On Wednesday, March 29th, 2:00 PM at Winter Sun Trading Company (107
N. San Francisco) in Flagstaff, and 7 PM at the NAU Forest Science
Complex (110 E. Pine Knoll Dr.) sustainable living expert Brad
Lancaster of Tucson will give a free talk and presentation on his
recently published book "Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands Vol I;
Guiding Principles To Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape"
(Rainsource Press, 2006.) The presentation will center
around the dramatic potential for changing water scarcity to water
abundance in the Southwest through the implementation of rainwater
harvesting techniques.



Those familiar with the subject will find a wealth of knowledge and
resources within the pages of Lancaster's book; those new to it will
be inspired. Rainwater harvesting represents a powerful solution to
drought, over-consumption and unsustainable water legislation on both
the state and municipal level. Don't miss this chance to meet one
of the foremost experts on sustainable living in the Southwest!



This event is co-sponsored by Arizona Ethnobotanical Research
Association, Winter Sun Trading CO., and Center For Sustainable
Environments


More information at (928) 713.0917 or visit
www.HarvestingRainwater.com



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The author will also offer a low-cost, hands-on workshop in rainwater
harvesting basics at the Southside Community Garden (corner of San
Francisco
and Dupont) on Thursday, March 30th from 11 AM - 3 PM.

Edible Landscape Initiative
Workshop Series

Turning Water Scarcity into Abundance with Water Harvesting:

Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape

Thursday, March 30, 2006

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Southside Community Garden

Suggested Donation $10- $30



Join Brad Lancaster as he demonstrates tools & techniques for
implementing sustainable water systems for your home, landscape, and
community using onsite resources. Brad will show how to actualize
the potential of your landscape and neighborhood for rainwater
harvesting. Simple site assessment tools for the home, plus multiple-
use water-harvesting earthworks, will be discussed and constructed in
this hands-on event. For more information contact Brett at (928)
310-8059 or brett@...



".Our society seems to have some collective amnesia about the
utility, efficiency, sustainability, and beauty of these time-tried
practices. Fortunately, this book and Brad's lifelong passion for
practical, ecological and aesthetically pleasing solutions to our
water woes may cure us of that amnesia just when we most desperately
need to remember such solutions are readily at hand." - Gary Paul
Nabham, author Coming Home To Eat, Center for Sustainable
Environments

"Brad Lancaster is one of those rare individuals who combines a
practical ability to design and implement common-sense solutions to
rainwater management issues with a clear ecological and political
vision of the importance of doing so." David Confer, Ph.D.,
environmental engineer and development consultant

Bio Since 1993, Brad Lancaster has been teaching the sustainable
design system of permaculture (including rainwater harvesting,) while
running his own successful design/consultation business. Brad 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, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, the Amphitheater School
District, and others. He has helped design integrated water
harvesting and permaculture systems for countless homeowners and
gardeners as well as the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site
and
developments such as the Milagro and Stone Curves co-housing
projects. Brad and his brother Rodd have created and live on a
thriving, award-winning 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 ).