Reviving Rivers, with Dr Rajendra Singh the Waterman of India - Trailer

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Can we revive our rivers and landscapes? Can we bring water back to regions that have been desertified? Yes we can, and this example shows us how.
Drought and water scarcity are now issues all around the world. Cities are running out of water, landscapes are engulfed in flames, and every year drought, flood and fire become more common and severe. Despite the huge amount of energy and money that has been put into developing elaborate water systems, the distribution and availability of water seems to continue getting worse. The engineered solutions that nations around the world have pursued, while solving our immediate needs, have made the long term outlook even more bleak. The best solutions we’ve found have come from people living close to their landscape, dependent on the health of their land for their own survival.
In the driest region of India, Doctor Rajendra Singh was up against these enormous challenges. The farmland in his region had turned to desert, water sources had gone dry, and all of the young people from the villages had migrated to the cities for work. While he was treating the remaining elderly villagers for night blindness (due to malnutrition), one village elder showed Rajendra a more powerful way to help the community. He told Rajendra that what the community needed to be healthy was not medicine, but water - Rajendra had to shift his focus to treating the Earth.
“Don’t do the treatment of humankind, treat the Earth, because this Earth nobody has treated today. If Earth is sick, then nobody is healthy. If you treat the earth, the Earth will treat us and make us healthy.”
--Wells and Water Bodies
With that Rajendra’s education on the traditional water structures of Rajasthan began. The village elder lowered Rajendra into various wells, showing him the differences in the geological layers. They saw how in vertically fractured geology the trees grew bigger and stronger, as they were able to access the groundwater. In the areas with horizontally fractured geology they saw how the trees grew short and squat, growing more like shrubs than trees. Then the elder took Rajendra to a specific place within the landscape, and told him to start building a water body there.
As the monsoon season came, so did the rains to fill the waterbody. Rajendra’s first Johad (water body) worked, providing water to both the landscape and the life on the landscape. But something even more miraculous happened. Downstream of the water body a well that had gone dry was full to the top with water. Not only had the water body brought life to the landscape, it also had recharged the underground aquifer.
--Community Driven Decentralized Water Retention
As people in the surrounding communities saw and heard of the results, interest in the work started to spread. As more villages brought water back to their landscapes, health, prosperity, and enjoyment returned to the region. Instead of just one crop per year, villagers were now able to grow 2, 3 or even 4 crops each year. Young people who had migrated to the cities for work started to return. Working with water delivers results after the first rainy season. As people helped infiltrate the seasonal rains into the ground, the health of their communities returned. Rajendra’s work became a movement, spreading throughout the region.
--Remarkable Results
As the groundwater in the region returned, so did the flow of the rivers. Seasonal rivers started to flow year round. Rivers like the Arvari that had been dry for decades started to flow year round once again. 250,000 wells were recharged, benefiting more than a million people and even causing reverse migration. 7 rivers were revived. The temperature in the region was reduced by 2 degrees celsius.
--Reviving the Water Cycle
Even in the driest and harshest conditions, the water cycle can be recharged and become healthy once again. If the poorest villages in the driest part of India can restore the health of their landscape, then why can’t this work be done around the world? Community Driven Decentralized Water Retention provides a clear and proven pathway towards a better common future. Decades of environmental damage can be reversed in a few years and our planet can be rejuvenated by working with water, soil, and vegetation.
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[@Babulfilmsngo]

Very glad to have REVIVING RIVERS featuring in the 8th Edition of BEFF Babul Eco Film Festival #beff2024 #babulecofilmfestival

[@Shaz-on-Adventure]

Fantastic, looking forward to the full movie

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I am very excited for this to be released!

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Thank you #SaveSoil #Conaciousplanet

[@HigoWapsico]

Much love, as always.
♥️ ✌️ & 🍄

[@arcadiapermaculture974]

Truly inspiring work. Excited to see the full version.

[@siddheshkinhekar4290]

big fan of both of you sir❤️❤️

[@foodforestgoddess]

Thank you so much for creating this! What amazing work. Excited to watch the whole thing

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A big salute 💚 🥰 Subscribed for more 👍

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Thank you!

[@vishalghayal531]

Very Inspiring 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@Tateppilevko]

I hope we get to see the full documentary someday. Inspiring work and exciting possibilities

[@Water_Stories]

It is available now for free in the water stories community community.waterstories.com/posts/reviving-rivers

[@garyschomberger2291]

YES!!!!

[@anshumanmehra9332]

Real superhero ❤

[@Ayodhyawalehain]

I have work on this on my village

[@7991noraA]

Amazing! I Would love to do something for our earth

[@HigoWapsico]

Do it! You can. We need to. Earth needs us. We need each other.

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[@1MonthNoRegrets]

it's a trailer for the full film