Ak-chin farming makes desert agriculture possible, and now, those practices help communities today. Farming can thrive in the desert. The Tohono O’odham people have grown crops for thousands of years, and in this…
How to save a lot of water by reusing the water from bathroom sink, bathtub, shower, and kitchen sink drains for free and safe irrigation of your plants. How to conveniently and easily…
This video describes how alluvial fans are formed, their ecological function, how they are eroded with gullies caused by unconscious human actions, and how that erosion can be repaired (and the alluvial fan…
Brad Lancaster shows us the dramatic summer temperature differences of public walkways in the shade vs. in the full sun. This video also shows you how simple changes that plant the rain and…
Brad Lancaster shows us dramatic pre-sunrise temperature differences of paved and unpaved areas in the urban environment, so you can see what heats us up, and what cools us down (and by how…
Brad Lancaster shows you how the valve choice (and hose size choice) for your gravity-fed (free gravity is your only “pump”) rainwater tank makes a big difference in water flow. The better the…
Light colored exterior walls—exposed to full sun—are over 25˚F (13˚C) cooler than darker colored walls; while shaded walls (whatever the color) are over 45˚F (25˚C) degrees cooler than walls exposed to the full…
See how we harvest over 30,000 gallons (114,000 liters) of roof runoff in tree basins to passively shade and cool the building from which we harvest the water. This system was created in…
I’ve harvested over 200 gallons of DRY mesquite pods as of early July 2023. Choosing Mesquite Trees for Landscapes & How to Identify Different Species More About Mesquite Multi-Use Plant Lists & Nurseries…
Click on the video above to see Brad Lancaster show how native food-bearing trees and understory vegetation planted within or beside passive rain- and stormwater-harvesting rain gardens is able to shade and cool…