Podcasts about water harvesting

Join us today as we speak with documentary photographer, gardener and bird enthusiast Martha Retallick, author of the new book, Water Harvesting 101. We talk about the basics of getting started in harvesting the rainwater in your yard. 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.

When a natural disaster strikes, access to clean drinking water is crucial for survival. In this video, we'll show you how to find water during a crisis, including tips on crisis management and emergency hydration. From using a well spike to tapping trees for water, we'll cover drought strategy and resource allocation to ensure you have a steady supply of water. Learn about hydro solutions and add these essential skills to your crisis toolkit. Whether you're preparing for a natural disaster or facing a crisis situation, this video will provide you with the knowledge you need to stay hydrated and safe. By the end of this video, you'll know how to find water in a disaster scenario and have a plan in place for emergency water access. Stay safe and prepared! Water Harvesting https://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/brochures/conservation/doc/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf 

In today's episode, I'm joined by Martha Retallick—author, photographer, water harvesting advocate, and host of the newly launched Water Harvesting 101 podcast. Martha shares her journey from Pennsylvania to the arid landscapes of Tucson, Arizona, and how that move sparked her passion for sustainable gardening, urban ecology, and conserving every drop of water. We explore the inspiration behind her books City Nature and Water Harvesting 101, how her backyard became a photography classroom, and how those experiences transformed into an engaging audiobook. Martha also opens up about working with professional narrator Lynn Norris, adapting visual content for audio, and why she chose Amplify Audiobooks for distribution.   #WaterHarvesting #SustainableLiving#RainwaterHarvesting #GrayWaterSystem #DroughtSolutions #EcoFriendlyTips #UrbanGardening #ClimateSmart #AudiobookProduction #IndieAuthors #SelfPublishing #AudiobookTips #NarrationMatters #BookMarketing #AudiobookMarketing      

Almost every model of future climate suggests that Western North America will grow substantially drier as global surface temperatures continue to get hotter. And that likely means less water, at least through traditional means. But Anjali Mulchandani thinks we might have some other options.

The water crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet, with climate change, population growth, and pollution threatening the availability of clean water worldwide. One company working to tackle this problem head-on is Spout Water. This California-based startup has developed an innovative solution, the Spout Monolith, a sleek kitchen device that produces pure drinking water from the moisture in the air. Spout founder and CEO Reuben Vollmer joins the conversation to explain how a personal challenge began his mission to solve water scarcity and quality issues. Reuben recently contributed an article to Earth911, mapping his journey into the world of water. It started with an unexpected letter his family received during a drought in 2010, warning that their olive farm's well could be restricted. Water production and distribution needs a good swift kick in the form of a surprising alternative to how we've done it during the Industrial Era. The Spout Monolith may be one kick in our complaisance. We are surrounded by water in the atmosphere. A June 2022 study by the University of Reading in the United Kingdom found that total atmospheric water vapor is increasing by about 1% a decade due to warming climates. One percent may not sound like much, but the United States Geological Survey reports that the planet's atmosphere contains 12 trillion gallons of water, so one percent more water vapor represents 120 billion gallons. That one-percent increase in atmospheric water vapor per decade means that between 2010 and 2050, as much as 480 billion gallons of additional water vapor will migrate into the air, around half of today's annual human consumption of freshwater. You can learn more about the company and preorder a Monolith with a $100 discount using the code "MITCH911" at https://www.spoutwater.com/

As the author of City Nature, Martha Retallick knows first hand about the effects of water scarcity. In that vein, she has harnessed the power of the Great Watering Can in the Sky. Today she harvests and stores rainwater, giving her the option to grow a lush garden amidst a desert climate. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Y2xC4ZBotanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3S2LLvhBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3LoUlkgEG Homesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/4bNZn4uLearn More: Don't Make These 7 Watering Mistakes in Your GardenConnect With Martha Retallick:Martha Retallick is named for her great grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance.Western Sky Communications Web SiteBookLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Why harvest rainwater? In Martha's garden, the harvesting process has afforded her a thriving, lush garden, and her book, City Nature. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/466m9TXBotanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/4cXsF1CBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/4cCMFqpEGHomesteading Book:  https://growepic.co/3zHUZXoLearn More: Don't Make These 7 Watering Mistakes in Your GardenConnect With Martha Retallick:Martha Retallick is named for her great grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance.Western Sky Communications Web SiteBookLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

What is passive water harvesting? Martha outlines two methods of passively harvesting water in her garden. By slowing the water, allowing it to spread out, and sink down, she harnesses what would otherwise be urban runoff, and adds tons of free water to her garden in the process. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Wok7ubBotanical Interests Shop Homepage:  https://growepic.co/3W28R6uBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3S7EvhFEG Homesteading Book:   https://growepic.co/3Wm5tVgLearn More: Don't Make These 7 Watering Mistakes in Your GardenConnect With Martha Retallick:Martha Retallick is named for her great grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance.Western Sky Communications Web SiteBookLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

When Martha moved to Tucson, she wanted to plant a garden full of trees. But irrigating them posed a huge problem in her desert climate. Instead of spending tons of money on a full system, Martha opted to harvest from the “Big Watering Can In the Sky”.Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3Wn4zbdBotanical Interests Shop Homepage:  https://growepic.co/3Y2Q8tXBook Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3WmkarqEGHomesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3XXPga4Learn More:  Don't Make These 7 Watering Mistakes in Your GardenConnect With Martha Retallick:Martha Retallick is named for her great grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance.Western Sky Communications Web SiteBookLove Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin's book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin's newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin's books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us:Our BlogYouTube (Including The Beet Podcast,  Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden and Botanical Interest )Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques)PinterestTikTokFacebookFacebook GroupDiscord Server

Today's guest is Tuscon, Arizona resident, gardener and photographer Martha Retallick. Martha has written a wonderful new book called City Nature. In the book she chronicles how she tackled the challenge of harvesting rainwater for her house and gardens -- and created an oasis for birds. For more info, go to her website at: westernskycommunications.com. Go to Texas Metal Tanks at: texasmetaltanks.com. Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured birds, 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.

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

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Why harvest rainwater? In Martha's garden, the harvesting process has afforded her a thriving, lush garden, and her book, City Nature. EG shop homepage: https://growepic.co/44SRvMq EG book collection page: https://growepic.co/3QujiOR EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/3YmQKsH Connect With Martha Retallick: Martha Retallick is named for her great grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance. Western Sky Communications Web Site Book 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

What is passive water harvesting? Martha outlines two methods of passively harvesting water in her garden. By slowing the water, allowing it to spread out, and sink down, she harnesses what would otherwise be urban runoff, and adds tons of free water to her garden in the process. EG shop homepage: https://growepic.co/43PpP9P EG book collection page: https://growepic.co/47fZLYw EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/3Ok5QKS Learn More: Collecting Rainwater: Hints, Tips, And Tricks https://growepic.co/44SZSrk Connect With Martha Retallick: Martha Retallick is named for her great-grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance. Western Sky Communications Web Site Book 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

When Martha moved to Tucson, she wanted to plant a garden full of trees. But irrigating them posed a huge problem in her desert climate. Instead of spending tons of money on a full system, Martha opted to harvest from the “Big Watering Can In the Sky”. EG shop homepage: https://growepic.co/43RM3bu EG book collection page: https://growepic.co/3QnG4b4 EG homesteading book: https://growepic.co/47kyMLi Connect With Martha Retallick: Martha Retallick is named for her great-grandmother, a Victory Gardener who fed eight people from her plot in the blizzard capital of America, Buffalo, New York. With that level of determination in her DNA, Martha has to find ways to make gardening work. Even in Tucson, Arizona. She'll reveal her secret superpower, water harvesting, during her “Epic Gardening” appearance. Western Sky Communications Web Site Book 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

755: Water Harvesting For Our Gardens.A Garden Chat with Don Titmus.In This Garden Chat:"Rain, Rain, go away?" Whoever said that never had to water a garden in the summer months. Join us as we chat with our good friend and water harvesting educator Don Titmus about boosting our water resources for our gardens with a few simple systems that can quickly pay for themselves.Our Special Guest:Don Titmus grew up in London and at age 16 spent 4 years being trained in horticulture through an apprenticeship and a college course. From there he continued landscaping in his hometown until he moved to Arizona in 1981, where he worked in landscaping and then started his own business in garden maintenance. In 2003 he attended a Permaculture Design Course, which was life-changing for Don. He knew right away that this was the path he'd been waiting for, and later attended two Permaculture Teacher Trainings. He co-founded the Phoenix Permaculture Guild, started a Permaculture design company, redesigned his home site into a permaculture design destination, and helped develop a thriving permaculture community in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He has presented in 5 cities, worked in several states, attended classes in 5 states, and pretty much lives and breathes permaculture.NOTE: Go to WaterHarvestSummit.com to learn more.Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges. You can chat with Greg or choose one of the senior members of our Urban Farm team to get permaculture based feedback.Click HERE to learn more!Become 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.

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.

In this episode of Stories of Innovation, Suman Shakya shares his experiences about how problem-solving approach can be critical part in enabling innovation. He also expounds upon how SmartPaani come into existence to solve drinking water problem by harvesting rain water. Suman Shakya is an entrepreneur, consultant, and certified trainer. Since 1995, he has been involved in multiple entrepreneurial ventures and as an adjunct faculty of marketing and strategy. Suman is the founder of Tangent Waves, an action learning consulting, facilitation and training company. He is the Co-founder of SmartPaani, Rooster Logic, Nepal Entrepreneurs' Hub; Co-Chair of Startup & Innovation Committee, Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries; Founder Board member, Nepal Marketing Association of Nepal; and District 41 Program Quality Director, Toastmasters International (2022-23). Know more about Suman at LinkedIn: https://np.linkedin.com/in/sumanshakya052006 Twitter: https://twitter.com/sushak Follow our work across our social media platforms: Website: https://www.wvi.org/nepal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WVINPL Twitter: https://twitter.com/wvnepal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvinepal/?h... #WorldVision #NepalInnovationLab #WVInnovates #StoriesOfInnovation #ReimaginingSocialInnovations #Innovation4Children #InvestingInInnovation #SDG9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wvinepal/message

Today's show is about the second layer of designing resilient homestead properties. Last week we started with the basic principles of holistic whole-site water system design. This week, we build on that with the basic principles that guide holistic access design and implementation across broadacre landscapes. Paradigm Access can be an asset or liability - depends on design and maintenance Every linear foot of access has a maintenance bill attached to it - design with this in mind! Access should ideally improve hydrological function, at the very least be neutra Access Patterning Questions Where do you / your animals / wildlife need to go? Animals move between water, food and shelter. What kinds of activities are/will be performed there and along the way? What modes of transport does the route need to accommodate at which times of the year? How should the access route be patterned and constructed to create the lowest possible maintenance profile while providing the necessary functionality? Access DO's and DON'Ts DO Minimize the use of impermeable hardscapes Drain road surfaces early and often Best Chance, No Chance, First Chance, Last Chance utilize grade changes Cross valleys perpendicular to water flows at right angle to flow in riffles if driving through across dam walls (check dam, earthen embankment) Follow ridge lines where appropriate (least drainage pressure) Crown or slope the road surface appropriate to the context Crowned = center of the road higher than both edges - generally 2-4% - drains to ditches on one or both sides Insloped = drains water from road surface into the uphill cut bank - road is effectively holding water in the ditch Outsloped = road sloped to downhill fill edge, discharges over a broad surface DON'T Install roads following valley bottoms = this is short-sighted! Transfer water from one watershed to another add grade changes w/ appropriate outsloping or cross drains! Let roadways become entrenched! These cannot be drained effectively and will continue degrading - this is basically a creek! Drive on a road when conditions aren't appropriate! Show Resources Vehicle Access Drainage Prescriptions Incised Drainage Rehabilitation Episode 27 - Basics of Whole-Site Water Systems Design   Getting started designing your homestead? START HERE: Enroll in the Minimum Holistic Goal Creation Mini-Course today for free. This is the ONE THING that will make everything else easier or unnecessary on your homesteading journey! 100% Free Upon completing this course you will have a crystal clear idea of who and what resources you have to work with, your desired Quality of Life that your homestead has to provide for, and what you will need to produce and the conditions required to sustain that production to meet your Quality of Life needs.   Music by Alex Grohl

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

Creating a Hopeful Future Through How We Manage Our Water In This Podcast: Andrew Millison, an experienced and enthusiastic permaculture teacher, announces his upcoming online Permaculture Water Summit.  He spells out the serious problems facing the world today, then shares his passionate belief that quick action by individuals can turn things around faster than any government.  In some parts of the world, deserts are already being turned into lush forests!  Learn how to attend this free summit and become part of the exciting changes to come. Don't miss an episode! visit UrbanFarm.Org/blog/podcast   Andrew Millison is an innovative educator, storyteller and designer. He founded the Permaculture Design education program at Oregon State University (OSU) in 2009. Andrew serves as an Education Director and Senior Instructor who offers 25 years of experience and a playful approach to regenerative design.  In October 2022 – just a couple weeks after the release of this podcast, Andrew is hosting a three-day Permaculture Water Summit; a free global summit created to share viable solutions for the water crises found throughout the planet. Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/Podcast-by-episode-titles for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! The Permaculture Water Summit.

In this episode we visit with Jacob Shaffer, the NRCS District Conservationist in Weatherford, Texas about the rainwater harvesting system Parker County installed at their county fairgrounds and how these types of systems can help producers better prepare for droughts while potentially lowering their input costs.

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

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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

Dr. Anjali Mulchandani,  Assistant Professor at University of New Mexico and leader of their Water and Environmental Resource Sustainability Group, walks us through what atmospheric water harvesting is, how it works, where it works, and the potential it holds for the future. A fascinating discussion!To check out more of Anajli's work visit her Google Scholar profile page here.

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Healixa CEO Ian Parker joined Proactive to discuss the Holbrook, New York-based company's three interests which include clean energy, clean water, and its health-tech platform. Parker says Healixa is advancing its atmospheric water harvesting tech to provide clean water to anyone, anywhere, powered by a solar panel. It expects to begin manufacturing the prototype in the first quarter of 2021.

आगरा स्मार्ट न्यूज़ में सुनिए, यूपी बोर्ड 18 सितंबर से इम्प्रूवमेंट की परीक्षा दे रहा है शुरू होगा, १००० आगरा के सरकारी स्कूल मैं लागू होगा रेन वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग तकनीक, एडीए ने ताज महल 1.5 स्क्वायर मीटर दायरे में मोबाइल टावर लगाने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है|

Drought and pollution jeopardize water sources around the world, leaving communities without clean, life-giving water. SwRI engineers and scientists are taking on those threats with atmospheric water harvesting, a method of pulling water from the air. The process occurs naturally with morning dew on grass or condensation on a cold soda can. The team is re-creating the process on a larger scale, and researching ways to decontaminate existing water sources. They envision technology that makes and cleans water for people in need, wherever they happen to be, from rural areas to the desert. Their research could be a lifeline for disaster victims, soldiers on the frontlines and families without running water. Listen now as SwRI Engineer and Program Manager Kevin Supak discusses atmospheric water harvesting, pulling water from air.

A Farmer Friday Reflection by Greg Peterson. In This Farmer Friday Podcast on Water Harvesting at the Urban Farm: Farmer Greg's sustainable, regenerative water harvesting system has him singing in the rain, even in the desert.  Greg explains where the water comes from and where it goes, and he gives details about how he collects and distributes it.  He also gives a formula for calculating the amount of water available for harvesting on your own site, along with other helpful tips and resources for getting started safely and legally. Don't miss an episode!visit UrbanFarm.Org/podcast Gardening tips, tricks, and advice, in short, bite-size episodes. Do you ever wish you could catch those tidbits of wisdom that some people throw out without warning? Well, in our new Farmer Friday episodes - Farmer Greg shares quick thoughts, revelations, tips, and general farming advice in bite-sized and fun episodes. Sometimes it might be Greg just sharing a thought that hit him while working in the yard, or a really cool inspiration from the garden, and occasionally he'll answer some listener questions. Other times he will catch a moment with a farming friend or podcast guest to share educational farming tidbits.  This quick podcast episode is designed to be brief and not take up your day. So… listen in and enjoy this Garden snack…  Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/Podcast-by-episode-titles under the Farmer Fridays section for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library! Water Harvesting at the Urban Farm.

Farmer Greg say water harvesting is more that just collecting rainwater and a tank.  Its a deep dive into creating a system.  Where the water source is coming from and going to.  Collecting and distribution plumbing.  Tank, filter and pump.  Directing where you want the water to go.  And designing the right system for your needs.  It can be simple and inexpensive!  And reduce your regular water consumption.

Greg Peterson, creator of The Urban Farm, a residential "food forest" in Phoenix, Arizona, details the techniques he uses to capture and utilize storm water and gray water on his landscape

As the earth is facing an increasingly consequential climate crisis, inquisitive minds all over the globe are hard at work trying to find solutions. Many of them have been able to translate their eureka moments into action at a greater pace and scope than the sometimes gloomy headlines will have us think. In this four part miniseries we'll meet the visionary minds who attempt to sculpture the future of sustainable energy and global resources. We'll get a peek behind the curtains of their factory floors, hear of the sometimes surprising origins of their ideas, and be introduced to a potentially greener tomorrow. In the second episode: Water Harvesting.

Why do we need to utilize water catchment in the age of the climate crisis? This episode discusses the benefits of rainwater catchment, the basics of water filtration systems, the earthship model of water reuse, and barriers to implementing water harvesting systems.Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lAQVkou0_swkn1CQjeClv0FTGyuIy1NK/view?usp=sharing

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Farmer Greg discusses harvesting rainwater and other sources of water from evaporative coolers, condensate, and a deep dive into 'greywater'.  All can be repurposed into the landscape.  Plus Greg has the five components on water harvesting and distribution systems large and small.  

With water restrictions being placed on Auckland and Northland due to drought, should urban dwellers be storing rainwater for irrigation and non-potable use when the weather gets dry?

With water restrictions being placed on Auckland and Northland due to drought, should urban dwellers be storing rainwater for irrigation and non-potable use when the weather gets dry?

Many people are interested in careers in permaculture, regenerative design, and just restoring the ecosystems of this planet, but when you look out at the current job market, often times those jobs are not available. It is not that the work is not needed, it is that someone just has not started that business yet. In today's show, we talk with Brook Sarson about her journey into permaculture and creating a career path in work that is both meaningful and has an ecological and community impact.Show HighlightsAllowing job opportunities to unfoldStrategies to succeedThe importance of business partnershipsThe myth of the expertHow positive action creates movement and momentumHow bottom up action can lead to policy changeAbout Brook SarsonBrook started her rainwater and greywater harvesting business, H2OME, in 2008 with the mission to be a resource to the San Diego Community for water harvesting. She was determined to create change from the ground up by showing homeowners, educators, and policy makers how simple and effective rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling can be. Her continued mantra has been that individual contributions create tremendous impact toward a larger water conservation strategy.  In 2017, Brook joined forces with Rosalind Haselbeck to start CatchingH2O, a licensed Water Harvesting Contracting business.  Show Notes can be found at www.PermacultureForTheFuture.com/episode9

This week’s take on the news relating to rural and regional Australia with Fleur Anderson and Wade Dabinett.Agribusiness:Auctions Plus breaks their monthly listings recordhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-04-11/cattle-auction-website-auctionsplus-breaks-monthly-listings/8434234Politics:Water harvesting ban liftedhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/water-harvesting-ban-lifted-after-direct-pleas-from-farming-lobby-boss-20200220-p542u2.htmlCommunity:Rain Guilt. Story on ABC Western Qld on FB about Rain Guilt. Talk about the complicated relationship with rain.https://www.facebook.com/jessicavanvonderenABC/videos/547246955877953/Shoutouts:Competition update: Don’t forget you’ve got one week left to enter for your chance to win our brilliant little prize pack and a slab (or carton or case depending which side of the border you’re on) of Longtrail’s finest…https://gleam.io/NCpeb/beating-around-the-bush-30k-giveawayMy Favourite Plenary is Bonus Episode that will be in feed before this goes to airFleur gives her Top 3 (or maybe 4) take homes from this past week’s Agrifutures EvokeAg Conference in Melbourne.Follow Us:Join the Rural Business Collective community and join the conversation over at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ruralbusinesscollective/Beating Around the Bush is the podcast of the Rural Business Collective www.ruralbusinesscollective.com.auThis is a Cahoots Radio production edited by Skye Manson www.cahootsradio.comHosted by Wade Dabinett https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-dabinett-947763167/ and Fleur Anderson https://www.linkedin.com/in/fleuranderson/Let us know your favourite news stories for the week on email - podcasts@ruralbusinesscollective.com.au

Ketersediaan air masih menjadi persoalan yang menimpa tatkala musim kemarau tiba. Bramanta Fajar (Bram) mencoba menawarkan solusi permasalahan tersebut melalui Rooftop Water Harvesting atau panen air hujan. Penasaran? Langsung aja dengarkan podcastnya! Stay tune on this channel and let's talk about our future cities in the next episode!

The Andean region is facing an increased shortage of water. What are the solutions to these water stresses? Perhaps a look at the regions ancestral wisdom may provide us with some clues........ ‘The water is our mother, that is why we should respect and take care of her’ is an Andean proverb. Contact Ecovillage Library Podcast at: ecovillagelibrary@gmail.com or leave a voice message and get featured in the next podcast episode! (anchor.fm/ecovillage-library) Support the Ecovillage Library Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ecovillagelibrary Thanks for the music! https://www.fiverr.com/carloscarty https://www.bensound.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ecovillage-library/message

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.

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Chennai is facing its worst water crisis in decades. People are standing in long queues waiting for water tankers to get their share of water for daily use. While Chennai is the first metro city to be facing this crisis, a report by NITI Aayog, an organization of Government of India that aims at sustainable ...

"Nelle zone aride e desertiche è sempre stato un problema reperire l’acqua. Nella regione che comprende le coste di Cile e Perù, tra le aree al mondo con maggiore siccità, dei ricercatori dell’Università di Firenze hanno messo a punto un sistema per catturare l’acqua dalla nebbia. In questa zona si genera una grande nube di condensa, che gli abitanti chiamano ‘mare di nuvole’, per via dello scontro tra una corrente di acqua fredda proveniente dall’Oceano Pacifico con l’aria calda della terra. Nonostante la grande umidità che si crea, la zona rimane arida perché la foschia evapora. Studiando delle piante che sopravvivono in questi ambienti utilizzando come fonte d’acqua la nebbia, si è ideato un sistema che emula il funzionamento di queste piante, chiamato Water Harvesting. L’acqua viene catturata grazie a delle maglie di plastica e poi viene incanalata per essere conservata. Con una rete di 960 metri quadrati si è riuscito ad ottenere mediamente 12 litri di acqua al giorno. L’acqua ricavata, informano i ricercatori, è stata devolta prima alla riforestazione della zona, e in seguito a 'progetti di sostegno alla popolazione per lo sviluppo dell’agricoltura di villaggio e la rinaturalizzazione dei corsi d’acqua'."

The best solution for a community is the best solution that works for them. Isla Urbana has harnessed the power of rain water harvesting to bring tangible water solutions to the largest city in Mexico, Mexico City. Jennifer White of Isla Urbana tells us about how they have designed an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable rainwater harvesting system that collects and cleans rainwater for households, schools and health clinics. The system is inexpensive, easy to install and provides individual residences with about 40% of their water supply. Implemented on a large scale throughout Mexico City, this simple technology could provide 30% of the city’s water and could help give a sustainable source of water to the 12 million Mexicans with no access to clean water. The rainwater harvesting systems are promoting sustainable water management practices, mitigating the city’s flooding problems, relieving poverty, reducing carbon emissions, and providing a reliable source of water for the citizens of Mexico City and throughout the country. As half of the people on earth now live in cities, creating sustainable urban systems has the greatest impact on environmental and social issues. To ensure a future with access to clean water, the most vital resource on the planet, innovative water saving technologies need to be enacted on a large scale starting today. To learn more please visit : http://islaurbana.org/english/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rethinking-h2o/support

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

This week we are discussing many of the popular chemical free garden strategies and methodologies. We will discuss each one daily and by the end of the week we will look at how they mostly overlap. Also in today's show we are covering the first topic Permaculture, where we scale it down and hit the highlights and how the Permaculture principles pertain to the home gardener.I talk about links to the website where you can get your average first and last frost dates and USDA Chilling Hours Map. www.edifulgardens.comnannette@edifulgardens.com

Making good use of rain water in the community. In This Podcast: As Ricardo Aguirre was about to become a father, he took stock of his life. Would he continue to work as a civil engineer as he had for 15 years or would he do something that would have a positive effect on the earth? Which one would he be proud to tell his son about? The answer was to bring about more creative and natural approaches to improve conventional engineering. He tells us more about water management and holistic planned grazing to help avoid negative land management issues. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updates or visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast  Ricardo is the founding member of Holistic Engineering and Land Management, Inc. (HELM) and is focused on creating innovative approaches to improve conventional engineering. He works to integrate natural processes into large scale engineering projects with his primary professional focus to implement functional design strategies to achieve multiple synergistic objectives.  Ricardo has a profound interest in reversing desertification through water harvesting and increasing soil organic matter. This can have a measurable benefit to reduce flooding, improve both storm-water and soil quality, conserve water, provide passive irrigation for vegetation, and reduce the heat island effect. Ricardo's project experience includes infrastructure improvements for communities that have been adversely impacted by storm-water.   Go to www.urbanfarm.org/helm for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 421: Ricardo Aguirre on Water Harvesting & Land Management

Building simple, cost-effective solutions for conserving water resources. In This Podcast:  When looking into how water was being cycled in her community, and then looking at other desert-like cities in other states and countries, Brook Sarson was intrigued. California was in a drought and she realized there was a lot of potential ideas and processes implemented elsewhere that could help her community. Brook shares what she discovered about the ‘ethics of place' and the significance that small changes in a community can have on a whole watershed. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Brook is co-owner and CEO of CatchingH2O and H2OME. She started H2OME in 2008 with the mission to be a resource to the San Diego Community for water harvesting. She was determined to create change from the ground up by showing homeowners, educators, and policy makers how simple and effective rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling can be.  Her continued mantra has been that individual contributions create tremendous impact toward a larger water conservation strategy.   Since H2OME's inception Brook has directly installed or facilitated hundreds of thousands of gallons of water conservation between rainwater tanks, greywater systems, and landscape design changes.  Her engineering background perfectly complements the permaculture design framework she uses to approach design problems. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/smartwatersavings for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests.

Farmer Greg of The Urban Farm discusses water harvesting.  Ways to turn lack of water into an abundance.  Various methods to collect water to use for your gardens, lawns and trees.  Difference between rainwater and graywater.  Various sources from stormwater, evap cooler water to condensate from your air conditioner.  What water you've harvested you can and can't use.  Details on storing methods.  Lots of details and information.

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Avery Ellis, of Colorado Greywater, joins me to talk, in a conversation recorded live at a local coffee shop, about aquaponics, water harvesting, and his entry into the world of community politics when he joined the stakeholder process that changed the laws around how people can collect and use water in Colorado. From these experiences, he created the foundations for a pattern language, which he shares with us, that we can use to remove the restrictions placed upon permaculture designers, homeowners, and businesses that practice sustainability and build resilience. Find out more about Avery and his work at ColoradoGreywater.com -- I mentioned near the end of the conversation about some allies in our work to change the laws that restrict sustainable practices. The two you'll find linked to in the show notes are Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and National Community Rights Network. The National Community Rights Network also has state chapters in Colorado, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. If you're involved in any kind of community engagement around the use of natural resources, definitely check out those two organizations. I really appreciate people like Avery, or Adam Brock or Karryn Olson-Ramanujan, who continue to develop various pattern languages, drawing on the earlier work of Christopher Alexander and team in the book A Pattern Language. I find that pattern languages extend the core principle of permaculture design and apply this language and thought process to specific problems. Karryn works on issues for women in permaculture. Adam on how to create change, here and now. For Avery, it is to be involved in the stakeholder process and politically engaged on the things we care about and lend our expertise, which lead him to his patterns. The ones he explicitly identified that we walked through in our conversation today were: allies on the inside, stakeholder cohesion, speaking legalese, CYA, people power, immutable force, and grit. Have you been involved in the process of political change? Are there patterns you would add to this list? Let me know. Leave a comment in the show notes or get in touch. Email: The Permaculture Podcast Write The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast You can also use those ways to reach out if I can ever help you with your project or permaculture path. I keep my door open to lend a hand in whatever way I can. From here, the next episode is my conversation with Karen Lanier about her book, The Woman Hobby Farmer. Until then, spend each day creating the world you want to live in, but getting involved, changing the laws, and taking care of Earth, yourself, and your community.   Support The Podcast Become an on-going Patreon subscriber Make a one-time donation via PayPal Resources Avery Ecological Design Colorado Greywater Colorado Aquaponics Boulder Permaculture Sandy Cruz High Altitude Permaculture Living Routes (Now defunct. Reorganized as CAPE - Custom Academic Programs in Ecovillages) Auroville Ecovillage - India Master of Ecological Design - San Francisco Institute of Architecture Greywater Action Harvesting Rainwater and Brad Lancaster Allies in our work for change Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund National Community Rights Network Other Interviews on Pattern Languages 1723 – Change Here Now with Adam Brock 1433 - A Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture with Karryn Olson-Ramanujan

A two part show. Second half features The Black Art jazz Colective, with All-star band founders Wayne Escoffery and Jeremy Pelt on the importance of celebrating Jazz as Black music, being positive role models and fantastic compositions inspired by African American icons. First Half of show, a story on Water Harvesting.

Part #1 Water Harvesting: Julianne Kaphar shares water wisdom as we travel with her to a natural spring where she collects 33 gallons of pure water for her family each month.Part #2 Black Art Jazz Collective: All-star band founders Wayne Escoffery and Jeremy Pelt on the importance of celebrating Jazz as Black music, being positive role models and fantastic compositions inspired by African American icons. (Starts at minute 20:17)

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Author of the recent award-winning book, “Harvest the Rain,” published in 2010 by Sunstone Press, Nate brings an extensive background to his current work and practice as a designer, “landscape-changer,” and forward-looking writer. For over a decade, Nate has spoken, taught, and penned numerous columns, guides, and publications extending permaculture practices in vitally important ways. At home, in our backyards, in the workplace, regionally, nationally, and internationally, Nate's work addresses what he calls “changescapes,” “permapatterns,” and “permaDesign” — providing practical and visionary ways to be productive and add value to our lives, homes, communities, and environment. Nate's PermaDesign firm believes decisions that “green” our daily lives should add beauty, comfort, and value to our most-important investments. While impacting our world at home, we can all positively affect the environment upon which we depend. Each of us can make a difference by the way we see and the way we act. IN THIS PODCAST:  Nate shares his story with Greg and they talk about how a Permaculture Design Course with Bill Mollison changed his life path. Together they consider "permaculture magic" and how that happens a lot in the world of permaculture. And Nate shares a lot of information about water harvesting methods and how they can be of use in a variety of climates.   Go to our Podcast page at www.urbanfarm.org/blog/podcast/ to find photos, links, and more information on this podcast, as well as for each of our other great guest interviews.  You can also sign up for weekly email summaries of the 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; Hansen’s Bush Cherry, Rain Water Harvesting Lessons Learned, and Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way DVD Review

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Show Notes: WATER HARVESTING My water is out. How appropriate is this episode? When was the last time you had a drink of water? I am drinking some right now and luckily I filled my glass before our house lost pressure. We have been having lots of problems with the water in our neighborhood. I […]

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.

Episode Topic: Permaculture - Water Harvesting Techniques Join Joey D'Elia and Tall Paul for their weekly discussion about Going Green and creating sustainable systems utilizing Permaculture.  Topics include water harvesting, alternative energy sources, organic gardening, creating Food Forests, building soil and LOTS more! Joey has been trained and certified by Geoff Lawton in Australia as a Permaculture Design Specialist.  His farm has been designated as the first "Permaculture Research Institute Master Plan Site" in the United States and is called PRI Tipuana Farm, located in San Marcos, CA.  Joey is also an internationally Certified Arborist.     We encourage listeners to call in and ask questions!  Visit Our Websites:  PermacultureCentral.comFruitTreeForest.com  Upcoming Permaculture Conference - March 2014:  PermacultureVoices.com

Episode Topic: Permaculture - Water Harvesting Techniques Join Joey D'Elia and Tall Paul for their weekly discussion about Going Green and creating sustainable systems utilizing Permaculture.  Topics include water harvesting, alternative energy sources, organic gardening, creating Food Forests, building soil and LOTS more! Joey has been trained and certified by Geoff Lawton in Australia as a Permaculture Design Specialist.  His farm has been designated as the first "Permaculture Research Institute Master Plan Site" in the United States and is called PRI Tipuana Farm, located in San Marcos, CA.  Joey is also an internationally Certified Arborist.     We encourage listeners to call in and ask questions!  Visit Our Websites:  PermacultureCentral.comFruitTreeForest.com  Upcoming Permaculture Conference - March 2014:  PermacultureVoices.com

Today on the show we have Jason Gerhardt, a permaculture designer and teacher currently based out of Naropa University in Boulder, CO. The show released on June 28th 2013. The interview was recorded on June 25th at Naropa University. Here is a short biography of Jason from the Naropa website. Jason Gerhardt has been applying permaculture design […]

Bill Lord talks to Mitch Woodward, Wake County Environmental Ed. Agent and Hilary Nichols, Garden Manager, Seeds, about installing a Rain Water Harvesting system to water and care for plants and trees in the Seeds community gardens.

Join Brad Lancaster and volunteers planting native Sonoran Desert plants to re-vegetate an urban landscape in Tucson, Arizona. Curb cutting and terraced and mulched basins are two permaculture techniques explored in this episode.

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