Greening the Desert
Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia describes in this video how he took 10 acres of arid desert in Jordan and transformed it into a functioning garden. They even grew mushrooms!! More of this please…
Now an NYC refugee, Curtiss P. Martin serves as a contributing editor of all things clean and green at ScribeMedia. When he isn't out on the road or in the field researching and reporting on controversial science and tech topics, Curtiss can be found communing with the creative kids at the Elsewhere artist collaborative in Greensboro, NC.
This is truly inspirational. If the same system was applied in Africa, it would be a greater relief to the continent than the kind of aid currently being sent by the UN and other NGOs.