by Brad Lancaster www.SunAndShadeHarvesting.com Where are we? There is so much light we cannot see. According to NPR, nearly 80 percent of people in North America cannot see the Milky Way in the…
September 9, 2016
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May 16, 2016
by Brad Lancaster © 2016 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Earlier this year I had the opportunity to return to Zimbabwe and to the farm of some of my prime water-harvesting mentors, Mr. Zephaniah Phiri Maseko and…
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 In September 2015, I got word from Ken Wilson of the Muonde Trust that an incredible mentor of his, mine, and of thousands around the world, Mr. Zephaniah…
December 8, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com A story of early motivation I grew up in the suburbs of Tucson, surrounded by lush desert vegetation. I would climb it, hide in it, and play…
May 25, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com The following was prepared for the BECC/COCEF 2015 Border Green Infrastructure Forum. It is an evolving document meant to help promote and evolve the concept and practice…
May 13, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Yesterday riding my bike home I saw a bare wet spot. A prime planting spot. A potential-life spot. A food spot. A joy spot. Such a spot…
April 16, 2015
by Brad Lancaster © 2015 www.HarvestingRainwater.com There are a number of ways we can work, live, and play with the seasons’ changing sun paths to freely and passively heat, cool, and power indoor…
October 19, 2014
by Brad Lancaster © 2014 www.HarvestingRainwater.com My dance with the hurricane rains began on my last day in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as I walked along a beautiful acequia that predates the United States…
October 9, 2014
by Brad Lancaster © 2014 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Hurricanes Norbert and Odile caused horrible destruction in Baja, Mexico, while those of us further north were more fortunate. We got the abundant rainfall from the hurricanes…
August 1, 2014
by Brad Lancaster © 2014 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Got fog? Plant and grow living fog-harvesters or become one yourself, and you’ll end up increasing your rainfall—or at least your fogfall. Many native plants that grow…