I grew up in Jordan, and spent many summers in Petra and Wadi Rum, thank you for sharing. There are more secrets they didn't share with you about how to find water in the dessert. Maybe some day they will...
if you want a spring, plant an African banyan tree, one spot 3 banyan tree, every 500 meters. insya Allah the banyan tree is very strong and stores a lot of water so springs appear. and the leaves can be used for animal feed
In my country it rains so much that my country men forgot how important it is. I appreciate it every time it rains and makes me happy. I don't even bother to take an umbrella with me.
Plus AUS Lander - Haven't you seen Geoff Lawton on the roof top waiting for the rain - He sets the example on his farm in Australia. btw - his neighbours are not eager to imitate him. (But even the bible talks about that effect, the prophet is ignored in his own area). I think that was the major contribution of Tony Coote *, he was well respected as successful business man and as farmer and was a good networker, so he complemented Peter Andrews * well, and helped the project along. Andrews knows to read the landscape but is not so good with people, even difficult for his own son to get along with him (* Natural Sequencing Farming). On the other hand Geoff is an affable guy but the establishment Will. Not. Change. Probably need to be pummeled by some more draugths.
@@xyzsame4081 Yes, hear you loud and clear. Well, they have inspired me to make this a goal in my little part of this world. Maybe, just maybe, one by one, it does make a little ripple. Plus I am so inspired by the concept of "earthships" too, that to me is so "logical", yet again, seems to have the same issues as all good ideas that give the family independence. Which further endorses your statement, or dare I say in this cancel culture PC world "adds weight to it". Cheers mate.
@@lulusperch1742 if you want a spring, plant an African banyan tree, one spot 3 banyan tree, every 500 meters. insya Allah the banyan tree is very strong and stores a lot of water so springs appear. and the leaves can be used for animal feed
We need to have some sort of program that gives funding for hyper growth plant breads.. the faster the plant grows and the more types of environment it can thrive in the better.. (can have some with multiple purposes food,air purifier,water retention,wood,ect.)..start with plants that are hard to kill then move to breading desired traits. =)
The "hyper growth plants" and bioreactors already exist some for billions of years, they are called plants, algae, bacteria, insects, (meal worms, black soldier larvae are remarkable, not to forget termites), soil life in general, fungi, earth worms, the stomachs and guts of chickens. Or goats: they can eat stuff that would be poisonous for sheep or cattle - and they like it. Hardiness beats hyper growth if the climate is that rough. There are extremely fast growing (C4) plants, but you cannot grow bamboo or algae in the desert. The technocratic mindset that ONE kind or family of plants or solution can fix anything led to our current problems. It is SYSTEMS and the combination of many organisms the forest is more than the sum of the trees and that is true for any ecosystem. Water is one of the main factors in any eco system. Geoff Lawton likes to use a nitrogen fixing tree (Leucaenia). They are an invasive species in some areas of Africa (where they have more rain, but in Jordan there is no danger, it needs watering there. And even in the areas of Africa with more rain it could be managed, if people would use it for firewood and for drop and chop. It fixes nitogen out of the air so it is a very good soil builder. In the Greening the Desert project they radically trim those Leucaenia trees and other trees and bushes before the rainy season starts. Chop and Drop. They are esepcially radical with Leucaenia, the branches and leaves grow back fast and thick. It is nitrogen rich mulch / compost material to build the soil. Like with willows and alder trees that also can be cut back drastically and can provide a good ongoing wood, twigs (weaving) and leaves harvest. I think one can do that with birch as well.
Rainwater harvesting, water harvesting, permaculture, regenerative organic farming, aquifer conservation should become academic disciplines, industries by themselves with good paid jobs and lucrative businesses, it should have an entire legal system and ecosystem, alongwith exhaustive research in all climates and biomes. Rain in deserts is the best miracle.
Need to do what they did in Al Baydha, rock walls to slow down the flows aka gabions, swales and all those and that area will bounce back quickly. I also think using a network of large and medium sized rocks will not only slow down the water but keep the sun off it so it can sink in easier.
Kizarat Hey welcome! That's a straw bale house with adobe render and a lime wash finish for water proofing. Its a fantastic structure for the desert because it allows the building to 'breathe' so to speak, and reduce the temperature from the mid 40 degrees celcius to a comfortable 30ish degrees :)
The shower water is filtered through the reed bed which can then be used for the food forest. You would have to be mindful of the soaps you use and make sure they have naturally biodegrading substances, it's better for you and better for your garden! Thanks for your question
Make use of water 💧 in planting tall spreading shadows various trees 🌳 suitable for Soil&climate of the regions.Create catchment areas for clouds, pleasant regions. Will nor need for rainfall naturally.
chaki perdomo I am not entirely sure but I know there are very strict hydropolitics about the use, storage and diversion of Middle Eastern tributaries and rivers that influence riparian rights to surface water run-off. This may stem back to policies created during the Arab-Israeli war such as the Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan. So to the best of my knowledge, politics.
From that country, everyone is enjoying the rain. But on my country, Philippines, rain here is just too much. 😂 Lots of monsoon, 25 typhoons(hurricane for Americans) each year and lots of low pressure makes our country very wetty all year around.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE Bedouin WATER CISTERNS SYSTEMS!?? WHY DOES LAWTON NOT MAKE A GREAT CISTERN 60,00 100,00 GAL OR SO UNDER GROUND!!?? JUST ASKING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T.
Good thinking Joseph Brendel! Geoff has a very large cistern at the highest point of the Greening the Desert site that provides water for drinking, cooking and showers. Once that water has been used it is then filtered through a reed bed before watering the food forest. The cistern itself is built into the hill so it is partly underground and kept cooler by the thermal mass surrounding it. As for your other question regarding what happened to the ancient Bedouin water cistern systems, I believe they are still in existence however according to Emanuel Marx's book, 'The Bedouin of the Negev' (1967), due to their nomadic nature, Bedouin underground cisterns were often abandoned for extended periods of time without maintenance and filled up with silt (p.25).
Lulu's Perch have you watched any of the Earthship building videos. After the water is filtered by the reed bed it can be stored again and used to fill the toilet and wash laundry. Just add a charcoal filter on the fill line for the washing machine to absorb any impurities the plant cells didn’t filter out.
Władca Wymiaru interesting idea! a hydrophobic rainwater harvesting system would be a great short term solution to direct water to plants, but in the long term it may be hard to create a forest floor without drainage unless the water proof sand was removed. Either way, it would be an interesting long term experiment and we might need a lot of Scotch Gard :)
But this is Chinese technology: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F2DLQw1K9Ms.html - Rechsand-Turing sand into gold ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b6ov65o8ZFQ.html - Desert turns into oasis: China's new technology Aganist Gobi desert...
Thanks for asking! Yes we use local natural soaps with no chemicals so as not to contaminate the garden. People tend to be much more mindful of what they put down their drains when they have to eat what is downstream of them :)
@@lulusperch1742 I totally understand, I live in Cambodia so the result of every action is visible. Thanks for inspiring me! I also don't use any pollutants because every action counts.
... Meanwhile in the West: "Oh no! it's raining AGAIN. That's already the second time this month, and it's just the 30th!!! I hate rain, and I hate it here!" Stfu
Cicero Araujo That's very generous of you! You can donate to Geoff Lawton's Greening the Desert project in Jordan directly or alternatively I will setup a Patreon account in the near future. All Patreon funds would go towards increasing the quality of future episodes :) stay tuned!
This is true. Although it's a bit more energy intensive to design, build, operate and maintain a nuclear fusion plant than it is to dig swales and plant trees but there are lots of opportunities available. Thanks :)
Good question! The answer is that they would but they would always travel from well to well to well only staying for a few days. This nomadic lifestyle would ensure that they wouldn't use up the tiny amount of resources available in each area. I hope that answers your question :)
@@sadanam12 1 - PROHIBITION OF THE 3 CURSED THINGS "Be careful of the 3 cursed things, urinating, defecating, (and flatulating) and spitting (with phlegm) in any sources (rivers, seas, oceans, wells etc) and in the middle of the road (where people walk) and from under the shade."Abu Dawood 26, Ibn Majah 328 Abu Huraira The Prophet (saw) Said: "Be careful of the two cursed things," He replied, "What are the two cursed things oh messenger?" The Prophet (saw) said: "what people dropped in middle of the way, or in the shade. (And keep distance from doing it)""Muslim 269, Musnad Imam Ahmad 8636, Abu Dawood 25 Mu'az said: "The sources are (rivers, seas, oceans, free running water or stagnant water)… Allah (swt) said: "And those who harm the believers, male and female, it is forbidden." Imam Nawawi said: "It is not allowed to defecate or urinate or throw dirt in the places where people benefit from."
True! But if I'm not having fun when I write, film and edit my videos then I'd be bringing a very tired format to the table. I like to visualise my videos as a self-filtering system that holds on to like-minded folks like a swale and let's other audiences overflow to the next spillway :)
