Greening the Desert

This is going to be the new army. I can see armies of permaculture people teaching this to the villages of the world.

Wow, amazing. Reminds me a little of the terraforming in the "Dune" sci-fi series. :-)

I see why some people I know are so into permaculture. Amazing results with low-tech relatively simple methods.

I wonder if you greened enough of the desert if it would effect the weather, maybe bring more rain? I read somewhere that the rain forests help maintain the rain they receive or something. They tend to become deserts when you cut them down. (I'm obviously ignorant about this stuff.)

Geoff is a eco-systems genius and needs to be supported to spread this technology through out both the developed and undeveloped world. Self sufficiency is the best revenge against the current mono culture, global dependency.

Check out "Greening the Desert - Revisited" on the PermaScience Channel for a capsule review of the the renowned "Greening the Desert" project, with recent footage from the original site and the new Jordan Valley Permaculture Institute.

@permascience Do you have a link?

youtube doesn't allow links in comments, but you can copy and paste Greening the Desert - Revisited into youtube search and you should find it

Similar thing was attempted in the United States. It worked for about 15 to 20 years.

Unfortunately, it created the dust bowls of the 1930's, and destroyed the environment for decades to come.

The dust bowl was caused by various forms of idiocy including intensive monoculture, removing natural systems, irrigating with salty ground water, and leaving fields barren between croppings. Troll elsewhere, thanks.

I love how any point raised? Is acused of instantly "trolling". It's akin to invoking Godwins law whenever a conversation doesn't go your way.

There was a LOT more to the dustbowl, than some of those facts (some of which are slightly in error).

@AirelonTrading,

Sites exist, mainly in south-eastern Australia, which have been applying these principles (we can talk about a couple if you wish) for over the 20 years mark you referenced in your original comment. Life is flourishing there.

Permaculture is about locals being directly involved in managing their means of survival. It differs from post-industrial revolution agriculture which has consumers ignorant of what it is that they are eating and producers looking to survive financially.