Permaculture in Action – Greening The Desert


www.permacultureplanet.com Permaculture іn Action – Greening thе Desert – Geoff Lawton’s Ground Breaking implementation οf Permaculture іn Thе Dead Sea Valley. Thіѕ video illustrates hοw Permaculture design techniques саn restore a Salt Ridden Degraded Landscape tο a flourishing аnd diverse Oasis. Fοr more information аbουt Geoff аnd hіѕ Permaculture work please visit; http Tο find out more аbουt thе Global Permaculture passage, please visit www.permacultureplanet.com

25 Responses to “Permaculture in Action – Greening The Desert”

  • Hashishin13 says:

    @sesanalorenzo Yea observably the sand dunes arent going to become rainforest overnight, but its a gradual process, and it may not work in ALL areas, but re-greening ANY desert is beneficial.

    If you want to be REALLY nit-picky the artic tundra is also considered desert, and theres no chance of greening that.

  • Barzottone says:

    Da come ho capito io leggendo Fukuoka, piantando determinati tipi di alberi vicino a fonti d’acqua si crea, grazie alle radici, una distribuzione sotterranea di acqua che permatte il proliferare di piante con il conseguante aumento di precipitazioni. Praticamente si crea un circolo virtuoso.
    Però non è possibile piantare dal nulla in mezzo al sahara ;)
    Spero di esserti stato utile.

  • sesanalorenzo says:

    I’m italian so maybe I’havn’t understood exatly whats he said. Did he talks about the costs in stipulations of energy or fuel just to prepare the ground?…and of course this is a desert, but they still have a minimun quantity of water, so everything its a lot more simple than in the hard, the real sahara desert. There are places that do not see a drop fo rain fro maybe 10 years…no water no life..also if u are american.

  • tigerone1970 says:

    Checkout the follow-up, Behind Greening the Desert

    watch?v=LJ8pjOG4pXI

    The follow-up is from 7:09 onwards

  • Diatonic135 says:

    okay that is freaking incredible.

    I’m going to try to share it with lots of people…everyone needs to see this!

  • randomlaughingman says:

    any deserts can be returned to their past glory. start by green-manuring with plants suited to the contemporary climate. other methods that could work – using lava rock from elsewhere as a soil improver, & when the deserts are near sea then canals can be dug inland, to help restart the rainfall cycles – along with the green-manuring.
    lava because there’s lots of it arond the world, just leaking out. it makes fantastic growing medium.

  • plumevine says:

    Speechless. I’m going to learn more about this, this is just too fantastic.

  • DisposableInterloper says:

    It wasn’t part of the plot. If it were, it would have been noted explicitly. This was a native fungus that grew from the mulch laid atop the swales.

  • saltycreefer says:

    WOW!

  • permascience says:

    Check out Greening the Desert – Revisited here on the PermaScience Channel for the latest update on this project

  • jbloch69 says:

    Geoff Lawton did you seed it with fungi,. You said that the fungi place off a waxy substance that repels salt . Which fungi do that and what does making making salt inert or insoluble or locked up mean what does it entail. agri rose macaskie

  • kieranalexis says:

    Stunning!

  • StrongArmZZ says:

    “I first went to the Deccan three years ago when the drought was severe. People were selling or giving away their plow animals. Everyone was listless and sitting in the shade, just trying to survive in anticipation of the rains came. So we had a fantastic sense of urgency. We know that most the emphasis has been on the green revolution of annual crops, and it just won’t feed people during drought.” Bill Mollison

  • Marleyites says:

    @shafaki: why can’t you apply this permaculture system in Egypt?

    They’ve used this type of system in the desert in Australia, also.

    If you have a huge area, start small. One yard at a time!

  • aluckyshot says:

    Not ripping on you at all but he stated it in the video, he said that the salt had become bound with other molcules and was rendered inert / non soluble.

  • Ullbritt says:

    start doing it man

  • mmoellerdeoliveira says:

    Time to mediate! Excelent!

  • katsandroses says:

    One of the finest things I’ve ever seen!!

  • sweettingles says:

    When was this posted and is there a update on the progress in Jordan?

  • Laurinium says:

    This is fantastic… please have a search for “Sepp Holzer” Austria and also for “Joe Polaischer” New Zealand…concerning Permaculture.

  • 21FingerGod says:

    My mind is just a small bit blown right now.

  • laurenAmbrose says:

    This is fantastic!

  • Godssweetchild says:

    I praise God for this wisdom! May all the starving people get this and flourish!

  • 8omni8 says:

    Appealing!!! It is still valuable to know the mechanism behind the salt passage and where it went…………….

  • shafaki says:

    I wish we can apply that here in the vast deserts of Egypt.

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