[Sdpg] Sept. 21, 3pm, Rainwater Harvesting talk by author Brad Lancaster

[Marcia Boruta]

Dear Friends of the San Diego Permaculture Center and SDECC,
We hope you will join us on Sunday, Sept. 21, International Day of Peace, for a talk on Rainwater Harvesting by author Brad Lancaster (see event announcement below).  At this critical time for humanity and the planet, we welcome your presence and your actions to promote positive change.
See you there!
Marcia Boruta, Co-Chair
San Diego Permaculture Center & 
SDECC (San Diego Economic Conversion Council)

*** EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT***

"RAINWATER HARVESTING" TALK, SEPT. 21
Author Brad Lancaster will speak on his book "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands" on Sunday, September 21, 3pm - 4:30pm, at the Peace Resource Center / Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego 92105 (City Heights).  The event is free, donations are welcome.  Info:  San Diego Permaculture Center, 619-255-6111 or sdecc at igc.org

Also, come early to participate in the Peace Resource Center's International Day of Peace Open House 12 pm - 3pm showcasing the soon-to-be completed Friends Center, an urban green building featuring strawbale construction, edible landscaping, and more!  For information about the Friends Center, see www.sdfriendscenter.org .

The San Diego presentation by author Brad Lancaster is part of a multi-city book tour organized by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network.  For other speaking locations, see www.sbpermaculture.org or  www.harvestingrainwater.com/


***  MORE ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE AUTHOR ***

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks
by Brad Lancaster

Earthworks are one of the easiest, least 
expensive, and most effective ways of passively 
harvesting and conserving multiple sources of 
water in the soil. Associated vegetation then 
pumps the harvested water back out in the form of 
beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and 
passive heating and cooling strategies, while 
controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility, 
reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and air quality.

Building on the information presented in Volume 
1, this book shows you how to select, place, 
size, construct, and plant your chosen 
water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed 
how-to information and variations of a diverse 
array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch, 
vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can 
customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site.

Real life stories and examples permeate the book, including:
    * How curb cuts redirect street runoff to 
passively irrigate flourishing shade trees planted along the street.
    * How check dams have helped create springs 
and perennial flows in once-dry creeks
    * How infiltration basins are creating thriving rain-fed gardens
    * How backyard greywater laundromats are 
turning “wastewater” into a resource growing 
food, beauty, and shade that builds community, and more
    * How to create simple tools to read slope and water flow
    * More than 450 illustrations and photographs

Brad Lancaster has been teaching the sustainable design system of permaculture and integrated rainwater harvesting systems, and running his own permaculture design, consultation, and education business since 1993. He has taught programs for the ECOSA Institute, Columbia University, University of Arizona, Prescott College, Audubon Expeditions, Berea College, Sonoran Permaculture Teaching Guild, Permaculture Drylands Institute, the Amphitheater School District, and others. He has designed water harvesting permaculture systems for Milagro Co-housing, Stone Curves Co-housing, Rio Development, Civano, and others. Brad and his brother have created, and live on, a thriving 1/8th of an acre urban permaculture site in downtown, Tucson Arizona. Within his neighborhood and beyond, Brad feeds his passion for community building and activism, resulting in the creation of the Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden, mini-nature park, BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Arts and Salvage), annual neighborhood native tree plantings, and the desert harvesters project ( www.DesertHarvesters.org)
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