Greening the Desert

Awesome ! The world needs to see and know this !!!!!

looking for a man that would give me some experience.

i've watched this video twenty times by now. i don't know why i don't get tired of seeing this, but it blows my mind every time.

well I'd assume that they'd get leaf litter from the trees, and once the trees are up and providing shade, then you can get less evaporation on the ground level.

Glargl, yes it does become self-sustaining quite quickly. Nitrogen fixing trees, when pruned, will shed root nodules, which decompose in the ground and turn to rich soil. Leaf litter also becomes soil and provides natural mulch. The initial input of organic matter can be phased out after a while, so this is not a zero-sum game.

Now see, it's an interesting idea, but we shouldn't regreen the whole thing... I mean, there are ecosystems that exist there.

this is the kind of mindless ecoblabber that needs to be challenged. tell me why we shouldn't grow food in the most famine-stricken part of the world- ie, (sub) sahara? permaculture will create another functioning ecosystem in the desert- what makes one ecosystem better than another? is it the number of species thriving there? because i guarantee you will see a lot more life flourish in a green desert.

questone100, more people are doing this. Google "rehydrating the landscape"