I lived across the street from the Dunbar Springs Community Garden where Brad is the center of a very creative universe of permaculture activism and education. He totally walks his talk, lives his passions, and endlessly, enthusiastically educates, encourages, and inspires. Rock on Brad!
I know! RIGHT!! I keep telling my mother that, she needs to leave the leaves that fall on her grass area and the soil will get natural fertilizer to grow her grass! She lives in Williams, Az. I really love the Tucson area!!
I and my wife are devoted viewers of your channel Kirsten. Hello from Mumbai, India. This episode in particular is full of learnings because global warming is slowly turning much of India into the desert landscape. Thank you.
Brad is legendary in Tucson. My wife and I moved here, bought some land about 45 minutes away and his books have taught us SO MUCH about creating an oasis using rainwater. Plus how he integrates all the different systems together using low tech systems is awesome. Kudos to Brad!
Every city needs to design around this guys knowledge! The world would be so different... "He never learned it in school" says it all! The education system doesn't teach anything for all the money it costs
The government knows this stuff works. But they choose the solution that allows them to drain the most money out of its citizens. Without fail. They don't care about our benefit, they care about our money
Capitalists don't need free, independent, self-sufficient people - they need obedient workers who have no other choice but to work and be slaves for the benefit of the few owners of this world. So the education system is doing its job well - turning people into obedient slaves.
@@Paul-gz5dp Its illegal to live autonomous off the land,they want people to be dependent from corporations and governments while working as a slave for the most basic needs. Do I sound spot on?
@@silverhairdemon Yes, and that is why I can see most Christians as opposing God and actually working for their devil as they oppose Christ. I would have never thought decades ago studying Satanism to find that Satanists are closer to Christians that know Christ, that people that think they are Christians because they go to church and believe as they are told. It is this believing as one is told that make people slaves, not the flock of the Lamb, but the Herd. Also a large part of this slave mentality is letting others do things when they are able to do those things themselves, as they are not so disabled they can't figure them out. It is easier to understand quantum Theory than the laws that we are expected to follow and from what I can see that is part of the plan, and if I loose what I have that I have worked to get for so many years I really so no point of going on for the enjoyment of others. As the saying goes it is better to rule in hell than be a slave in Heaven.
Brad Lancaster is brilliant! I love everything that he has built! I'd love to tour his property and pick his mind further. Awesome video, Kirsten! And I like that your children are gaining an outstanding education with all this exposure to these out-of-the-box alternative ways of living. All the best to you and your family!!
I love his energetic excitement... especially, when he talks about chasing the car thief. Also ...incredible life and living skills !!! That should be taught at schools.
Capitán Obvious You can literary measure around the lowest IQ percentile and still have kids and be allowed to marry! And because of that we need people like this guy in the video who actually has something to contribute.
Brad's house & neighborhood are what happens when smart people with lots of imagination & energy solve problems with innovative solutions. Good show, Brad.
Doesn't it let water pool under the road though, which destroys the road over time? Edit: you can even see that the road is cracked, so it's probably happening. There's a lot more ground area than just the road, there are better solutions to this.
@@tmmtmm Well, seeing cracks in a road doesn't mean the topic of the video has caused them, you could be right but roads get cracked without water pooling on the verge (I would have thought that it would be more likely to drain away from the road foundation than seep into it, especially as where it pools there are lots of plants ready to make immediate use of it). In any case, the local authority obviously doesn't believe it is a negative thing because @49:30 he explains that they now not only allow residents to cut the kerb, they will give them rebates to do it. They have surely checked with their engineers as to whether it could damage the road. I think this is great, that the authority has assessed the move, seen the positive side to it and got behind it.
I now live in Tucson and the roads are horrible & flood quite a bit anyway. They should do waaaay more of this around town. Can't wait to track him down. ;))
of all of Kirsten's videos, this is probably my favourite. what an awesome guy, wise, sage and infectious energy. the kids must've loved tasting the watermelon and listening to his stories
What a gem this guy is! Love his ideas. Using a chest freezer as a refrigerator is genius AND his solar hot water heaters. His permaculture garden is fantastic but he drops all these other little jewels along the way. Thanks for posting another excellent video KD.
Freezer to Refrigerator is advertised all over for brewing your own beer! I used cheep chest freezer set to coldest, but power to chest only delivered by regulator when regulator's temperature probe (accurate within 2 degrees) with its own thermocouple on end of long wire and set into 'cup' of gel set on freezer bottom (so that opening/closing lid does not instantaneously affect refrig on/off, just when 'contents' affected. Electronic regulators accurate within 1 degree, overkill but if my labor involved I want to know I screwed up so as to either learn to do it right or get help/quit.
Awesome! The ideas and creativity involved astonishes me Maybe because I never had a need until now I have to use @ least one or two of these ideas just to see if I can do it. Good Luck To Me😊
No, not figured out over time lol, but STOPPED using COLONIAL methods from Europe! And returned instead to what they SHOULD be, INDIGENOUS methods 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Brad sells the big rainwater cisterns that are now amazingly popular, holding water most of the year from our few rains here in Tucson. We now have a lot of tax intensives for water catchment! A lot of friends here are into permaculture of their houses and Brad is kind of a local leader of 'planting the rain' ideals. We have a fun community here and it's great to see Brad tell these stories of desert life and create habits to make our community better while working with nature.
Ok, the thing about this is that I have to retrain my eye... I see standing water and I immediately think improper storm drainage, I'm used to seeing very manicured lawns as my standard of reference... This flies in the face of that type of thinking.
I understand. When I saw that standing water I immediately thought mosquito breeding ground but Nevada is a desert and the water doesn't hang around long enough for the relatively few mosquitoes to find it, I'm guessing
We hold the water in the soil beneath the surface, instead of on the surface as a puddle. Puddles infiltrate quickly so mosquitoes never have a chance to go from egg to adult.
It's now 2021, and I just hope Brad is still doing this wonderful work. Beautiful, sustainable yards, living WITH the environment instead of against it. Using the natural resources wherever we may live, I hope, will be the way of the future. But, I guess we have to go through learning curves first. Huge Cheers to Brad and to you Kirsten for making this mini doc. So inspiring!
my power company keeps destroying my land with herbicides & pesticides. They don't care about the land or nature. They use the excuse that cut and slash all green growth is in their way and their precious wires. They come on my land and cut my trees down, spray poisons and then leave the mess for us to see. They sprayed herbicides and killed all of my honey bees. Never said a word to me about it ! They are evil ! Local poleeticians are worthless unless its re-election time . I have been 30 years fighting to keep my land and trees organic but they keep spraying and cutting. Karma to them !
@@triumphmanful Have you and your neighbors tried suing them for damages and if so, what was the result?.. In my area, we have the right to restrict access, unless it's an emergency. I kicked the gas company out of my yard with their nonsense. They complained to the city and I then kicked the city out of my yard :)))
it inspires me to see someone that cares and loves nature so much. He is actually putting in effort to provide a natural environment. Most people nowadays can care less about planting things. respect
I want to tell you that this video has had a tremendous impact on my life. The quote in the first 2 minutes about something that Zephanaiah Phiri Maseko said is so profound. It gave me the image of being a potted plant versus being a tree. When you are a potted plant you can never grow roots. But when you grow into a tree, your roots grow deep and you can weather any storm or drought. I watch this video every year just as a reminder of how far I have come. Thank you for making this so many years ago. I have watched it every year since it came out. God bless 🙏🏽
Learned of Brad's neighborhood from him here in Tucson a couple years ago, there are many more resources now in Tucson because of his efforts! Watershed Management Group included. Steady progress.
What a great quote. "You can't go, if you run away from your problems, you will just plant problems everywhere you go. You got to go home, set your roots ever deeper than you ever thought possible and figure out solutions."
I loved getting a peek into this man's life. He is just wonderful. Casually amazing. THIS is critical thinking at it's best. "thinking" Thanks so much !
I didn't want to watch a long video but after watching for a couple of minutes I got hooked on it and enjoyed the whole thing. Brad is enthusiastic and fast talking so covers so many interesting things with no wasted chit chat. Awesome video. I'll be trying some of these ideas in dry Los Angeles.
"I never plant a plant until I've planted the rain water." Sounds simple, but I love it! Amazing idea with effective practical application. I can listen to Brad talk about structuring systems all day. I learn so much about regenerative living from him. I just began watching the interviews. Where is Brad?? I need to see and hear him lol. Thank you.
Best video! It reminded me of my family in Africa. We salvaged all the Rainwater, desh and shower water and distributed evenly to all trees and plants. And loved watching him chase the car thief, that was too funny! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 😂😂💚✌🌍🌎🌏
Brad is such an amazing story teller. Loved his energy and I'm inspired. NB: Today I learnt from Brad, that the plant we grew up eating and using for firewood is called "MESQUITE" and I knew there must be other uses for it. Didn't know you can grind the pods into flour. Thanks Brad!
What a problem solver, I love this lifestyle. I learned so much in this 52-minute video. ty "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Confucious
I loved this - lots of great inventive ideas! Go Brad! I actually drove through some neighborhoods in Tucson a couple months back and was wowed by how lush they were, now I know why! Be the author of your own reality, your own life, you are your own author-ity, no one presides over you.
@@eavening4149 lol that part was so great, it was so funny the commitment to running down the street, it's actually why I'm watching this again, just scanning to watch that part again! 🤣
This is Beautiful! This video is Exactly what people need to be doing - everywhere! I have driven through those neighborhood of dessicated, parched yards and it never even occurred to me to wonder why. This guy is brilliant. I am going to take this idea and run with it for the rest of my life.
I think I enjoyed this video the most out of any of your videos I've watched (though they are all great!). This guy isn't spending tons of money, he's using what is already there. That neighborhood is beautiful. I've been planning to turn my entire backyard into an edible garden, but the cost of watering it would be an issue. That led me to permaculture and collecting rainwater and then this video popped up. The way he describes all of it makes it so much easier to understand. It makes so much sense!
Mulch, mulch, mulch. I never water my edibles. Plant according to your rainfall and climate because you're going to have to water if you plant thirsty things in an arid climate. Take a look at the 'back to eden' method. It can be done with any organic material you can get your hands on. Good luck with your garden! I've been growing food for 5 years now with this method and i will never look back. Grassclippings, rodent bedding, horse bedding, straw, woodchips, prunings, leaves. Just pack it onto the soil and *thick*. It will grab and hold every drop of rain that falls. The soil never dries out and it breaks down to create more organic matter in the soil, More soil life, more fungal activity, increasing the sponge function more and more over time.
Of course! Paper and cardboard. :D I love using conifers as well. Spruce, pine, anything. Even the fresh branches i use to keep the blackbirds from digging it all over. Little black winged piglets, oink! I still want to use hugelbeds too but my back is not that great so i loathe digging. Maybe i'll do a bit at a time. Meh, all in it's own time.
There are probably hundreds of back to eden style gardening videos on youtube. Search words like back to eden or mulch or lasagna gardening or sheet mulching or no till or living mulch or no dig basically all point you to the same sort of methods with subtle differences but basically doing the same thing. Also a lot of permaculture people use these methods, next to a lot of other really helpful gardening methods. I usually end up watching a lot of those. They have the most holistic approach to life in general.
Mychorizal fungi are the missing link in most gardens, and it's totally missing in farming. Paul Stamets shows how fungi feed and protect plants. Been using fungi in the garden for years, and no pesticides are necessary, nor is fertilizer.
@@greenghost6416 but both occur naturally and can be maximised naturally if you know what you are doing. Are fertilizer and pesticides added to natural landscapes to make them grow ? Permaculture is about imitating how natural systems work, while using plants chosen to serve a desired function, in order to create a self-sustaining system that can also enhance human life.
Kirsten, I so loved this video, as I do most of your videos,. Your genius in these videos is not finding the most interesting architecture, but rather finding people who are passionate about their architecture and giving them a forum to express that passion. I works well.
I love this dudes energy. So enthusiastic and positive. Actually solving problems with current solutions, rather than talking about what to do for years and years.
My gosh, this is amazing! I have SUCH respect for Brad's commitment to thinking through issues that architects and landscape architects SHOULD BE designing into modern construction. This is so so smart and the environment around this garottage is thriving because of it. My straw hat's off to you Brad. And Thanks Kirsten for the video. This one should be seen in every university. Young people need to be inspired to see that a beautiful planet and future can be realized. We just have to care enough to make it happen!!!
Brad is inspiring by being receptive he has learned how to use natural processes to transform the landscape of Tucson and the lives & the minds of those whom live there as well as those whom are lucky enough to watch this video. Imagine if there were more Brad's in the world - this would be a much better place to live.
This is by far one of the most spectacular an outstanding videos I have ever seen in my life. How I appreciate everyone involved in doing this and bringing it to the community at Large. God bless everyone involved and thank you for such a creative piece of work. Sending love and blessings from Sugarland Texas.
this reminds me so much of how my grandparents (from colombia!) built their own home from the first brick!!! i just love this guy... he is really respecting nature, society, and those who came before him and will come after...
I watched this years ago, and is one of the best of Kirsten's interviews. This is a wonderful layout this guy has created; anything he doesn't need in the home is stored on an outside wall. Blew my mind with his water expertise. Love this dwelling, not the kind of abode you put together in a week; truly inspiring. Lol.
I've never learned so much in one video...ever. Thank You for taking the time to film and upload something so useful, and Thank You Brad for being so smart and thoughtful.
Wow! Brad has it going on, on so many different levels. What an inspiration. He's a natural educator. I love your videos, this one did not disappoint! Thanks for sharing.
This has been the best 52 .13 minute video that I have sat and watched and learned from in a long long time. I am in the Philippines living on top of a mountain where for part of the year we have so much rain and then a long dry season. I have wanted to try to store rain water here and this mountain is limestone rock with about 3 inches of top soil . I am struggling to save and make top soil in a culture that that likes to cut or dig up everything that is not eatable and burn it. Well my mountain will be the example now. Thank you for the insight.
I have lost count how many times I have watched this video, It served as an inspiration for me to now live in the high desert of California. I am already applying many of the concepts I have learned here, all my gray water goes to water the trees around me, I am working on my composting outhouse; It’s fall now, but I will be working on the some of the solar concepts shown here. Took me a few years, but I am finally doing it :)
I just recently stumbled on this video and I just love it! Thank you Brad Lancaster for reminding me about zesty living and finding joy in solving problems and living our best life! And thank you Kristen for sharing this with us all!
What an amazing interview! Seems more like a class in rain water collection and ecology but also using critical thinking for sustainable solutions. So many unique water tricks for gravity feed systems!
This guy is so freaking cool and a conscious awesome human being bringing us back to realities of how we need to rebuild our communities and be more conscious human beings I love this video I'm sharing it with a lot of friends and I have been living this way off and on for years wishing him and his family many more blessings❤
Wow! This makes Tucson look like a great place to live! Someone should make him the Official Ambassador of Tuscon! So many great ideas that I have not heard of until viewing this video. I love the desert.
What a delightful character. I'm so proud of my generation. More and more of us are beginning to see the light and restore what our parents and grandparents concreted shut, leveled out and crammed full of the most destructive toxic junk humanity could come up with. Thank you, Brad. Lets heal this dump.
This is seriously my favorite video on UA-cam. I found this about 7 months ago and I've watched it probably 10 times. I love it so much. He has thought about everything and makes it so simple
I'm just so amazed - by this guy's perseverance, his passion and to be honest, his way with words? I mean... The Garattage? Exulation? HAHAHA. His cost-effective solutions that make use of what he has available - just amazing. WOW.
I agree! I wish I had a neighbor like that! Next best thing? Take his lead, follow our own passions & continue to learn, experiment & maybe WE can have a fraction of the impact on our own neighborhoods. His enthusiasm is contagious...
It’s impossible to watch this too many times! I have Brad’s book, saw this 4 years ago, and am finally putting these practices to work with projects in CA fire country. Huge thanks, Kirsten, for bringing all this good to YT!
Me Too!!!!! Just finished reading the book, have taken a Permaculture Design Course and bought our home last year. Just now beginning to implement rainwater harvesting and looking at earthworks to divert all of the downspout flow. So excited to begin and dreading all the physical labor it's going to require!! :) hahhaahhahhah
I think I just realized why it's so nice to listen to these videos, even if you never had an interest in doing what they've done... You're listening to people talking about what they dreamed about, made happen and fell in love with
Wow, this really get's you thinking. It must be so satisfying to see the changes in the neighborhood, and how connected the community is becoming. A couple more people at a time and so on... We might just be able to help our planet heal. Thank you for sharing this story.
Simply ingenious! It’s Native adaptation meets modern technology Made Easy. Thanks for teaching us this beautiful system of self sustained and harmonious Fine Living. I will be Referencing this for my house and garden. God bless and keep you Brad and Kristen.
I lived across the street from the Dunbar Springs Community Garden where Brad is the center of a very creative universe of permaculture activism and education. He totally walks his talk, lives his passions, and endlessly, enthusiastically educates, encourages, and inspires. Rock on Brad!
"Leaves are called leaves, because you're supposed to leave them!" needs to be on a t-shirt :)
It would make a great T-shirt, without screaming at everyone to do your bidding.
I know! RIGHT!! I keep telling my mother that, she needs to leave the leaves that fall on her grass area and the soil will get natural fertilizer to grow her grass! She lives in Williams, Az. I really love the Tucson area!!
Pretty sure they are called that because the trees leave them all over the ground.
they make signs for your yard in portland
if you run away from your problems you’ll just plant problems everywhere you go. ❤️ you plant your roots deeper than you thought possible⭐️
That was a great quote - so glad you caught it and commented on it.
Profound wisdom ❤
Should be taught in every school all around the world.
I watched this for the second time today and then ordered rain barrels and trying to figure out how I can recycle the laundry water !!!
Oh my god I have the same idea but didn’t know how to express it!
This is all knowledge that Indigenous communities have been doing for centuries. ❤❤❤❤
Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone lived like this man?
Truly inspirational.
I and my wife are devoted viewers of your channel Kirsten. Hello from Mumbai, India. This episode in particular is full of learnings because global warming is slowly turning much of India into the desert landscape. Thank you.
Namaste , Jay Hindi Jay Bolenath.. 🤝
you didn't just build a garden, you helped build a community
Could someone please give this effort a Nobel Prize!
Brad is legendary in Tucson. My wife and I moved here, bought some land about 45 minutes away and his books have taught us SO MUCH about creating an oasis using rainwater. Plus how he integrates all the different systems together using low tech systems is awesome. Kudos to Brad!
Handeeman what is the name of the book?
Neville, the books are Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster - Volumes 1 and 2.
Thanks Brad for so many practical ideeën Hopefully Now the whole town is green with trees and is the river begins to run.
@@jouski2677 Thank you!!!
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Every city needs to design around this guys knowledge! The world would be so different...
"He never learned it in school" says it all! The education system doesn't teach anything for all the money it costs
Well, schools teach a lot of important stuff, but not teaching basic farming and how to take care of plants is a bit of a disappointment.
The government knows this stuff works. But they choose the solution that allows them to drain the most money out of its citizens. Without fail. They don't care about our benefit, they care about our money
the system teaches for life in the system only.
what you don't know you're supposed to let the system "understand" and control.
Capitalists don't need free, independent, self-sufficient people - they need obedient workers who have no other choice but to work and be slaves for the benefit of the few owners of this world. So the education system is doing its job well - turning people into obedient slaves.
"Leaves are called leaves because you're supposed to LEAVE them." lol!!!
You regrew the desert. You are reversing the damages we're making to our Mother Earth. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
That guy is so positive-minded and respectful. I wish him the best
He would not have the same attitude if he lived in southern California. As everything that he has done is illegal here.
@@Paul-gz5dp Sounds like its illegal to be happy there where you live.
@@silverhairdemon For the most part that is true.
@@Paul-gz5dp Its illegal to live autonomous off the land,they want people to be dependent from corporations and governments while working as a slave for the most basic needs. Do I sound spot on?
@@silverhairdemon Yes, and that is why I can see most Christians as opposing God and actually working for their devil as they oppose Christ. I would have never thought decades ago studying Satanism to find that Satanists are closer to Christians that know Christ, that people that think they are Christians because they go to church and believe as they are told.
It is this believing as one is told that make people slaves, not the flock of the Lamb, but the Herd.
Also a large part of this slave mentality is letting others do things when they are able to do those things themselves, as they are not so disabled they can't figure them out. It is easier to understand quantum Theory than the laws that we are expected to follow and from what I can see that is part of the plan, and if I loose what I have that I have worked to get for so many years I really so no point of going on for the enjoyment of others.
As the saying goes it is better to rule in hell than be a slave in Heaven.
Brad Lancaster is brilliant! I love everything that he has built! I'd love to tour his property and pick his mind further. Awesome video, Kirsten! And I like that your children are gaining an outstanding education with all this exposure to these out-of-the-box alternative ways of living. All the best to you and your family!!
I love his energetic excitement... especially, when he talks about chasing the car thief. Also ...incredible life and living skills !!!
That should be taught at schools.
🤣😂
Fantastic - this guy is actually figuring things out rather than just having a high design concept that is too expensive to implement.
Capitán Obvious You can literary measure around the lowest IQ percentile and still have kids and be allowed to marry!
And because of that we need people like this guy in the video who actually has something to contribute.
*literally
I will do the warm bin also, :>)
@@BorysPomianek LOL
@@BorysPomianek .Exactly, to teach those kids (and all of us). Because not allowing people to marry and have children is a bit creepy, right?
Brad's house & neighborhood are what happens when smart people with lots of imagination & energy solve problems with innovative solutions. Good show, Brad.
It's incredible how much water there is in the desert. I love this guy's enthusiasm and passion.
@Tiffany Patton not sure what you're on about. I was commenting about this video (3 years ago), not about your person experience.
You should read his books. They are awesome.
Another beautiful human being a person who cares for the environment and the quality of people's lives
Cutting the curb is brilliant!
Doesn't it let water pool under the road though, which destroys the road over time? Edit: you can even see that the road is cracked, so it's probably happening. There's a lot more ground area than just the road, there are better solutions to this.
@@tmmtmm Well, seeing cracks in a road doesn't mean the topic of the video has caused them, you could be right but roads get cracked without water pooling on the verge (I would have thought that it would be more likely to drain away from the road foundation than seep into it, especially as where it pools there are lots of plants ready to make immediate use of it). In any case, the local authority obviously doesn't believe it is a negative thing because @49:30 he explains that they now not only allow residents to cut the kerb, they will give them rebates to do it. They have surely checked with their engineers as to whether it could damage the road. I think this is great, that the authority has assessed the move, seen the positive side to it and got behind it.
I now live in Tucson and the roads are horrible & flood quite a bit anyway. They should do waaaay more of this around town. Can't wait to track him down. ;))
Have to love the slow movement of bureaucracy.
@@tmmtmm The road can be engineered to prevent this if that is even the cause of the cracks.
of all of Kirsten's videos, this is probably my favourite. what an awesome guy, wise, sage and infectious energy. the kids must've loved tasting the watermelon and listening to his stories
Bonus points for Brad for rescuing the lizard from the earthen pot :)
Lizards are jerks.
I am glad someone noticed
@@herkimer2257 Well this time, he wasn't talking about Democrats.
@@herkimer2257 No they aren't. They eat certain bugs, therefore even helping us.
@@afringedweller you just gave me a good laugh thank you!!!🤣
“Leaves are called leaves because you are supposed to leave them!” I love this …. I love the lot 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
What a gem this guy is! Love his ideas. Using a chest freezer as a refrigerator is genius AND his solar hot water heaters. His permaculture garden is fantastic but he drops all these other little jewels along the way. Thanks for posting another excellent video KD.
Freezer to Refrigerator is advertised all over for brewing your own beer! I used cheep chest freezer set to coldest, but power to chest only delivered by regulator when regulator's temperature probe (accurate within 2 degrees) with its own thermocouple on end of long wire and set into 'cup' of gel set on freezer bottom (so that opening/closing lid does not instantaneously affect refrig on/off, just when 'contents' affected. Electronic regulators accurate within 1 degree, overkill but if my labor involved I want to know I screwed up so as to either learn to do it right or get help/quit.
Why isn't this type of "landscaping" used more? People need to hear and learn about this. This is genius!
It will be after people watched this video and word gets out.
not profitable enough, and too unconventional prolly.
Have to admire his passion. Very interesting to see the solutions they have figured out over time.
Awesome! The ideas and creativity involved astonishes me Maybe because I never had a need until now I have to use @ least one or two of these ideas just to see if I can do it. Good Luck To Me😊
Same, diggin this dude!
Meet him in his neighborhood, very cool guy
@@alvenatgolden1781 llllo[))[ewe
No, not figured out over time lol, but STOPPED using COLONIAL methods from Europe! And returned instead to what they SHOULD be, INDIGENOUS methods 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
This is four years old? I want to see more of this guy - he is absolutely awesome!
Brad Lancaster he has a channel
I saw this when it was first on.
I love this man. The world can use more people like him ;)
Brad sells the big rainwater cisterns that are now amazingly popular, holding water most of the year from our few rains here in Tucson. We now have a lot of tax intensives for water catchment! A lot of friends here are into permaculture of their houses and Brad is kind of a local leader of 'planting the rain' ideals. We have a fun community here and it's great to see Brad tell these stories of desert life and create habits to make our community better while working with nature.
You know, everybody needs a "thing", something that they are truly passionate about, to give life meaning. This guy has obviously found his passion.
Ok, the thing about this is that I have to retrain my eye... I see standing water and I immediately think improper storm drainage, I'm used to seeing very manicured lawns as my standard of reference... This flies in the face of that type of thinking.
+TheDtfamu89 He reenacted jumping down his fireman's pole to stop a car thief? Hilarious..... Lol
I understand. When I saw that standing water I immediately thought mosquito breeding ground but Nevada is a desert and the water doesn't hang around long enough for the relatively few mosquitoes to find it, I'm guessing
We hold the water in the soil beneath the surface, instead of on the surface as a puddle. Puddles infiltrate quickly so mosquitoes never have a chance to go from egg to adult.
+noviceprepper53 except Tuscon is in Arizona and he does demonstrate how to set up his mosquito net.
It's now 2021, and I just hope Brad is still doing this wonderful work. Beautiful, sustainable yards, living WITH the environment instead of against it. Using the natural resources wherever we may live, I hope, will be the way of the future. But, I guess we have to go through learning curves first. Huge Cheers to Brad and to you Kirsten for making this mini doc. So inspiring!
my power company keeps destroying my land with herbicides & pesticides. They don't care about the land or nature. They use the excuse that cut and slash all green growth is in their way and their precious wires. They come on my land and cut my trees down, spray poisons and then leave the mess for us to see. They sprayed herbicides and killed all of my honey bees. Never said a word to me about it ! They are evil ! Local poleeticians are worthless unless its re-election time . I have been 30 years fighting to keep my land and trees organic but they keep spraying and cutting. Karma to them !
Sorry about that and that's terrible. Karma to them.
@@triumphmanful Have you and your neighbors tried suing them for damages and if so, what was the result?.. In my area, we have the right to restrict access, unless it's an emergency. I kicked the gas company out of my yard with their nonsense. They complained to the city and I then kicked the city out of my yard :)))
@@Autism_Forever I got arrested trying to kick them off my land !
@@Autism_Forever they arrested me for chasing them off my land ! American Justice ?
it inspires me to see someone that cares and loves nature so much. He is actually putting in effort to provide a natural environment. Most people nowadays can care less about planting things. respect
I want to tell you that this video has had a tremendous impact on my life. The quote in the first 2 minutes about something that Zephanaiah Phiri Maseko said is so profound. It gave me the image of being a potted plant versus being a tree. When you are a potted plant you can never grow roots. But when you grow into a tree, your roots grow deep and you can weather any storm or drought. I watch this video every year just as a reminder of how far I have come. Thank you for making this so many years ago. I have watched it every year since it came out. God bless 🙏🏽
Learned of Brad's neighborhood from him here in Tucson a couple years ago, there are many more resources now in Tucson because of his efforts! Watershed Management Group included. Steady progress.
What a great quote. "You can't go, if you run away from your problems, you will just plant problems everywhere you go. You got to go home, set your roots ever deeper than you ever thought possible and figure out solutions."
I loved getting a peek into this man's life. He is just wonderful. Casually amazing.
THIS is critical thinking at it's best. "thinking"
Thanks so much !
I didn't want to watch a long video but after watching for a couple of minutes I got hooked on it and enjoyed the whole thing. Brad is enthusiastic and fast talking so covers so many interesting things with no wasted chit chat. Awesome video. I'll be trying some of these ideas in dry Los Angeles.
Yes.
Brad has a contagious love for life! I learned SO much listening to him and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you KD.
"I never plant a plant until I've planted the rain water." Sounds simple, but I love it! Amazing idea with effective practical application. I can listen to Brad talk about structuring systems all day. I learn so much about regenerative living from him. I just began watching the interviews. Where is Brad?? I need to see and hear him lol. Thank you.
Best video! It reminded me of my family in Africa. We salvaged all the Rainwater, desh and shower water and distributed evenly to all trees and plants. And loved watching him chase the car thief, that was too funny!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 😂😂💚✌🌍🌎🌏
Brad is such an amazing story teller. Loved his energy and I'm inspired.
NB: Today I learnt from Brad, that the plant we grew up eating and using for firewood is called "MESQUITE" and I knew there must be other uses for it. Didn't know you can grind the pods into flour. Thanks Brad!
What a problem solver, I love this lifestyle. I learned so much in this 52-minute video. ty
"Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated."
Confucious
I loved this - lots of great inventive ideas! Go Brad! I actually drove through some neighborhoods in Tucson a couple months back and was wowed by how lush they were, now I know why! Be the author of your own reality, your own life, you are your own author-ity, no one presides over you.
This was better then watching a movie , he kept me in my toes 😂
I bet you have nice toes
@@herkimer2257 I bet you're real creepy! ;-)
Great inspiring and informative video.
He even reenacted stopping a car break-in. It was great!
@@eavening4149 lol that part was so great, it was so funny the commitment to running down the street, it's actually why I'm watching this again, just scanning to watch that part again! 🤣
This is Beautiful! This video is Exactly what people need to be doing - everywhere! I have driven through those neighborhood of dessicated, parched yards and it never even occurred to me to wonder why. This guy is brilliant. I am going to take this idea and run with it for the rest of my life.
I think I enjoyed this video the most out of any of your videos I've watched (though they are all great!). This guy isn't spending tons of money, he's using what is already there. That neighborhood is beautiful. I've been planning to turn my entire backyard into an edible garden, but the cost of watering it would be an issue. That led me to permaculture and collecting rainwater and then this video popped up. The way he describes all of it makes it so much easier to understand. It makes so much sense!
Mulch, mulch, mulch. I never water my edibles. Plant according to your rainfall and climate because you're going to have to water if you plant thirsty things in an arid climate. Take a look at the 'back to eden' method. It can be done with any organic material you can get your hands on. Good luck with your garden! I've been growing food for 5 years now with this method and i will never look back. Grassclippings, rodent bedding, horse bedding, straw, woodchips, prunings, leaves. Just pack it onto the soil and *thick*. It will grab and hold every drop of rain that falls. The soil never dries out and it breaks down to create more organic matter in the soil, More soil life, more fungal activity, increasing the sponge function more and more over time.
Of course! Paper and cardboard. :D I love using conifers as well. Spruce, pine, anything. Even the fresh branches i use to keep the blackbirds from digging it all over. Little black winged piglets, oink! I still want to use hugelbeds too but my back is not that great so i loathe digging. Maybe i'll do a bit at a time. Meh, all in it's own time.
+melovescoffee Do you have suggestion for reading to learn about this method?
There are probably hundreds of back to eden style gardening videos on youtube. Search words like back to eden or mulch or lasagna gardening or sheet mulching or no till or living mulch or no dig basically all point you to the same sort of methods with subtle differences but basically doing the same thing. Also a lot of permaculture people use these methods, next to a lot of other really helpful gardening methods. I usually end up watching a lot of those. They have the most holistic approach to life in general.
Okay cool. I wanted a lasagna gardening book but it was out of print. But thanks for all the other search terms.
Watched this four years ago for the first time, what an Inspiration on how to live your life and interact with your environment!
Mychorizal fungi are the missing link in most gardens, and it's totally missing in farming.
Paul Stamets shows how fungi feed and protect plants.
Been using fungi in the garden for years, and no pesticides are necessary, nor is fertilizer.
Paul Stamets is genius.
James Fenton soil is a living ecosystem and we damage it at our peril
@@chezmoi42 Absolument!!
Complete BS yes pesticides are necessary and so is fertilizer.
@@greenghost6416 but both occur naturally and can be maximised naturally if you know what you are doing. Are fertilizer and pesticides added to natural landscapes to make them grow ? Permaculture is about imitating how natural systems work, while using plants chosen to serve a desired function, in order to create a self-sustaining system that can also enhance human life.
I have watched this video so many times and I’m still just always amazed by this conscious man. Aware of his world around him.
Kirsten and family thank you for opening our eyes, please pass my regards to Brad who is saving the world in his own way.
Kirsten, I so loved this video, as I do most of your videos,. Your genius in these videos is not finding the most interesting architecture, but rather finding people who are passionate about their architecture and giving them a forum to express that passion. I works well.
Learned a lot from this video. Loved the man's mentality. He looks healthy.
I love this dudes energy. So enthusiastic and positive. Actually solving problems with current solutions, rather than talking about what to do for years and years.
My gosh, this is amazing! I have SUCH respect for Brad's commitment to thinking through issues that architects and landscape architects SHOULD BE designing into modern construction. This is so so smart and the environment around this garottage is thriving because of it. My straw hat's off to you Brad. And Thanks Kirsten for the video. This one should be seen in every university. Young people need to be inspired to see that a beautiful planet and future can be realized. We just have to care enough to make it happen!!!
Brad is inspiring by being receptive he has learned how to use natural processes to transform the landscape of Tucson and the lives & the minds of those whom live there as well as those whom are lucky enough to watch this video. Imagine if there were more Brad's in the world - this would be a much better place to live.
I love watching wise people share their wisdom. Thank you for the treat! Greetings from Poland!
This is by far one of the most spectacular an outstanding videos I have ever seen in my life. How I appreciate everyone involved in doing this and bringing it to the community at Large. God bless everyone involved and thank you for such a creative piece of work. Sending love and blessings from Sugarland Texas.
this reminds me so much of how my grandparents (from colombia!) built their own home from the first brick!!!
i just love this guy... he is really respecting nature, society, and those who came before him and will come after...
I watched this years ago, and is one of the best of Kirsten's interviews. This is a wonderful layout this guy has created; anything he doesn't need in the home is stored on an outside wall. Blew my mind with his water expertise. Love this dwelling, not the kind of abode you put together in a week; truly inspiring. Lol.
what kind of a dwelling do you put together in a week?
I've never learned so much in one video...ever. Thank You for taking the time to film and upload something so useful, and Thank You Brad for being so smart and thoughtful.
wow
amazing. I love how he applies his pent up energy into beneficial and creative concepts
Wow! Brad has it going on, on so many different levels. What an inspiration. He's a natural educator. I love your videos, this one did not disappoint! Thanks for sharing.
This has been the best 52 .13 minute video that I have sat and watched and learned from in a long long time. I am in the Philippines living on top of a mountain where for part of the year we have so much rain and then a long dry season. I have wanted to try to store rain water here and this mountain is limestone rock with about 3 inches of top soil . I am struggling to save and make top soil in a culture that that likes to cut or dig up everything that is not eatable and burn it. Well my mountain will be the example now. Thank you for the insight.
why do tropical climes burn their compost matter? i saw this in s america and se asia. baffling.
Absolutely inspiring story,how one man can change a whole community!
cathy roncetti. Many people would do things like this if the government would leave them alone. I know I would. p s....I love you.
I have lost count how many times I have watched this video, It served as an inspiration for me to now live in the high desert of California. I am already applying many of the concepts I have learned here, all my gray water goes to water the trees around me, I am working on my composting outhouse; It’s fall now, but I will be working on the some of the solar concepts shown here. Took me a few years, but I am finally doing it :)
I just recently stumbled on this video and I just love it! Thank you Brad Lancaster for reminding me about zesty living and finding joy in solving problems and living our best life! And thank you Kristen for sharing this with us all!
What an amazing interview! Seems more like a class in rain water collection and ecology but also using critical thinking for sustainable solutions. So many unique water tricks for gravity feed systems!
Love this guy's enthusiasm. He definitely took the permaculture principles and ran with them!
"We did not want to plug into that paradigm." Wise words.
It's 4 years later seeing this. It's so exciting, thank you! Really inspiring.
This guy is so freaking cool and a conscious awesome human being bringing us back to realities of how we need to rebuild our communities and be more conscious human beings I love this video I'm sharing it with a lot of friends and I have been living this way off and on for years wishing him and his family many more blessings❤
Wow! This makes Tucson look like a great place to live! Someone should make him the Official Ambassador of Tuscon! So many great ideas that I have not heard of until viewing this video. I love the desert.
I absolutely love this young man, I wish there where more people like him in world .
What a delightful character. I'm so proud of my generation. More and more of us are beginning to see the light and restore what our parents and grandparents concreted shut, leveled out and crammed full of the most destructive toxic junk humanity could come up with. Thank you, Brad. Lets heal this dump.
This is just the absolute coolest!
This dood... He's a feckin legend! When I grow up I want to be and live like him! (We're about the same age though haha)
We cut it on a Sunday when no one was looking ...... i love this !!!!
This is seriously my favorite video on UA-cam. I found this about 7 months ago and I've watched it probably 10 times. I love it so much. He has thought about everything and makes it so simple
One of my faves too! Sweet water is still on my bucket list- I best get busy & hit the road! Still get excited by the possibilities this info brings!
I love this guy!!! Perfect example human
I'm just so amazed - by this guy's perseverance, his passion and to be honest, his way with words? I mean... The Garattage? Exulation? HAHAHA. His cost-effective solutions that make use of what he has available - just amazing. WOW.
I agree! I wish I had a neighbor like that! Next best thing? Take his lead, follow our own passions & continue to learn, experiment & maybe WE can have a fraction of the impact on our own neighborhoods. His enthusiasm is contagious...
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! THE REST OF AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, OWES YOU A BIG THANK YOU!!!!!!!... [THANKYOU, BRAD, AND KIRSTEN!!!]
he is just as darlin as can be. and your children are very polite and well-behaved.
Kudos- this is very inspirational- for someone that didn’t know what they were doing it is very well thought out. Genius
I'm more than impressed. !!! WOW !!! This guy needs an award.
Love this guy and community 🇦🇺👍🏿
I love this guy! Being around him would give you a natural high!
Already did! ?
=D
Amen, Amen!!!
A Krick
You took the words out of my mouth...LOL
It’s impossible to watch this too many times! I have Brad’s book, saw this 4 years ago, and am finally putting these practices to work with projects in CA fire country. Huge thanks, Kirsten, for bringing all this good to YT!
Oh hey whats the book called?
@@Qce-i6d ... Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, VOL 1 AND 2...
Me Too!!!!! Just finished reading the book, have taken a Permaculture Design Course and bought our home last year. Just now beginning to implement rainwater harvesting and looking at earthworks to divert all of the downspout flow. So excited to begin and dreading all the physical labor it's going to require!! :) hahhaahhahhah
This guy is off the charts. Repurposing genius. Thank you for sharing !
amazing guy! He and his ideas are needed more than ever now.
This dude has more ambition than I could ever dream of!!!!!!!!
This guy is an unbelievable inspiration. Thanks for sharing Kirsten
Thank you for being a 21st Century pioneer and Teacher. ❤️😘❤️
What a character! :) I could listen to Brad all day long! Thanks for sharing all these nice stories about "unusual" homes Kirsten!
This was absolute informative and just an amazing video. Brad is such a brilliant man. Thank you ❤️
I think I just realized why it's so nice to listen to these videos, even if you never had an interest in doing what they've done...
You're listening to people talking about what they dreamed about, made happen and fell in love with
I love this guy! His enthusiasm and energy is amazing. He’s such a forward thinking dude! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow, this really get's you thinking. It must be so satisfying to see the changes in the neighborhood, and how connected the community is becoming. A couple more people at a time and so on... We might just be able to help our planet heal. Thank you for sharing this story.
Thanks Kirsten! You are like a good news channel!
I sincerely appreciate you!
I don't use this word often, but that was... delightful. Truly delightful.
Simply ingenious! It’s Native adaptation meets modern technology Made Easy. Thanks for teaching us this beautiful system of self sustained and harmonious Fine Living. I will be Referencing this for my house and garden. God bless and keep you Brad and Kristen.