Overview
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
Full Product Details
Author: Brad Lancaster ,
Joe Marshall ,
Silvia Rayces ,
Ann Audrey
Publisher: Rainsource Press
Imprint: Rainsource Press
Volume: 02
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.161kg
ISBN: 9780977246410
ISBN 10: 0977246418
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 March 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
"""What a wonderful, enthusiastic book. Brad Lancaster lives what he preaches--a water-careful lifestyle that is all about more life.""--Ben Haggard, author, sustainable systems designer and teacher"
What a wonderful, enthusiastic book. Brad Lancaster lives what he preaches--a water-careful lifestyle that is all about more life. --Ben Haggard, author, sustainable systems designer and teacher
What a wonderful, enthusiastic book. Brad Lancaster lives what he preaches--a water-careful lifestyle that is all about more life. <strong>--Ben Haggard, author, sustainable systems designer and teacher</strong></p>
Author Information
Brad Lancaster is a dynamic teacher, consultant, and designer of regenerative systems. He's taught throughout North America, Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia; worked with the City of Tucson and other municipalities to legalize, incentivize, and provide guidance on water-harvesting systems, demonstration sites, and policy; and designed edible rain-irrigated landscapes doubling as flood control and community-building strategies for housing developments and neighborhoods. Brad's aim is always to boost communities' true health and wealth by using simple overlapping strategies to augment the region's hydrology, ecosystems, and economies--living systems upon which we depend. Brad lives his talk on an oasis-like demonstration site he created with his brother's family in downtown Tucson, Arizona. On this eighth of an acre and surrounding public right-of-way, they harvest 100,000 gallons of rainwater a year where just 11 inches per year fall from the sky. Brad is motivated in his work by the tens of thousands of people he has helped inspire to do likewise, go further, and continue our collective evolution.
