Yeah, their work made their area look an oasis when it's actually not. It took them years of work to do that, but I think once you get enough momentum, it becomes a bit easier. I think starting out is quite hard.
How much water do they use? Can it be duplicated or there is not enough water to be duplicated at large scale. That is the key question that is not answered in this short video.
@@shuaige3360 I think it can be duplicated, but it takes hard work. Doing it on a massive scale wouldn't easy considering the conditions in Jordan. I mean if they double the amount of trees in that area, it would be phenomenal. I guess you have to rely on desalination, capturing the little rain water, and using whatever ground water is available carefully. At least, this project has sustained a lot of local people. Jordan is focusing on expanding on the areas historically with greenery. Geoff went to a very arid place. Bless him.
Wow wow wow ist incredible the transformation of the land in 10 years..... If all the neighbors do the same thing, will be a paradise place. Congratulations really really good job. Saludos desde Mallorca España
boomshine7 hello! Some of the key elements of design are to (1) capture as much water as possible, through means such as swales (ditches on contour) to harvest rain and making use of greywater (used tap water), (2) reduce water loss by evaporation by making sure that the soil is well-mulched (covered with organic matter like leaves and branches) (3) be very prudent with water usage. I think they use drip irrigation to feed water straight to the plants rather than the inefficient and wasteful overhead sprinklers
The initial infrastructure development of the property was heavy in both funds and labor, including having Mr. Lawton’s skills and resources as a PDC. The fact that he, and all the Organizations who have assisted in accomplishing this model and creating a way to educate folks on how and why to do this for themselves may well create a revolution.
I know some neighbors and former students have adopted these practices in Jordan, but do you think you could do a video on how widely they are being adopted there? Is there resistance to the ideas, lack of funding or knowledge or energy, or economic or global events or something that is slowing the rate of adoption? I'd also be interested in how your yields per acre compare to local farmers after 10 years. Thanks.
here are some videos about locals in the surrounding area adopting permaculture design! ruclips.net/video/C7BNn_GrX3w/видео.html , and this one too ruclips.net/video/xNbk4xKNdzk/видео.html
Thank you for taking action!!! Is good to see project like this! We heard a lot that nobody does nothing to save the environment. And this is proof of the opposite.
Absolutely brilliant! What a huge job and an incredible transformation! Well Done to everyone involved in this project, I can only imagine the wealth of knowledge that has been gained through it. This is the future!
I heard u say in a video the other day there are a lot of salts in the desert soil .. it got me thinking, what if we could flood an area and grow seaweed there for a season then let all the seaweed rot in place after draining the designated area ... Seaweed is really good for soil and plants growth , and it likes salts
Beautiful very good job well done in unity, looks very good ma Shaa Allah. Just shows how blessed the tropics is such as Indonesia so thriving without human intervention subhanAllah always amazes me, pouring out with fruits all the time, Allah Huma Barek Ma Shaa Allah Al hamdulillah.
I would have liked it , if it was a little slower, I turned the music off, this precious film,you created, needed the highest level of attention for the planetearth
Permaculture is part of the solution along with Rewilding/Restorative agriculture, returning the 'trophic cascades' and guardian dogs, donkeys, lema's and camels for protecting livestock. The Earth was a beautifully working, cohesive biosphere, red in tooth and claw and yet elegantly sophisticated until man and his small arrogant brain and greed messed it up. Hat's off to Geoff and co though.
Inspiring no question, seeing the forest of green on a sea of brown. You can't help but wonder what the region would be like if the forest of green was extended over the whole of the landscape as far as the eye could see... Plus the rapid fire technique to music give me an idea for a 13-year Timeline of the Permaculture Orchard. Thanks.
This is the hope of the world. Look at all the increasing desert and the coming increase in hot, arid, dry lands from global warming. I hope this is sustainable and at some point can keep itself going on its own with minimal labor and intervention. Very impressive.
Omg, so much work! I thought permaculture was about creating a balanced ecosystem that is able to take care of itself. This looks like a lot of input and man made structures to support the system. I'm not diminishing the accomplishing, I think it's an amazing feat. It's just different than I expected, it doesn't look like it'd survive without human labour, fertilizing and watering.
Veganic ♾ that’s correct the desserts doesn’t getter much consistent rain unlike the tropics. Or temperate climate it needs much more input. I’m in Indonesia right now coming from a temperate climate where we do get regular rain still not enough is just amazing to see a place where the opposite is happening pollution lack of fertiliser mulch or compost just so green & thriving barring plenty of fruits everywhere I go. So blessed, thank God almighty.
I think you'd find from some other videos of his that on side they made previously(they designed it but didn't own it) and were forced to abandon that, that years later site is still producing its own soil, swales still work and trees still grow. It's still working and taking care of itself. However with human imput and adding compost etc, water a bit, whole system gets stronger much faster and is probably able to support bigger variety of species.
Brilliant tune to start off with I’m 8 seconds in and can already imagine this tune to be one of Geoff Lawton’s favourites, but I imagine him dancing to it lol proper raving....I’m high :)
Brilliant application and design thank you for the evidence of perseverance and the locals determination to succeed and of course to the foresight of the Queen without which this would not have become possible,shalom alaikom.
Xamera LuXida it was my understanding that Queen Rania of Jordan engaged Geoff Lawton to the project as stated in one of the previous videos I have watched,perhaps the Queen over sees the charities funding of these types of projects I don’t have privilege knowledge of this I am merely an avid admirer of Geoff’s talent of understanding permaculture techniques that work,take care.
It would present the fantastic achievements so much better if the slides were slowed down! It looks so amazing but you can't really appreciate it. Congratulations on the fine and hard work!
This world is what it is because of everything in it. The Sahara deserts feed the amazon rain forest with the rich nutrient sand storms. So you get rid of deserts the amazon the most abundant forest dies. Don’t you watch planet earth.
Just exchange for "desertification". Some intensive oasis like these plus organized mob grazing for large areas of desertifying grassland and savanah -> no more desertification, which eats thousands of square kilometers of land that need not be desert at all.
@@abaddon2479 correct.... but wouldn't nature find her way around that? Somehow I doubt that (without further human disturbance) the Amazon basin would turn into a desert once the whole Sahara has become green forests
It's great to see these practices working. I'm interested to know if you or the community are extending these practices to other parts of the area like the hillsides. I guess the ultimate goal is to green the entire region?
here are some videos about initiatives from locals in the surrounding area ! ruclips.net/video/C7BNn_GrX3w/видео.html , and this one too ruclips.net/video/xNbk4xKNdzk/видео.html
Great work. An observation though, it seems a lot of labour and potentially cost have gone into achieving this level of success. I like the influence within the neighbourhood, that's real measure of success in my mind.
In regards to labour and inputs, these costs should be divided by the lifetime of the system, which is designed to reach a point which is self-sustaining. It also seems like a great way to put to use the most valuable resource of all - people.
@@joecrablone286 I've seen other permaculture demos in the desert and they have varying degrees of success. However this has been extremely successful and demo is always a hive of activity. It's seems like greening this extreme example of greening the desert is best done as a community effort. Almost like Brad Lancaster's efforts in Tucson.
It wouldn't be possible to green the desert, without that labour and high cost, inputs involved. As long as humans occupy the desert though, Geoff's site, is one of the more efficient and regenerative systems available. I question Joe Crablone's estimation, that it can reach a point of actually being self-sustaining though. I understand the number's theory, but given the natural resources in a desert are severely limited, there will always be a cost involved to bring inputs on site, to keep the system going. It sounds like a criticism. But it's not when you consider corporations are already farming food in arid locations, with less regenerative systems in place. Over the lifetime of the site, it will use considerably less resources than the mainstream approach. It will also generate less waste. But I'm not sure it's location precludes it to be self-sustaining
@@Christodophilus It's not a criticism, but one measure of success for sustainability should be practicality. The full demo may not be fully practical as mentioned due to the intense labour and input requirements, however the adoption of some most of the components in the neighbourhood clearly shows that the project is a success.
Have a look on Google Earth, there is a pin for Greening the Desert, Jordan (Facebook). You can also wind back the clock and see previous images since 2004 and see how it has changed
Reduce speed to HALF then you can SEE what they did. - Great job, highly interesting. Have to check out if there are descriptions of what they did. Also good to see people of all continents and rich and developing countries working together.
Please tell us how much water and organic matter do you have to import to keep this going? Is it truly self-sustaining? Don't get my hopes up and dreams going. This seems so great, and yet so small compared to the desert around it. What a huge challenge. Best of luck!
You've created a garden of Eden out of the sand and dirt, it's impressive and beautiful... Bravo depuis la France.
What an amazing transformation Geoff! These projects really show the true potential of permaculture.
The future of humanity as opposed to extincion!
That last picture is crazy, imagine if all that land would look like yours! Wonderful job!!
CF B i think its possible to green Africa
@@jnnakle101 Is the permaculture project. going. to AFRICA?
Yeah, their work made their area look an oasis when it's actually not. It took them years of work to do that, but I think once you get enough momentum, it becomes a bit easier. I think starting out is quite hard.
How much water do they use?
Can it be duplicated or there is not enough water to be duplicated at large scale.
That is the key question that is not answered in this short video.
@@shuaige3360 I think it can be duplicated, but it takes hard work. Doing it on a massive scale wouldn't easy considering the conditions in Jordan. I mean if they double the amount of trees in that area, it would be phenomenal. I guess you have to rely on desalination, capturing the little rain water, and using whatever ground water is available carefully. At least, this project has sustained a lot of local people. Jordan is focusing on expanding on the areas historically with greenery. Geoff went to a very arid place. Bless him.
Mr Lawton stands undoubtedly among the noblest men of our time. His achievements are truly monumental!
Incredible changes that give immense hope...Thanks for sharing this, Geoff!
This reminds me of the Al Baydha project in Saudi Arabia. It's amazing what a decade of focus can produce.
Awesome great work love it! Beautiful man
Wow wow wow ist incredible the transformation of the land in 10 years..... If all the neighbors do the same thing, will be a paradise place. Congratulations really really good job. Saludos desde Mallorca España
imagine the amount of water needed
boomshine7 hello! Some of the key elements of design are to
(1) capture as much water as possible, through means such as swales (ditches on contour) to harvest rain and making use of greywater (used tap water),
(2) reduce water loss by evaporation by making sure that the soil is well-mulched (covered with organic matter like leaves and branches)
(3) be very prudent with water usage. I think they use drip irrigation to feed water straight to the plants rather than the inefficient and wasteful overhead sprinklers
Amazing. My view is this project and work is among the greatest of accomplishments of humanity - ever. Great work!
Watching this video really touched me. I truly love the work, knowledge and energy behind restoring mother earth.
This is THE greatest thing I've ever seen. I'm so emotional! 😥
hahahahaha :D
What an amazing job by a group of dedicated individuals led by a true champion of Permaculture and sustainability….. well done to all involved
Permaculture IS the future
Very impressive. Innovation at the best. A leader. Steps all can follow
Congratulations!! 10 years to be very proud of 🌲 🌳 🍇
now we need to repeat it through the WORLD
Literally almost wept for joy by the conclusion of this video 💖 Thank you for all you do!
wow, it shows the results of hard work (first comment) .... Thanks to our mentor Geoff Lawton
Nothing Is Impossible !
I Love It !
Incredible time lapse Geoff! This video has inspired many systems we are starting on our Sonoran desert farms! Thank you for your life's work
This project fills my heart with joy!
💖🤗😊😍😁🙏😀🌹
So cute all these people working so hard and what a result!!!❤️
The initial infrastructure development of the property was heavy in both funds and labor, including having Mr. Lawton’s skills and resources as a PDC. The fact that he, and all the Organizations who have assisted in accomplishing this model and creating a way to educate folks on how and why to do this for themselves may well create a revolution.
Wonderful video and wonderful place you have created. After just ten years it more looks like oasis or young forest than a garden. Which is brilliant!
I know some neighbors and former students have adopted these practices in Jordan, but do you think you could do a video on how widely they are being adopted there?
Is there resistance to the ideas, lack of funding or knowledge or energy, or economic or global events or something that is slowing the rate of adoption?
I'd also be interested in how your yields per acre compare to local farmers after 10 years.
Thanks.
here are some videos about locals in the surrounding area adopting permaculture design! ruclips.net/video/C7BNn_GrX3w/видео.html , and this one too ruclips.net/video/xNbk4xKNdzk/видео.html
Thank you for taking action!!! Is good to see project like this! We heard a lot that nobody does nothing to save the environment. And this is proof of the opposite.
Absolutely brilliant! What a huge job and an incredible transformation! Well Done to everyone involved in this project, I can only imagine the wealth of knowledge that has been gained through it. This is the future!
I heard u say in a video the other day there are a lot of salts in the desert soil .. it got me thinking, what if we could flood an area and grow seaweed there for a season then let all the seaweed rot in place after draining the designated area ... Seaweed is really good for soil and plants growth , and it likes salts
I love the transformation, will be interesting to see what it will be like in 10 more years! 😊
Fantastic! I feel there is hope when i see innovative projects such as these. Well done Geoff!! And all of you guys x
This gives me hope for our world! Bravo! 💚💚💚
Wow! I cry. Beautiful trasnformation
My heart filled with joy
Beautiful very good job well done in unity, looks very good ma Shaa Allah. Just shows how blessed the tropics is such as Indonesia so thriving without human intervention subhanAllah always amazes me, pouring out with fruits all the time, Allah Huma Barek Ma Shaa Allah Al hamdulillah.
One of the most beautiful vids in internet land.
I would have liked it , if it was a little slower, I turned the music off, this precious film,you created, needed the highest level of attention for the planetearth
i was thinking "should i slow this down" but then i was like naaah but then i read your comment and now im like yeaaaaa
Theresa, you can play back at 0.25x speed in RUclips. You can also turn off your sound. Problem solved?
If a picture tells a thousand words, then this is a really impressive thesis!!
Félicitations!
Cela a certainement nécessité un beau mélange de passion, de volonté, de compétences et d’organisation.
Modèle à reproduire à l’infini!
Incredible work guys. Keep it up!
What a wonderful world this could be
Love your work. Gratefullness🙏
Wow that was nuts, beautiful work!
I love it! Permaculture is the answer!
Permaculture is part of the solution along with Rewilding/Restorative agriculture, returning the 'trophic cascades' and guardian dogs, donkeys, lema's and camels for protecting livestock. The Earth was a beautifully working, cohesive biosphere, red in tooth and claw and yet elegantly sophisticated until man and his small arrogant brain and greed messed it up. Hat's off to Geoff and co though.
GOD comes first though
Inspiring no question, seeing the forest of green on a sea of brown. You can't help but wonder what the region would be like if the forest of green was extended over the whole of the landscape as far as the eye could see... Plus the rapid fire technique to music give me an idea for a 13-year Timeline of the Permaculture Orchard. Thanks.
It used to be all green, lush, and full of rivers and plantlife.
Hopefully one day it'll be there again.
My man ! And one of my old school favorite songs !
What's the name of this song?
Love this! To witness this succession . great video !
Hope is the coolest of all things
Permaculture and self/community reliability is the future
So brilliant! You deserve a medal. Nice music too!
you must edit the slide photo for 2-3 seconds/photo. this is inspiration video, but can't get well the visual information.
Set the playback speed to .25 speed and will give you a longer viewing time.
Gugle Yuser thank you
This is the hope of the world.
Look at all the increasing desert and the coming increase in hot, arid, dry lands from global warming.
I hope this is sustainable and at some point can keep itself going on its own with minimal labor and intervention.
Very impressive.
MASHAALLAH khub valo video
great work sir, thank you for sharing this with us.
that backround music is like bringing me hope that one-day, Planet Earth will recover and will be green again. thank you for this video.👍👍👍
I bet the increase in insects and birds and reptiles has been exponential ! Love this, thx !!
Turn of the volume, make the speed slower. It is perfect
those earthen blocks are super cool!
literally!
Omg, so much work! I thought permaculture was about creating a balanced ecosystem that is able to take care of itself. This looks like a lot of input and man made structures to support the system. I'm not diminishing the accomplishing, I think it's an amazing feat. It's just different than I expected, it doesn't look like it'd survive without human labour, fertilizing and watering.
Veganic ♾ that’s correct the desserts doesn’t getter much consistent rain unlike the tropics. Or temperate climate it needs much more input. I’m in Indonesia right now coming from a temperate climate where we do get regular rain still not enough is just amazing to see a place where the opposite is happening pollution lack of fertiliser mulch or compost just so green & thriving barring plenty of fruits everywhere I go. So blessed, thank God almighty.
I think you'd find from some other videos of his that on side they made previously(they designed it but didn't own it) and were forced to abandon that, that years later site is still producing its own soil, swales still work and trees still grow. It's still working and taking care of itself.
However with human imput and adding compost etc, water a bit, whole system gets stronger much faster and is probably able to support bigger variety of species.
You get a much better view of what was done watching this with the sound off at 1/4 speed. Thats an impressive amount of work.
My words for the efforts are let us join together to join the success of progress
Brilliant tune to start off with I’m 8 seconds in and can already imagine this tune to be one of Geoff Lawton’s favourites, but I imagine him dancing to it lol proper raving....I’m high :)
aaaaay stoners for life, stoned af too :D
Breathtaking work
breathtaking example
Brilliant application and design thank you for the evidence of perseverance and the locals determination to succeed and of course to the foresight of the Queen without which this would not have become possible,shalom alaikom.
Xamera LuXida it was my understanding that Queen Rania of Jordan engaged Geoff Lawton to the project as stated in one of the previous videos I have watched,perhaps the Queen over sees the charities funding of these types of projects I don’t have privilege knowledge of this I am merely an avid admirer of Geoff’s talent of understanding permaculture techniques that work,take care.
This is incredible!!!
Awesome! 😃
It would present the fantastic achievements so much better if the slides were slowed down! It looks so amazing but you can't really appreciate it. Congratulations on the fine and hard work!
We literally have no excuse to have deserts, let’s say in the next hundred years!
This world is what it is because of everything in it. The Sahara deserts feed the amazon rain forest with the rich nutrient sand storms. So you get rid of deserts the amazon the most abundant forest dies. Don’t you watch planet earth.
Just exchange for "desertification".
Some intensive oasis like these plus organized mob grazing for large areas of desertifying grassland and savanah -> no more desertification, which eats thousands of square kilometers of land that need not be desert at all.
Ae Norist Fair enough.
Your heart's in the right place, but we do need desserts... :0)
@@abaddon2479 correct.... but wouldn't nature find her way around that? Somehow I doubt that (without further human disturbance) the Amazon basin would turn into a desert once the whole Sahara has become green forests
Your doing gods work Geoff keep it up you beautiful human.
What a music choise to go along with the video xD
Amazing ❤️
C'est dingue! ça redonne de l'espoir
Amazing, great work!.. 👍
It's great to see these practices working. I'm interested to know if you or the community are extending these practices to other parts of the area like the hillsides. I guess the ultimate goal is to green the entire region?
here are some videos about initiatives from locals in the surrounding area ! ruclips.net/video/C7BNn_GrX3w/видео.html , and this one too ruclips.net/video/xNbk4xKNdzk/видео.html
It's amazing what you can do when you manage water.
Any permaculture lovers from the west coast?
proud of you! keep it up...
Amazing demonstration Geoff.
Great work. An observation though, it seems a lot of labour and potentially cost have gone into achieving this level of success. I like the influence within the neighbourhood, that's real measure of success in my mind.
In regards to labour and inputs, these costs should be divided by the lifetime of the system, which is designed to reach a point which is self-sustaining.
It also seems like a great way to put to use the most valuable resource of all - people.
@@joecrablone286 I've seen other permaculture demos in the desert and they have varying degrees of success. However this has been extremely successful and demo is always a hive of activity. It's seems like greening this extreme example of greening the desert is best done as a community effort. Almost like Brad Lancaster's efforts in Tucson.
Labor and cost are plenty when starting but in the long run permaculture doesn't need much work
It wouldn't be possible to green the desert, without that labour and high cost, inputs involved. As long as humans occupy the desert though, Geoff's site, is one of the more efficient and regenerative systems available. I question Joe Crablone's estimation, that it can reach a point of actually being self-sustaining though. I understand the number's theory, but given the natural resources in a desert are severely limited, there will always be a cost involved to bring inputs on site, to keep the system going.
It sounds like a criticism. But it's not when you consider corporations are already farming food in arid locations, with less regenerative systems in place. Over the lifetime of the site, it will use considerably less resources than the mainstream approach. It will also generate less waste. But I'm not sure it's location precludes it to be self-sustaining
@@Christodophilus It's not a criticism, but one measure of success for sustainability should be practicality. The full demo may not be fully practical as mentioned due to the intense labour and input requirements, however the adoption of some most of the components in the neighbourhood clearly shows that the project is a success.
Breathtaking!
Love to see more airial shots of the site to show the contrast with surrounding area.
Have a look on Google Earth, there is a pin for Greening the Desert, Jordan (Facebook). You can also wind back the clock and see previous images since 2004 and see how it has changed
Being so close to Palestine we can't fly drones here.
Yeah, fair enough! Even here in merimbula nsw they can be a problem. Btw, if vries gravestein were still alive hed be over the moon about your work.
Great, thanks!
This is AMAZING!
Simply amazing...
Great Job! Congratulations!
we're due for an update no? looking fantastic. this will act as an example and a perfect place for harvesting cuttings and seeds.
Wowwwwwww. Amazingg!!!!!
Spectacular. I kept hoping it was done in Palestine. But every barren spot also.
Best use of Right here, right now in a Video ever
is that the music? who is the artist, it is quite dramatic?
@@justgivemethetruth ruclips.net/video/F7jSp2xmmEE/видео.html
Amazing! This made me cry a bit!
Reduce speed to HALF then you can SEE what they did. - Great job, highly interesting. Have to check out if there are descriptions of what they did. Also good to see people of all continents and rich and developing countries working together.
The rapid fire slides made me really dizzy... But the project looks AMAZING!!! Are there still photos somewhere?
Fantastic job!
Very positive looks great
Great video !!!! I will show this vid to everyone I speak with about permaculture. I think it will
encourage them to take a PDC.
I hadn't seen this one. This was really cool.
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already!!
Часами бы смотрел! Молодцы! ))
Please tell us how much water and organic matter do you have to import to keep this going? Is it truly self-sustaining? Don't get my hopes up and dreams going. This seems so great, and yet so small compared to the desert around it. What a huge challenge. Best of luck!
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!
So inspiring!
Humanity at its best God bless
Amazing!!!!!