Podcasts about Rainwater harvesting

In this mini edition of Waterfall, Mike and Karen are joined by Lisa Craven, MD of Stormsaver, for an in-depth discussion about rainwater harvesting and its wide-ranging applications both commercially and in the home. The full length edition of this episode was originally released on 2/8/2024.

25% of all the water that comes into our homes is flushed down the toilet. By 2050, we're going to need an extra 5 billion litres of water a day - almost a third more - available in 25 years.This increased need for water is driven by a growing population, new homes and a water hungry economy and there's an opportunity to reduce our demand for the highest quality drinking water by using an alternative for things like flushing the toilet and watering the garden. So in todays episode we explore whether harvesting rainwater and using it in our homes could be part of the solution to closing the 5 billion litre shortfall.  You'll hear from George Warren, from Anglian Water, who's driving the 'Enabling Water Smart Communities' project to see how rainwater and water reuse in new housing developments can be scaled up.  Niki's co-host is Tom Chance, the CEO of the Community Land Trust Network,  representing community-led affordable housing projects - who shares the wider landscape around building new homes - and how rainwater harvesting could be included.SponsorsPlanet Possible is grateful to Mackley, Business Modelling Applications & MWH Treatment for their support. Credits Presented & Produced by Niki RoachExecutive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb LimitedWith thanks to Alastair ChisholmHonorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

Send us a textIn this conversation, Lynn Broaddus discusses her extensive experience in the water industry, focusing on the critical connections between water, energy, and climate change. She emphasizes the importance of water sustainability and the need for innovative solutions to address water scarcity and pollution. Lynn highlights the invisibility of water as a significant challenge and shares insights on rainwater harvesting and community projects aimed at improving water management. The discussion also touches on the role of regulations in facilitating water reuse and the potential of new technologies to enhance water infrastructure.If you have comments or questions about our podcast, you can reach us through this link. To discuss a project or talk to one of our engineers, call 800-348-9843.

Dan Corder speaks to Danou Van Rensburg, founder of The Food Forest Namibia, about his journey in sustainable agriculture just outside Otjiwarongo. They discuss the principles of permaculture, innovative water management techniques, and the inspiration behind his YouTube channelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Town of Prescott Valley is taking another step in support of its ongoing commitment to water conservation. Funded with a grant awarded through the Arizona Water Infrastructure Authority Water Conservation Fund, rainwater harvesting for aquifer recharge systems will be installed at the Town Library and Police Department and the town-owned Wheelhouse Sports Complex and Community Center. According to Tracy Lund, Water Resources Advisor, rainwater harvesting for aquifer recharge is a twist on traditional water harvesting. “Instead of collecting and storing rainwater in a cistern to be used for landscape watering, it is harvested from the roof and directed into... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/prescott-valley-moves-forward-on-rainwater-harvesting-project/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

This month we are celebrating major milestones and want to share those with you. The Climate Hub network just celebrated its 10 year anniversary. As part of that anniversary our partners recorded short stories about some of their favorite projects. We have compiled a selection of those for this episode to kick off the new year.Relevant links:USDA Climate Hubs: Stories from Our First 10 YearsUSDA Climate Hubs: Celebrating 10 Years!If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider rating us and/or leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts, Podcast Addict, or Podchaser Thanks!Follow us on X @RainShinePodNever miss an episode! Sign up to get an email alert whenever a new episode publishes!Have a suggestion for a future episode? Please tell us!Come Rain or Shine affiliate links:DOI Southwest CASC: https://www.swcasc.arizona.edu/  USDA Southwest Climate Hub: https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/southwest  Sustainable Southwest Beef Project (NIFA Grant #2019-69012-29853): https://southwestbeef.org/ 

This month, we're delivering the bonus content you deserve! Join our host, Dr. Robert Mace, as he explores his research on how rainwater harvesting can be a viable alternative to conventional water sources. As our water sources are increasingly strained, you can rely on Fahrenheit 140 for creative ideas to keep your taps running!  Listen along as Robert shares his findings...  Introducing the Research: Robert outlines his study and introduces the RAINFAL spreadsheet tool along with his co-researcher, Ricardo Briones. (01:00)  What is Rainwater Harvesting? Man-made catchments provide potable volumes. (03:35)  Is Rainwater Reliable? How is reliability defined, and how can rainwater enter strategic water planning? (06:55)  Uses and Losses: What differences exist between reservoirs and tanks? (10:36)  If it quacks like conservation... Robert explores water supplies in times of drought. (12:31)  Sizing it Up: Tank calculation for gauging appropriate storage needs (16:50)  Revisiting Firm Yields: Robert makes his data dreams come true by revisiting the research and minimizing “tankziety.” (19:32)  Step #1 Find a Grad Student: Calculating firm yield with an extra set of brains. (22:25)  RAINFAL: Firm yield calculations made easy with this spreadsheet tool. (23:10)  Size Matters: Robert and Ricardo use RAINFAL to find the roof and tank size ratio needed in your area. (35:28)  Different Droughts for Different Spouts: How areas respond to drought differently, affecting storage and catchment needs for firm yield. (41:51)  Stealing or Storing? Robert debunks a common rainwater harvesting myth. (43:51)  Conclusions: Can Rainwater Harvesting work for you, your city, and your state? (45:47)  Sign up for our newsletter and look for more bonus content as we take a brief season hiatus! We'll be back in February with fresh content, so follow us on social media and stay tuned!  Episode Links and Resources:  Full Presentation Recording  Blue Bag Lunch & Learn Playlist  The Firm Yield of Rainwater Harvesting in Texas (Meadows Center)  From Sky to Supply: The Hidden Potential of Rainwater Harvesting for Texas' Water Future (Meadows Center Annual Report)  Hotter than a Habanero Climate Blog  Join our newsletter for updates, bonus content, and audience polls!      Theme song:    Syzygy by Robert E. Mace     We want to thank pixabay.com for providing the sound effects.  For more information about the Meadows Center, visit ⁠meadowscenter.txst.edu⁠. 

In keeping with the theme of water regeneration this month I spoke to Rob Avis, the co-author along with Michelle Avis of their book in the New Society Essentials series called Rain Water Harvesting. Rob and Michelle founded Verge Permaculture, an award-winning design, consulting and education company in Calgary, Alberta after years of international training in renewable energy and regenerative design. Since its founding, Verge has helped more than 1000 students and clients to design and create integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste, and food, all while supporting their local economy and regenerating the land. Through their design and consulting they create havens that produce their own energy and food, harvest water, cycle nutrients, and restore the surrounding ecosystems, enabling property owners to thrive no matter what. With such a broad range of knowledge, experience, and expertise, we focused mainly on rain water harvesting techniques and systems in this episode as an entry into the larger concept of watershed regeneration and revival. In this session Rob explains some of the key components of rain water harvesting systems and the ways that you can treat and filter the water for various uses. We talk at length about why expensive filters and disinfectants are often unnecessary, even for most potable water uses, and the different ways you can keep your stored rainwater clean. Rob also speaks about how rainwater harvesting systems fit into a larger system aimed toward water resilience in multiple living contexts from urban to rural applications. I've been a big fan of Verge Permaculture and all their great work for some time now and I'm intending to create a larger series of in depth talks with Rob and Michelle in the future 

Mike and Karen are joined by Lisa Craven, MD of Stormsaver, for an in-depth discussion about rainwater harvesting and its wide-ranging applications both commercially and in the home.    Get in touch with the show with any of your questions or comments: podcast@ccwater.org.uk   Timestamps    0:00 - Introduction and hellos 1:07 - Running the length of the Seine?! 2:41 - Lisa Craven of Stormsaver joins the show and explains what rainwater harvesting consists of   5:41 - General misconceptions of rainwater 8:30 - What the industry is moving towards in terms of house building  10:15 - What savings can rainwater harvesting offer a home owner? 14:30 - Should rainwater harvesting be mandatory?  17:45 - The potential applications for commercial systems  19:45 - How many households are using rainwater harvesting? 21:00 - What happens if it doesn't rain? 24:01 - The benefits of working with the water cycle  27:11 - The issues of water reduction  29:14 - Recommendations for those looking to get a rain harvesting system  33:36 - Lisa's household use  37:22 - Final thoughts and farewell    Show notes   River Seine run highlights challenges for the Olympics  Stormsaver   

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

The owner of Go Green Auto Care installed a rainwater harvesting system almost a decade ago and has become an advocate of the sustainable practice.

The Town of Prescott Valley, in partnership with the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe, has been awarded a 4,000 grant for an innovative Rainwater Harvesting for Aquifer Recharge project. The grant money comes from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona Water Conservation Grant Fund. Rainwater harvesting captures stormwater from rooftops and directs it into the ground for long-term aquifer storage, an efficient use of a supply that is often underutilized. Prescott Valley's project will pay for installation of rainwater harvesting systems at six buildings owned by the Town and the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, including the Prescott Valley Library, Police Department,... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/innovative-rainwater-harvesting-coming-to-prescott-valley/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Join me in exploring the world of rainwater harvesting tailored specifically for small spaces such as apartments and balconies.learn why rainwater is so beneficial and what types of containers and setups you can use, followed by some helpful tips to have a successful system at your home.

"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

Striving for Climate Justice and Resilience is one of the most important goals at the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy and C40 Cities. The forthcoming Volume 2.3 of the journal will be dedicated specifically to climate justice and resilience because the people and places least responsible for the problem are the ones who often bear the largest burden, and cities need to be doing their part to make resilience more equitable. Featured guests:Geci Karuri-Sebina is an Associate Professor at the Wits School of Governance at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Her main area of research and practice is urban planning and governance, and she also has experience in development foresight, policy, and innovation.Chandni Singh is a Senior Researcher at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) in Bangalore and a Lead Author of the IPCC's Assessment Report 6 in 2022 on ‘Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.' She works on issues of climate change adaptation, disaster risk and recovery,  and rural to urban migration within the Global South. Karen Chapple is the Director of the School of Cities, and Professor of Geography & Planning at the University of Toronto. Her main area of focus in her studies is inequalities in the planning, development, and governance of regions in the Americas. Currently, Karen is engaged in many research projects related to inequality and sustainability planning, with a focus on residential and commercial/industrial displacement.Links:“Keeping 1.5°C Alive in the Global South: Life or Death” “The Grassroots Story: Why Keeping 1.5°C is Vital from the Global South Perspective" University of Toronto is building Canada's largest urban geo-exchange system Rainwater Harvesting in Mexico City as a Measure to Reduce the Impacts of Floods, Increase Water Security and Guarantee Rights to Water and HealthHow to embed equity and inclusivity in climate action planningImage credit: © Mark Fleuridor - C40If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/Cities 1.5 is a podcast by University of Toronto Press and is produced in association with the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. Our executive producers are Isabel Sitcov, Peggy Whitfield, Jessica Abraham, Claudia Rupnik, and Dali Carmichael.Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Join us for an informative discussion with Tom Wichman, an expert on eco-friendly landscaping with nearly 50 years' experience in the industry.  A self-proclaimed plant nerd, Tom is currently the Assistant Director for the Florida-Friendly Landscaping Program and the statewide coordinator for the Green Industries Best Management Practices Program. Tom is also the radio host for Florida-Friendly Landscaping in a Minute radio show, and he and his team just completed filming season 3 of the television show Flip My Florida Yard. We'll highlight the importance of eco-friendly landscaping and break down its core tenets.   In this episode, learn about:  - How to build biodiversity in your home landscape - Water wise practices - Recycling yard waste Learn more about Florida-Friendly Landscaping on the website: https://ffl.ifas.ufl.edu/ And check out the Free Florida-Landscaping Handbook: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeysnTNBRS6LK6Kcqvdv6gcM6dk5KuUVc-KH2K0OG4BOHkOxQ/viewform Find your local agricultural extension agent for local events: https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/find-your-local-office/   Support the showWe hope you enjoyed the episode! Please help us continue to produce more valuable content by subscribing to our Fresh Take Podcast Series! Subscribe here SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY- Learn more about the many benefits of becoming a Sponsor of Florida Organic Growers! Your contribution will not only help to advance an organic and sustainable future but gain brand awareness through our growing audience. If you are interested, click here

Learning about Collecting The Rain and Sharing the Journey.In This Podcast: Renee Dang wanted to learn more about Rainwater Harvesting, and as she jumped into researching this topic, she used her lack of experience to ask important questions that every new water harvester wants to ask. She explains how using this unique perspective, and her strength in technical writing, she works to help others understand a water sustainability option for any property that receives rain. Renee is an author, aspiring homesteader, and researcher who is passionate about self-sufficiency and living off the land. Her goal is to help families feel empowered with their natural resources. She loves to spend time outdoors in the North Georgia mountains with her amazing family making a mess in the kitchen. "Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less" is her first book.Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/ReneeDang for the show notes and links on this episode!To get her book go here: Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less: 7 Steps to Unlocking Your Family's Clean, Independent, and Off-Grid Water Source with the QuickRain BlueprintBecome an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 775 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click HERE to learn more.*Disclosure: Some of the links in our podcast show notes and blog posts are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase, we will earn a nominal commission at no cost to you. We offer links to items recommended by our podcast guests and guest writers as a service to our audience and these items are not selected because of the commission we receive from your purchases. We know the decision is yours, and whether you decide to buy something is completely up to you.

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.  

Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. This conversation is based on his book from New Society Publishers, Essential Rainwater Harvesting. Rob wrote this book along with his wife and Verge Permaculture Partner, Michelle. Though they began their professional careers as engineers designing solutions in the oil fields, they now live on a productive permaculture homestead in Alberta, Canada, and use that experience to create and share all the formulas, calculations, and components needed to create a productive system for capturing clean, healthy water. You can find more about Rob's work at VergePermaculture.ca, and his book, Essential Rainwater Harvesting at NewSociety.com. Resources Rainwater Harvesting Toolkit Peter Coombes - Urban Water Cycle Solutions Dr. Anthony Spinks PhD Thesis on Biofilms and Sludges American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) North American Rainwater Harvesting Code

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.

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

After pursuing international training and certifications in renewable energy and regenerative design, as well as a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Michelle Avis, along with her husband and business partner Rob, began Verge Permaculture in 2010, now a globally-recognized and award-winning design, consulting, and education company. She loves the complexity of working through holistic design challenges to create resilient, eco-sustainable homes, acreages and farms that produce their own energy and food, harvest water, cycle nutrients and restore the surrounding ecosystems. By integrating innovative technology with sound design, her goal is to engineer creative solutions that bring a positive benefit to the environments in which people live and thereby thrive. A frequent instructor in Verge's programming, she is also the co-author of two books, Essential Rainwater Harvesting and Building Your Permaculture Property. Coupled with a deep connection to nature and a passion for growing nutrient-dense food, Michelle's driving goal is to ensure that her work and actions leave this world a better place for future generations to inherit. Dr. Peter Coombes is a Systems Thinker, Scientist, Engineer, Economist, Problem Solver and Policy Analyst, a Provider of alternative perspective and a designer of sustainable cities, projects and buildings. He is a director of Urban Water Cycle Solutions and is currently an editor of the Urban Book of Australian Rainfall and Runoff and was awarded the 2018 GN Alexander medal by Engineers Australia for his contributions to hydrology and water resources. Peter recently contributed to the inquiry into stormwater management held by the Senate of the Australian Parliament and inquiry into Australia's water resources held by the Productivity Commission and was a chief scientist in the Victorian Government. He has held senior academic positions at the University of Newcastle, Melbourne University and Swinburne University and has experience in change processes in government, development of government policy and managing complex engineering business collaborations. His professional and research interests include systems thinking and analysis, hydrology, water resources, economics, molecular sciences, water quality and public policy.   The Rainwater Harvesting Masterclass starts on Jan 25th here: https://vergepermaculture.ca/rainwaterharvestingcourse   Urban Water Cycle Solutions:  https://urbanwatercyclesolutions.com/   Food Forest Abundance: Website: https://foodforestabundance.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoodForestAbundance Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodforestabundance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FFAbundance LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/food-forest-abundance/   The Jim Gale Show Podcast: https://linktr.ee/jimgaleshow   Sponsored by The Weston A. Price Foundation: https://www.westonaprice.org

Living off the grid and harvesting rainwater is becoming an increasingly popular solution for reducing energy costs and achieving greater sustainability. Rainwater harvesting systems allow you to collect and use rainfall in an efficient way, helping to reduce water bills while also providing a reliable source of water for household and garden needs. From constructing rain barrels to installing water tanks and filters, these systems can be tailored to fit any size property or budget. In this article, we explore the various types of rainwater harvesting systems available and discuss how they can help you live off the grid with greater independence. Benefits of Rainwater Harvesting Systems There are many benefits associated with having a well maintained rainwater harvesting system on your property: Reduce Water Bills By collecting rainfall in your own tanks instead of relying solely on municipal supplies you can save money by reducing future water bills; Improve Water Quality By filtering captured rainfall through various filters such as activated charcoal or sand beds you can improve both taste and purity levels; Reduce Wastefulness By using harvested rainwater efficiently you reduce wasteful behaviour by conserving resources; Decrease Environmental Impact: By avoiding municipal supplies altogether you decrease reliance on industrial sources which can often be damaging to surrounding environments; Increase Plant Health Harvested rainfall contains essential minerals like nitrogen that helps keep plants healthy as opposed to cold tap water which lacks these nutrients; Ecofriendly Alternative: Using collected rainfall instead of harvests from rivers or lakes is an ecologically friendly approach that reduces stress on natural ecosystems; Can I Drink Water From a Rainwater Harvesting System? Yes, you can drink water from a rainwater harvesting system. To ensure the highest quality and safety of the water, it is important to install filtration or purification systems as part of your collection system so that it meets drinking water standards. Additionally, regular maintenance of the system and its components is essential for ensuring that any stored water remains safe for consumption. What Can I Use Harvested Rainwater For? Rainwater can be used for a variety of purposes, depending on the quality of the water and the collection system. Typical uses include watering gardens or lawns, flushing toilets, irrigating crops, washing clothes and dishes, car washing, filling ponds and swimming pools, supplementing drinking water supplies (after proper filtration), and firefighting. How Much Do Rainwater Harvesting Systems Cost? The cost of a rainwater harvesting system can vary greatly depending on the size and complexity of the system. Factors such as materials, labour costs, permits (if needed) and other infrastructure needed to install the system can also influence the final cost. Generally speaking, for residential applications, a basic rainwater collection system can range from a few hundred to thousands for more complex systems. Investigating Your Local Regulations Before building or implementing any rainwater harvesting system, it's important to investigate what regulations you need to follow in your area. Every country and state has different laws regarding rainwater collection, so make sure you understand these rules before you get started. It's also important to check if there are any water quality standards related to rainwater storage tanks or other elements of the system, as these can vary from location to location. Placement Considerations When selecting your rainwater harvesting system, consider how much water you'll need and where it will be coming from. You should also look at surface runoff – areas that collect water when it rains – and decide whether they're suitable for off-grid homes or not. Additionally, consider where all the components of your harvesting system will fit in your home or garden, and make sure there is ...

I met Bennett in Tucson, AZ at a rainwater harvesting tour. In this epsiode, he shares his permaculture design journey, which began when he was 19. However, it was an interesting experience that sparked his interest in the subject years before. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening.  Visit his instagram at @rsb.black to follow his work.  Thanks for listening. 

Jesse Savou is the founder of the BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment System. Her company offers people across the United States the opportunity to restore the natural hydrological  cycle that modern developments and hard pavements have disrupted. They provide a kit with all the parts and instructions that anyone can use to build their own system.  And, most critically, they connect customers with suppliers of recycled blue barrels used to store rainwater. Jesse and show host Neal discuss her path to starting BlueBarrel, including a false start in the corporate world which did not share her values, a formative experience in the AmeriCorps program, and a chance encounter with surplus 55 gallon blue drums sitting on a farm in Sonoma County, California. With so much attention placed on decarbonization, electrification, and energy efficiency, Jesse's company is placing a spotlight on an essential, and sometimes forgotten aspect of sustainability—water. For more information, visit bluebarrelsystems.com.

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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.

In this episode, Katie shares how she went from being a benchwarmer to an endurance athlete. She shares the defining moment of running her first mile that led to a shift in her mindset about what she is capable of.Katie is an endurance athlete, charitable ambassador, author, and world-record holder. 34-year old Katie Spotz, from Cleveland, Ohio, describes herself as having been the “benchwarmer” throughout her life. However, there came a time when she made a discovery: you don't have to be extraordinary to achieve incredible things. And she set about achieving them, one by one.The list of accomplishments to Katie's name is long, and includes five ironman triathlon, cycling across America, a 325-mile river swim, running across deserts and a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. But this wasn't just any row; when Katie arrived in Guyana, South America, after 70 days at sea, she set a world record for the youngest ever solo ocean rower and first American to row from Africa to South America, some of many records to her name. Most recently, Katie set the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive days to run an ultramarathon distance running 11 ultras in 11 days to fund 11 clean water projects in Uganda. Find Katie's website hereMake a donation to support water projects hereFollow Katie on FacebookFollow Katie on InstagramFollow Candace on Instagram

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/ 

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'.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - There have been many droughts in Vancouver Island's history. A University of Victoria study of tree ring data found that some of them were worse than anything in modern records, but also predicted a future mega-drought. This year's wet Spring may make a difference, but there have been reports of wells running dry every summer since 2014. Consequently, increasing numbers of people throughout the Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Quadra and Cortes Islands have turned to rainwater harvesting. No treatment is needed when this water is used for flushing toilets, watering lawns or gardens, and it dramatically reduces water consumption from wells. According to the Strathcona Regional District, ‘about 70% of total water consumption happens outdoors in the summer time, mostly due to sprinkler use on lawns. Sprinkler or soaker hose use on other landscaping can also contribute to the high summer demand.' Interviews about rainwater harvesting on Cortes and Quadra Islands

For more information on Tucson City Rebates and Incentives to utilize Rainwater & Gray water systems, look here For more information on Rainwater Harvesting please contact me here When you work with me you are working with a/an: Broker Associate at Long Realty Company At Home With Diversity (AHWD®) - Equal Housing Opportunity Specialist Seller Representative Specialist (SRS) Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®) Senior Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS®) e-PRO® - Master of Advanced Digital Marketing - that get's your home sold for top dollar Member of National Association of Realtors® Member of Arizona Association of Realtors® Member of Tucson Association of Realtors® & the Multiple Listing Service of Southern Arizona (MLSSAZ) (Serving Southern Arizona & much of the state of Arizona) To connect with me, Heather McClaren, for more specific questions click here. Musical clips by: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heather-mcclaren/message

In this episode, Mahek Nankani and Harshit Kukreja discuss how climate change induced water crisis affect young girls and their chances of getting education.Follow Mahek on twitter : https://twitter.com/maheknankaniFollow Harshit on twitter : https://twitter.com/harshitk43Check out Takshashila's courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com

“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.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Quadra ICAN sells 250 gallon water storage tanks at cost ($200 each). According to Kris Wellstein, from the ICAN water security team, they have sold about 200 so far. She connected Cortes Currents with two Heriot Bay residents to get further details about their installations. “Were you around last summer? I think water is a big topic now. Such a dry hot summer. It was a real eye-opener. I think, to a lot of people - if you do garden, you're going to be taxing your well,” said Kathryn Manry. She and her husband grow all the vegetables they need in their garden. “I do it because it feeds my soul. It gives me joy. I like feeling that I've produced the food we eat. It's probably more nutritious food, I know where it came from. It just seems the responsible thing to do. It is a lot of work, but I enjoy it - So it makes sense.” Manry added, “It seems absolutely ridiculous to be using well water if we can store what's coming out of the sky the rest of the year.” Jason Overend has a shallow well which was ‘pretty low' last summer, luckily “the five or six tanks we have up at the house fed our garden all year.” While he has not yet become food self sufficient, this is Overend's goal. He would like to use rainwater for household needs as well, but there are alders by his house. “I've been trying to figure out how to filter out some of the debris that comes off the roof, all of their little pod droppings and whatnot,” explained Overend. In the podcast above, they describe their respective water storage systems. Overend and his wife had water tanks installed on their property when they moved to Quadra Island, four years ago. Manry has a dozen tanks. Half were installed last summer and she recently purchased the remainder from Quadra ICAN. “I feel that this is a responsible thing looking forward, and it's something that can be done incrementally. The task would be depending on your configuration of your land, how to use gravity. If you don't have a slope, it's going to be more challenging. And if you don't have a system where your gutters drain, you'd have to figure out a way to continue that, but that's not a monumental thing to overcome,” she said. “it is just a lovely feeling of security. We enjoy using and it makes us feel good when we do water our plants this way.”

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.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the conclusion of a series of four broadcasts about the island's looming water problem, Jude McCormick, Bernie Amell, Kris Wellstein and Mike Gall describe some of the initiatives the Quadra ICAN water security team is taking. They have good reason to suspect water is becoming less abundant , as the climate continues to shift and the expanding network of roads, ditches houses and other human infrastructure disrupts the penetration of rainwater. There are numerous reports of lower water levels in island wells; once year-round wetlands are drying up in the summer; many cedar and spruce trees appear to be stressed. These anecdotal evidences are backed up by data from the island's Provincial Groundwater Observation Well, which shows that Quadra Island's water levels have been dropping for the past twelve years. One of the most popular local responses is to take pressure off Quadra's aquifers by rainwater harvesting. Jude McCormick, the water security team leader, explained that people are taking the water that falls on their roofs for a variety of purposes. Many use it to water their garden. Some store water for fire suppression. One of her neighbours in Granite Bay built their house on solid rock and have been totally dependent on rainwater since they moved to Quadra Island in 2005. “They built their house with a lot of roof surface and, I think, put in two 1,500 gallon storage tanks. They can run their electricity from that, their toilets and all their domestic use.” Bernie Amell and his wife use a composting toilet and have otherwise obtained all of their water from rainwater harvesting this past year. “We are able to get 30 litres per day per person for water use, which means we made it through the drought with a fair reserve of water still in our tanks. It's feasible to do because we do because we do have a good rainy season,” he said. The Quadra ICAN water security team sells 250 gallon water storage containers at cost and helps people them set up. Kris Wellstein said a lot of people have have been using them to collect rainwater for their gardens. “Some people are being very effective at that, and taking the strain off the aquifer at this time,” she said. A few Quadra Island residents are digging ponds to store water. Mike Gall said, “If you really think about it, everybody is living off rainwater. The aquifers are recharged by the rain that comes from God, from the sky. It is really that simple.” He stressed the idea that whether you are talking about power or water, “the best method to get yourself green is to conserve.” “If you can find ways to conserve, that is more efficient than anything else you can do and it costs you literally nothing. It is just a change in your methodology.” The security team has a number of educational initiatives underway. They are also collecting information about individual wells and plotting their locations on a map. “I think we'll get people thinking about it and there will be less sprinklers on gardens and lawns, and more drip systems in their gardens,” said Wellstein. “Perhaps people will start to think what they are doing with their properties a little more as their awareness of water security consciousness is raised.” Photo credit: Jude McCormick, Kris Wellsetin and Bernie Amell with 250 litre water containers - Courtesy Quadra ICAN water security team

With water shortages ravaging much of the USA right now, we discuss some ways that you can collect and use rainwater on your property and garden. Connect With Matthew Rees-Warren: Matthew Rees-Warren is a gardener and author of The Ecological Gardener, which is out now Order The Ecological Gardener on Amazon (affiliate) Matt's Website Matt's Instagram Matt's Twitter Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group

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What is Rainwater Harvesting? Why is it essential for megacities and how can you get one done? All your questions answered on this episode.  Bengaluru in India is a water stressed city but there are innovative projects that are coming up which aims to reduce the water stress and recharge the ground water. Ganesh Shanbhag an avid enthusiast who designed his own system joins Girish Shivakumar to share one such success story. You can connect with Ganesh Shanbhag at ganesh4889[at]gmail.com Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2LFBCVw Other platforms: http://bit.ly/2POiTW3 Web: www.missionshunya.com                                                                               Liked the story? Give a rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2LFBCVw). Share it with 3 people in your network, it just takes 30seconds.

In episode 068 of Master My Garden podcast I talk to Greg Peterson of Urban Farm. It's a great chat with Greg and we cover a broad range of topics. We talk initially about urban farming and how somebody can grow food in an urban environment. We also talk about permaculture where Greg's shares the criteria by which he selects plants for his garden, which is that a plant must have more than one function and cannot be just ornamental. We talk about rainwater harvesting which is really interesting given that Ireland and Arizona are so very different. We also talk about soil health, food miles and much much more. Its a super chat and it was really interesting to talk to Greg. You can find Greg and Urban farm here.Website: https://www.urbanfarm.orgThere will be a blog post on this episode very soon on my website. This blog and previous blogs along with all podcast episodes are be available on my Website :https://mastermygarden.com/If there is any topic you would like covered in future episodes please let me know. Please like and follow Master My Garden on the following channels  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mastermygarden/Instagram @Mastermygarden https://www.instagram.com/mastermygarden/Twitter:https://twitter.com/tweetsbyMMGor email info@mastermygarden.comUntil the next time Happy GardeningJohn   

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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.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service's Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host a residential rainwater harvesting and turf management training on Friday, March 26, for Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, and Karnes counties. Attendees will learn about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems, as well as appropriate turf and landscape species based on local conditions and other practices. Participants can also have their soil tested as part of the training, and be instructed on how to understand those soil test results and nutrient recommendations. The free event will be online from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a...Article Link

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

Wars are fought over me. Companies battle to maintain the rights for me. But I am free to everyone. What am I? Answer: Water Rain water harvesting, it's methods, and legality is discussed in this episode of All Around the Yard. A little of what we discuss is the ins and out of collecting rainwater, getting the cleanest water, using it in your home, and the optics of using rain water. Take a listen in. Irrigation expert, Keven Bettistoni and rain water acclimation specialist Christine Hawkins from Hunter Industries join us this episode.

This Week: Episode 20-43 October 29, 2020 Special Guest Denis Rochat Discusses Rainwater Harvesting Time: Thursday 8:30 a.m. (e.s.t.) Phone: 605-475-4000 Access Code: 799479# Ever wonder how other Sales Professionals are successful?  What they do to make (or break) the sale?  How professionals from other industries view the water treatment industry? Moti-Vitality helps eliminate that [...]

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)

RA Post-Lockdown Special with Mukundan - Importance of Rainwater Harvesting in thsi rainy season

We installed our first two rain barrels! The amount of water we've already collected has been surprising. This totally transforms the runoff from the roof from a liability (creating mud and erosion) to an asset (watering our trees and garden). Additionally, we cover some pros and cons of installing rain barrels as well as our plans for the rest of the downspouts on the house.

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 […]

Show HighlightsWhy is the water (hydrological) cycle out of balance and the problems in the world that are linked to lack of water?Getting started with water harvesting using passive water harvesting basinsHarvesting water from not only rainwater, but household greywater, and air conditioner condensate to create integrated living systemsHow to simultaneously reduce flooding and solve droughtRain tanks and cisterns are secondary considerations after passive water harvesting earthworksHow harvesting rainwater and increasing plant systems can reverse the excess carbon that is leading to climate change Allowing water harvesting solutions to present themselvesHow rainwater harvesting systems were illegal and are now mandated in Arizona in other locationsAbout Brad LancasterBrad 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;" and Brad has just released new, full-color, revised & expanded editions of these books in both print and ebook formats available at deep discount direct from Brad via his website HarvestingRainwater.com. Brad is also a co-founder of Desert Harvesters, which strives to repopulate Tucson's urban core with rain-irrigated indigenous food plants.Brad has taught throughout North America as well as in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia. His hometown projects have included working with the City of Tucson and other municipalities to legalize, incentivize, and provide guidance on water-harvesting systems, demonstration sites, and policy. He has likewise collaborated with state agencies to promote practices that transform costly local “wastes” into free local resources. Brad's aim is always to boost communities' true health and wealth by using simple overlapping strategies to augment the region's hydrology, ecosystems, and economies—living systems upon which we depend.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.LinksBrad's books and website store:Videos of Brad's work and others:Street-Runoff HarvestingGreywater HarvestingSun & Shade HarvestingBrad's Drops in a Bucket blog

Jessica is the Director of the Headwaters Institute, and the Director of Community Engagement at Headwaters Realty.  She has helped lead and direct 30 volunteer projects since 2014.  In 2019 she launched the Water Conservation Program which is expanding to include Rain Barrel Workshops, Rain Garden Workshops, and classes on Rainwater Harvesting 101 for residential properties.  Originally from Texas, Jessica moved out to CO to attain her Masters Degree in International Development Anthropology from Colorado State University.                 Topics Discussed: The power of Water Conservation Why Water Conservation is so important Breaking down the Colorado Law on Rain Barrels How to build a Rain Garden How you can get involved with future community projects

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

TDH Podcasts — In this episode of GREENER LIVING SOUTH AFRICA we chat to BARRY VAN LINGEN, the founder of EcoDepot (www.ecodepot.co.za) about Rain and Grey WATER HARVESTING and the simple changes you can make that will make a huge difference. If you'd like to comment on this episode or ask any questions, join our Facebook group on the following link and become part of our active community: http://bit.ly/GreenFBGroup #WaterHarvesting #RainWaterHarvesting #greenerliving #sustainable #SouthAfrica

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.

Rob Avis is a petroleum engineer-turned-permaculture designer with many years of boots-on-the-ground experience in developing regenerative living systems. He runs the Canadian design company Verge Permaculture, as well as the consulting firm Adaptive Habitat.For this installment of the show, Rob joins me to talk about Essential Rainwater Harvesting, the book that he co-authored with his wife Michelle, released earlier this year.If you're curious about getting started with rainwater harvesting, whether for irrigation, washing, drinking, or all of the above, I think this conversation will serve as a great primer!Among other things, Rob walks me through all of the basic components of a catchment system and how to approach the design process. We also talk about the importance of seeking out high-quality information in a world thoroughly saturated with poorly researched blog posts and YouTube videos and the like. I hope you find it as helpful as I did!

As climate change continues to progress, droughts and floods are expected to become increasingly common. In many parts of the country, our nation's water infrastructure is inadequate and antiquated. Comprehensive solutions are daunting, but rainwater harvesting is an action that many residents can take that will have a substantial impact on their community water systems. Harvesting rainwater has multiple benefits – stormwater management, reduced energy costs, and free water for irrigating gardens and landscaping. On today's show, we'll hear expert advice on how to integrate rainwater harvesting projects in a variety of locations, from the backyard to urban public spaces.

There are so many ways people are making a positive impact for our environment. Each episode, we’ll talk to someone new doing great things for their communities and we’ll share resources to take action. Brook is a water harvester, business owner and educator who helps San Diegans save water in their homes and landscapes. In the interview, learn more about water harvesting and how to save water in your home. How to harvest water (and save water!): Look up Brook’s companies, Catching H20 and H2OME Take a class on water harvesting or get a consultation (if you’re in San Diego, check out Brook’s website) Learn more about water harvesting through Art Ludwig’s website Read Brad Lancaster’s book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and check out his website to learn about water harvesting Get involved with Greywater Action to support a sustainable water culture Watch Cycle of Insanity from Surfrider Find water harvesting classes through San Diego Sustainable Living Institute Discover water harvesting basics on the Water Use It Wisely website Take the quiz to find your water footprint (or use this more simple water calculator) Observe how water flows on your property Be mindful of water use around your home and find ways to reduce your use Find ways to use less water. Examples: turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth, take shorter showers, put a bucket in your shower as it’s heating up and use that water in your garden.   Brook and Catching H20/H2OME Website | Facebook | Instagram Photo credit: Catching H20/H2OME Podcast music credit: Blue Dot Sessions

In keeping with the theme of water regeneration this month I spoke to Rob Avis, the co-author along with Michelle Avis of their book in the New Society Essentials series called Rain Water Harvesting. Rob and Michelle founded Verge Permaculture, an award-winning design, consulting and education company in Calgary, Alberta after years of international training in renewable energy and regenerative design. Since its founding, Verge has helped more than 1000 students and clients to design and create integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste, and food, all while supporting their local economy and regenerating the land. Through their design and consulting they create havens that produce their own energy and food, harvest water, cycle nutrients, and restore the surrounding ecosystems, enabling property owners to thrive no matter what. With such a broad range of knowledge, experience, and expertise, we focused mainly on rain water harvesting techniques and systems in this episode as an entry into the larger concept of watershed regeneration and revival. In this session Rob explains some of the key components of rain water harvesting systems and the ways that you can treat and filter the water for various uses. We talk at length about why expensive filters and disinfectants are often unnecessary, even for most potable water uses, and the different ways you can keep your stored rainwater clean. Rob also speaks about how rainwater harvesting systems fit into a larger system aimed toward water resilience in multiple living contexts from urban to rural applications. I've been a big fan of Verge Permaculture and all their great work for some time now and I'm intending to create a larger series of in depth talks with Rob and Michelle in the future so if you enjoy this episode and have further questions that you'd like to hear us cover in future talks, then by all means send your questions and feedback to me at info@abundanedge.com or in the comments in the show notes on the website. Resources: Buy the book “Essentials: Rainwater Harvesting” Verge Permaculture Website Verge Youtube channel Are you the owner or promotions manager for a regenerative business or organization looking to get your message out to a larger audience? Finding your target audience for regenerative products and services can be tough, especially while the movement is still in its infancy and awareness around the importance of ethical business still has a long way to go. If you want to tap into a network of informed and motivated people with strong environmental and community ethics who vote with their purchases then you've come to the right place. The Abundant Edge podcast now has more than 30,000 monthly listeners around the world and is growing fast. These are listeners who are actively involved in the regeneration of our planet and are enthusiastically supporting businesses and projects that reflect their priorities. We now offer competitive sponsorship packages for single episodes and discounted rates for multiple episodes, social media campaigns, promotional videos and more. The best part is that all your investment goes straight into making this podcast the best resource for regenerative skills education that it can be. Because of our commitment to the integrity of our message and our affiliations, this offer is only open to businesses and organizations that are as committed to regenerative work as we are. If this sounds like a good fit for you, go to the show notes for this episode to fill out the collaborator application form. We look forward to helping you reach your highest potential. Collaborator's Application form Name * Name First Name Last Name Email * Tell us about your business and why its "regenerative" * Where can we look to learn more about your business or organization? * Which of our services are you interested in? * Choose as many that apply Podcast sponsorship space Social media exposure Promotional video

Donate to The Permaculture PodcastOnline:via PayPal Venmo:@permaculturepodcast [caption id="attachment_4389" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Verge Permaculture 2016 Gavin Young Photography[/caption] In this episode of The Permaculture Podcast, Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. This conversation is based on his new book from New Society Publishers, Essential Rainwater Harvesting. Rob wrote this book along with his wife and Verge Permaculture Partner, Michelle. Though they began their professional careers as engineers designing solutions in the oil fields, they now live on a productive permaculture homestead in Alberta, Canada, and use that experience to create and share all the formulas, calculations, and components needed to create a productive system for capturing clean, healthy water. You can find more about Rob's work at VergePermaculture.ca, and his book, Essential Rainwater Harvesting at NewSociety.com. You'll, of course, find links to those and other resources, including his Rainwater Harvesting Toolkit, in the Resources section below. To go with this conversation, In cooperation with New Society Publishers, I'm giving away a copy of Essential Rainwater Harvesting. That drawing runs from February 8th through at least the 18th. To enter, all you need to do is follow the link below and leave a comment in the post. I'll then randomly select the recipient once this giveaway closes. Book Giveaway: Essential Rainwater Harvesting In the book, Rob and Michelle break down what we need in order to install a rainwater harvesting system, and they back that up with their professional experience and the sources, that lead them to their conclusions. They also hold the additional need to understand the liability and risks of such a system as engineers who put their stamp on a design. I mention this latter part as one of my earliest lessons in rainwater capture was just how heavy a rain barrel, even a 50 gallon one, can get—over 400lbs/180kils—and what we need to consider when placing them, such as a solid foundation, so they can be productive and not create any hazards for the user or surrounding neighbors. One of the mystifying parts of rainwater harvesting for me, in the beginning, was calculating just how much water would fall on a given area and the necessary size for a storage container to hold it all. Once you start doing those calculations you quickly find that a lot of water, whether you count the volume in liters or gallons, comes off of a roof or parking lot with just a centimeter or half-inch of rain. Accounting for that, how your surfaces or gutters divide and divert those flows, and where they'll go can help to understand how to use this resource around your home or in your landscape. And with Essential Rainwater Harvesting, you'll find all the details for that and so much more. Which is a long way to say, I like this book and like the others in the Essential series from New Society Publishers, think you will too. What did you think of this conversation with Rob? Do you have questions for him? Would you like to hear more about this work or his other projects at Verge Permaculture? Get in touch: And for those of you who still like to put a stamp on an envelope, I love finding your mail in my mailbox. The Permaculture Podcast PO Box 16 The Permaculture Podcast From here the next conversation is with Kirsten Lei-Nielsen to talk about whether or not you should become a homesteader. Until then, spend each day making smart use of your resources while taking care of Earth, your self, and each other. Resources Verge Permaculture - Rob and Michelle Avis Essential Rainwater Harvesting Rainwater Harvesting Toolkit Peter Coombes - Urban Water Cycle Solutions Dr. Anthony Spinks PhD Thesis on Biofilms and Sludges American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) North American Rainwater Harvesting Code

In this episode of The Permaculture Podcast, Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. This conversation is based on his new book from New Society Publishers, Essential Rainwater Harvesting. Rob wrote this book along with his wife and Verge Permaculture Partner, Michelle. Though they began their professional careers as engineers […] The post 1904 – Rob Avis on the Essentials of Rainwater Harvesting appeared first on The Permaculture Podcast.

Now that Coloradoans ARE able to collect rainwater, with some limitations, you’ll want to pick an expert’s brain about smart rainwater harvesting. In this episode of Peak Environment, we’re sharing permaculturist Becky Elder’s “Rainwater Harvesting” class from the 2018 People’s Tiny House Festival. This episode of Peak Environment comes to us courtesy of Pikes Peak Permaculture, celebrating 15 years of Permaculture education, inspiration, and support throughout Colorado’s Pikes Peak Region. LINKS: Pikes Peak Permaculture Becky, the Gardener, LLC People’s Tiny House Festival   Subscribe (free) on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:

Austin-based landscape architect Brian Ott, cofounder of Nudge Design, explains how our perspective on landscape architecture is evolving in urban environments, the connection between our health and the outdoors, and the importance of water management in modern landscape design. He also shares details about two of his commercial landscape architecture firm's projects in downtown Austin: The Grove at Shoal Creek, a mixed-use development, and 600 Guadalupe, a high-rise with 40,000 square feet of rooftop gardens.

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

Rainwater harvesting especially in cities or urban areas, the conditions of Hyderabad city located in a semi-arid area with about 80 cm of rainfall is used for examples and strategy. (Podcast in Telugu)

Geo Filter is a system of Rainwater Harvesting for reuse or recycle. For more details see the youtube video youtu.be/FVWec6yPlZM

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.  

This week we cover Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 4, Harvesting Honeyberry, Pennsylvania Permaculture Convergence 2017, and The Week in Review. The blog posts can be viewed at com.  Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef  You can support us for as little as $1. 

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Stephen Colley on earthen construction. Stephen currently practices architecture and runs his own architecture firm and is a long-time practitioner of green design and sustainable living. From 2010-2012 he served as the Program Manager in Green Initiatives for Palo Alto College in San Antonio developing training courses related to sustainable design and construction.Stephen also participated in the Alamo Colleges Chancellor’s Council on Sustainability helping to write a new more sustainable policy for the Alamo College District. The new policy was approved by the Board of Alamo Colleges in August of 2012. In his previous position as the Green Building Coordinator for Build San Antonio Green, he developed the criteria for San Antonio’s residential green building program, Build San Antonio Green, recognized by the National Association of Homebuilders as the Green Building Program of the year in 2009, and served on the Mayor’s (San Antonio, Texas) task force on Sustainable Policy as the City charted a significant shift away from conventional building, development, and transportation policy. Stephen was chosen by the National Association of Home Builders as one of the original stakeholders to write the Green Policy for the organization as basis for their nation-wide residential green building program, National Green Building Standard™.In 2005, he co-authored the Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting for the Texas Water Development Board (3rd edition). The Manual is widely distributed and used as a reference for potable and non-potable rainwater harvesting system publications. He is also the former Chair of the San Antonio Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, a LEED® Accredited Professional, and President of Earthen Construction Initiative, a non-profit organization to advance and promote earthen construction.

This week we cover Blackberry Primocane Blackberry Floricane, Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 2, Harvesting Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchoke, Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 3, Propagating Raspberries, How to Open a Swimming Pool, and The Week in Review. The blog posts can be viewed at com.  Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef  You can support us for as little as $1.

This week we cover Unusual Edible Plants to Grow in Full Bloom, Permaculture and Homesteading Q and A Series No3, More Groundhog Repellent and Deterrent, Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade, Food Forest Weeding, and The Week in Review. The blog posts can be viewed at com.  Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef  You can support us for as little as $1.

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.

Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. The blog posts can be viewed at GreatEscapeFarms.com.  This week we cover; The Week in Review, West Virginia Sustainable Homestead Update, Propagating Korean Bush Cherry, and Rainwater Harvesting Winterization.

Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. The blog posts can be viewed at GreatEscapeFarms.com.  This week we cover; The Week in Review, Troubleshooting NNT Trailer Wiring Issues, New Zealand White Clover – Another Permaculture Wonder Plant, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 1 2nd Edition Book Review

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

Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. The blog posts can be viewed at GreatEscapeFarms.com.  This week we cover; Maypop Passiflora incarnata, How to Build a Plant Potting Table, and Rainwater Harvesting System Complete for the Summer

Great Escape Podcast is an audio version of the blog posts from Great Escape Farms, Specializing in Unique Edible Plants, Permaculture Gardens, and Homesteading. The blog posts can be viewed at GreatEscapeFarms.com.  This week we cover; Sustainable Homesteading in West Virginia, Plant Identification Tags, Large Rainwater Harvesting System, and Chesapeake Permaculture Institute Meetup Group

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 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.

Cath Hassell from ech2o consultants explains what rainwater harvesting is, why it’s useful and how to get started. If you haven’t heard our first podcast interview with Cath on the topic of saving water, check that one out first!

Steve Williams, LEED AP of Water Management will join us to discuss the ins and outs of water conservation and why it's so important for businesses.

Mano Maniam - actor, director, writer and also active member of the Environmental Protection Society of Malaysia (EPSM) - discusses and advocates an age-old but now oft forgotten water saving technique, rainwater harvesting. Besides its many benefits, Mano also discusses the EPSM's recent successful implementation of this system at the Pure Life Society's premises. For more details on the EPSM, check out http://www.epsm.org.my/wordpressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 .