: https://www.fairhillfarm.com/Connect with Greg Peterson: https://www.urbanfarm.org/ Connect with Wendi Bergin!Website: https://joyfullyprepared.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/joyfulprepInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyfulprepper/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selfreliantmoms/Download Home Storage Checklist: https://www.joyfullyprepared.com/52weeks

If at any point you've been interested in water harvesting in dryland contexts, it's almost impossible that you've missed Brad Lancaster's work. His pioneering activities and projects in Tucson, AZ have propelled a movement of water wise landscaping, rainwater harvesting, and smart water reuse all around the world. While so many of the examples I've highlighted in this series relate to actions and strategies for working with the land, a huge majority of Brad's work is focused on the urban and suburban context with everything from roof water, to road and storm drain diversion, and greywater and systems.  In the last handful of episodes we've explored permaculture earthworks for water harvesting landscapes and keyline design on large scales. As a complement to those topics I got in touch with Brad Lancaster, the author Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, volumes one and two which have recently been re-released as expanded new editions. Brad is an expert in the field of rainwater harvesting and water management whose work I've been following for a long time. He is also a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of the non-profit Desert Harvesters, which teaches the public how to identify, harvest, and process many of the native-food plants people are propagating in their areas. He's also been instrumental in helping to change water management policy and government incentives in the City of Tucson to help others implement water wise catchment and reuse features on their properties.  In this interview we cover a wide range of topics from the difference between active and passive harvesting technology and reading the landscape to determine how to work with the natural surroundings, to the increasing importance for water stewardship in non-arid climates and why it's so important to connect and invest in the place you already live rather than thinking that moving to another place will solve your environmental worries.  Brad also gives great advice on home scale water harvesting and storage which are all topics that are covered extensively in his books. He's done an incredible job with the help of many experts and collaborators to compile tons of resources that are available to help you get started on his website

In today's episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam. I know this might seem oddly specific, but after an interview with Brad Lancaster last season, he talked about how he's been learning from people like Van and his mentor Bill Zeedyk about smaller, less intrusive interventions that can have profound effects on the health of a watershed. The truth is that there are so few watersheds and water bodies left around the world that aren't highly degraded and in need of restoration. Many of the communities most affected by this damage don't have the resources to hire engineers and professionals to do survey and undertake large expensive restoration projects. A lot of what Van promotes flies in the face of these large professional technical projects and teaches people how to understand their watersheds and identify the small and gradual work that can be done to improve their health. The one rock dam is a great example of this and so today we'll be exploring what it is, how it can be installed, and most importantly, how to educate yourself on how to interact and intervene in a damaged waterway in an effective way that doesn't cause further damage in the long run, like many of these big professional projects do.  So a little background information.  Van Clothier's firm, Stream Dynamics, Inc., specializes in turning runoff and erosion problems into water harvesting opportunities with water harvesting earthworks, urban stormwater retrofits, and riparian and wetland restoration in both urban and wildland settings. Van has worked extensively in New Mexico and Arizona on a variety of restoration projects with regional drylands stream restoration and water harvesting experts including Bill Zeedyk, and Brad Lancaster. He is the co-author with Bill Zeedyk of the book Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels,  Recent projects include designing water harvesting stormwater retrofits for the City of Santa Fe, and restoring a very large ciénega (desert marsh) in the bootheel of New Mexico.

We got the opportunity to chat with Brad Lancaster of 'Discover Connection' to learn all about his mission to bring back more human connection into his life - we find out how he has managed to hitchhike across countries, cook for strangers in their homes and even knock on doors to ask if he can use their shower! This podcast will have it all and then we will take out on the most anxiety riddled experience of our own! Join Our Patreon : patreon.com/SpicyBitofMeat --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spicy-bit-of-meat/support

It only rains about 11 inches per year in Tucson, Arizona and decades of historic mismanagement compounded the water scarcity problems, resulting in dwindling groundwater supplies and a mostly dry Santa Cruz River. In response, this city in the Sonoran Desert became a leader in saving, reusing, and recycling water. Programs to conserve water and reclaim treated wastewater are discussed in this episode by John Kmiec, Director of Tucson Water. Efforts to use recycled water to restore flows in the Santa Cruz River are shared by Luke Cole, who directs the river's restoration for the Sonoran Institute. And local resident Brad Lancaster explains how he harvests rainwater for all his needs at home and spurred the use of green infrastructure to capture stormwater in the neighborhood. waterloop is a nonprofit media outlet. Visit waterloop.org

"plant the rain"when you live in the most arid region of Zimbabwe and modern farming techniques have failed, you take drastic measures to provide for your familyand that's after being jailed and beaten multiple times for yearslet's learn about Zephaniah PhiriZephaniah Phiri was born Feb 1927 in Rhodesia 1950s during the colonial days, he was arrested for planting barn grass and kikuyu grass to preserve water in his catchment area. At court, the validity of his arguments led the Magistrate to visit Phiri's fields and let him go freePhiri was arrested again in the 1960s. Brutally beaten up, thrown into a detention facility, spending his entire time there in leg irons.His farming aptitude began while in detention, a place of extreme scarcity, when he started a piggery project so he could “eat better.”after release and banned from working, forced him back to his small farm at ~8 acres. Phiri experimented with farming techniquescapturing water from the hill, redirecting it into trenches at the bottom of the hill for future use. Earning him three arrests for “farming in a waterway.”Intrigued by Phiri's continued defiance and quantity of produce at a time of severe drought (1972/73), the magistrate decided to visit Mr Phiriʼs farm. Impressed, freed him and had the Government Land Development Officer opposing Mr Phiriʼs strategies replaced.1973, Mr Phiri opened his first pond, discovering that the bands of clay brought water to the surface and these could be used to make dam walls that prevented water loss when it was abundant.“Ponds enabled holding more water in the marshy patch, without water-logging the soils"August 1976 during Zimbabwe's liberation war, he was arrested for possession of firearms left at his home by the freedom fighters, "terrorists" to the colonial government. Tortured, two of his shoulder bones, broken, hip joint disjointed, and forever left with a limpAfterwards, he was taken to Gweru Prison where he suffered for four and half years, handcuffed and restrained with leg irons.By 1983, he had constructed two additional dams of combined storage capacity 1,5 million litres, nearly 400,000 gallons or an olympic sized swimming poolencouraged by the experiments with sand filtration using concrete rings, Mr Phiri discovered in 1987 the concept of “Phiri pits” – holes in contour trenches where water accumulates, forcing water infiltration deep into the soils uphill to feed downhill fields later in the seasonDuring the 80s and 90s, he placed pits across his land. Many villagers followed his example. Between 1984-86, he founded the Vulindhlebe Soil and Water Conservation, and the Zvishavane Water Project, two key NGOs that equipped farmers with skills to manage their water betterover 10,000 visitors to his farm in the past 30 years. Academics, university students, researchers, public officials, fellow farmers, all learning from a man who had elementary school edu. Mr Phiri did not need a degree to understand hydrology, and how to make it work for him.His now famous “Phiri Pits” have captured the rain water whose seepages have literally met the water level in the ground below; thus resulting in raising the water table that ensures constant moisture to his trees and crops.Brad Lancaster of Arizona, author of “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond”, had visited Zimbabwe in 1995“And when I told him how concerned I was with the water situation in my community and watershed, and how I was thinking of leaving my community because of this... "Phiri said "You cannot leave. You must set your roots deeper than you ever thought possible. Because if you run from your problems, you will just plant problems everywhere you go... "“You must instead try to find solutions. If you succeed, you will then have the ability to find solutions anywhere.”He was never selfish. He freely offered well-structured training to smallholder farmers in his area and throughout Zimbabwe, particularly women.Phiri, famously known as the "Water Harvester" passed away on September 1, 2015 after suffering a severe stroke “In his years Mr Phiri took to thanking Mr (Ian) Smith (the cruel former Rhodesian prime minister) in his speeches,” Dr Ken Wilson said in his condolence messageDr Ken Wilson “He would say that from Smithʼs inhumanity and his vulnerability had come the prayers that had opened his heart to hear the Word of God and enabled him to commit his familyʼs well-being on the stewardship of his little piece of land.”To see photos, check out my Twitter thread on Mr PhiriThank you very much for listening. I'll have a link in the notes for everything you've just heard.If there's another farmer you'd like me to cover, send me a message! @farmhoplife on all the social medias or matt@farmhoplife.comGo feed yourself.FarmHopLife websiteFarmHopLife #20x23projectFarmHopLife LinktreeImage Credit: National GeographicSource 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7, Source 8, Source 9

“You have to try to turn your problems into solutions, because if you don't, and you run away from your problems, they'll follow you and you'll plant problems everywhere you go.” Spoken by a Zimbabwean subsistence farmer known locally as the “water farmer,” these words ignited an even stronger desire in Brad Lancaster to find solutions to the water problems plaguing his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. Press play to discover: Ways to harvest water that avoid additional problems, like flooding and water quality issues downstream Why irrigating with rainwater as opposed to city water will leave you with much healthier plants and soil Various reasons for and benefits of water harvesting How to determine how large a rainwater tank should be based on the amount of rainfall in a given area How contact with roofs, asphalt, etc. affects the quality of rainwater (and how to limit the negative effects) The factors that determine how much money you could save by harvesting rainwater Interested in learning more? Visit https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ for an impressive collection of information on these topics, and to find Lancaster's award-winning books. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3bO8R6q

Brad Lancaster is a permaculture and regenerative design consultant and educator. His specialty is sustainable landscapes. We chat with Brad about using the landscape to harvest rainwater. And about using the landscape as a living air conditioner. Brad also talks about a very inspiring project that he helped spearhead, a community food forest.We talk about:  Using permaculture principles in landscaping How to harvest rainwater in the landscape The connection between landscapes and cooling Using the soil and "speed bumps" in the landscape to make it a living sponge Selecting plants to suit the landscape The Dunbar Springs Urban Food Forest Brad is the author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.  

My guest for this episode is Brad Lancaster author of the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series. In this episode, Brad and I discuss the value of infiltrating water into the soil so that it becomes a resource that we invest during water-rich times and withdraw from that bank only when needed during dry times. As Brad's work includes more than just drylands the conversation also includes ideas for storing water in rich areas. Along the way we also look at several listener questions including fog harvesting, using living systems to hand wet basements, and observing to find the right match for plants suitable to wet clay soils. What I really enjoyed about this conversation was Brad's continued reference to creating and using living systems. Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.  Other resources of interest Brad's blog post on Fog Harvesting David Eisenberg and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology Zephaniah Phiri Maseko's biography at National Geographic.

Brad Lancaster is a YouTuber. He runs the channel Discover Connection, which has more than 570,000 subscribers. On the channel, he runs interesting experiments and documents them… like crossing America on $0, asking Mexicans to cook dinner at their home, getting a tattoo with a stranger, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:20) What Is Connection? (7:10) Brad's Stress (9:39) Feeling Isolation (17:03) Working For Yes Theory (27:31) Where Does Insecurity Come From? (34:51) Free Car (37:01) There Are No Bad People  (41:01) Humanity Is All The Emotions (43:39) The Problem With Modern Communities (50:55) Feeling Not Wanted (55:58) Different Lenses (1:00:01) Meeting Random People (1:03:41) Getting A Stranger's Face Tattooed (1:08:02) Creating Serendipity (1:12:00) Panic Attack In Mexico (1:15:02) Consuming Too Much (1:16:33) Loving Yourself (1:19:21) Growth = Friends Becoming Mentors (1:24:05) Challenge (1:25:52) Second Phone Resources: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson – https://www.amazon.com/Return-Love-Reflections-Principles-Miracles/dp/0060927488Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant – https://www.amazon.com/Love-Yourself-Like-Your-Depends/dp/0062968726 Brad's Links YouTube:  @DiscoverConnection  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverconnection My Links

Neste episódio vamos retomar a agricultura. Desta vez, falaremos especificamente da agricultura de regadio. E porquê? Porque a tendência para desertificação em Portugal continental aumenta, a precipitação diminuiu 15% na Península Ibérica nos últimos 20 anos, a disponibilidade de água em Portugal diminuiu 20% neste período e… do outro lado da ‘corda', temos uma agricultura com consumos de água crescentes. Sabia que a rega constitui mais de 70% dos volumes de água captada? A superfície agrícola regada cresceu 20% nos últimos 10 anos. Perante este aparente paradoxo, não será preciso pensar um caminho diferente para o investimento público? Será que Portugal precisa de mais regadio? Referências do episódio:- Projeto MEDwater: https://zero.ong/accoes/medwater/- Recomendação do livro “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond” de Brad Lancaster

What's it like to put all your fears on the line and approach complete strangers with odd requests? Today we find out. My guest is Brad Lancaster of the YouTube channel “Discover Connection”. A filmmaker discontent with the amount of connection he was experiencing decided to put himself in precarious situations and film it. I've watched several of his videos at this point and I love every single one. Join us as we discuss what led him to where he is now and where he's going. Mike Bledsoe P.S. Curious about your own ability to connect better? January 8th we're launching the School for the Living. A major component of what we'll be doing is connecting better with ourselves and those around us. Go to schoolfortheliving.com

Brad Lancaster, author and expert on water harvesting, talks to Water Desk Director Mitch Tobin about how individuals and communities can make the most of rainfall and greywater to stretch local supplies.  Brad Lancaster is the subject of a new documentary, Water Harvester: An Invitation to Abundance, that was produced by David Fenster, a journalist at Arizona Public Media and Water Desk grantee. Take a deep dive into water news, check out the Water Desk's FREE multimedia library, and find more Water Buffs Podcast content at https://waterdesk.org/  

In this episode, we bring on Brad Lancaster. Brad is the founder of Discover Connection, where he documents and films interactions with complete strangers in hopes of building stronger, more connected relationships. He believes that the root of living a happy life is through human connection. The YouTube page has grown to over 500,000 subscribers as well as thousands of followers across all social platforms.  As Brad mentions though, his goal is for his videos is to just be watched once, so people can get motivated to go make their own connections in the real world. Brad's videos consist of events such as hitch-hiking across Canada alone, cooking for complete strangers in their homes, and going to a foreign country to learn a language in 30 days. YouTube page:https://www.youtube.com/c/DiscoverConnection

In today's episode, we speak with Brad Lancaster, award-winning author of the book, Rainwater Harvesting. With drought affecting many regions of the U.S., Brad offers multiple ways to harvest and use rainwater from your property, keeping trees healthy and birds happy (www.harvestingrainwater.com). Also check out his other website (neighborhoodforesters.org). Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice-monthly discussions about restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard. Access the BIRD HUGGER Newsletter here: www.birdhuggerpodcast.com. Send your questions about birds and native gardening to birdhuggerpodcast@gmail.com. (PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC.

Did you know that harvested rainwater can be used in arid regions of the world to support food-bearing shade trees, abundant gardens, and a thriving landscape that provides wildlife habitat, beauty, medicinal plants, and more?  Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Brad Lancaster, rainwater harvester, permaculturist, regenerative design consultant and award-winning author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond. Lancaster describes how he captures rain and grey water, and thereby transformed his community, reduced temperatures, and improved health.Related website:   https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ 

“You have to try to turn your problems into solutions, because if you don't, and you run away from your problems, they'll follow you and you'll plant problems everywhere you go.” Spoken by a Zimbabwean subsistence farmer known locally as the “water farmer,” these words ignited an even stronger desire in Brad Lancaster to find solutions to the water problems plaguing his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. Press play to discover: Ways to harvest water that avoid additional problems, like flooding and water quality issues downstream    Why irrigating with rainwater as opposed to city water will leave you with much healthier plants and soil Various reasons for and benefits of water harvesting How to determine how large a rainwater tank should be based on the amount of rainfall in a given area How contact with roofs, asphalt, etc. affects the quality of rainwater (and how to limit the negative effects) The factors that determine how much money you could save by harvesting rainwater Interested in learning more? Visit https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ for an impressive collection of information on these topics, and to find Lancaster's award-winning books. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3bO8R6q

It makes sense that anywhere that has a dry climate should seek alternative sources of water. In this podcast, we chat with Tucson business owner, Brad Lancaster about his approach to this issue.  Brad Lancaster works in permaculture and regenerative design with a particular focus on water harvesting. Living in a dryland environment himself, Brad has focused on informing individuals about this subject by authoring the two-volume book series, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and beyond, a resource that provides in-depth information on water harvesting. Click play to learn more about: The importance of turning problems into solutions. The many different reasons for harvesting rainwater. How municipal residents rely on rainwater harvesting.  Visit www.harvestingrainwater.com to absorb more information about this fascinating subject! Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

Farmer Greg's guest is Tucson's Brad Lancaster! Award Winning Author of ‘Rainwater Harvesting For Dryland And Beyond'.  With cities asking residents to reduce water use, harvesting rainwater is more that just collecting in a tank. Brad discusses various methods about how you can capture every drop and move rainwater from the street to the roof!  ‘Planting the rain to grow abundance'.

Link para mais informações: https://forms.gle/2FuJvSMXy6GCRcou6 Nessa interação ao vivo eu compartilho informações sobre Os 8 Princípios para Coleta de Água de Chuva, que foram elaborados pelo Seu Zephaniah Phiri, um ecologista autodidata e produtor rural e pelo educador ambiental Brad Lancaster e sobre a Sequência de Produção Natural (SPN), um método de restauração de áreas degradadas com foco nos cursos d'água e matas ciliares criado pelo produtor rural australiano Peter Andrews. Além dessas abordagens inéditas no Brasil, eu compartilho também a importância da Escala de Permanência da Linha Chave (EPLC) para a construção da autonomia e resiliência hídrica e energética das propriedades rurais. O estudo de caso da propriedade do Seu Zephaniah no semiárido Zimbabuano mostra a aplicabilidade dos princípios e práticas apresentados no curso mesmo na escala de intervenções manuais. As barragens de irrigação e o padrão de plantio em Linha Chave resolvem os problemas gerados pelas secas, enchentes e a erosão captando e redistribuindo a água das chuvas no relevo com elegância energética e funcionalidade para a produção. A Sequência de Produção Natural (SPN) implementa barragens permeáveis (leaky weirs) para fazer uso das águas de enxurrada na regeneração do solo, vegetação e biodiversidade de áreas ribeirinhas. Essas abordagens trazem a autonomia e a resiliência hídrica como base para o planejamento rural e durante a interação eu explico porque devemos começar pela água. Se você ainda não tem uma propriedade rural, esse curso é ainda mais essencial para você, porque te ajuda a desenvolver um olhar mais detalhado com base na resiliência hídrica para buscar seu lugar no mundo. Vem participar e tirar suas dúvidas ao final da aula. O curso #manejoregenerativodaágua começa dia 08 de julho e está com preço promocional para inscrição até o dia 17/06.

Guests: Drew Leitch, Brad Lancaster  and David Yarrow Listen and read more

“Urban food forests in the American Southwest” with Dr. James Allen. Food forests are multi-level polycultures where fruit and nut trees, vegetables, shade trees, mushrooms, aquatic plants, and more can all exist in the same urban or rural space. They're known to have many benefits, both environmentally and socially; however, in more arid climates like the American Southwest, there are a few hurdles urban agroforesters must overcome. In this episode, Dr. Jim Allen discusses a recent survey of Southwestern food forests and how these mini-oases are learning to thrive in more arid climates. Tune in to learn: How food forests, agroforestry, urban agroforestry, and permaculture overlap Success stories for food forests in the American Southwest Ongoing challenges for food forest implementation Future research and partnerships opportunities for food forests and agriculture at large If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20018 This paper is always freely available. If you would like more information about Agroforestry at large, the 3rd edition of North American Agroforestry is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780891183785.ch14 Use discount code NAA35 for 35% off through April 30, 2022. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Jim, you can find him here: James.Allen@nau.edu https://directory.nau.edu/person/jaa74 If you would like to reach out to Paul Benalcazar from our student spotlight, you can find him here: pbenalca@lakeheadu.ca Resources Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3r7rQ0R CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bC560FA51-9BB6-EC11-8142-DFBD04152281%7d Bukowski, C., & Munsell, J. (2018). The Community Food Forest Handbook: How to Plan, Organize, and Nurture Edible Gathering Places. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Crawford, M. (2010). Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops. Devon, UK: Green Books. Jacke, D., & Toensmeier, E. (2005). Edible Forest Gardens (two volumes). White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Lancaster, B. (2019). Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (two volumes). Tucson: Rainsource Press. Toensmeier, E. & Bates, J.. (2013). Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Video: What an unlikely food oasis can teach us as climate change worsens. Interview with Jerome Osentowski, founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, which is set in his indoor and outdoor food forest. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3090101181030966 Video: A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_m_0UPOzuI Video: Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance. A TED Talk by Brad Lancaster that addresses issues related to water use in drylands. Brad is the main person behind what I call a dispersed urban/neighborhood food forest in Tucson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2xDZlpInik Video: How America's hottest city is trying to cool down. https://www.vox.com/videos/2021/9/20/22683888/sonoran-desert-phoenix-tree-equity Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Wendy speaks with Brad Lancaster, a rainwater harvesting and water management expert from Tucson, Arizona, and Kainat Felicia Norton, who talks about inner cultivation and sacred ecology. She is vice president of Ziraat, a mystic activity that utilizes the symbology of farming practices from clearing the fields to harvesting the crop to guide inner development.

These two beautiful people share their amazing love story and it's truly beautiful. They've been together through the impossible and are stronger than ever. The entire episode is an open, honest, conversation about life, love, and relationships. Enjoy! Be sure to check out their podcast Tru Life Balance https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKSHQhJOfNNPMYbvV1z5Ng https://open.spotify.com/show/4XgrpXHew6zCtQlP3gvOmX

Brad Lancaster's ideas are practical, radical, and urgently needed. In this episode Brad describes how he began harvesting street runoff at his home in the Sonoran Desert, where he now harvests 100,000 gallons per year on just 1/8th of an acre. Brad's rainwater harvesting methods grew into a citywide movement toward regenerative hydration practices in his hometown of Tucson. His easy-to-implement strategies for water resilience are economical and readily adoptable. With California in hydrological deficit—and as climate change exacerbates the scarcity wrought by overallocation—this conversation with Brad contains both essential inspiration and practical tools you can apply at your home, not only survive the ongoing drought and reduce your water cost, but to enhance the quality and abundance of your life. A link to the original interview and transcript with Brad Lancaster: http://www.watertoolkit.org/?page_id=2670 For more information on Brad Lancaster's work visit: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ and www.NeighborhoodForesters.org Episode Host: Pete Deneen Sound editing and mixing: Ryan Evans Music: Todd Hannigan Original interview with Brad Lancaster: Charles Upton This podcast was made possible with funding and support by creative collective and producer Watershed Progressive, the Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District, California Department of Water Resources, and the residents of California who supported Prop 84.

Guest Bio:Brad Lancaster is one of Utah's top home flippers and has a background in Real Estate.

Figuring out how to get your tiny house a supply of water is one of the biggest challenges you’ll face living off-grid. Wouldn’t it be great if we could simply capture and use the water that falls out of the sky? I had always thought that rainwater harvesting in a tiny house would be inconvenient and ineffective due to the small roof size. Enter today's guest, Brad Lancaster. Brad is a tiny house dweller and author of several award-winning books about rainwater harvesting, and he has completely changed my mind. Not only is rainwater harvesting doable in a tiny house, but I’m actually planning on implementing some rainwater capture in my own setup. Don’t miss this conversation with Brad Lancaster so you can learn how to get started with Rainwater Harvesting!Full show notes and images at thetinyhouse.net.155In This Episode: Overview of rainwater harvesting strategiesWinter water tipsHow to keep the water clean to avoid having to treat itDoes a dirty roof affect rainwater harvesting?Brad's system and what happens during a droughtWhat effects will rainwater harvesting have on your living situation?Legalizing and incentivizing rain and gray water harvestingGraywater differences, uses, and passive heating/coolingSimple is better (and cheaper): Brad explains whyHow to harvest condensate This week's sponsor: Tiny TuesdaysDid you know that I personally send a tiny house newsletter every week on Tuesdays? It's called Tiny Tuesdays and it's a weekly email with tiny house news, interviews, photos, and resources. It's free to subscribe and I even share sneak peeks of things that are coming up, ask for feedback about upcoming podcast guests, and more. It's really the best place to keep a pulse on what I'm doing in the tiny house space and also stay informed about what's going on in the tiny house movement.To sign up go to thetinyhouse.net/newsletter. I'll never send you spam and if you don't want to receive emails, it's easy to unsubscribe.

In today's episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam. I know this might seem oddly specific, but after an interview with Brad Lancaster last season, he talked about how he's been learning from people like Van and his mentor Bill Zeedyk about smaller, less intrusive interventions that can have profound effects on the health of a watershed. The truth is that there are so few watersheds and water bodies left around the world that aren't highly degraded and in need of restoration. Many of the communities most affected by this damage don't have the resources to hire engineers and professionals to do survey and undertake large expensive restoration projects. A lot of what Van promotes flies in the face of these large professional technical projects and teaches people how to understand their watersheds and identify the small and gradual work that can be done to improve their health. The one rock dam is a great example of this and so today we'll be exploring what it is, how it can be installed, and most importantly, how to educate yourself on how to interact and intervene in a damaged waterway in an effective way that doesn't cause further damage in the long run, like many of these big professional projects do.  So a little background information.  Van Clothier's firm, Stream Dynamics, Inc., specializes in turning runoff and erosion problems into water harvesting opportunities with water harvesting earthworks, urban stormwater retrofits, and riparian and wetland restoration in both urban and wildland settings. Van has worked extensively in New Mexico and Arizona on a variety of restoration projects with regional drylands stream restoration and water harvesting experts including Bill Zeedyk, and Brad Lancaster. He is the co-author with Bill Zeedyk of the book Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels,  Recent projects include designing water harvesting stormwater retrofits for the City of Santa Fe, and restoring a very large ciénega (desert marsh) in the bootheel of New Mexico. Get the resource packet for this episode! Join the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community Links: https://streamdynamics.us/ https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/let-the-water-do-the-work/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX8rPv-YKIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9PXRcduGo For more episodes about watershed regeneration, check these out https://regenerativeskills.com/galen-fulford/ https://regenerativeskills.com/brad-lancaster/ https://regenerativeskills.com/mark-shepard/ https://regenerativeskills.com/zach-weiss/

Today I released an older video I found about Brad Lancaster and his water harvesting efforts in Tuscon Arizona.  It really got me thinking about the need to build community though abundance. As this was happening I had a guest … Continue reading →

Today I released an older video I found about Brad Lancaster and his water harvesting efforts in Tuscon Arizona.  It really got me thinking about the need to build community though abundance. As this was happening I had a guest … Continue reading →

Is rainwater harvesting the solution? From the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Debbie Franco, the senior advisor for water and rural affairs, shares her personal thoughts on the state's water inequities and how practices like rainwater harvesting can improve the health of the state's watersheds. The conversation centers around reflections on an interview with drylands water guru, Brad Lancaster, an expert in the field of rainwater harvesting and water management. Pieces of an interview from Lancaster's masterclass in ‘planting the rain' are interwoven throughout an insightful and inspiring conversation on how California can realign its relationship with water. A link to the original interview and full transcript with Brad Lancaster: http://www.watertoolkit.org/?page_id=2670 For more information on Brad Lancaster's work visit: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ and https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/ Episode Host: Pete Deneen Sound editing and mixing: Ryan Evans Music: Todd Hannigan Original interview with Brad Lancaster: Charles Upton

In the last handful of episodes we've explored permaculture earthworks for water harvesting landscapes and keyline design on large scales. As a complement to those topics I got in touch with Brad Lancaster, the author Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, volumes one and two which have recently been re-released as expanded new editions.Brad is an expert in the field of rainwater harvesting and water management whose work I've been following for a long time. He is also a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of the non-profit Desert Harvesters, which teaches the public how to identify, harvest, and process many of the native-food plants people are propagating in their areas. He's also been instrumental in helping to change water management policy and government incentives in the City of Tucson to help others implement water wise catchment and reuse features on their properties.  In this interview we cover a wide range of topics from the difference between active and passive harvesting technology and reading the landscape to determine how to work with the natural surroundings, to the increasing importance for water stewardship in non-arid climates and why it's so important to connect and invest in the place you already live rather than thinking that moving to another place will solve your environmental worries.  Brad also gives great advice on home scale water harvesting and storage which are all topics that are covered extensively in his books. He's done an incredible job with the help of many experts and collaborators to compile tons of resources that are available to help you get started on his website Resources: https://www.desertharvesters.org/ https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/ http://www.dunbarspringneighborhoodforester.org/ Check out the Global Regeneration CoLab TEDx event here!

On this mega-episode of the Horticulturati, we’re tackling garden design--our approaches, our anxieties, and our gripes about “expert” sources of mystifying advice and misleading photography. Garden design books are rife with the jargon of art theory. How well does this translate to the living medium of plants in the landscape? Google Image Search puts pictures of every plant imaginable at our fingertips, which is great...but also not so great. Hashing it out at length, we agree on some basic aesthetic tenets, then throw the rest out the window. Maybe it all comes down to climate, maintenance, and solving problems with plants. First up, Leah describes a real-life botanical nightmare that sends her down memory lane. Last, Colleen shares a listener letter from a Buckeye gardening in the southwest. Leave a voice message on the new Horticulturati Hotline! The number is 347-WAP-HORT.  Or drop us a line on our website.  Mentioned in this episode:  The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg, here’s the illustration Leah’s referring to, and her 1991 home video of her interview with Chris Van Allsburg; Landscapes in Landscapes by Piet Oudolf; Gardens of Japan by Tetsuro Yoshida, and his excellent illustration of balanced grouping of stones; Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 2 by Brad Lancaster; Texas Wildscapes by Kelly Conrad Bender.

On this mega-episode, we’re tackling garden design--our approaches, our anxieties, and our gripes about “expert” sources of mystifying advice and misleading photography. Garden design books are rife with the jargon of art theory. How well does this translate to the living medium of plants in the landscape? Google Image Search puts pictures of every plant imaginable at our fingertips, which is great...but also not so great. Hashing it out at length, we agree on some basic aesthetic tenets, then throw the rest out the window. Maybe it all comes down to climate, maintenance, and solving problems with plants. First up, Leah describes a real-life botanical nightmare that sends her down memory lane. Last, Colleen shares a listener letter from a Buckeye gardening in the southwest. Leave a voice message on the new Horticulturati Hotline! The number is 347-WAP-HORT.  Or drop us a line on our website.  Mentioned in this episode:  The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg, here’s the illustration Leah’s referring to, and her 1991 home video of her interview with Chris Van Allsburg; Landscapes in Landscapes by Piet Oudolf; Gardens of Japan by Tetsuro Yoshida, and his excellent illustration of balanced grouping of stones; Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 2 by Brad Lancaster; Texas Wildscapes by Kelly Conrad Bender.

Join Nicole and Brad Lancaster as they discuss harvesting rainwater.WHAT YOU’LL LEARNHow harvesting rainwater is done.Is harvested rainwater safe to drink?Ways to use collected rainwater.How one farmer made a thriving oasis in Africa from rainwater collection!OUR GUESTBrad Lancaster is a dynamic teacher, consultant, and designer of regenerative systems that sustainably enhance local resources and our global potential. He is the author of the award-winning, best-selling book series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond; the website www.HarvestingRainwater.com; and its ‘Drops in a Bucket’ Blog.Brad lives his talk on an oasis-like demonstration site he created and continually improves with his brother’s family and neighbors in downtown Tucson, Arizona. On this eighth of an acre and surrounding public right-of-way, they harvest 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year where just 11 inches per year fall from the sky. But it doesn’t end there. The potential of that water is then integrated with the simultaneous harvest of sun, wind, shade, and fertility. Brad is motivated in his work by the tens of thousands of people he has helped inspire to do likewise, go further, and continue our collective evolution.RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONEDHarvesting Rainwater WebsiteHarvest the Rain BookDrops in a Bucket BlogHarvesting Rainwater Facebook PageHarvesting Rainwater Twitter PageHarvesting Rainwater Instagram PageHarvesting Rainwater YouTube Channel*Berkey filters*Dr. Bronner Peppermint soap*Oasis laundry detergent*Oasis dishwashing/all purpose-soap*Biopack brand soapChicken nipplesSUPPORT THE SHOWYour support helps us continue to provide the best possible episodes!View Our Favorites on Amazon*Shop HeritageAcresMarket.comFollow us on Facebook and InstagramJoin our Hens & Hives Facebook GroupJoin our VIP Text ClubLeave a question or comment on our podcast message page*Denotes affiliate linksSupport the show (http://paypal.me/heritageacresmarket)

Now that the 3rd Season is finally here(again), we bring you an episode like no other. In this episode, Brad Lancaster of Discover Connection talks about the human connection which he documents on his You-Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvxGFtF7apSnmpnKHDrK8qA Credit for the vocals in our new intro: https://www.instagram.com/shengfeng____/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pOIFxg8ZT1TK09Vc5QjxA Also thanks to Harry for being a guest host https://www.instagram.com/maadwans/

Now that the 3rd Season premiere is finally here, we bring you an episode like no other. In this episode, Brad Lancaster of Discover Connection talks about his grand adventures traveling across the width of Canda exclusively by hitch-hiking which he documented on his You-Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvxGFtF7apSnmpnKHDrK8qA Credit for the vocals in our new intro: https://www.instagram.com/shengfeng____/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pOIFxg8ZT1TK09Vc5QjxA Also thanks to Harry for being a guest host https://www.instagram.com/maadwans/

Teaching about the personal and community benefits of harvesting rainwater. In This Podcast: Returning guest, Brad Lancaster, recently taught us about Harvesting the Rain and is back to teach about Planting the Rain. If you've ever considered capturing rainwater directly in your landscape, this episode will teach you about rainwater planting methods and strategies, how captured water impacts thermoregulation, and water as a lubricant for exchange. Get inspired by a village in India that changed their water planting culture and learn how to create healthier soil. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Brad  runs a successful permaculture consulting, design, and education business in Tucson, Arizona. He is focused on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. Growing up in a dryland environment, water harvesting has long been one of his specialties and a true passion. He is the author of the permaculture bible for water harvesting:  Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volumes I & II  and he has just released new full color revised and expanded editions of both. Visit www.urbanfarm.org/plantrain for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! 540: Brad Lancaster on Planting the Rain.

Impact Earth: Water, Episode 1 Brad Lancaster, author of the newly revised and released editions of the books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Rainwater Harvesting: Designing Regenerative Systems to Sustainably Enhance Local Resources and Global Potential Brad is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org. Since […]

Maximizing the benefit of rainwater for both personal and community use. In This Podcast: Have you ever considered capturing free water for your landscape? Brad Lancaster has pioneered rainwater harvesting in Tucson, AZ and around the world. He teaches how to reinvest rainwater into living systems that grow resources all for the cost of shoveling some dirt. Learn about rain gardens, zoning, benefits of rainwater, adjusting your mentality, developing your strategy, and integrating sun, shade, and gravity into your design. You'll never look at your yard the same way! Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Brad  runs a successful permaculture consulting, design, and education business in Tucson, Arizona. He is focused on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. Growing up in a dryland environment, water harvesting has long been one of his specialties and a true passion. He is the author of the permaculture bible for water harvesting:  Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volumes I & II  and he has just released new full color revised and expanded editions of both. Visit www.urbanfarm.org/rainharvest for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! 514: Brad Lancaster about Harvesting the Rain.

We are officially finishing off the October 2015 "Home" show, and there's no better to do that than with Brad Lancaster's love letter to Tucson and ruminations on how he, personally, found his home. From Brad's Odyssey bio: Brad Lancaster is an opportunistic, exotic weed rooted in the Sonoran Desert where he strives to be of service. Towards that aim he authored the just released, full-color, revised and expanded editions of his books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (see HarvestingRainwater.com), and co-founded DesertHarvesters.org. Treasure hunting on bike or foot revives him, thus you'll often find him scouting a back alley, dumpster, ancient ruin, or water hole. Treasure planting enlivens him, so you can join him digging rain nets, sowing wild food plants, and weaving living corridors through minds and neighborhoods. This episode was performed and recorded in front of a live audience at The Screening Room in Tucson, AZ, on October 1st, 2015, and was curated by Jen Nowicki Clark. For more information about Odyssey Storytelling, please visit www.odysseystorytelling.com

This episode weaves through a number of stories of rainwater harvesting from around the world. This episode focuses more on the community aspect of water harvesting and addresses the question of how large scale water harvesting projects involving multiple stakeholders and communities actually happen? Brad has initiated his own extensive projects, as well as visited many others throughout the world. Please enjoy this lesson on catalyzing community and healing hydrology. Links referenced in the episode: Check out Brad's newly revised, full-color editions of his "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond" books available direct from Brad at deep discount at: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/shop/ Check out the Online Rainwater Harvesting Course featuring Brad's work and books: https://pace.oregonstate.edu/catalog/permaculture-rainwater-harvesting-online-course Roman- and Byzantine-era Cisterns of the Past Reviving Life in the Present: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2011/07/08/roman-and-byzantine-era-cisterns-of-the-past-reviving-life-in-the-present/ Revolving Community Loans for “Water From Allah”: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2010/08/23/revolving-community-loans-for-water-from-allah/ Cisterns of Old Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2010/07/17/cisterns-of-old-jeddah-saudi-arabia/ Harvesting Air-Conditioning Condensate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Beyond: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/2010/07/07/harvesting-air-conditioning-condensate-in-jeddah-saudi-arabia-and-beyond/ Building Bridges project where residents of adjoining neighborhoods came together to proactively identify the need for, and solutions to, enhance inter-neighborhood connections by foot, bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, etc. http://dunbarspring.org/documents/building-bridges-project Desert Harvesters work to grow and utilize more native wild food plants where we live, work, and play www.DesertHarvesters.org Brad Lancaster full bio: Since 1993 I’ve run a successful permaculture consulting, design, and education business focused on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. And as I live in a dryland environment, water harvesting has long been one of my specialties and a passion. Through my business I’ve been able to share this passion and many of the fun innovations and daily adventures that come about from striving to live more sustainably and comfortably in the Sonoran Desert. At home my brother and I harvest about 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year on a 1/8-acre urban lot and adjoining right-of-way. This harvested water is then turned into living air conditioners of food-bearing shade trees, abundant gardens, and a thriving landscape incorporating wildlife habitat, beauty, edible and medicinal plants, and more. Such sheltering landscapes can cool buildings by up to 20° F (11° C), reduce water and energy bills, and require little more than rainwater to thrive. Outside the home, I have helped others do the same, enabling clients to create ephemeral springs, raise the level of water in their wells, and shade and beautify neighborhood streets by harvesting their street runoff in adjacent tree wells. But this is just the beginning. Water is the bait to entice you to see, connect with, and help enhance more of the greater whole. In this spirit, we also passively and actively harvest the sun for free and clean heat, light, and power. We expand and design shade in sync with the sun’s seasonally changing path across the sky, so that shade cools us in summer, but not in winter. Passive ventilation and wind harvesting boosts this free summer cooling. Fun, easy, dynamic stuff that generates more life—our true community health and wealth.

Harvesting native foods in the Sonoran Desert. In This Podcast: The desert is full of amazing native plants that provide a rich, delicious bounty of food, IF you know what to look for and how to harvest it, and Brad Lancaster wants you know these secrets.  He is excited about a new cookbook that shares delicious and tested recipes for native trees and plants. And these plants are suited to thrive in the hot and dry climates, so they tolerate drought conditions better, while giving other great benefits to all desert residents. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Brad runs a successful permaculture consulting, design, and education business. He is focused on integrated and sustainable approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. Growing up in a dryland environment, water harvesting has long been one of his specialties and a true passion. He is the author of a permaculture bible for water harvesting:  Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volumes I & II and is a contributor to Desert Harvesters' Eat Mesquite and More cookbook.  This new release centers on the abundant harvest of mesquite and other Sonoran Desert food plants we can plant, steward, and enjoy where we live, work, and play. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/eatmesquite for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 393: Brad Lancaster on Wild Food Forestry

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guests today are Jill Lorenzini and Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters, here to discuss the new bioregional cookbook Eat Mesquite and More! We use that as a frame to talk about how to learn more about our natural world, to invite ourselves into wild spaces, and to deepen our sense of place through connection to the land, plants, and the meals that bring us together. What they offer, though steeped in the Sonoran Desert, is something universal that you can replicate wherever you are to increase the understanding of seasonality, native plants and foraging, and also to grow the connections of your community through food. Find out more about Desert Harvesters and Eat Mesquite and More!at Desert Harvesters.org. If you'd like to find out more about their individual work, Brad is at harvestingrainwater.com and Jill is at lorenziniworks.com. -- What I like about this interview is the way that Brad and Jill dig into the idea that supporting local habitat matters. If we care for the spaces around us, including those native edible plants and the local watershed, we can protect it. By tending those spaces, especially our neighborhood, we bring those plants that we want to grow and eat into our yards and gardens. Then, though we still forage among the plants when ripe and edible, we no longer have to go into the often fragile ecosystems where, in the words of Bob Theis, the land doesn't need us to inflict ourselves on it. There is good land and growing space around most of us, whether that is a few pots on a windowsill, a planter box in a window, a rooftop garden, or a large sprawling garden. I also like this idea of bringing things in because of my permaculture teachers encouragement to encourage the non-use and expansion of Zone 5, the wilderness, wherever it exists, by bringing the other Zones inward. Tending a space, especially an urban one, with rare and interesting plants creates a new source to protect them. A refuge for this life, and our own. If you're interested in creating a habitat for native plants, once you have your copy of Eat Mesquite and More! I recommend picking up Dr. Doug Tallamy's Bringing Nature Home. Using his years of experience as an entomologist and current research, he shows these plants that co-evolved with other life can have on supporting diversity in our backyard and bioregion. I also want to suggest another book worth reading, relating to what Brad shared about his experience teaching in Zimbabwe and the recognition that there are food forests all around us, and that is Save Three Live by the late Robert Rodale. This is an important book to read as a permaculture practitioner to understand the ways we can use our skills and knowledge to create an understanding of the abundance of nature and to create systems that insulate ourselves, our families, and our communities, from disasters. If you have any questions or thoughts after listening to this conversation with Jill Lorenzini and Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters, leave a comment or get in touch. Email: The Permaculture Podcast Write: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast From here the next interview is from guest host David Bilbrey when he sits down Julie Mettenburg of The Tallgrass Network to talk about Holistic Management. Until then, spend each day creating the world you want to live in by foraging, eating native foods, and taking care of Earth, yourself, and your community. Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Giveaway Michael Judd, a friend of the show and recurring guest, recently launched a new book on Kickstarter, For The Love of Paw Paws, a mini-manual for Growing, Caring, and Eating North America's largest native fruit, the Paw Paw. To celebrate this new project, we're partnering to give away a copy of his first book, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist to a listener of the podcast. To celebrate this new project, we're partnering to give away a copy of his first book, Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist to a listener of the podcast. If you would like to enter, email me at The Permaculture Podcast by March 24 with the title Paw Paw. Back For the Love of Paw Paws on Kickstarter Spring Fundraiser As we move into Spring in the next few weeks, I'm running a fundraiser between now and April 20, as the time has come to replace my minivan. If you love this show, whether you're new or been tuning in a long time, I'm asking you to consider donating $1 per show that you've listened to. In support of this campaign, the artist Lindsay Wilson has donated a series of nature-inspired one-of-a-kind mixed-media prints. During the fundraiser I'll be giving several of these away, one to the highest donor, one to a random donor, and one to a Patreon supporter, and everyone will receive digital copies of the entire series that you can use as a background for your phone, computer, or print out and frame for your wall. View the prints for this fundraiser Give online by going to paypal.me/permaculturepodcast Or send something in the mail: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast See more of Lindsay Wilson's art at curvedcanvas.com. Resources Buy Eat Mesquite and More! direct from Desert Harvesters Desert Harvesters main page Lush Cosmetics Charity Pot Punch Woods Endowment Grant The Future Eaters Bringing Nature Home Save Three Lives (Thriftbooks) Past Interviews with Brad Lancaster 1502 - Water Harvesting with Brad Lancaster 1550 - The Desert Harvesters with Brad Lancaster

Author and rainwater harvester Brad Lancaster has thought a lot about the natural processes of death and defecation, and in October 2016, he combined the two in a beautiful story about love, decay, and rebirth during Odyssey's "Natural" show. From Brad's Odyssey bio: Brad Lancaster loves to partner with and serve life. Towards that aim he authored the books “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond” and co-founded DesertHarvesters.org. Thus you'll often find him digging rain nets, sowing wild food plants, and weaving living corridors through minds and neighborhoods. This episode was performed and recorded in front of a live audience at the Flandrau Planetarium on the campus of the University of Arizona on October 6th, 2016, and was curated by Tony Paniagua. For more information about Odyssey Storytelling, please visit www.odysseystorytelling.com

Brad Lancaster is co-founder of Desert Harvesters, in Tucson, Arizona. He's author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond. His new book, produced with Desert Harvesters, is Eat Mesquite and More: A Cookbook for Sonoran Desert Foods and Living.  

“Art is the almost undefinable component that creates a distinction between information and a story.” – Evan Grae Davis “Even the corporate work that pays well, I’m not going to do unless I can do it in a way that moves my soul!” – Evan Grae Davis There are not many people out there who offer their services for free to celebrate a monumental birthday…that’s the character of Evan Grae Davis who is giving away a promotional video to a charity in celebration of his half century mark. Evan has been telling stories with video to stimulate individual and world change for nearly 30 years and also serves as the creative director of TEDx Tucson after speaking at TEDxGateway in Mumbai, Indian. His passion is to create (and equip others to create) strategic media communication tools that impact culture through storytelling methods that engage the heart. Learn more about Evan’s work @ www.evangraedavis.com Visit https://youtu.be/I2xDZlpInik to see Brad Lancaster the subject of Evan’s documentary which is in development. Visit Ken @ www.kencalcaterra.com and on various social media outlets and please share and comment on the show. Special Thanks to show sponsors: Ben Sturgell – www.bensturgell.com – This episode features Ben's song "Dora” Dr. Mark Holland – www.chiroandrehab.com and www.mystlouischiropractor.com – 636.946.7777 Dales Music – 314.895.3403 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWfJ70-SmUY Kevin Blomenkamp – Master Jeweler – 314.346.6498 – ballpeen74@yahoo.com - https://youtu.be/SpUTZ6D7Alo

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast   In this episode, I'm joined by Beth Dougherty the co-author, along with her husband Shawn, of The Independent Farmstead. This new book from Chelsea Green Publishing looks at intensive pasture management and animals on the farm. Though that is the subject of the book, which comes from decades of experience running The Sow's Ear Farm in Ohio and provides a holistic approach to farm management, we spend most of the conversation discussing the calling to become a farmer and what the lifestyle includes. We also discuss the impact that a single large ruminant, the cow, can have on a farm, and the role of milk in transforming the availability of nutrients, which reduces the need for off-farm inputs. As Beth says, animals turn yesterday's sunlight into today's fat and proteins. This is something we can accomplish with a few acres of grass, the sun, and a dairy cow. I do have a copy of this book to give away to a Patreon supporter, check your feed there for more information. I'd also like to thank author, educator, and guest of the podcast, Brad Lancaster, for his many years of support and continuing contributions to the permaculture community. His incredible series, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, offers clear and simple methods for assessing how to harvest and utilize on-site assets like water, sun, wind and shade to create yields in our systems.  In particular check out the recently updated 2nd edition of volume 1 and learn how to create regenerative systems in your community with the resources around you. They are vital references that deserves a space on your bookshelf. Find out more about Brad and pick up a copy of his books at harvestingrainwater.com.  Resource The Independent Farmstead (Chelsea Green Publishing)*       *These are affiliate links. Purchasing using these links will benefit the financial health of the show.

Brad Lancaster is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org.  Since 1993 Brad has run a successful permaculture education, design, and consultation business focused on integrated regenerative approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. In the Sonoran Desert, with just 11 inches of annual rainfall, he and his brother harvest about 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year on an eighth-acre urban lot and adjoining right-of-way. This harvested water is then turned into living air conditioners of food-bearing shade trees, abundant gardens, and a thriving landscape incorporating wildlife habitat, beauty, medicinal plants, and more. The goal of his book series and overall work is to empower his clients and community to make positive change in their own lives and neighborhoods—by harvesting and enhancing free on-site resources such as water, sun, wind, shade, community, and more. It's catching on, as evidenced by tens of thousands of practitioners and demand for Brad's work around the world. Listen in and Learn about: How growing up and playing in the desert impacted his early concept of the desert Learning from indigenous friends how to use what is all around him in the desert How the initial infrastructure in the desert was water wasteful How permaculture and indigenous culture in dry or wet lands harvest water How he got addicted to water re-use improvements Some information about the hydrologic cycle and how we are impacting that cycle His definition of resilience and beneficial redundancy How we can look at our lifestyles and how to plan some resilience into it His unique laundry to landscape system and how it is being replicated in the neighborhood His goal to have no directly imported water on his landscape The difference between modifying our climate to suit our crops vs. modifying the crops to meet the climate How he tripled or even quadrupled rainfall on his plants Helping trees along the streets with street-side water basins Revitalizing the desert ecosystems in the neighborhood through wise water harvesting Revitalizing the water table during a drought, while avoiding flooding during heavy rains The creation and purpose of Desert Harvesters And a lot more As well as: His biggest success What drives him, and His one piece of advice for podcast listeners Go to our podcast page at http://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/podcast/ to find photos, links and more information on this podcast as well as each of our other guest interviews

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest for today is Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, who returns to talk about Desert Harvesters, an organization in Tucson, Arizona, using neighborhood plantings to collect urban rainwater runoff, and create community by raising awareness about native edible plants. We spend much of our conversation discussing the history and actions of this organization, before turning to how these ideas are spreading to other cities and towns. During the closing Brad shares some of the current research on using street runoff to irrigate roadside plants, as well as four water assessment suggestions that he uses to evaluate every site. Find out more about him at harvestingrainwater.com. Desert Harvesters' website, desertharvesters.org, has numerous resources that expand on the conversation Brad and I had today. One piece I recommend you read is the Manifeasto (PDF) by Kimi Eisele, as it is a one-page poetic encapsulates of everything Desert Harvesters stands for, including the vision and approach to spreading knowledge about native plants, and the power of celebration and capturing water run off. Through the use of celebration Desert Harvesters created community that leads to a greater buy-in from the changemakers in not only Tucson, but other regions as well. Through actions that started out illegally, with those first curb cuts, Brad and the others in his neighborhood showed that these ideas of using street run-off worked. Leveraging those two ideas shaped through the creation of the cookbook, they expanded the circle of influence further and further, accomplishing more collectively than through the actions of a given individual or organization. Could you use these ideas as a model in your own community to enact change? If you have any thoughts, questions or comments on this or anything else you heard during this episode, leave a comment here on Patreon and we can continue the conversation.   You can also reach me by email: The Permaculture Podcast or phone: . From here, the next episode, out in a day or two, is a short interview with Ethan Hughes to discuss what to expect from The Possibility Handbook. On Monday, December 7, a permabyte interview with David Casey, who recently launched the site NuMundo, to talk about how to take an idea and turn it into reality. On Thursday, December 10, is Jereme Zimmerman, to share with us how to Make Mead like a Viking. Until the next time, spend each day creating the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other. Would you like to receive a free copy of the inaugural issue of Regenerative Agriculture Magazine? Now through December 31, listeners of the podcast can use the coupon code “podcast” at checkout to do just that. Go get your copy today. Resources: Harvesting Rainwater (Brad's Site) Desert Harvesters The Desert Harvesters' Manifeasto (PDF) Multi-Use Rain Garden Plant Lists

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Sandor Katz with a collection of wild ferments. © Catherine Opie My guest for this episode is Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, The Art of Fermentation, and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved. If you've practiced any kind of fermentation and went looking for a recipe, reference, or just read about the wee yeasties and bacteria that transform our foods with their microbial magic, then you've probably read something by Sandor, and I recommend reading even more. His books, like what he shares in this interview, are filled with passionate personal presentations, balanced with a reservation towards any claim or information that sounds too good to be true. Can fermented foods change your life? Yes, but not in a miraculous way. What they will do is change your relationship to food, health, the cycles of the world, and the context of your diet. You can find out more about Sandor at his website, wildfermentation.com, and all of his books are available through Chelsea Green Publishing. If you are interested in picking up those books use the links in the show notes as a small portion of your purchase goes towards supporting the podcast. If you are wondering how to make fermented foods, pick up a copy of Wild Fermentation and begin reading. As soon as you encounter something that sounds interesting, try it. Make a small batch. A pint, a liter, a half gallon. However you want to measure it, start somewhere. You have the accumulated knowledge of hundreds of generations behind you. You can do this. The bacteria and yeast want to help you make delicious, wonderful foods. Go for it. You might just be surprised what you learn about food, and yourself. If along the way you have successes, failures, or questions you want to share, get in touch with me. or email: The Permaculture Podcast. Up next week on December 3 Brad Lancaster returns to share his work the the Desert Harvesters and collecting water in an urban environment. December 10, Jereme Zimmerman continues the fermentation conversation when we talk about Making Mead like a Viking. The last interview of the year comes out on December 17, and is with Taj Scicluna, better known by many as The Perma Pixie. She got up early to talk with me about the current state of Permaculture in the world. Until the next time, take care of Earth, yourself, and each other. Resources: Wild Fermentation (Sandor's Website) Wild Fermentation (The Book) The Art of Fermentation The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Today's episode continues the faith and earth care series through a conversation with Dillon Naber Cruz, one of the co-instructors of my Permaculture Design Course in 2010. Dillon was also one of the first guests on the podcast back in 2012 when the show moved to the regular interview format.  Then we talked about the idea of paying permaculture forward through our actions. Today we delve into his perspective on the intersection between Christianity and Permaculture, a subject he is exploring intensely during his preparations to enter seminary. Heading into this interview, I'd like to begin with my thoughts on what follows. These conversations about Faith and Earth Care generate the most feedback I've ever received on any of the topics presented on this podcast. As our community continues to discuss whether permaculture is just a design system or a movement, and the role of spirituality has in that dialog, this material is of ever more importance. You'll find that Dillon expands on this through a personal view on his faith, mixed with a call to apply the moral teachings of Christ with the ethical entreatments of permaculture. Having known Dillon for a long time, I expected this to be a passionate conversation, and it defnitely is. More so, I never found him to hold back, mince words, or shy away from expressing political views, and he definitely doesn't today. Anyone is likely to find a few moments in this conversation that are a little uncomfortable, but left with a lot to consider once we reach the end. This interview came about from a series of articles, titled The Christian Call to Earth Care, that Dillon wrote for his blog that blend together faith, politics, and biblical scholarship. You can read those and more of his work at: dilloncruz72.wordpress.com. As I opened the episode with my views on this interview, there are no more to follow, but you can get in touch with me and share your thoughts by phone at or by emailing: The Permaculture Podcast If you'd like you can also drop something in the mail, and we can correspond by post. The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast And a few announcements. The Possibility Handbook, a project with Ethan Hughes, continues. Ethan confirmed with me that January 16-23, 2016 we will record a series of new interviews together at The Possibility Alliance as the draft manuscript of the book. This listener exclusive fundraiser to make this project happen is seeking to raise $5,000 by the end of this year. That's less than six weeks away and we've got some distance to go to get there. If you would like to hear and see more of Ethan's passion and perspective in the world, in a guide to create the world you want to live in, make a pledge today. Also, would you like to spend three weeks in Costa Rica learning permaculture with Joshua Peaceseeker and other instructors at Joshua's farm, Verdenergia? You still have time to enter the drawing to win this opportunity. Until the next time, spend each day creating the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other. From here on Thursday, November 26, Sandor Katz joins me to talk about wild fermentation. After that, on December 3, Brad Lancaster returns to discuss the Desert Harvesters, community, and urban water catchment. Resources: Creation Care, Neighbor Care, Future Care (Dillon's Website) The Christian Call to Earth Stewardship The Christian Call to Earth Stewardship II: Permaculture Jesus? The Possibility Handbook Crowdfunding Campaign Costa Rica PDC Drawing

Jamie Somma was a backer of my IndieGogo to open a permaculture school which has since gone global & online: http://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/shop/thepermaculturestudentonline Brad Lancaster's AMAZING website: http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this post? Become a Patron. My guest is Michael Nickels, a farmer and permaculture practitioner from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, who runs Seven Ravens Permaculture Academy and Eco Forest. When not in Canada, Michael spends much of his time in Africa building schools that focus on teaching permaculture to children and their teachers. This forms the basis for what you will hear today, though if you are familiar with the normal format of the show, this one is a bit different. Listening to Michael I got caught up in what he was sharing from his earliest interests and love of nature, to his permaculture practices, and then on to the ways that he fundraises and works in a number of east African nations to construct the permaculture based schools. The way he tells stories, with asides and reconnections back to the main thread, is how my family told stories and the way I do, in a somewhat non-linear fashion, when not sitting behind a scripted podcast episode. As a result this is Michael telling his story with no interruption or break from me until nearly an hour in, so settle in, relax, and listen to how we can all have a greater impact than we might imagine, just by tuning in, getting engaged, and taking action. You can find out more about Michael at Seven-Ravens.com. There you will also find links to the IndieGoGo campaign for the teacher school in Tanzania and to donate directly to his efforts. Michael's work reminded of something that Jack Spirko said, in my interview with him sometime ago, that permaculture, compared to many other movements, is a do-acracy. We get fired up and passionate about something and then run with it and make it happen. Along the way we use the principles to learn from our mistakes and keep refining and developing, improving ourselves and what we are doing. What was shared with us in this episode reflects that from the very beginning of Michael's story up until his current work. Something else that I like about Michael as an example for what is possible is that he self-financed initially. He had an idea and found ways to make it work and then once he reached a point where he needed more assistance, he continued to build his networks and raise the funds needed to get things done. This wasn't an idea waiting for resources before beginning, he got started and then found what he needed to keep going. If you were in Michael's shoes, saw this need, a place where you could fill a niche, how would you take your first step forward? What would you do to bring your vision, your dream, into the world? What would you do, that is unique to you, that would make a difference? Whatever steps you would take, I would like to hear from you. To know what you are working with, and what you are doing to make it happen. Together we might even make it easier to get and keep your plans and project going. Email: The Permaculture Podcast From here I have three round-table sessions and an interview already recorded for upcoming release, as well as two book reviews in process, and more conversations on the schedule including foraging with Lisa Rose, fermentation with Sandor Katz, more rewilding with Peter Michael Bauer, and urban water catchment with Brad Lancaster. If you have questions for any of these upcoming guests, leave a comment in the show notes or get in touch with me by the usual ways. If there is any way I can assist you on your journey, give me a ring, let me know what is going on in your life and how we can create more opportunity in your world. Until the next time, take care of the earth, your self, and each other. [caption width="936" align="aligncenter"] Michael with his wife Heidi, and their three daughters, Abbie, Cleo, & Quinn.[/caption]

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this post? Become a Patron. This is Episode 1536: We Can All Be Builders, and is the complete audio, including an audience question and answer session, from Eric Puro's keynote address at Radicle Gathering on August 21, 2015. For those of you who watched the video I posted a week ago, there is an additional 20 minutes of material here that wasn't part of the visual recording, as the camera battery died and I couldn't swap it out at the time, but the audio feed continued rolling along. If you didn't watch the video, no problem, just settle in and relax as you can hear all that and more in this episode. During his address Eric shares with us the concept of Vernacular Architecture, what it means to truly build with local sustainable materials and the decisions involved in that process, and invites us all to be active in our role as builders. He also shares information about the non-profit, ThePOOSH.org, he and other members run, and how we can get involved. The Q&A that rounds out his speech touches on the new community he and members building codes and personal decisions, creating relationships in order to keep disputes from arising, and how to explore and find solutions to problems of living sustainably, such as lighting your home. I'd like to thank Photographer John for allowing me to borrow the equipment I used to make this recording, and the video possible. I'd also like to thank every listener who contributes to the show. You allow me to keep the show transmitting out into the ether, and to documents events like Radicle Gathering. If you've been considering becoming a recurring patron, sign up at patreon.com/permaculturepodcast. If you prefer to make a one time show of support, use the PayPal button on the right hand side of this. Find out more about Eric Puro and his work at ThePOOSH.org. Before getting into my thoughts about this speech, a few quick class announcements. Jen Mendez of PermieKids.com, a long-time friend and sponsor to the show, has a number of online events in September. First are her EDGE Alliances. On September 13 join her and other members of the PermieKids community to discuss “What's Home? Outdoor Place-Based Nature Study.” Two days later on September 15 is “Connecting with the Natural Wonderment of the World through the Visual Arts. In addition to those EDGE Alliances, She and David Blumenkrantz are continuing to share their work on Youth and Community Development through Rites of Passage, which formed the basis for our interview released on July 16. Join Jen and David as they expand on those ideas through a series of virtual campfires discussion, the first of which is on September 21, 2015. So, Eric's Keynote. I was fortunate enough to not only attend Radicle to hear Eric's speech, but also to spend time living in community with him and others for several days in Clear Creek ahead of the time spent at Radicle. I also recorded a round table discussion with folks there, which I'm planning to release on September 17. In that experience I got to see and begin to understand what it means to be in community with others, and the importance of an invitation into something. I was invited to stay with them, but then invited to help build with them. During Radicle I joined Eric, Loren, Satu, Adam, and my friend, The Other Eric (who joined me for the journey to Kentucky), to build the the foundation for the cob oven. Coming from a background where the attitude was “do it right or don't do it at all,” I was initially hesitant to join in collecting materials or the construction, instead watching from the side and asking questions. Then I was told that the only way I'll learn is to do and that anything that is done can be undone so hop in. It was a rewarding experience and as a result I collected and stacked stones, dug for sandy soil, and had some deep discussions about creating outside the bounds of a schedule driven, just in time, forever faster system. That made Eric's keynote resonate even more strongly with me, and is why I titled this episode We Can All Be Builders. Each of the members of ThePOOSH, and others unrelated to that work but who live in Clear Creek, Kentucky, opened the door and joined in at every step of the way to support and grow not only the projects, but also the people involved, including myself. Those people in that place allowed a space for me to let go of my rational mind and begin to feel, in a way uncoupled from the facts and figures of daily life, and was a reminder of the value of emotions and, as Dave Jacke said, what they can tell us about what is going on in our lives, in the moment. There is information in those emotions. We need to be free of that rational reductionist side from time to time in order that we have the perspective that can pair the irrational with the reductionist knowledge we gain through education and formal experiences. Taking those disparate parts and build a new story that is not one or the other, not the weight of the past or the activities of the present or the dreams of the future, but a synthesis of all the moving parts into something unique. Something novel. Something new the world has never seen before. In that space, that mindset, we can find the thoughts that are different. Those ideas can get us out of the situations we find ourselves in. We can be creative in our use of permaculture as a decisions making process and apply it to whatever situation we find ourselves in. Like talking to a building inspector about the structure we built, how it was built, and why it is safe in an earthquake zone, even though we are not engineers. To be good with our neighbors and learn that sharing strawberries or garlic or a beer or wine, can create a better relationship, but that we still have the option to build a fence if what we do is onerous to others and there is no way to resolve it otherwise. As permaculture practitioners we have all the tools to create an abundant world, now all we need are the skills and the space within our particular niche to make it happen. If I can help you with that, get in touch with me. Email: The Permaculture Podcast. From here, my upcoming recordings and other events, all lumped together by date. Jason Godesky and I are looking to sit down over Labor Day weekend and record an in-person interview to discuss his thoughts on re-wilding and the open-source role playing game he wrote, The Fifth World, which seeks to explore what life might be like after the fall of civilization four hundred years from now. If you are a gamer, definitely check that out. September 10, a Thursday and a normal release day for the podcast, is the day I turn 36. I usually take my birthday week off from the podcast, but may release a personal reflection on some of the lessons I've learned recently, and the current direction of the show. September 12, I will be at The Riverside Project outside of Charles Town, West Virginia, to record an in-person round table discussion. The panelists are currently Nicole Luttrell of Deeply Rooted Design, Jesse Wyner of Liberty Root Farm, Ashley Davis, a permaculture design certified herbalist who runs Meadowsweet Botanicals, and Diane Blust, a retired government worker who is starting her permaculture homestead, Chicory Hill Farm. This event kicks off at 2pm with a meet and greet, followed by a recording from 230-330, a short break, another recording from 4pm-5pm, and then a potluck from 5pm-??? This is an event that you can attend, however spaces are limited. To find out more or to RSVP, e-mail Emma: info@theriversideproject.com. September 16, Lisa Rose, author of Midwest Foraging, joins me to talk about the book and her other work. September 19 and 20, if all goes well, I'm returning to Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania to see what is going on and Late September, as we are still working on a date, Peter Michael Bauer returns to continue to the conversation on rewilding. We are also still working on what to talk about, but with the direction our private conversation went after the recording ended for the last interview, this one could dig deep. October 6, Sandor Katz joins me to talk about all things fermentation and culture. The first week of November, Brad Lancaster returns to share strategies based on the work of the Desert Harvesters to collect water in an urban environment in order to support native perennials planted in public right-of-ways If you have questions for these guests get in touch via the usual email address of phone number. The Permaculture Podcast . You can also use those if you want to talk about permaculture, ask me questions directly, or if you would like to setup a round-table recording in your community. Let me know.  Contact: The Permaculture Podcast And now, with all that said, this episode of The Permaculture Podcast draws to a close. Until the next time we meet, take care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon. My guest for this episode is Brad Lancaster author of the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series, of which the first book is now available in a revised and updated second edition. In this episode Brad and I discuss the value of infiltrating water into the soil so that it becomes a resource that we invest during water rich times and withdraw from that bank only when needed during dry times. As Brad's work includes more than just drylands the conversation also includes ideas for storing water in rich areas. Along the way we also look at several listener questions including fog harvesting, using living systems to hand wet basements, and observing to find the right match for plants suitable to wet clay soils. What I really enjoyed about this conversation was Brad's continued reference to creating and using living systems. This was something reinforced to me during my permaculture education by a teacher training instructor Rico Zook. Rico said that we have to design ourselves out of the system. Whether we are working our backyard or in international aid we are only there for a limited amount of time with a restricted pool of resources. The ideal is that our designs will be integrated to the point that they are resilient and functional when we are no longer available to directly oversee them. I also think of the importance, especially in designing for disasters, or systems that can survive if they are damaged by a storm, negligence, or ill-intent. The principles and ethics of permaculture provide an excellent foundation for that, and Brad's work adds to the strategies available for harvesting water. If after listening to this episode you would like to hear another perspective on water harvesting I recommend checking out my earlier interview with Craig Sponholtz of Watershed Artisans. That conversation compliments what Brad said here and reminds me that life is the way to slow down the forces of entropy and recycle resources in the landscape and in our lives. Other resource of interest: Brad's blog post on Fog Harvesting David Eisenberg and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology Zephaniah Phiri Maseko's biography at National Geographic I know I've referred to it before, but when thinking about water I come back to the saying from the disaster preparedness community. We can survive three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food. Water is vital to our health, well-being, and ability to grow food. If we are to build a regenerative civilization using life sustaining systems we need to insure the availability of clean water wherever we wish to live. We need to harvest water. We need to save water when we have a surplus so we can use it when there is a deficit. That is the way that we can borrow from ourselves rather than go into debt to future generations. Wherever you are on your permaculture journey, I am here to help you. Get in touch. Email: show@thpermaculturepodcast.com Write: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast. You can also find me on Facebook at: facebook.com/thepermaculturepodcast and on Twitter where I am @permaculturecst Until the next time, create a better world each day by taking care of earth, your self, and each other.

Brad Lancaster discusses permaculture and rainwater harvesting. Brad describes how to harvest rainwater and greywater. Brad also explains how the soil helps filter out toxins from greywater to keep us safe and healthy, but also transforms those toxins in the greywater into a valuable fertilizing resource for the plants. Brad talks about how other communities across the country are adopting the use of greywater and rainwater harvesting and how he's working with them to create a more sustainable future.

Brad Lancaster discusses permaculture and rainwater harvesting. Brad describes how to harvest rainwater and greywater. Brad also explains how the soil helps filter out toxins from greywater to keep us safe and healthy, but also transforms those toxins in the greywater into a valuable fertilizing resource for the plants. Brad talks about how other communities across the country are adopting the use of greywater and rainwater harvesting and how he’s working with them to create a more sustainable future.

Brad Lancaster, rainwater harvesting expert and Permaculture designer talks about how to plant the rain, water harvesting earth works, and his seminal books,, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 & 2 .

University of Arizona Students, UA peace corps fellows and volunteers joined Brad Lancaster, Tucson permaculture expert, for a workshop on water harvesting on the grounds of the Nature Conservancy Headquarters in Tucson, Arizona.