Friday, Aug 22, 9-10am Sustainable World Radio on
KCSB 91.9 FM PST and streaming live on
www.kcsb.org. Also
found on
www.sustainableworldradio.com, later in the month
Join Jill Cloutier of Sustainable World Radio for an
interview with Brad Lancaster permaculture teacher, designer,
consultant and the author of the award winning Rainwater Harvestingfor
Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into
Your Life and Landscape and Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and
Beyond,Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks
(
www.HarvestingRainwater.com). Water has been identified as a global
crisis in the making. Southern California has one of the most piped
landscapes ever designed, relying on water from far away that may not be
available in the future.
Also joining the interview will be Wesley Roe of Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network
ABOUT HIS NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOK AND CALIFORNIA BOOKSIGNING TOUR AUG
28-SEPT 21 2008
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting
Earthworks,
=Get out your shovels and dance in the rain! That is what Brad
Lancasters second volume in his trilogy on Rainwater Harvesting will
make you want to do.
Join Brad Lancaster , as he shares his experiences traveling the world
learning about harvesting rainwater---with simple landforms and
earthworks---in places like India, Peru, Mexico, Africa and the
United States, where impoverished landscapes are turned into oases of
life.
Harvesting rainwater was once a worldwide technology, but was replaced by
pipes, canals, and sprinklers---inefficient and wasteful strategies that
are running dry. In his newly published book Rainwater Harvesting
for Drylands and Beyond:Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks, Brad
Lancaster shares techniques for designing landscapes that passively
harvest water using brilliant, low-tech, regenerative systems to hydrate
the land and maximize the benefit that water brings to plants, animals
and people.
Water has been identified as a global crisis in the making. Southern
California has one of the most piped landscapes ever designed, relying on
water from far away that may not be available in the future. Brad's
book encourages individuals and government agencies to redesign
landscapes to live sustainably in their watersheds. Earthworks,
using
shovels to large earth moving equipment, can be the foundation strategy
for sustainable landscapes.
Brad
Lancaster is a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder
of Desert Harvesters (DesertHarvesters.org). Living on an eighth of an
acre in downtown Tucson, Arizona, where rainfall is lessthan 12 inches
annually, Brad practices what he preaches by harvesting over 100,000
gallons of rainwater a year. Brad has taught programs for the ECOSA
Institute, Columbia University, University of Arizona, Prescott College,
Audubon Expeditions, and many others. He has helped design integrated
water harvesting and permaculture systems for homeowners and gardeners,
including the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site, the Milagro
and Stone Curves co-housing projects.
Tour dates will be posted on Brad Lancasters website
www.harvestingrainwater.com/
Tour Organizer Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
contact Wes Roe wes@sbpermaculture.org ,
www.sbpermaculture.org
TOUR DATES
Aug 22 Fri 9am-10am Brad Lancaster Interview Live
Sustainable World Radio live
www.kcsb.org with
Host Jill Coutier and visiting host Wes Roe NOTE: Sustainable World
Radio
www.sustainableworldradio.com, has many PC Interviews over the last 2
1/2 years that you can listen to online too
Aug 28 ,Thurs 7pm, 414 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai school district Chaparral
Auditorium next to park & ride.
Asking $2 donation;
Contact Deborah Pendrey: 805-649-8631/805-311-4348 or
coordinator@ojaivalleygreencoalition.com;
www.ojaivalleygreencoalition.org, Sponsored by Ojai Valley Green
Coalition
Sept 2, Tues 6:30 - 9:30pm South Bay Community Center 2180
Palisades Rd. Los Osoa CA
Contact 805-528-4196 Donation $10 (all proceeds go towards further
sustainability efforts in SLO County).
Main email contact for events Rachel Aljilani
<greene4me@yahoo.com>,805-878-0815
Education Faire, Raffles, Music, Pizza
Sept 3, Wed 6:30 - 9:30pm Morro Bay Veterans Hall 209 Surf Rd, Morro Bay
CA
Contact 805-772-6278 Donation $10 (all proceeds go towards further
sustainability efforts in SLO County)
Education Faire, Raffles, Music, Pizza
Main email contact for events Rachel Aljilani
<greene4me@yahoo.com>,805-878-0815
Funders Morro Bay National Estuary Program
www.mbnep.org, SLO
Green Build
www.slogreen.org,
SLB Surfrider
www.slosurfrider.org, Santa Lucia Sierra Club
www.santalucia.sierraclub.org, Supporters Cyucos Brewing Company,
Full of Life Falt Breads, Green Gold, Loomis Tanks, County of San Luis ,
Stormwater Managemant Program, Hopedance Media.
Sept 5th Fri. 6pm potluck dinner, 7:30-9:30 presentation. Solstice
Grove Institute. Marin County
To get tickets
http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=26856
$23.95 in advance, $30 at the door. Workexchange available.
Contact for more info and directions to
info@urbanpermacultureguild.org ,
www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
Sponsored by Urban Permaculture Guild and Solstice Grove
Institute.
Sept. 7 Sun,. 7 - 9 pm Commonweal Garden, Bolinas CA
Contact
www.regenerativedesign.org 415-868 9681 Cost $10
Sponsored by Regenerative Design Institute
Sept. 8th Mon, 7:30 pmOccidental Arts & Ecology Centerıs
North Garden Stage
This is an outdoor location please dress accordingly
Suggested donation of $5 to $10 to support Bradıs great work! No one
turnedaway for lack of funds!
Plan on buying and having autographed by Brad several copies of the book
forholiday gifts!!
This event sponsored by the Occidental Arts & Ecology Centerıs WATER
Institute
www.oaecwater.org
For more information call: 707-874-1557 x 206. For directions to OAEC
www.oaec.org
Sept 9 Ukiah or Boonville Tentative waiting for details Linda
<lsmacelwee@hotmail.com>
Sept 10 , Garberville Tentative waiting for details contact ,Nadananda
<nada@eelriver.org>,
Sept. 12, Fri 1pm Seminar room 4016, Bren Hall University of California
Santa Barbara Free
Contact Jami Nielsen(805)893-2968, nielsen@es.ucsb.edu
http://www.tps.ucsb.edu/mapFlash.aspx#campus_map,
Sept. 12, Fri 7:30-9 p.m.Lecture BC Forum Fe
Bland Auditorium SBCC west campus 721 Cliff Drive. Santa Barbara
For more information and details on location and parking see
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu
Cosponsors by The Santa Barbara City College Center
for Sustainability
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Santa Barbara Adult
Education Program
Sept. 13, 14, Sat& Sun 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Sustainable Design Workshop with Art Ludwig and Brad Lancaster
Location EBS 309 SBCC East Campus 721 Cliff Drive. Santa Barbara
Spend two
days with expert sustainable water systems designers, Art
Ludwig and Brad Lancaster, as they work through practical and
locally
appropriate designs for Santa Barbara residents. We live in a drought
and
flood prone area. Learn how to manage water, nutrients, and energy
more
sustainably using simple design strategies. For more information and
details on location and parking see
http://sustainability.sbcc.edu
Cosponsors by The Santa Barbara City College Center
for Sustainability
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Santa Barbara Adult
Education Program
Sept 15 Fri. 6:30pm, 6pm, potluck Santa Monica Main Library. 601
Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica
2nd floor, Multi-purpose room NO Charge and NO Books Sale
The library is located on Santa Monica Blvd. at 6th street in Downtown
Santa Monica. Parking, entrance on 7th street
Contact: Sean Jennings 310-883-5021 or swjennings@gmail.com
No books to be sold please purchase a book before event from local
bookstore of
www.harvestingrainwater.com/
Cosponsored by Sustainable Santa Monica and the Westside Permaculture
Gatherings.
September 19, Fri.6:30-9:30pm Center for Spiritual Living, Environmental
Outreach 27121 Calle Arroyo Suite 2200 San Juan Capistrano CA 92675 $20
for Dinner & Talk
To sign up or for more information please call (949) 481-4040 or
www.centerfortruth.org
September 21, Sun 3 pm - 4:30 pm Peace Resource Center / Church
of the Brethren 3850 Westgate Place
San Diego, CA 92105
Free, donations welcome. Info: 619-255-6111 or
sdecc@igc.org
Also
Come early for the International Day of Peace Open House
12 pm - 3pm showcasing the soon-to-be completed Friends Center,
an urban green building featuring strawbale construction, edible
landscaping, and more!
For information on the Friends Center, see
www.sdfriendscenter.org .