20 October 2010

Fix The World - Greening the Desert Project

This half hour video documents the ongoing work of Permaculture Gurus, Geoff and Nadia Lawton, in the Dead Sea Valley. It begins with the famous original 'Greening the Desert' five minute video clip, and then continues into Part II, a 2009 update to the 2001 original.

WATCH ONLINE : Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East
You'll get to see and learn about the original Greening the Desert site and see some of the spin-off effects of its influence throughout Jordan, and you'll also be introduced to a new educational demonstration site that was started in 2008.

You can see the video, and more information about it, in its original post here:

permaculture.org.au/​2009/​12/​11/​greening-the-desert-ii-final/​

And the video is also available on YouTube in four parts:

youtube.com/​watch?v=xzTHjlueqFI

youtube.com/​watch?v=wTZ0LbvUoOY

youtube.com/​watch?v=-Ps1TpK9eiQ

youtube.com/​watch?v=I8wPD35fewo

This is inspiring, practical work - the kind of work that should be encouraged, supported and emulated worldwide. It is the ultimate root-cause type of aid work.