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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.
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.
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