Greening the Desert: Geoffs Transformative Permaculture Project
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Join Geoff as he tackles one of the harshest environments on Earth: the Dead Sea Valley. In this video, Geoff showcases the early development of Greening the Desert Project, a ten-acre permaculture project in a region known for its extreme conditions and geopolitical significance. Through innovative design, water harvesting, and strategic planting, this small project has become a beacon of hope, proving that even the most challenging landscapes can be transformed into productive, green havens.
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I absolutely love your work! We bought 120 acres of previously conventionally farmed land and we've spent a lot of time working towards building our soil and hopefully one day we will have done as good a job as you have "Greening our FARM" here in WA
Do share your work! I'm working on a 6 acres previously a rubber plantation. Already a tough work. 120 acres is far beyond my current imagination.
@arrhazes8198 by share my work do you mean do I have a RUclips channel?? Yes I do, inspired by the greats like Geoff Lawton.
A beautiful emerald in Jordan. If the people around the place decide to use permaculture and expand the green, I believe it can even change the microclimate. The Las Damas Ranch in the Chihuahua desert (Alejandro Carrillo) says that now their ranch brings in rain where all around it doesn't.
No matter how much work you put in it, It may never look like Europe. The Trees are Nimble, The Plants look Dim & weak & The Ecosystem is non Existent. They really should use Animals and Sound Tech to grow the Green faster and better. Just Only this for 12 years of goddamn hard work with the latest and ever evolving techniques and tools? Sure It’s Self Sustaining but what impact has it had on their Climate? Does it rain more? Has the Air cooled more? You can still see the Elements of the Harsh Desert here & there. Those mere 10 Acres isn’t even fully a transformed and thriving Oasis yet.
And all it takes is for one religious zealot to burn it all down in one night.
You are a true superhero my friend ❤
The US southwest needs to adapt permaculture solutions ASAP!
I'd love if we could integrate the native plants into our food supply. There are mesquite trees and prickly pear all over, but we mostly treat them as landscaping.
get rid of the desert farms and water problems for that entire region vanish. To head of the naysayers, these farms aren't producing anything vital. They produce less than 10% of the farming activity in the entire region...i.e., non-desert areas produce at a 10:1 ratio for equivalent acreage. We'll lose local pistachios, but who cares? Hardly a necessity.
I've been following your work both here in Aust and in Jordan for quite a few years now and am absolutely amazed at the progress of the Greening the Desert project.
They’ve turned what little they had into a Thriving Self Sustaining Mini Forest, Amazing!
Thank you Geoff, for all your inspiring work. Many people take your work as an example. And now we even are starting to learn from your students. I only have a tiny garden, and I mainly have ornamental plants and trees, but I try to apply as many things to every square centimeter from my garden that I learn from the permaculture society. And even at the smallest scale I can see the positive results. I see an increase of insects, woodlice, and a larger variety of bird species that visit my garden, flower bulbs pop up much better, hedgehogs come foraging in my tiny garden. I even put mulch in my flower pots and hanging baskets. And it is a pure joy to see the results. All the best to you and your loved ones from the Netherlands.
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Inspiring! I've learned a lot from Geoff. I feel my implementation is going slow, but progress is being made. Where I live, the last 3 summers have been scorching hot and severe drought. My goal is to get a good harvest with near 100% dry farming and to support my flocks of chickens and dairy sheep with few outside inputs. Videos like this give me hope!
May peace and blessings come to the believers in the middle east 🤲🏻
Such a beautiful green permaculture symphony going on at the Jordan desert farm 😍
This is such a fantastic project! Huge congrats to all the people involved!
The love poured into this project its being reflected all around, even in this comment section the positivity is glowing. Can't wait to see Jordan in 20 years time after this really catches on. Amazing work by all involved, it really shows what happens when people reframe their outlook from what you can't do to what you CAN do.
beautiful proof of concept, Goeff! I have been wondering what it takes to scale up this project.
More landowners who are willing to learn and apply the principles of permaculture. It helps when more people get to learn about the principles of permaculture.
@@insAneTunA that would a amazing, and I think the results will inspire the local people as we've seen. but imagine increasing the scope of this 100 or 1000 times.
That’s what I would like to see. An example of this scaled up 100x minimum.
Its going to happen soon, the results are undeniable at this stage and with things really changing globally its the perfect timing :)
@@ottoflouer1750Exactly, it is happening! Much is growing almost invisibly, quietly in many areas of the planet. Remember the exponential curve.
At first it seems like hardly anything is happening and everything is moving so incrementally that it seems nothing is going to change. As time moves on, however, one begins to see the momentum building and very quickly after that it moves so fast that it seems it has always been so… it has become normal because the changes happened incrementally in so many places at the same time.
Another way to think about it is to think about growing a plant from seed. You plant the seed under the ground and wait and wait and wait. The sun shines, the rain falls and slowly a tiny sprout shows above the ground. And then there comes a time when you can’t understand how the plant just exploded with growth and became so huge.
Such a great project that shows that you can grow food everywhere.
Great video, beautiful landscape well done🇳🇿❤️🙏🏼
Great work. God bless you
Geoff has by far been the most inspiring instructor I've ever had. Love seeing what he & his team have been doing for years. Been working on a 3.15acre site for the past couple years. Permaculture principals work & should be one of the required courses in schools IMHO that is 💖
Awesome!
BIll Mollison and Geoff. Cut from the same cloth. Huge wisdom!
my parents say hi. we always love your work.
❤ Absolutely awe-inspiring.
This is the most important work on earth
Heavenly Father we thank You and we praise You.
Please bless this man and all those he cares about and bless his desire to help by releasing more funds than he ever thought or imagined for greening and clean water projects here and around the world and transform agriculture and farming into repectful and healthy tending of the earth like she was made to be cared for and please especially bless and prosper the people who were here before the settlers, to Your glory we pray.
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Thank You
Amen
It’s a good video to give a lot of newcomers perspective on bringing softness through greening to the once harsh desert because of applying permaculture principles.
I would love to see the same area in pictures to show a time lapse overview of how the area has changed since you began this project. I really like the fade in technique time lapse photos progression to see this clearly.
Even a video that moves slowly just through those progression photos as you talk could be a very powerful introduction to those people and institutions not yet aware of permaculture principles.
Beautiful permaculture 👍❤
such a good model, i hope classes and models like this spread everywhere!
so cool and mazing everyhitng you all do, much more suc cesses to you all
Love your work. I’m looking to buy a home farm house in the south of Spain. I’m learning with you and other RUclips videos.
Gran lavoro Geoff. Complimenti !!
There is no excuse not to start applying these practices today. It's the only viable solution to the crisis we live in. Here in Romania, we already feel the emergece of extreme weather conditions, drought and floods become the new normal, the water is not anymore uniformily distributed across the Continent. Geoff, you will be in books for your contribution.
I've been waiting for an update. It truly is a wonder. Starting to share with an allotment and also starting to work through my reasonably large garden ... And already planning as I get a feel for the space and how to consider how to work with it.
The allotment is the bigger challenge due to water, and the space needs to be planned to improve the water retention.
I propose that changing from using the words ‘water retention’ to planting water and recharging the aquifer would shift your situation more quickly.
The difference is in perspective, with retention, to me, being a word of lack, and planting and recharging being ones of positive abundance and a different action mindset. It is amazing when one’s paradigm shifts.
I would be curious what you think and if you take the suggestion, how you see things change. I hope this helps you with your journey!
I bought an abandoned farm in southern Catalonia. Very little rainfall, though more than Jordan.
Some oldish established olives.
But most of the terraces are overgrown with mature pines.
I really hope to gradually fell a lot of the pines on the old terraces and get nitrogen fixing and other fruiting trees in their place.
You can dig trenches on contour and put waste wood in them - rainwater goes in and the wood becomes spongy. (You put the soil back onto the wood in the trenches.) Then you plant trees along there and they can send their roots into the stored moisture. It's like hugelkultur, but below grade instead of above grade.
❤ what I can plant on my allotment in nottingham to start as a perma culture garden its all weeds at the moment .
I’d love to hear more about your work in Saudi Arabia and what’s possible there with permaculture design 🇸🇦🌍🌱
Thank you
Love these vids creating abundance and stability , went to Greece kefalonia and saw so many burn piles but I'm sure they weren't allowed to mulch due to fire risks ? Possibly , loads of cracking soil around borderline healthy olive trees showing die back , perimeter drain trenches no swales left me confused
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amazing, what does it mean if you extend this out to a better country?
Think he means anywhere that is not quite so challenging as the ground in this particular region. Permaculture methods will flourish more easily in landscapes with plenty of greenery.
just curious, there's more surrounding green, have the neighbors start following along?
If you check out some of his earlier Jordan videos there is a wonderful lady nearby who has taken Geoff's ideas and created her own permaculture garden!
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What is of premier importance?
Do your best to feed the hungry, clothed the naked, heal the sick. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Do all in the Name Jesus.
Inspiring.
Do you have by chance a document with the detailed design?
I have a property that is approximately the same size and I would like to see what I can adopt from this project.
Right now, I'm very curious about the wind protection. I know the general principles but I wonder which trees and shrubs to use.
I live in zone 9a, Csb, Corfu.
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Hi Geoff, can you tell us a bit more about the amount of water you need to truck in? I'm in Namibia under similar conditions and I try to run my garden off rainwater only :)...also, would it be possible to package all your arid system knowledge into an online course for us who can't travel? I'd be happy to spend good dollars on such a course :). Thanks in advance :)
There is an online Permaculture Design Course (PDC), if you go to their website. Probably a link in the description.
At the Greening the Desert site in Jordan, they do have to truck in water occasionally, especially during the driest periods, but the specifics can vary each year based on rainfall. The project relies heavily on capturing rainwater and using efficient irrigation methods, such as swales, mulch pits, and grey water to maximize water retention and reuse which minimizes the need for external water sources. Keep in mind that these strategies also help to recharge aquifers, which is where the water they do truck in comes from.
While there isn't a specific course dedicated solely to arid systems right now, there is a large section of Geoff's Online PDC course devoted to dryland strategies plus the principles taught throughout the course are highly adaptable to all climates. Check out the full details at discoverpermaculture.com. If you do decide to join, use the code YT150 for a $150 discount on the tuition. - Bonnie (Discover Permaculture team member)
@@DiscoverPermaculture Thanks so much Bonnie. I already have an online PDC but I found that very much focused on the wetter climates. I'm really interested in one that specifically focuses on the desert (arid) regions. So if ever you plan to make one...please put me on the shortlist so long :)
Bonjour s’il vous plaît veuillez traduire vos vidéos en français 😢
Not bad, I think I like Allan Savory's approach better.
I just don’t understand how this is not being adopted and pursued with excitement by farmers and governments as a top priority. I’m in southern Portugal and they have massive issues with water scarcity. Yet, nobody is speaking about permaculture systems. Instead they are building crazy complex desalination plants (which socialist groups fight against).
Permaculture has been around for decades and it’s not rocket science. What’s the problem? There’s so much proof that this is the solution to so many problems and more prosperity for all. Such things usually spread like wildfire. I don’t get it.
Is the answer "govt and farmers" or is it we the people? We the people could be growing our own food, whether it is on farmland or on an apartment balcony. Big farms could wither away if we did that.
I think the answer is money: nowadays people want to make money, and pemaculture doesn't give a lot of money, its not the purpose...
The example of south Portugal is true: farmers grow avocado and orange, drainign the aquifer. All to make quick money
@@stevevilaca9545 i missed the portugal part. Here in usa we get our fresh tomatos year round. We the people need to change for permaculture to take root. I am not sure where the government involvement is needed. Chestnut flour instead of wheat flour. No fresh tomatos 8 months of the year. No bananas. Many examples can be stated. All are good examples of how the world would look with permaculture. It's a big change. Food selection would go back 200 years. I'm not saying its bad but it would be a hard sale to the public.
You make a very important point: Change must start with the individual
are you prepared for how to help your constituents and how to defend it if there should be spillover into your little slice of heaven there? I'm truly worried.
The Middle East....Sort of a geopolitical hotspot. LOL....yes.