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The Middle East Arid Climate Permaculture Demonstration Site

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Abla’s Garden

May 11, 2019 By Geoff Lawton 1 Comment

Meet Abla, the former school teacher who bought a small piece of property in the desert. After nine months on the property, she met her neighbours Geoff and Nadia, and she took our permaculture design certificate course here at the Greening the Desert project. She then began to transition her own property, which had been mostly rocks and barren soil, into a green desert site as well. Having left the city unhealthy, she has felt renewed with a permaculture lifestyle, caring for plants and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Arid permaculture, Desert, Greening the Desert Project, growing food, Jordan, Permaculture Projects, Urban Projects

Greening the Desert

March 1, 2007 By pri 35 Comments

This is just one example of how permaculture can transform the environment, and, in so doing, dramatically change lives. By evidencing the dramatic transformation possible in the world's worst agricultural scenarios, we hope to make people stand up and listen. https://youtu.be/xgF9BU4uYMU Greening the Desert - the original. Duration: 5 minutes Also watch Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East Big Agribusiness would convince us that continuing with fossil fuel dependent monocrop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Desert, Food Forests, Fungi, greening, Land, Permaculture, Soil Biology, Soil Rehabilitation, Soil Salination, Swales, Trees

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