5 Most Epic Earth Healing Projects!
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- Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison reveals his picks for the 5 most epic Earth healing projects in the world. And......Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: www.wren.co/start/andrewmillison The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name!
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Project 1: Arvari River Restoration
Project Website: tarunbharatsangh.in/
Footage from Ashok Meena: ashokcinematographe@gmail.com
Project 2: The Chikukwa Project
Footage used is from the documentary "The Chikukwa Project"
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Project 3: GRAVIS Jodhpur
Project Website: www.gravis.org.in/
My 3 part video series on this and other Rajasthan projects:
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Project 4: The Loess Plateau
Footage from "Hope in a Changing Climate" by John D. Liu:
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Project 5: The Paani Foundation
Project Website: www.paanifoundation.in/
Thanks Paani Foundation for use of drone footage.
My videos on the Paani Foundation's work:
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Bonus Project: Regenerative Resources
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I’ve seen almost all of these and it’s awesome you put them together. I believe the second to last put pollards, and fruit trees on berms. People actually came back to previously abandoned areas because they had food, water, and the economy increased. Permaculture and Regenerative Agriculture is the future. Hope big interest don’t get it banned. Because you know those frs don’t want you eating out of your own back yard or empty lots or public places.
Can you make a video about the Qattara Depression Project?
It could potentially re-green northern Africa.
You know about Ecosia, rt? I plant trees with my fingertips
Debbi Riley 💜🙏
Can you do a video on the same topic about South Korean Reforestation after the war. I only hear about in local private conversation but nothing for the most part elsewhere online or otherwise.
The mass media needs to focus the public's attention on these succesful, positive projects instead of always focusing on the negative...Excellent work!
There’s no money in that for the mass media, the government and politicians and so they don’t cover it.
You can make money with fear, not with good news. Sad truth my friend.
Anyone still watching that crap is beyond helping. You have to be brain dead to ingest that garbage. Beyond that it wouldn't do anything. Things get done by the passionate few never the masses.
they prefer to focus on those fake UN missions that don't achieve anything other than drastically underwhelming results and visibility
The climate change deniers will just think it's a waste of time and money anyway.
California should be taking notes
They literally drained a nice lake to make more living area.
We should, but we won't. Sadly there is more money and control in drought and famine than in solutions that heal the landscape.
Brilliant Lad !!!
Big hugs and much love from Tol,OHi!!
They too busy telling everybody else what to do and not paying attention to their own situation
Trying to do my part.
I'm Zimbabwean and I'm so proud of my country for its project in Chimanimani
Lots of love from India.
Be happy.
God bless you and your country.
Yes, it's a wonderful project. Congratulation!
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Thank you very much Andrew Sir for visiting my village. Indeed, with the help of Paani Foundation Team and the solidarity of the villagers, the village has undergone a major transformation in the last 2-3 years....
There are earth angels out there many blessings
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Also so many government officers assisting paani foundation, especially managing huge events. I was surprised to see them working & happy too
Sending huge love ❤❤❤
So very happy for all of you!
Being Indian, Iam happy you acknowledged developmental activities going on here, Its really appreciable. Lots of efforts are being done by govt. as well. We are in verge of getting uplifted, well in advance. A lot more is yet to come.
I'm super impressed with your country dude.
After seeing this, India is my new favorite country !
well, i should hope so...with all the pollution you cause.....
@@ShortFuseFighting lol we also have most people. Compare Pollution per capita and you'll be shocked which people cause more pollution.
@@rockyyadav1695 the fact you have like 10 kids per household is still YOUR responsibility/fault. "we have a lot of people" isn't an excuse!
This is so profoundly moving and lifechanging it makes me want to cry! This is how the land should be managed!! I love that the so-called under-developed world is showing the developed world how it should be done.
Nice!
Same here.
I agree
@@avinamerkur1484 You can apply permaculture practices anywhere. By recognising that every landscape, environment and ecosystem are different and have their own unique issues you can really start to adapt to them more easily. You can do this on as small a scale as a garden to as something as large scale as a city.
If you want an example, by using more dirt roads and removing tarmac and concrete where necessary you can already decrease local temperatures. Put some plants and trees on them and now they are absorbing carbon and the area is more pleasant to be in and make those plants and trees perennial food producing plants and now you're feeding them.
They also cannot afford to be as lazy about it as "developed" worlds can. We just ship our water in and keep on polluting. In reality, the developed worlds really need this change too-we are just protected from the damage we create. I believe all of us need to be doing this-it feels like essential work to me. ...It is very touching and encouraging to see!
With so much bad news and disasters on climate change, this stories are heart warming and gives hope.
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I suggest reviewing photosynthesis and organic chemistry.
@HuiChyr, I totally agree with you. These projects are amazing and go to show what can ACTUALLY be done if the Governments, Charities and the people themselves all come together and make it happen!
@@richardcowley4087 It's already happening in major desertified areas of the Old World, where people overgrazed and cut all the trees literally, for thousands of years. They are regreening a lot of those places but they are quite vast desertifed areas caused by human abuse and neglect of the land. China, africa, mideast, europe are doing these projects.
@@richardcowley4087 Do you enjoy being a jerk?
Great video..
Being an Indian ,i am so proud that I worked with paani foundation.The work that changed the life of farmers . Great efforts by team paani foundation...
Andrew ,i met you 2 years back as a part of Ajinkyatara Shramadan group ,it was a great moment for us...
Sharad, we met on top of the mountain in Satara? Great to hear from you and best of luck in your good work.
In the UK, the charity "the Heart of England Forest" aims to plant the largest national forest in the UK, a diverse mix of all native broadleaf trees, meadows, wetlands etc, bringing back diversity and restoring our country to what it once was. They're doing well already and hope to, in the future, re-introduce species that were hunted to (local, UK) extinction.
Would that include wolves and bears? I am wondering what farming communities would say; would there be large "frontier" buffers so that the animals would be out of farming / herding territories?
@@abdelhamidsherif4995 last time i heard they dont want it, cant blame them. I wouldnt want a bare near my garden either
@@abdelhamidsherif4995 wolves are a keystone species. It's necessary to keep plant eaters lower population or the trees will never regrow.
@@abdelhamidsherif4995 Strange as it may seem to you, wolves and bears were there before humans, and humans, when they showed up, managed to survive. Plus I doubt that too many animals are still alive in the British Isle to repopulate anything.
@@carmenortiz5294 Oh my God !!!! I am not saying this to discourage people from reintroducing species; I am myself for it and understand the importance and how the wolves keep herd animals like deer in check and cull the old and sick and revive the shrubs and all, my question was based on an example from Norway; a country that has very few wolves (around like 100 wolves) and farmers seem to be against reviving / conserving the wolves as they wouldn't like them as a threat to their animals, so I am asking about the logistics of it and the public consultation results
I shed tears. A 42 years old grownup man wept like a baby on watching this. In my book these people are the real unsung heroes that make life worth living. The ultra-rich vultures that only hoard paper money and start wars are nothing more than parasites and common criminals that need to be eradicated
Amen
Vistina
100% 🙏❤️
The conservation movement was led by rich men like Teddy Roosevelt.
Those ultra rich are a product of society not knowing it's ability and believing that rich person can help.
We have to fix the real problem... communication. Togetherness. Unity. Love. We're all here to create and give. Even that rich man who doesn't know how broken he/she is. Peace is always the answer. Or at least it can be.
Wow. Restoring a river in less than 10 years: that is impressive. Beautiful example of a quick response to crisis
I kept asking myself "Why haven't they mentioned Paani foundation?" Turns out you saved the best for last. It really is amazing that have done so much since only 2016. And as you say that the results show the same year. Where as other projects took years or decades. Truly inspirational.
Agreed! Such an incredible project :-)
It would be interesting to see these concepts used to restore the American West and Great Plains
To many government EPA red tape and hoops to jump through. Carbon is our friend.
Big Ag and mining won’t part with land or a drop of water. Won’t happen
I think they figured out that huge herds of cows migrating around fixed the Great Plains. I watched something about it
@@sacagawea9743 yeah i saw the same thing.
Super large herds dont eat everything but do poop all over the place, fertilizing it.
The Sahara desert was also a green place where large herds walked, and could be the solution to making it green again
@@BigBodyBiggolo there’s a video about when the Sahara was green I forgot what channel it was on but if you type it in you should be able to find it from what I remember it was green because of the climate of the earth back then but it dried up long before we started affecting the climate so I don’t think we can regreen it
Of the "5 Most Epic Earth Healing Projects" 3 are from India!
I am so impressed.
With love and best wishes from South Africa.
good to see you here Sanjay R....you have been a regular in comments section of paani foundation videos....i missed water cups and paani foundation inspiring videos...i hope you miss them too...
@@zaqs1970: Wow! Thank you for remembering me.
I must admit that the Paani Foundation is something out of this world.
I have not seen anything like this in my life.
I get goosebumps when I think of how many lives have been impacted in a positive way by the actions of the Paani Foundation. The Earth is taken care of and people are getting prosperous. It is a win win situation.
I want to start something like that here in South Africa.
@@richardcowley4087 Are you really dump??
@@richardcowley4087 What are you trying to defend? Seriously, it's right there in front of your face and you are trying to mock it & discredit the reality of it. What drives your attitude? I'm not being snarky, I would really like to know where you're coming from.
Of course, it isn't much of a surprise. India has a lot of population and isn't a very rich country, so the villagers can't just move into the cities... additionally the monsoon season is very reliable, extremely high rainfall. There is no way you'd ever seen projects of this scale and speed in Arabia, for example, because of the wealth generated by oil. The people there just aren't desperate enough and it takes a lot of upfront investment to build up areas where it might not rain at all for 5 years.
So proud to see my own place n taking no 1 place in his global list..
My district has been profited most by paani foundation projects..
Though we have a lot of rain in one side n literally too less at other now those areas are becoming self reliant in water..n not needing external water tankers in most of the part. N I know still work needs to be done..we will do our best.
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Very nice.
On a completely unrelated note, I think you may find it helpful to try and use the full words, "and" and "in" in your messages, as it will help instill them deeper in your mind, and not have them be mixed together just due to the random internet slang we have today. Best of luck to you!
@@kindlin seriously! FO!
This is so inspiring, why isn’t there a Netflix programme and why don’t major television networks publicise these successes. There is so much doom and gloom with organisations saying we are doomed because of climate change, why not show the power of people to change their environment and nourish themselves. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all.
I’ve been a huge follower of the Indian water cup and other water harvesting projects for some time now. It saddens me to see how easily we could terraform our earth into such a diverse and abundant place but corporate greed and first world selfishness won’t allow it to happen. Too many people would rather come home and watch their sports then put in any effort to leaving a prosperous planet for the generations to follow them.
Corporate greed is a buzz term that means nothing. The real problem in the western world is government, for without the laws that can be purchased, big companies would have no power to do anything to any individual. The real reason communities in America cannot do what these projects do is because it is illegal to change your water table without permission from the government, who has pledged allegiance to monocrop farming cartels that are petroleum dependent. The corporations have no power without the government.
You need to change the culture first. Lazy and corrupt populations lead to lazy and corrupt governments and corporations.
Culture and morality are the roots of all human behavior.
@@gussampson5029 agreed 100%. But start in your own backyard. I bet you have such problems as well.
Im not so sure. I want a more prosperous planet, but playing god with the land and ecology seems dangerous. They already do in horrific ways, but they put pretty bows on things like this and no care it taken. Benifits humans in the short term, but unforeseen consequences are still possible.
@tr98asu hope you are right
India.. one mission, diverse projects. Unique land scapes across different regions
bhai abdul kalam sahab ka project agar congress na rokti toh aaj india me na flood hote na drought
@@friendlyatheist9589 which project?
india is so rich in natural resources. they could make a lot of good use out of them with a few smart plans like what they are doing, and more.
India is fast becoming a different kind of mega nation solving problems instead of stepping on other smaller nations militarily!
The best video on TH-cam . I cried. So much needed was this news. These projects show us the true future.
Not the doom 'n gloom nonsense. Just "Let's get busy folks ' So GOOD.
Wow, it means so much to hear that! Thank you for tuning in and I wish you all the best!
Felt so proud, Being an indian person the fact india is growing so fast as both aspects development and environmentally aware.
It was heartening to notice that three Indian projects were included in your video. It was positive also because we are always seeing alarming picture of environmental degradation this was inspiring.
I am from Maharashtra(India)
Great to see the Work of Paani foundation.
Great Video Andrew !!
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6 months after you posted this, you are still changing lives. Don't stop. "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her"- William Wordsworth
It is incredible just how much competition really motivates people to do things- that human urge of _wanting_ to be the best and show their prowess at something is just so strong 😂 "What? Do I want to be the best at something? OF COURSE I want to be the best, give me that shovel- I'm gonna WIN THIS." We need more and more competitions like the #1 project.
Hey brother,
Science teacher here and I’ve watched your content off and on for quite some time - you seem to to keep popping up on my feed! I just wanted to take some time to say thank you for the positive attitude and effort. I’ve got a 3 year old daughter and my wife and I have wanted to just recluse away from society to escape the hurt, getting back to the land ourselves. Every time your videos pop up they remind me there are others out there who don’t have that luxury and I need to make an effort to help. Promise to keep the content coming and I promise my family and I will put shovel to soil. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷
No dig is much better - no shovel. Do some research.
@@kyliemcartney4316 it's a turn of phrase and Portuguese is probably his first language.
Videos like this are incredibly encouraging. If such dramatic progress can be made with such low tech approaches we can absolutely improve our footprint on the ecology as humans in total.
Such OBVIOUS simple solutions, it's a wonder they did not think of it already. Trap the water in monsoons to keep it in dry season... how difficult a concept is that?
Dear Media of the world, PLEASE focus your, and our, attention on solutions such as is presented here. So many problems solved in this mind blowing video. ❤
This must be the first time I have heard some actual good news about this doomed planet. Now there may be some hope for humanity after all. Thanks for making this video.
Very happy to hear that India is setting an example
India healing the nature is good but 1st of all they have to heal the humanity. Every day rappings, child killings, castle riouts religious riots etc etc for me im bless our army killed indian terrorists & wiped outed in 2009 by ex president mahinda & field marshell sarath fonseka if that was not happened my country would have been another radical toilet country of the world thanks GOD long live 🇱🇰. Now we are in great crises now this terrorists country india knoking our backdoor to enter as helpers but we lankan knows how indian terrorists country founded funded terrorists here for bloody 30 years our economy was trumpled indian terrorists bombard our central bank, bombard our school bombard our airports. Bombard our economy harmony way of life killed our buddist christian & muslim. Indian terrorists did every things for distroyed our peacefull country but those terrorists coulnd do much. But This time RAW terrorists entering as so called economical helpers
The first 3 similar examples were particularly good because they support under-developed regions recovering water with simple very low cost, low tech engineering solutions without the need to reduce their crop areas as opposed to typical revegetation solutions.
This fills me with hope. Together, we can heal the planet. Have to concentrate on stopping oil production. All of this increases community and unity.
I have learned so much from Mr. Millison's videos. Why isn't there a program in the U.S. for this type of restoration? We need a way to lift up small organic sustainable farmers.
Just
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Love to you~∆
It's called a permaculture design course!!
Sir, start one yourself. None of those projects from India which are mentioned here were started by govt or promoted by media... Pani foundation received the media space only cause a Bollywood star was involved with it. But the real work was and will always be done by the people themselves. No govt will do such things since they won't be able to get such projects through the legislature. It makes sense only when people come together. And if people come together, governments are forced to support such projects. But it seems like people in the 'Developed' world have more pressing issues to handle like, what to teach students in school and humanities, and which sex their kids belong to.. such small problems like re forestation and water conservation are not big enough for people in the developed world.
Well done India !
I am so proud of you
Nice job Andrew, you’re spreading hope and possibilities.
Nice!
I watched how the people volunteered and made their communities thrive. I wonder if that's even possible in Western societies (esp. in the arid southwest and increasingly drought-ridden midwest of the US). Too many are waiting for the government to "do something", which is a failed strategy. Love the competition that was initiated by India's Paani Foundation. The villagers and communities in these videos are all amazing for their effort and discipline. They provide inspiration for the world.
You make me cry seeing unbelievable dedicated people who restore our world. Thank for sharing this important know how that will determine humankind fate .
Thank everyone for earth healing projects all over the world. 🙏🙏🙏 ... respect from Thailand...
Genuinely one of the most inspiring videos. Be honest how many positive stories do u usually see about India and China? Well here are some of the truly amazing things happening there. Fantastic
These wonderful, large scale permaculture projects bring happy tears to my eyes. Not only do they show that devastated areas of the planet can be restored to healthy productivity leading to opportunities for sustainable life, but they demonstrate what mankind can do when we work together. If we can do these works in such hot, arid, eroded lands, just imagine what we can do in other areas of the world. Working together is all encompassing love -- of self, mankind, plants, animals, and the planet. Growth in this direction fills my heart to near bursting. Awesome!
I wholeheartedly agree Renee! Thanks for watching! :)
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As someone from India, it makes me proud to see that 3 out of the 5 mentioned on this list are based here. And it is kinda fascinating to think how hard people have to work to actually get access to water. Here in the northwest we have plenty of rainfall and the ground water is abundant as well yet we waste tonnes of it on obsolete irrigation practices
The satellite picture of the desert during the dry season transformed by Gravis Jodhpur.... AMAZING. So many lives sustained through a natural process that can easily be implemented. The world can looks at that transformation with hope for the future
3 projects from India 👏👏
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Yes because y’all make THE MOST pollution because your government doesn’t have standards and the people don’t care en mass
India is doing great things and this video increases my respect and admiration for them.
The Water Cup Competition can be tailored to fit just about any massive project that the governments cannot fund themselves. By offering a prize to the teams who do the best work, it gives challenges and incentives to people who do not expect to be paid for the work donated. It becomes a team effort for each village or area to beat the other teams. I love this concept, and it shows what can be done when the masses get together under a common cause, and it becomes fun. I would like to see this model adopted by many other areas that need massive help in restoration. Astounding results!
Architecture grad student here. Andrew, I just want to say you have amazing content and your videos helped me with my design project. Keep up the good work!
Interesting combination of specialties. May I ask how this content of water management has benefited your architecture? We must keep on learning and spreading good ideas.
Thanks. I needed to hear some good news about good people doing good, effective work today.
Every time I see restoration videos I am soexcited
Amazing! I'm so glad. Thanks for watching and getting excited! :)
The Arvari River Restoration project is freaking cool! India is blessed with powerful monsoon rains. The problem is that so much of the nation doesn't know how to capture these incredibly fast rains, so that this huge amount of water can be retained for later use. Apparently they figured it out in Rajasthan! I feel Pakistan needs to learn from this, as there are massive monsoon floods that happen there pretty frequently now. Some of that vast amount of water needs to be captured and retained for long-term use.
Fantastic video and thanks to both Andrew and the Wren for hosting and bringing it to the video on TH-cam . Speaks of human efforts which can heal when they have hurt the Earth for a long time.
so proud to see India being mentioned so many times
i will definitely contribute to these efforts as well
All of these projects are amazing and bring hope to all of us around the world. It is possible to act and go from degradation to healing. Thank you to all those people in Africa, India, China and certainly other projects and other people out there who are trying to fix what others have destroyed 🙏🙏🌍🌍
3 out of 5 mega projects are from India!! I'm feeling proud!! 🇮🇳
Australia is also part of this movement. Since our country is so large and diverse, it was hard to know where to start at first. Australia has tropical rainforests, snowy mountains, wetlands, bushland and yes, the wasteland desert. But since most of Australia is farm land, first focus on was making sure farmland had water. Water catchments and rivers and lake were made to catch water coming down from mountains and up river, along with getting laws in to restrict what types of non toxic fertiliser you can use so it doesn't pollute the water.
Also most houses in wetlands are built on stilts, to help prevent flooding. Fire breakers are dug with lakes and rivers and wells to help with large summer bush fires, which, while the plants need it to germinate and grow, harm the native wild life.
Over head bridges left to grow grass on over roads allow native wild life to safely cross roads to lessen the risk of running them over, and allow them to safely migrate to find food. More Australians take up safe farming practices and grow their own urban gardens to help lessen the strain of the agricultural sector. Since most of Australia is cattle and sheep farms.
Australia spend millions in researching how to lessen the impact or negate the issues caused by our natural disasters, which are flooding, bush fires, cyclones (Hurricanes for Americans) and drought. How to use one area which gets too much rains and transfer it to places where they don't get enough.
Willows planted along riverbeds to help retain water. Trees planted to provide shade for native animals on hot days. Building up for infrastructure rather than out. Australia mostly lives within 10 kilometres of the ocean. So Australians are taught to respect the oceans too. Kids have holidays that are used for things like Green Earth Day, where they go out and pick up rubbish from the wildlife. Schools also grow their own food gardens, some even keep chickens to collect eggs. Children are taught to grow plants and take care of animals too.
It's all pretty cool.
I'm an Aussie yes so much is done and has changed unfortunately a great many don't care and can't be bothered to try to do the right thing or even try to green their area, we need to instill respect for the good we can do with just some effort too much of a throw away society it really needs to change start this process very young as they are the ones who will benifits most.
A big shout out & mad respect to all who are involved in these projects. All of humanity must learn of this, unite, and jump in!
You should be proud of your carbon footprint. You are providing the earth with exactly the right food for all plant life to flourish. We don’t need “carbon capture “ or “carbon sequestration “ or reduced carbon emissions. We need more. The planet has seen a net green in of 17-21% over the last 30 years.
Celebrity can do amazing things. Amir khan has proven it. Well done PAANI (WATER) FOUNDATION and excellent work Amir khan, tou the the true legend of Bollywood. Lots of love. ❤❤❤
I wish I could give multiple 'likes' on this video. This is so much what we need to hear about, and start doing what we can locally.
The documentary by John D. Liu has always been one of my favorites. Now that I've seen the India project at No. 1, I gotta see more of it. it looks so awe-inspiring! Amazing work. 🙌
I watch these videos when I feel down and hopeless, thank you Andrew for your content. I'm young and have started permaculture on a small scale and found it gives me a lot of purpose and satisfaction. From year to year growing something and growing with it is something I wish for everyone to experience :)
So glad to hear it and best of luck!
This video is life changing! The work you are doing is inspiring and is so important. All land should be managed in this manner!! I love that the so-called under-developed world is showing the developed world how it should be done.
what i love most about these epic projects is that they show you don´t need much money to achieve great results, just the cooperation of the local people. heck, most of these changes were acomplished by illiterate people using their farming tools! and it improved their situation, both quickly and lasting - which is way more than most western charity project that just throw money at a problem can claim!
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and lot's of those problems were created by illiterate people with farming tools/animals ..
but it's nice to see some repairs in work.
What is "illiterate?" A child can learn farming before reading. Reading written words is not the same as developing tangible skills.
@@sunnyseacat9232 thats kinda my point, yet most (western) people think they always know best just because they´re oh-so-educated. mind you, knowledge is power, but if someone who has theoretical knowledge only and has never even seen a cow or plough in real life tries to tell people how to run their farms things get riddiculous
So inspiring, so beautiful to see the regenerative capacity of humans and the earth working together. This is definitely where healing is at. You are a fantastic teacher, Andrew, I am so grateful to have found your channel... keep it rockin'!
Grow more plants and flowers for pollination
hey there's others on youtube about this stuff as well.
Intelligence started in this part of the world its beautiful to see people bringing pride to themselves again
God bless India. They have done incredible work.
Hi Andrew! These project are all great. I am vary aware of your work and other permaculturists. Been following and practising this movement for 10 years now. I have one observation, none of these project are in developed world. I wonder why. I am sure that this kind of work is needed in California or, Australia etc. All these projects did not operate under the assumption that people are guilty for they carbon footprint, neither did they ask people for money, so corporations can solve their problems. People must be educated to plant their own trees. They should be volunteering, so we can see these projects happening in North America as well. Here the big corporations and big government has made it almost impossible to do anything. So many laws and restrictions are put forth every year, and the people’s will is disappearing every day. Maybe that is the route we should be taking and not giving money to corporations. We have to stop buying the narrative. So in all these regions where these projects occurred, there is no climate change any longer, as they are substantially changing. Hmmm. Also, you must not feel guilty for you carbon footprint. With all you work in education and participation in permaculture, you have exceeded you carbon footprint many many times. That is what I believe. Keep doing what you are doing but maybe change perspective a bit. Respect!
Just want to express my opinion. Developed world or rich countries try to solve similar problems by unnatural way or brute force way. For example, instead of conserving the water or rejuvanating a dying waterway, they will sanction billions for pumping water from a faraway place with an abundant water source or they may invest on a de-salination plant just because they have money so don't want to wait for result from a natural way.
@@DEEPANJANBISWAS I agree! We need the same solutions. And more money does not mean better way of doing things. They look for profit not for better solutions.
Not all ecological problems are caused by climate change, although they're definitely of human origin. That said, to a significant extent, climate change can't be avoided, as a lot of change has been baked into the cake. However, I have a lot of respect for such projects as they're making the future less difficult for us.
Alda, One important thing to note about all these projects is that they were stimulated by immediate and direct need. In all of these places, water was drying up, land becoming unproductive, and people falling into deep poverty and needing to migrate away. So I don't see a direct analogy to that situation in the developed world, where land based people en masse were collectively forced to confront the slow burn of land degradation which threatened their very survival. I would love to see California collectively address forest and landscape management for wildfire mitigation, as one example of where this scale could play out in the US.
I see the issue as the developed world is completely disconnected from the land, and can only think of solutions that require inventing new technology. Industrial agriculture and hedge funds essentially control the water cycle in these countries. Yeah governments have a few dams here and there but I'd say they have less control over the water cycle than corporations do.
Hope in a Changing climate was what made me see how "easy" our solutions are back in 2009. Your videos from India specifically very much echo the same sentiment, but in a more direct personal way!
Planning on visiting and showing off more projects in the future?
Definitely! I went to visit the chinampas in mexico City last month and have a video in production now.
@@amillison Amazing, they are incredible! I would love to visit them myself one day. Can't wait to see the video!
@@amillison Will be watching. We know how to save the planet, without needing huge corporations' scared tactics, which are only meant to either leave things the way they are or make it worse for humanity. The more people who starve, the more they increase their fortunes. Too bad there are no magic wands to get rid of the enemies of the planet.
This is such an encouraging and beautiful video. How our species is able of some of the most destructive behavior BUT ALSO some of the most beautiful ones. The surprising thing is that it doesn't take much to completely transform and rebuild. Thank you for sharing. Let's always preach hope!!
This needs to be taught in every high school. The next 100 years on this planet drpends on it.
The Colorado river needs the Avari treatment!
These stories warm my heart ♥️ reversing desertification is so beautiful. Imagine what we could accomplish if the oil powers that be would stop suppressing Thorium, Fusion and other new energy technologies… water desalination could produce all the battery 🔋 materials we need for abundantly powered EVs or synthetic fuel powered combustion engines… all the technologies needed to solve the problems are already here. I swear it.
Tears of deep gratitude flow from the beginning of this video from mine eyes.
In a world seemingly lost to tyranny and the genocide of many peoples your video of healing this earth has helped to heal a piece of my broken heart.
There is inspiration away from the lies
There is many a way to heal Mother Earth and all her children.
Thank you soooooo very much❣
I will remember "wren"
@mystic bunny 🐇 I suppose it takes a beautiful soul to recognize other beauty.
Thank you❣
It is heartening to see land reclaimed from drought on a significant scale around the globe!
I love the panni foundation
I hate that this made me tear up multiple times, very inspirational.
I hope an Australian can do the aboriginal people proud and make it into a list like this one day soon ☺️
Not only are these examples of earth-healing feats, but it places a great emphasis on the importance of water conservation that isn't as thoroughly documented in the western world. Excellent job!
There's a guy called Ernst Götsch. He lives in Brazil since 1980's and bought a land destroyed by mining and wood logging. He restored over 300 hectares through a technique called agrofloresty. He produces food using the nature natural process as it favor and building forest, restoring land. It's now proven some of projects using his approach has made agroforest with higher carbon seequestration than native forest itself. The key goal is to use human labour as catalyst to boost photosynthesis. Take a look at what he has done....it's a great example!
This is simply one of the best, most inspiring videos on the environment I have seen. Thank you.
heart warming news , thank you these people are the heroes not a girl named greta
I really appreciate those person who loves to support project like this
Thank you muchly from the bottom of my heart. I believe what you're doing is of vital importance. Informing, educating & spreading the word about the seriousness of the world's water situation & showing the positive ways we can manage it is the first step in creating food security for the masses. I've watched a couple of your videos now & they have given me hope that, in the 20 or so years i have left, i'll be able to see a positive change in landscapes worldwide. Making a profit has led us to utilize systems & practices that have literally drained the world dry & in some places even poisoned the well. I was despairing that we were too close to the point of no return. When no matter what or how much we do, the land could not recover & we just wouldn't be able to produce enough food for the population growth that will happen in the next several decades. Enabling people to have local sustainable food production will help greatly. With the water management practices you have shown, i'm actually a little optimistic that we can turn it around in time. So, thanks muchly again for being a spokesman for this vital issue. Keep up the good work, you are needed. All the best to you & yours. ☮️
More wonderful work Andrew. Thank you for continuing to bringing the information about these projects to us.
i just heard from a conservasionist in NPR...that it takes about 30 billion ...one time investment to save all the eco hotspots in the worlds to save the world...
just 30 billion :/
All the ponies at the same end of the wagon is a beautiful thing! I love seeing people work together.
Here in the US, we just complain about the desert southwest running out of water and then we buy expensive water from companies that make a huge profit. We're so dumb.
A couple of the projects reminds me of the 'Stairway to Heaven' in Banaue Philippines. Where they grow rice and other produce.
While keeping the surroundings, with native trees and plants. Great job to all the participants of these earth healing projects.
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Growing rice is exactly the opposite of an "earth healing project".
@@fumanchu4785 it depends on how you grow the rice. The Natives of the Philippines have figured out the natural way.
Not the commercial way you're thinking about, where they use chemicals and waste a lot of water.
Do your research about Banaue Philippines, before you make such quick judgement.
@@naturesudhar yes, the Natives of Banaue Philippines grow many vegetables, fruits, and other plants as well. That part of the world have stayed green for centuries, because they haven't changed their techniques. Do your research about that place,
before quickly judging.
I am a 2 day old Subscriber and Andrew I have to say I havent been more happy and exciting to venture trough A channel or body of work than yours. I am very eager to learn and already your content and information and knowledge is satiating and satifying! I am happy to be here and im very glad i came across your channel. Many Thanks for what you do and for sharing it with the world! Permaculture lifestyle and way of being needs to be implemented in all aspects of our lives even if its on the microcosmic scale. This will save us from ourselves.
This projects restore our faith to humanity.
Human are able to make destructions, also able to restore it.
It inspire us to doing something similar on our village, start with waste, trash and water problem. May be not as big as this project but had impact on our everyday life. :)
If every person on earth today plants just one tree, we will have 7 billion more trees already.
But there are regulations: I can't just plant a tree somewhere in Europe.
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@@crocus5632 True! As a fellow European I'm feeling you xD ..You maybe can plant a tree, but you will get fined and the local government will rip the plant out of the soil because regulations did not allow to plant something in the first place without battling local authorities for at least 10 years. It is a shame.
I hope you have planted one.
I wish I could give this a 100 likes. Sharing it with friends, family, etc. It is so good to see that the solutions are here, the only thing we need to do is implement them on a broader scale. How can we get this information to the right people as soon as possible?
You mean Govts? I think they're more interested in short term gain as opposed to long term solutions to big problems. They pay lip service to it and are seemingly gradually getting on board, but only in areas where they can see that it makes money and creates profitable employment opportunities and therefore 'Returns on their investments'.
@@someblokecalleddave1 Yeah maybe it is better to contact landowners directly. Sure that government help could be usefull but not sure if they are the most important players. I think the farmers/land owners themselves would be the best people to reach out to.
@@douwebeerda It needs facilitators and philanthropists like the blokes featured to drive these projects and make the contacts with the necessary people on the ground. I was thinking more in terms of here in the UK. Even though we're a wealthy country we're sucking the life and biodiversity out of the little land and sea that we have through monoculture approaches , the same is true of the USA and Australia and no doubt most western countries. Everyone needs to be aware that this isn't just an issue in more remote parts of the world. With growing populations and increasing demands on natural resources there needs to be a far harmonised approach to how we draw from those resources. Looking at the content on your channel I'm sure you're more than aware of these issues.
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Every person is the right person.
Ever watch the documentary,
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
2008 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 21m
Ah ... what one woman started soon spread by word of mouth - replanting tree saplings in Kenya, by hand, to reforest Kenya. Excellent documentary.
My ancestors at Cahokia managed water with the mound system they destroyed the mounds and now there are so many issues. Perhaps we should restore this ancient system in North America. ❤ thanks to these rolemodels in our world today!
Your carbon footprint is providing breath for all those beautiful green plants you love, my friend. It needs to be larger, not smaller.
Makes me think we could do with the Rio Grande what they did with the Arvari River.
Do it
Such a motivational compilation of instances where people saw the need and met the challenge. How full are their chests... Those who looked, thought, and then did what was needed in spite of the naysayers.
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I am so glad I saw this. It is the most hopeful thing I have seen about the future. Just knowing that this has happened and is happening has changed a feeling of pessimism I had taken for granted and I am deeply grateful.
It's honestly so good to see this. I've been feeling very anxious about the environment lately. I feel like it's all going wrong and nothing is being done, and it feels so good to see that people really care about the earth.
The amazing results shown in this video keep my hope for a better world alive. Thanks for sharing! I want to be part of the solution, otherwise I'll be part of the problem.
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The work being done helps mitigate severe storms which can help people survive better. Sometimes bending with the wind can save you.
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I didn't realize how discouraged I was by the evident greed and abuse here in the US until I was these examples globally. I was tremendously moved by the positive and good! Thank you for leading!
8:20. The Hills need hats, belts and shoes! Awesome analogy of permaculture thinking principles!
The Pani reward is inherent in itself… no matter if you build the most water storing berms, swales etc, every single person wins with the water restoration!!