Brad Lancaster

Brad Stewart Lancaster (born March 15, 1967) is an expert in the field of rainwater harvesting and water management. He is also a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of Desert Harvesters, a non-profit organization.

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• Lectures
• Design
• Interviews
• Books
• Published Articles
• Awards
• Website
• References

Lancaster lives on an eighth of 1 acre (0.40 ha) in downtown Tucson, Arizona, where rainfall is less than 12 inches (300 mm) per annum. In such arid conditions, Brad consistently models that catching over 100,000 US gallons (380,000 l; 83,000 imp gal) of rainwater to feed food-bearing shade trees, abundant gardens, and a thriving landscape is a much more viable option than the municipal system of directing it into storm drains and sewer systems.

A recent project in 2009 involved acting as a representative for the U.S. State Department on an educational tour in the Middle East.

Lectures

Lancaster lectures at the ECOSA Institute, the University of Arizona, and Prescott College. He has been a guest speaker at the annual Bioneers Convergence; Green Festival USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference; Texas Natural Building Colloquium; the New Mexico Xeriscape Conference; the Green Festival; the 2009 Water Conservation & Xeriscaping EXPO; the New Mexico Organic Farming Conference and various Audubon Expeditions.

Design

Lancaster has designed integrated water-harvesting and permaculture systems for multiple projects, including the Tucson Audubon Simpson Farm restoration site; the Milagro development; Stone Curves co-housing project; and the Tucson Nature Conservancy water-harvesting demonstration site.

Interviews

Harvesting Rainwater by Not Letting It Go to Waste, National Public Radio (NPR), 10 January 2008

Brad Lancaster: Dancing in the Rain, New Dimensions Media, 30 October 2006

Grow With the Flow: Legal Uses of Graywater, Carol Steinfeld, Natural Home and Garden, March/April 2008

Books

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol.1

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol. 2

Published Articles

The Ecologist

Chelsea Green

Awards

2008 Award of Excellence/Personal Recognition from American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association

2005 Arizona Department of Water Resources/Tohono Chul Park Xeriscape Contest Award, First Place – Homeowner under $10,000

2005 Arizona Department of Water Resources/Tohono Chul Park Xeriscape Contest Award - Best Water Harvesting

2005 Arizona Department of Water Resources/Tohono Chul Park Xeriscape Contest Award - J.D. Di Melglio Artistry in Landscaping

2001 City of Tucson and Pima County Good Neighbor Award

2000 Tucson Weekly voted Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden the Best Neighborhood Garden

Website

www.HarvestingRainwater.com