Brad Lancaster
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Jul- 2016 -28 JulyDesign
Evolutions on Mr. Phiri’s Water-Harvesting Plantation, 1995–2016
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to return to Zimbabwe and to the farm of some of my prime…
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Dec- 2015 -22 DecemberGeneral
Multi-Use Rain-Garden Plant Lists: Invitations to Deeper and More-Connected Relationships
I grew up in the suburbs of Tucson, surrounded by lush desert vegetation. I would climb it, hide in it,…
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Sep- 2013 -25 SeptemberIrrigation
Free Water (Video)
Watch "Free Water" — a 3-minute film on the potential of urban water harvesting featuring Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater…
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Aug- 2013 -12 AugustIrrigation
Overview of Brad Lancaster Homestead Water-Harvesting Strategies (Arizona)
A water-harvesting overview highlighting some of the strategies implemented at the Lancaster homestead to harvest street runoff, roof runoff (with…
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5 AugustBuilding
Extendable/Retractable Roof Overhang for Sun and Shade Harvesting
This video highlights how properly designed roof overhangs and window awnings can provide free shade and cooling in the hot…
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Nov- 2012 -15 NovemberBiological Cleaning
Please Vote for ‘Free Water’ Video
Free Water is a semi-finalist in the $200,000 FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition and is in the running to become the…
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Aug- 2011 -16 AugustConsumerism
Human-Empowered, Enlightened, and Energized Transport
by Brad Lancaster Years ago at a red light I looked into the car beside me and saw the frowning…
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16 AugustIrrigation
Roman- and Byzantine-era Cisterns of the Past Reviving Life in the Present
Editor’s Note: Brad Lancaster has established himself as one of the world’s leading permaculture dryland authorities. Brad will be participating…
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Mar- 2010 -24 MarchCommunity Projects
Green Burials
by Brad Lancaster, who is, incidentally, co-teaching the upcoming PDC in Palestine – a course many may wish to attend…
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Apr- 2009 -4 AprilRegional Water Cycle
Harvesting Urban Drool
© Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Urban drool running down concreted channel Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles, California. Photo credit: Brad Lancaster All…
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Jan- 2009 -19 JanuaryBiological Cleaning
Street Orchards for Community Security
© Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Fig. 24.The heat island effect. An excessively wide, exposed, solar-oven-like residential street in Tucson, Arizona absorbs…
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