Amazing Results of Harvesting
Rainwater for 25 Years

Brad Lancaster leads us on a tour of the 25-year old rainwater harvesting neighborhood transformation that has happened in the desert city of Tucson, Arizona.

Brad has been working on soaking up the rains when they come since he started his project in the mid-nineties. Watch now.

Ted X Video on Planting Rain to Grow Abundance

Watch Brad Lancaster on the Ted X stage as he shares the inspiring story of how he and others learned to see the rain differently, enabling them—and you—to plant it, rather than drain it; resulting in the growth of vibrant irrigation-free oases throughout communities in drought years. Watch now.

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Episode 002 - Neal Spackman

In this episode titled "How to Make it Rain in the Desert," Neal Spackman talks about his work on large scale reforestation on the Arabian Peninsula with the Al Baydha project.

The Al Baydha project lies in an area receiving 0-2 inches of rainfall annually. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia brought Neal in to help establish a productive Permaculture system in this hyper-arid environment in an effort to settle nomadic Bedouin populations in an economically and ecologically sustainable way. Listen now.

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Episode 020 - Elham Abbadi

In this episode titled "Permaculture Village Revival in the World's Most Water Stressed Nation," we hear about the ongoing grassroots transformation of a Jordanian village into a resilient food and water secure settlement. Elham Abbadi has been working within her village and the surrounding region with a group of women since 2012 to bring back regenerative agricultural practices to an area that has lost their traditional "permaculture" practices for only a couple of generations.  Listen now.

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Episode 022 - Zachary Weiss

In this episode titled "Repairing the Water Cycle for Climate Stability," we dive deep into the global water cycle, and how repairing degraded landscapes and increasing water retention can help to stabilize global temperatures.

We also learn about Zachary Weiss, who has worked on projects in over twenty countries, and about the practical nuts and bolts of assessing, planning, and installing large scale permaculture water management projects. Listen now.

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Episode 025 - Brad Lancaster

In this episode titled "Catalyzing Community Water Harvesting," we weave several stories of rainwater harvesting from around the world.

This episode focuses more on the community aspect of water harvesting and addresses the question of how large scale water harvesting projects involving multiple stakeholders and communities actually happen?  Listen now.

Desert Ecovillage
Built for the Rain

Brad Lancaster leads us on a tour of the Milagro Cohousing Community, completed in 2004. Milagro is located in Tucson, Arizona, and the design is centered around harvesting and reusing onsite waters.

Brad was part of the original design team for this project, which is thriving today, 15 years after its installation, as you can see in this video. Watch now.

Rehydrating the Concrete Jungle

Andrew Millison leads us on a tour through the three-block long water harvesting project located in Downtown Seattle, Washington called "Growing Vine Street".

This an artful and functional example of how water harvesting can be accomplished in a very high-density urban environment. Watch now.

How to Bring Back Dead Rivers

Rajendra Singh is known as the "Water Man of India". Since 1982 he has worked with over 1,000 villages to bring back to life the Arvari River in Rajasthan, India.

With community efforts reviving traditional water harvesting structures, they restored the watersheds within the entire region, and brought the dry river back to a perennially flowing stream, and recharging the aquifers of the entire region. Watch now.