[Scpg] Brad Lancaster's New Rainwater Harvesting Book Out/Available At SB Botanic Garden Bookstore

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

For those of you who have been anxiously waiting:

Brad Lancaster's new Rainwater Harvesting Book for Drylands and 
Beyond, Vol 2, is out and already on the shelves at the Santa Barbara 
Botanic Garden bookstore.

Thanks to SBBG bookstore manager Gail Milliken for carrying so many 
permaculture books, and getting this one out so early.

$24.95 plus tax, Garden members get 10% off purchases in the 
bookstore and plant nursery.  No admission to the Garden if  you are 
only there to shop.  Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission 
Canyon Rd (805) 692-4726. ext. 112.

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Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Vol. 2


Water-Harvesting Earthworks

Brad Lancaster


Turn water scarcity into water abundance!

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 225 illustrations and photographs




About the Author

Brad Lancaster has taught, designed, and consulted on the sustainable 
design system of permaculture and integrated rainwater harvesting 
systems since 1993. He lives on the thriving 1/8th-acre urban 
permaculture site he created in downtown Tucson, Arizona.



Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
    an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in 
order to grow." - Anonymous

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