Resilience: Geoff Lawton On Greening The Desert
Climate change is drying out the planet's already dry areas. And agricorps have worked diligently to worsen the soil and destroy ecosystems for more profits. The climate news can be most depressing. April was another record-breaking month, the 7th in a row. Yikes. If you live in a drying area, you might be interested in permaculture's practical lessons for greening the desert. More below.
Geoff Lawton is an Autralian permaculture genius. He led a project in one of the lowest, driest areas of the world, Jawfa in Jordan, just north of the Dead Sea. I've posted two short video clips (7 mins and 18 mins) about the "Greening of the Desert." It is inspirational to see what could be possible in the areas of North America that are drying out the fastest.
The first video (7 mins) explains the permaculture principles the team had employed.
The 2nd video (18 mins) is a walkabout around the project with Geoff explaining things on the ground.
We can green our deserts again with permaculture. I would love to hear about projects near you.
Peace be with us, if we learn and promote permaculture principles,
gerrit
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Excellent post.
Thanks.
Thanks, Tom, have a great day :=)
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This is why we are still here
In southern Arizona.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Yes, you guys get it and make the practical adjustments like
Geoff Lawton recommends and live in harmony with the desert. The people who live in artificial oases (suburbs) in the desert are another matter entirely! Well, after they flee, the suburbs will make great salvage yards, I suppose.
I love deserts like you do. I grew up on the arid coast and spent long times living in or visiting deserts: the Karoo, the Kalahari, the Negev, the Arabian Gulf coast, and I loved them all. While I appreciate the water-filled Canadian environment, I don't think I'll ever like the humidity and all of it's (different) problems.
Cheers, mate, have a great day,
Oh yes, I'm going to try the IBC tote for the rainwater. Just because there's some used totes available 10 mins away. I have to drain them for winter, so they'll be all right. These ones carried milk for cheese-making :=) AB gave me loads of practical advice on getting it home with my post-army back intact!
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Amazing what can happen when you work WITH nature
as opposed to against it.
Here, we started with concrete. Talk about desert, huh. A steady program of improvement over the years has brought the place up to "lush". (Compost essay in the works.)
TY, mate.
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That's it, AB. You worked permaculture principles into the
concrete desert and made it bloom, just like Geoff Lawton did in the sand desert. You both worked with nature to transform the desert.
TY for the advice on the tote mate. I'm working on a plan for the support and I've got two strong young backs (family friends) willing to help me bring it home when I've got the support ready.
And I'm a moron with compost. I need an intervention and am looking forward to your compost post!!!
It's excellent to learn from you and the others. It means a lot to me. A lot.
Cheers, mate :=)
Resilience: practical action to improve things we can control.
3D+: developing language for postmodern spirituality.