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1. Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East
2 years ago
This half hour video documents the ongoing work of Permaculture Gurus, Geoff and Nadia Lawton, in the Dead Sea Valley. It begins with the famous original 'Greening the Desert' five minute video clip, and then continues into Part II, a 2009 update to the 2001 original.

You'll get to see and learn about the original Greening the Desert site and see some of the spin-off effects of its influence throughout Jordan, and you'll also be introduced to a new educational demonstration site that was started in 2008.

You can see the video, and more information about it, in its original post here:

permaculture.org.au/2009/12/11/greening-the-desert-ii-final/

And the video is also available on YouTube in four parts:

youtube.com/watch?v=xzTHjlueqFI

youtube.com/watch?v=wTZ0LbvUoOY

youtube.com/watch?v=-Ps1TpK9eiQ

youtube.com/watch?v=I8wPD35fewo

This is inspiring, practical work - the kind of work that should be encouraged, supported and emulated worldwide. It is the ultimate root-cause type of aid work.
  • Douglas Barnes 2 years ago
    Good to see an update!

    It looks like a lot of the problems I saw in dry-tropical Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  • Ethan Roland 2 years ago
    great work! incredible how quickly permaculture can spread, regenerating the landscape and supporting the people. thank you Geoff & Nadia!!!
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  • Daniel Farquhar 2 years ago
    Can you add this to youtube as well?
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  • Craig Mackintosh 2 years ago
    Hi Daniel. It's now on YouTube also. See links in description area above.
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  • Michael Meredith 2 years ago
    Craig, this water harvesting method is fascinating.


    Have you studied and applied the tierra prieta principle, or Albrect mineralization??
    Michael
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  • Michael Meredith 2 years ago
    I think just chopping this, without cropping it, and popping it onto utube would be fine ( in fact, way better than nothing at all).
    Michael
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  • Daniel Farquhar 2 years ago
    Youtube suggestions aside - brilliant project! I'd love to see more detail, what species, planted where & how, where did all the mulch & water come from (is rain & greywater enough?).....

    guess I'm just going to have to do the course though hey ;)
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  • Horacio Peña 2 years ago
    Is there a transcript somewhere? I'm able to read english but absolutely deaf to it. Thanks!
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  • O FOJO 2 years ago
    Thank you Craig! Thank you Geoff and Nadia! Thank you all permaculture people in the world. All together we will make the change for a better future!
    Filipa and Maurício from Portugal
    o-fojo.blogspot.com
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  • Anthony Anderson 2 years ago
    THIS IS GOLDEN! Thanks to you Craig and the Lawtons for spreading the joy of permaculture. It WILL save those who are lucky enough to use it.

    Im doing a cold weather project in the North Central US and it has totally changed my life...it is the answer to true freedom.

    Anthony (Rawmodel dot com)
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  • Ecoculture Village 1 year ago
    I am starting a non-profit and I have embedded this video onto the site: ecoculturevillage.org
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  • I'm starting a community garden share project based on the principals of permaculture design and philosophy. Shout out to Ecoculture Village for introducing me to the original "Greening"video in the first place - The seed has sprouted!
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  • Théan Slabbert 1 year ago
    Hey why don't you and your video join us at the Vimeo Group PROPER? A group for all of those who like discussing solutions to current problems, which includes permaculture!

    vimeo.com/groups/properliving

    - Théan
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