Rainwater Harvesting and Natural Air Conditioning
Brad Lancaster is a permaculture and regenerative-design consultant and educator. His specialty is sustainable landscapes.
We chat with Brad about using the landscape to harvest rainwater. And about using the landscape as a living air conditioner.
Brad also talks about a very inspiring project that he helped spearhead, a community food forest.
We talk about:
Using permaculture principles in landscaping
How to harvest rainwater in the landscape
The connection between landscapes and cooling
Using the soil and "speed bumps" in the landscape to make it a living sponge
Selecting plants to suit the landscape
The Dunbar Springs Urban Food Forest
Brad is the author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.