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Wait... so months later the *only* green is exactly where you dumped grass seeds at (guessing drought tolerant) and the rest of the soil is as arid as always with *zero improvement⁉️* 🤔 Also the fact those bundts were shown with standing 💧 in them means they *also* aren't "absorbing water" which was _the entire point..._ and in Sub-Saharan Africa those tiny puddles will lose far more to *evaporation* than absorption and be dry within a day 👏 Why not just build 1 large reservoir which would have *_real utility_* and can be used for irrigation (among other things) the same way *every* developed nation does it⁉️ Oh wait, maybe because that would require the "budget" actually being spent _on the project_ due to the costs of needing real heavy equipment, operators, & engineers! Instead of the budget going to the salaries of 1 or 2 "oversight managers" who then hand shovels to locals/volunteers while they use clever narratives and pseudoscience to market a positive PR story on social media 💯 This is literally just giving the *_illusion_* that it's having any real effect for people who don't ask ?'s or think too hard 👍 The worst part of this sham is *millions* of 💵 are being embezzled through this project as going towards the _salaries_ of 1 or 2 "project management staff" (cos we *know* they aren't paying the villagers who are listed as "volunteers") on a "project" which they admit doesn't take any expensive equipment and is done using local/"volunteer" labor 🤨 And anyone who's skeptical about how *useless* this "project" is... Grady from "Practical Engineering" channel has a video in his hydrology series *disproving* the "dry soil doesn't absorb water" myth and he even references the _original video_ that they stole the image of the "3 cups draining into the ground" from‼️👍 If a world renowned professional civil engineer who's specialty is hydrology can't convince you this is a scam; you're a lost cause... It's a shame because I truly believed in a lot of the work I've seen from you guys! Now I gotta take a 2nd look at old projects and maintain healthy skepticism of future ones 😔
It's like how bison used to till the soil of the great plain from just walking around in huge herds. Then people starting migrating west and building railways. Bison got in the way of transport so hunters from the Americas and across the world came to hunt them down, killing most of the bison. Thus the natural tilling of the soil disappeared, and the Midwest got dust storms.
I remember seeing this happen directly in real time in front of my school in spain, in an area that had eroded extremely.... after rain started gathering in a divot in the land that surrounded an older tree it just started to become green and grassy somehow. It was practically an oasis that just kept spreading.
I live in Spain too and throughout the video I was wondering if there is any project I can get involved in. I'm in Castilla y León and we desperately need to regreen some areas. The only issue is the extreme temperature chances from Summer to Winter.
@@CastleKnight7 the result is something in the future. usually we (fieldworkers) suffer while doing it and also afterwards, because people with more power take it
The sad part is when you checkout these non-profits then do environmental work, mental health, support, children, women, etc. which you see is that only 5% of what they take in goes to the actual cause and 90 to 95% is what these the creators, directors, CEOs whatever you wanna call them the big shots at the head of these organizations are pocketing, or taking in salary. They were the ones that profit the most just look at Prince Harry and his wife’s nonprofits/charity. Only 5% goes to the actual cause. 😢
@CastleKnight the problem is if you make conservation profitable it will attract all of the wrong people and become just another dead aspect of our society that's been ruined by money and greed
@@sarahwatts7152 wouldn't call him an activists, but more like a visionary. Most of the techniques used for regeneration of degraded landscapes used in Africa come from his work during the drought in the Sahel during the late 80s and 90s. Unfortunately because he was a poor farmer with little formal education he couldn't promote his innovations beyond his local community. However, his work has been studied by international organisations and the traditional methods he applied have been widely adopted for land recovery.
Is tht who came up with this? Do you have any links or videos where I can actually learn to do this? Im really pissed off at this channel for getting me excited about healin the soil and then locking it behind a paywall? Or keeping it to themselves for whatever scummy reasons they might try to explain.
I get goosebumps when I picture the satisfaction these people will feel when they're old and grey, looking at a green pasture, reminiscing to kids about how dry and barren it once was.
"And we are done!" "You are not done..." 😂 Awesome mission! I bet all those insects are super happy that they can live inside an Earth Smile! I also love the "Custodians of the land" expression 👏
Hoofed animals coming back helps break up the hard surface of the soil in between the smiles, allowing water to soak in everywhere. When we slaughtered the bison in North America, people didn't realize how vital their roaming was to the prairie ecosystem.
Huh. I never knew the roaming of bisons and other hoofed animals help water soak in the soil. That's a whole new perspective, expanding on how every little thing has a purpose in life! thanks for letting me know something new
Same thing for the Kenyan elephants. Remember the UK "conservationist" who ordered the massacre of 40,000 elephants to "protect" the local ecology? Colonial arrogance has been so incredibly destructive & deadly.
The hard surface is created by...hoofed animals! Wildebeest are native and they travel by the millions. It is what the ecosystem has evolved into. Breaking up the hard soil is not what they do, they compact the soil. Hoof shape and weight have certain effects.
@winstonsmiths2449 I attended a lecture on this very subject within the past few years, and it was described as relatively recent findings. The large hoofed animals do indeed break up the dry, hard surface, allowing both water and plant seeds etc to penetrate. This is still an active area of research, so they could still find even more new information that complicates the picture further, but this was the latest fairly recently.
Big organisations mostly inefficient so a close knitted community is naturally more effective for almost every subject including making video games to building stuff.
That's why I love organizations like planet wild and mossy earth. They show small specific projects, where a few people tackle a specific problem super effectively. Them documenting it also shows other people how things can be done.
Private firms make loads of money off environmental restoration. Look up environmental credits. I was in environmental construction for 6 years man it's a huge racket. Way more about the money than the restoration.
@@jamesfoster1859ah yes Let's see how well carbon credits have worked This is even worse than throwing paper into bins and wishing upon a star that the government works
I've seen this done on a much smaller scale in Australia - semicircular divets about a foot wide dug into the soil catch seeds and water and restore scrubland beautifully.
Yeah, the great plains is starting to get a drought problem so I think we should consider doing this here myself, I mean I live right by multiple waterways so I can't really use it much on my own property but still
Are there area maps that show humidity levels (looking for the lowest areas, making a smile there) -for the communities project Kenyan project - 5 stars, bravo
its heartwarming and refreshing to see local, native communities being worked with and empowered to work on their own land, rather than working around or against them. Love everything about this!
amazing video!!! In environmental science we were taught that soil is a non renewable resource that takes 10s of 1000s of years to regenerate, and while i guess that is true on the scale of the entire lithosphere, this video has been enlightening to me as it shows how quickly we can restore soil fertility in a matter of years!!! You guys are doing gods work, I wish this channel had millions of subs and supporters why is everyone sleeping on your channel you guys are awesome!!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement! There are indeed lots of simple solutions for complex problems, and we never stop learning ourselves. Feel free to forward the video to those who might appreciate it! ☺
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 This plus the soil is not actually useless soil. It's just dried out and probably still has a high potential for fertility if treated the right way.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 It's not that - soil IS a finite resources and finite in nutrients. Take X amount of soil, and plant something in it - in order for the plant to live it'll utilise many of the nutrients within the soil. Over time those nutrients get depleted, which is a huge issue in farming and why they keep adding fertilisers. This is why protecting environments is important. All of those nutrients in the plant being taken away from the source expedites the soil running out of nutrients.
It's green, it's alive, but i don't know about the fertility. Can you farm there ? I know that some local plants can be grown but i'm talking about actual farms made to feed a population
this is the best video on bunds, the didatic is unmatched. I had watched two other videos about this in the past, but you know when you finish watching something and feel like nothing was said? Yeah. But now I actually understood the concept, the implications, the applications, and even feel like I could go out into some dry areas here in Brazil and start restoring the land myself.
@Luigi2262_ VERY TRUE! New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and maybe southwest Texas all have state own lands. Need a state governed with a climate change attitude. 🐈
I drove through South Dakota, Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona this last week. The entire time thinking how simple it would be to catch the water and green the place up. I have seen similar techniques and am always amazed that we haven't done this EVERYWHERE!! The water shortage would be solved along with better food production and more wildlife. It should be a huge project.
I've seen this on TH-cam videos before, and the idea something as simple as a carefully angled semicircle - something all of us can do - could have such a huge impact on the environment is really heartwarming to see!
DAMN. All your macro shots of the soil, and the time lapses. ARE MAGNIFICENT. Paired with your fantastic storytelling, this is gold. Thanks for posting this
Beauty in simplicity and execution. I wish the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada would adopt this to increase vegetation and reduce flash floods that happen every time it rains even a tiny bit in the Las Vegas Valley, which has become almost pure concrete and tar from mountain to mountain, leaving us more and more susceptible to flooding.
@@MarkArcher-qv4lu one of the few ways to support it that will make a big impact is for tourists not to go. Pretty sure the government will immediately stop their actions considering the hit on the economy. A good chunk of the GDP is from tourism.
This is the most amazing thing I've seen this year. Simple, easy to reproduce method to literally change the world for the better. Well done to everyone involved!
This particular mission struck a chord very strongly in me... Helping the native population in an amazingly challenging environment literally fix the problem themselves, with their own hands! The scale is daunting, but the results are AMAZING! I give a fairly reasonable monthly donation to Planet Wild, and it is so rewarding! I am so happy to help. I would really appreciate anyone else who can even donate a small amount monthly to please join me.
Man i am so happy about this mission i actually teared up watching this.. of course all the missions more locally to where i live (europe) were important too but seeing such good results in the crisis of desertification just truly lit my soul up
Its very cool to see you in Africa, If you were to come to Botswana you would be amazed by the mostly untouched country. My country is so empty that you can drive for 1000km+ and all you will see is trees and ostriches and animals,but we dont appreciate it as much because we are used to it. I started appreciating the value of untouched wilderness when watched channels like yours and "Mossy Earth".
That's amazing stuff! And something I wish my government would see and spread to local farmers. It's not just spreading the work, but also spreading the knowledge for local farmers around the world to do to help their own properties!
Till the soil, seed grass, and irrigate - yup, that's how to do it. The bund design here is very practical and keeps the costs low even at a very low scale. Great work!
Amazing to see my favorite organisations collaborate!!! I love Just Diggit! Once in a while, when I feel shit, making a donation to Just Diggit, makes me feel better.
Its infuriating that those who suffer from climate change are the ones least responsible for and its also them who do the most to fix it. The injustice is genuinely maddening. Thank you to the people on the ground!
@@Moneymagi fun line, the truth is that these people are inspired but people like taylor swift take a damn private jet for a 15 minute flight and that's where the infuriation comes in bc climate change cannot just be fought by inspired people working around nature but must be fought by going against those that have the biggest impact on it. I can do both and you'd do better to maybe also become infuriated with the ruling class rather than preach about inspiration to the workers.
Well done. I just joined planet wild due to this amazingly effective project. I recently read the book Dirt which details how important soil is and I really appreciate the importance of this work to restore soil in arid places.
This is so interesting! I am a rancher in New Mexico in the United States. We have have many droughts in recent years, this could be a great way to increase the grass production on our ranch. We could spend less on hay and benefit the wildlife and our cattle. Thank you so much!
genuinely proud of these guys for the work and effort they put in to save our planet. Happy to be an onlooker who supports them along with taking my own small steps to helping our planet.
It's so satisfying to see simple and genius solutions. Thank you guys. I'm searching for a viable degraded land for me to buy here in Brazil, and I'll apply this technique for sure.
I love the earth smiles. And there's even more. First: they create rains!! And, if the vegetation is restored connected to a big body of water like a lake or the sea, they act as reversed rivers. They bring water inland, reaching even more dryer areas!!
The content that you all make continually brings me smile. In a former life I wanted to be a environmentalist so seeing these kinds of projects makes me feel that we may just make it!
Bunds and planting grass, trees and perennials is a great step to get life and tilth into the soil for water retention and productivity! Way to go, Planet Wild and collaborators!
This is so awesome ! The shape mimics the shape of a hoof. Which on a smaller scale does the exact same thing. That is why rotational grazing is so advantageous to land.
When they are man made they are called a bund, in Australia when they form by themselves they are called gilgai. Nature is incredible we have a lot to learn from her. Thankyou for doing such amazing work.
Fantastic...this video needs to go viral. It's great to see a process that not only works, but helps improve the environment and people's lives as well. Need a lot more content like this!
The Paani Foundation is doing similar work in India but on an amazingly larger scale, also at very low cost. Theirs is more comprehensive, creating even watering holes for wildlife and livestock...
1. Why wouldn't you use, say, a machine to make these a lot faster? 2. Why can't you make them alot bigger? Why is 5m the standard? 3. What if there is no slope, only flat land? Does erosion not happen on these lands? Keep up the great work guys! 👍
1. A machine costs a lot and needs maintenance. Hand work is very cheap in these areas and is done for own benefit. 2. Depending on the site, you can make bigger bunds (depressions) and plant a couple of trees. A 5 meters bund one person can make easily in that kind of soil. 3. On real flat lands there is no erosion, but a hard thin surface that keeps the water on top and it mostly evaporates. If you plough it 30 cm deep and let the weeds to dry out before the raining season, you improve dramatically the water absorbtion in the soil.
Watching this boosted my immune system and outlook! helping my own internal "ecosystem". I am so happy to be a regular subscriber and take part in Planet Wild's missions.
It was amazing to see all these people restoring the land so they could save their place to live in the future. Also, Trishala has so much positive energy. And she is cute 🙂
Well, I really, really support you and this project, I really hope that you achieve as much as possible and that you realize this in as many places as possible!
A relative of mine is a PhD agriculturist and he and his colleagues and many smart farmers are doing similar things all over the U.S. Delightful video. Take care of the soil and the soil will take care of the plant.
There are movements to preserve soil and prevent erosion all over the world! In North America, growing a lot of nitrogen-rich corn that replenishes the soil, and planting rye during winter flooding months to keep the soil intact, and making delicious rye.
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Wait... so months later the *only* green is exactly where you dumped grass seeds at (guessing drought tolerant) and the rest of the soil is as arid as always with *zero improvement⁉️* 🤔
Also the fact those bundts were shown with standing 💧 in them means they *also* aren't "absorbing water" which was _the entire point..._ and in Sub-Saharan Africa those tiny puddles will lose far more to *evaporation* than absorption and be dry within a day 👏
Why not just build 1 large reservoir which would have *_real utility_* and can be used for irrigation (among other things) the same way *every* developed nation does it⁉️ Oh wait, maybe because that would require the "budget" actually being spent _on the project_ due to the costs of needing real heavy equipment, operators, & engineers! Instead of the budget going to the salaries of 1 or 2 "oversight managers" who then hand shovels to locals/volunteers while they use clever narratives and pseudoscience to market a positive PR story on social media 💯
This is literally just giving the *_illusion_* that it's having any real effect for people who don't ask ?'s or think too hard 👍
The worst part of this sham is *millions* of 💵 are being embezzled through this project as going towards the _salaries_ of 1 or 2 "project management staff" (cos we *know* they aren't paying the villagers who are listed as "volunteers") on a "project" which they admit doesn't take any expensive equipment and is done using local/"volunteer" labor 🤨
And anyone who's skeptical about how *useless* this "project" is... Grady from "Practical Engineering" channel has a video in his hydrology series *disproving* the "dry soil doesn't absorb water" myth and he even references the _original video_ that they stole the image of the "3 cups draining into the ground" from‼️👍
If a world renowned professional civil engineer who's specialty is hydrology can't convince you this is a scam; you're a lost cause...
It's a shame because I truly believed in a lot of the work I've seen from you guys! Now I gotta take a 2nd look at old projects and maintain healthy skepticism of future ones 😔
@@QUEfrangamazing earth smiles.
Congratulations
I wanted to be part of this kind of group
It's like how bison used to till the soil of the great plain from just walking around in huge herds. Then people starting migrating west and building railways. Bison got in the way of transport so hunters from the Americas and across the world came to hunt them down, killing most of the bison. Thus the natural tilling of the soil disappeared, and the Midwest got dust storms.
I remember seeing this happen directly in real time in front of my school in spain, in an area that had eroded extremely.... after rain started gathering in a divot in the land that surrounded an older tree it just started to become green and grassy somehow. It was practically an oasis that just kept spreading.
omg I didn't know they were doing this in Spain, that's so cool !
@@clarpy it doesn’t sound like an effort was made, just a natural example of the process they are using in the video.
Nice Spain needs alot of work, most of the country is turning into a desert!
Nature always finds a way, majority of times humans are simply mimicking what nature already did.
I live in Spain too and throughout the video I was wondering if there is any project I can get involved in. I'm in Castilla y León and we desperately need to regreen some areas. The only issue is the extreme temperature chances from Summer to Winter.
the sad things is when you work in conservation , your salary is low and you always work overtime. but I think the result is the most rewarding
It should be the opposite, as without a healthy, diverse ecosystem humanity is doomed.
@@CastleKnight7 the result is something in the future. usually we (fieldworkers) suffer while doing it and also afterwards, because people with more power take it
The sad part is when you checkout these non-profits then do environmental work, mental health, support, children, women, etc. which you see is that only 5% of what they take in goes to the actual cause and 90 to 95% is what these the creators, directors, CEOs whatever you wanna call them the big shots at the head of these organizations are pocketing, or taking in salary. They were the ones that profit the most just look at Prince Harry and his wife’s nonprofits/charity. Only 5% goes to the actual cause. 😢
@CastleKnight the problem is if you make conservation profitable it will attract all of the wrong people and become just another dead aspect of our society that's been ruined by money and greed
@@CastleKnight7unfortunately people vote against government doing these things because taxes
It's a shame Yacouba Sawadogo left this earth before he saw his innovations and hard work spread across Africa.
I just looked him up! He sounds like a great activist
@@sarahwatts7152 wouldn't call him an activists, but more like a visionary. Most of the techniques used for regeneration of degraded landscapes used in Africa come from his work during the drought in the Sahel during the late 80s and 90s. Unfortunately because he was a poor farmer with little formal education he couldn't promote his innovations beyond his local community. However, his work has been studied by international organisations and the traditional methods he applied have been widely adopted for land recovery.
Yeah, his achievements are a source of inspiration, and he'd surely be delighted to see the "Earth smiles" and the impact they create!
@@planet-wildyou guys should credit him or make a video on him
Is tht who came up with this? Do you have any links or videos where I can actually learn to do this? Im really pissed off at this channel for getting me excited about healin the soil and then locking it behind a paywall? Or keeping it to themselves for whatever scummy reasons they might try to explain.
I get goosebumps when I picture the satisfaction these people will feel when they're old and grey, looking at a green pasture, reminiscing to kids about how dry and barren it once was.
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Скоро все высохнет - и мы начнем с начала )))
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"And we are done!"
"You are not done..." 😂
Awesome mission! I bet all those insects are super happy that they can live inside an Earth Smile!
I also love the "Custodians of the land" expression 👏
Hoofed animals coming back helps break up the hard surface of the soil in between the smiles, allowing water to soak in everywhere. When we slaughtered the bison in North America, people didn't realize how vital their roaming was to the prairie ecosystem.
Huh. I never knew the roaming of bisons and other hoofed animals help water soak in the soil. That's a whole new perspective, expanding on how every little thing has a purpose in life! thanks for letting me know something new
Same thing for the Kenyan elephants. Remember the UK "conservationist" who ordered the massacre of 40,000 elephants to "protect" the local ecology? Colonial arrogance has been so incredibly destructive & deadly.
The same thing was done to millions of a keystone animal, the beaver.
The hard surface is created by...hoofed animals! Wildebeest are native and they travel by the millions. It is what the ecosystem has evolved into. Breaking up the hard soil is not what they do, they compact the soil. Hoof shape and weight have certain effects.
@winstonsmiths2449 I attended a lecture on this very subject within the past few years, and it was described as relatively recent findings. The large hoofed animals do indeed break up the dry, hard surface, allowing both water and plant seeds etc to penetrate. This is still an active area of research, so they could still find even more new information that complicates the picture further, but this was the latest fairly recently.
This community can do a 100 times more good for the wild than my government with 500 times less money
Big organisations mostly inefficient so a close knitted community is naturally more effective for almost every subject including making video games to building stuff.
That's why I love organizations like planet wild and mossy earth. They show small specific projects, where a few people tackle a specific problem super effectively. Them documenting it also shows other people how things can be done.
A lot of _effective_ organizations receive governmemt funding, eg: Ducks Unlimited, so it's not so straight-forward as to say "government is bad".
Private firms make loads of money off environmental restoration. Look up environmental credits. I was in environmental construction for 6 years man it's a huge racket. Way more about the money than the restoration.
@@jamesfoster1859ah yes
Let's see how well carbon credits have worked
This is even worse than throwing paper into bins and wishing upon a star that the government works
I've seen this done on a much smaller scale in Australia - semicircular divets about a foot wide dug into the soil catch seeds and water and restore scrubland beautifully.
this is incredible. in theory this would work on a smaller scale in our own localities as well, i can’t wait to try it !!
Great idea! Would love to hear back from you after you implemented it! 💪
Yeah, the great plains is starting to get a drought problem so I think we should consider doing this here myself, I mean I live right by multiple waterways so I can't really use it much on my own property but still
Are there area maps that show humidity levels (looking for the lowest areas, making a smile there) -for the communities project
Kenyan project - 5 stars, bravo
In Phoenix they suggest these for the front yard
All the best ❤
its heartwarming and refreshing to see local, native communities being worked with and empowered to work on their own land, rather than working around or against them. Love everything about this!
amazing video!!! In environmental science we were taught that soil is a non renewable resource that takes 10s of 1000s of years to regenerate, and while i guess that is true on the scale of the entire lithosphere, this video has been enlightening to me as it shows how quickly we can restore soil fertility in a matter of years!!! You guys are doing gods work, I wish this channel had millions of subs and supporters why is everyone sleeping on your channel you guys are awesome!!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement! There are indeed lots of simple solutions for complex problems, and we never stop learning ourselves. Feel free to forward the video to those who might appreciate it! ☺
Maybe those time scales would be for natural regeneration. Humans can destroy things quickly, but they can also significantly speed up recovery.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526 This plus the soil is not actually useless soil. It's just dried out and probably still has a high potential for fertility if treated the right way.
@@thorwaldjohanson2526
It's not that - soil IS a finite resources and finite in nutrients.
Take X amount of soil, and plant something in it - in order for the plant to live it'll utilise many of the nutrients within the soil.
Over time those nutrients get depleted, which is a huge issue in farming and why they keep adding fertilisers. This is why protecting environments is important.
All of those nutrients in the plant being taken away from the source expedites the soil running out of nutrients.
It's green, it's alive, but i don't know about the fertility.
Can you farm there ? I know that some local plants can be grown but i'm talking about actual farms made to feed a population
this is the best video on bunds, the didatic is unmatched. I had watched two other videos about this in the past, but you know when you finish watching something and feel like nothing was said? Yeah. But now I actually understood the concept, the implications, the applications, and even feel like I could go out into some dry areas here in Brazil and start restoring the land myself.
Thanks for the feedback - really appreciate it 😊
Yeah, once you understand the technique it becomes an extremely useful tool. Way to go justdiggit and thank you to planet wild for showcasing it!
@@CastleKnight7 not just digging, you need to find where the water goes down
We can do this in North America to help mitigate our droughts 🌱 Thanks, Planet Wild!
This will only work for small farms, tractors would have to work around those holes or get stuck in the mud in them.
It might not need to be in farms specifically. There are often undeveloped areas that could use projects like these
You need to see such projects in India where large scale implementation has been done. @@Luigi2262_
@Luigi2262_ VERY TRUE! New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and maybe southwest Texas all have state own lands. Need a state governed with a climate change attitude. 🐈
Do you actually think our government will allow it?
I drove through South Dakota, Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona this last week. The entire time thinking how simple it would be to catch the water and green the place up. I have seen similar techniques and am always amazed that we haven't done this EVERYWHERE!! The water shortage would be solved along with better food production and more wildlife. It should be a huge project.
I've seen this on TH-cam videos before, and the idea something as simple as a carefully angled semicircle - something all of us can do - could have such a huge impact on the environment is really heartwarming to see!
It is God still giving us a hand out in simple basic forms, no complexities out of love
DAMN. All your macro shots of the soil, and the time lapses. ARE MAGNIFICENT. Paired with your fantastic storytelling, this is gold. Thanks for posting this
I loved the name "Earth Smiles". What a fantastic project, yet again.
yes good name - originally called Demi-lunes, this is many decades old.
Beauty in simplicity and execution. I wish the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada would adopt this to increase vegetation and reduce flash floods that happen every time it rains even a tiny bit in the Las Vegas Valley, which has become almost pure concrete and tar from mountain to mountain, leaving us more and more susceptible to flooding.
perhaps you could raise the concept with them.
If they hesitate to fund it, they might still be likely to let a group of volunteers try it out themselves.
The land will continue to degrade if the Maasai are removed from their lands, these communities need our support
Unfortunately Tanzania and Kenya government are removing Masai people from their land so they can create more tourist attraction.
Then you support them.
@@MarkArcher-qv4lu I absolutely do
@@MarkArcher-qv4lu one of the few ways to support it that will make a big impact is for tourists not to go. Pretty sure the government will immediately stop their actions considering the hit on the economy. A good chunk of the GDP is from tourism.
Do they own those lands or did they steal them from the white man?
The results are almost unbelievable! Such small action repeated can change the face of the earth!
Y'all just made a grown man cry :)
Thank goodness I am not alone in that.
@@ricklotter @cigarhate the intentional resurrection of parts of the planet dead from man's foolishness is holy. bringing life is holy
"and that is ok"
@@aymanachkaj3333yep
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This is the most amazing thing I've seen this year. Simple, easy to reproduce method to literally change the world for the better. Well done to everyone involved!
This particular mission struck a chord very strongly in me... Helping the native population in an amazingly challenging environment literally fix the problem themselves, with their own hands! The scale is daunting, but the results are AMAZING!
I give a fairly reasonable monthly donation to Planet Wild, and it is so rewarding! I am so happy to help. I would really appreciate anyone else who can even donate a small amount monthly to please join me.
Man i am so happy about this mission i actually teared up watching this.. of course all the missions more locally to where i live (europe) were important too but seeing such good results in the crisis of desertification just truly lit my soul up
Its very cool to see you in Africa, If you were to come to Botswana you would be amazed by the mostly untouched country. My country is so empty that you can drive for 1000km+ and all you will see is trees and ostriches and animals,but we dont appreciate it as much because we are used to it. I started appreciating the value of untouched wilderness when watched channels like yours and "Mossy Earth".
It's fantastic that there are still such places on Earth. 💚
Botswana government is driving away the San from their land to make way for mining
When are you gonna send 200k Elephants to Germany? 😂😂😂😂
@@Reppo80085 Probabyl after the elections
That's amazing stuff! And something I wish my government would see and spread to local farmers. It's not just spreading the work, but also spreading the knowledge for local farmers around the world to do to help their own properties!
What a brilliant approach! It feels amazing to be a Planet Wild supporter! 💚
Till the soil, seed grass, and irrigate - yup, that's how to do it. The bund design here is very practical and keeps the costs low even at a very low scale. Great work!
Amazing to see my favorite organisations collaborate!!! I love Just Diggit! Once in a while, when I feel shit, making a donation to Just Diggit, makes me feel better.
Probably the most fun video you’ve done so far?! LOVE the energy in this, and the editing!!
Love this mission, and how the efforts are led by the local people.
Its infuriating that those who suffer from climate change are the ones least responsible for and its also them who do the most to fix it. The injustice is genuinely maddening. Thank you to the people on the ground!
Infuriation is what you got out of this? How about Inspiration?
@@Moneymagi fun line, the truth is that these people are inspired but people like taylor swift take a damn private jet for a 15 minute flight and that's where the infuriation comes in bc climate change cannot just be fought by inspired people working around nature but must be fought by going against those that have the biggest impact on it. I can do both and you'd do better to maybe also become infuriated with the ruling class rather than preach about inspiration to the workers.
Wrong. Herding cattle and goats is the most important cause for soil degradation and destertification.
You think this is a recent issue? They didn't even have a wheel invented, or agriculture before colonialism
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It brought tears to mine and my wife's eyes!
A wonderful project I heavily want to support!
thank you guys for giving sustainability to places that need it instead of giving them a handout
i remember seeing a video on these the other year, i found it really impressive. Love the promotion of this kind of conservation
Another great project you guys supported! And I'm very grateful that I may support you guys!! Thx for your work!!
Permaculture practices can help to heal the planet! Those smiles are mini swales capturing water. Great to see this happening!
Wow! So heartening!! Lets all do more and live in a beautiful green world!!!
Bump comment! This is amazing!! More people NEED to see this!!!
I love this mission so much! Such a simple act with an incredible knock-on effect.
My first mission. Glad I've joined. You're doing amazing work. 💚
Well done. I just joined planet wild due to this amazingly effective project. I recently read the book Dirt which details how important soil is and I really appreciate the importance of this work to restore soil in arid places.
That's a great book indeed!
Happy to have you on board ☺
So proud to be a tiny part of this. I love your work.
This is so interesting! I am a rancher in New Mexico in the United States. We have have many droughts in recent years, this could be a great way to increase the grass production on our ranch. We could spend less on hay and benefit the wildlife and our cattle. Thank you so much!
genuinely proud of these guys for the work and effort they put in to save our planet. Happy to be an onlooker who supports them along with taking my own small steps to helping our planet.
Well done people this is a fantastic project!
Thank you for giving me hope that the planet can be saved... from ourselves.
This is the reason why I LOVE NATURE!!
thank you & the team for making earth a better place than it already is!
I'm so happy that I'm supporting this
It's so satisfying to see simple and genius solutions. Thank you guys. I'm searching for a viable degraded land for me to buy here in Brazil, and I'll apply this technique for sure.
I love this initiative! Giving people the know how to create something good for themselves and doing something longterm good for the enviroment too.
This is amazing. I wish all the best to the people living there and achieving this great goal!
I love it! Right people for right answers! Community is all! Greetings from Ecuador
I love the earth smiles. And there's even more. First: they create rains!! And, if the vegetation is restored connected to a big body of water like a lake or the sea, they act as reversed rivers. They bring water inland, reaching even more dryer areas!!
You guys makes me feel hopeful for humanity.
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The content that you all make continually brings me smile. In a former life I wanted to be a environmentalist so seeing these kinds of projects makes me feel that we may just make it!
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You are creating hope and healing in a time of incredible difficulty ❤
This got me to donate. It felt so good to reach out and join in making the world better for people.
Thanks for joining our community of supporters and making our rewilding missions possible! 🙏
Love seeing these kinds of projects! Investing in the earth, and then watching it flourish...such a great feeling!
Bunds and planting grass, trees and perennials is a great step to get life and tilth into the soil for water retention and productivity! Way to go, Planet Wild and collaborators!
It kinda shows why there use to be so much megafauna and what it did. And now that there gone. It shows what they do/did.
This is so awesome !
The shape mimics the shape of a hoof. Which on a smaller scale does the exact same thing. That is why rotational grazing is so advantageous to land.
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Finally, you've come to my country 🇰🇪🥳so much respect for the work 🙏🏾
When they are man made they are called a bund, in Australia when they form by themselves they are called gilgai. Nature is incredible we have a lot to learn from her. Thankyou for doing such amazing work.
I love this growing "pandamic" of regenerative farming and landscaping 🥰🙏🇩🇪
Fantastic...this video needs to go viral. It's great to see a process that not only works, but helps improve the environment and people's lives as well. Need a lot more content like this!
This is beautiful. Proud to be a supporter.
The way is change happens so quickly is what really blows me away! Incredible work.
The Paani Foundation is doing similar work in India but on an amazingly larger scale, also at very low cost. Theirs is more comprehensive, creating even watering holes for wildlife and livestock...
1. Why wouldn't you use, say, a machine to make these a lot faster?
2. Why can't you make them alot bigger? Why is 5m the standard?
3. What if there is no slope, only flat land? Does erosion not happen on these lands?
Keep up the great work guys! 👍
1. A machine costs a lot and needs maintenance. Hand work is very cheap in these areas and is done for own benefit.
2. Depending on the site, you can make bigger bunds (depressions) and plant a couple of trees. A 5 meters bund one person can make easily in that kind of soil.
3. On real flat lands there is no erosion, but a hard thin surface that keeps the water on top and it mostly evaporates. If you plough it 30 cm deep and let the weeds to dry out before the raining season, you improve dramatically the water absorbtion in the soil.
Watching this boosted my immune system and outlook! helping my own internal "ecosystem". I am so happy to be a regular subscriber and take part in Planet Wild's missions.
I love so much being part of this community, great work Planet Wild, you are restoring my faith in humanity one "smile" at a time 💚
I'm amazed.. I need to read more about that method. What the heck
Brilliant and inspiring, well done!
It was amazing to see all these people restoring the land so they could save their place to live in the future.
Also, Trishala has so much positive energy. And she is cute
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Beautiful people loving and caring for our beautiful Earth... Made me cry joyful tears
So wonderful to hear 💙 Thanking every single individual for their hard work
The video isnt even finished and I have already signed up for monthly donations. This is so good. Thankyoi. For sharing.
This is so amazing! Finally something that gives me hope. Well done everyone. Thanks for sharing!🙌
I need more channels like this it's very inspiring and optimistic, and I'm starting to CRAVE that optimism I had as a kid.
Finally became a supporter. Keep up the good work.
Great project! Thank you for spreading the word!!
As the earth starts smiling, I'll smile too 😃wonderful to see simple solutions work wonders 💚
I’m so happy to have subscribed to you guys! Keep fighting for our planet! ❤️❤️❤️
Seeing this delights my heart 🥰 proud supporter!
Well, I really, really support you and this project, I really hope that you achieve as much as possible and that you realize this in as many places as possible!
this technique seems to be the backbone behind the Great Green Wall of Africa 💚🌍
So excited about this!!! It's amazing that something so simple can have such a powerful impact!!
Great work, Planet Wild! 🙌💚
A relative of mine is a PhD agriculturist and he and his colleagues and many smart farmers are doing similar things all over the U.S. Delightful video. Take care of the soil and the soil will take care of the plant.
You guys make me happy
Happy to hear it 😊💚
Thank you for this awesome video about restoration of soil! I'm glad to be a member of the Planet Wild community!
There are movements to preserve soil and prevent erosion all over the world! In North America, growing a lot of nitrogen-rich corn that replenishes the soil, and planting rye during winter flooding months to keep the soil intact, and making delicious rye.
Once again Africa teaching the world how to save itself! There is so much love and integrity coming out of these noble people for eons!
Other countries have been doing this for decades do better research sweetie.
so glad I found planet wild!
Wonderful! 💚
The video touches me and gives hope.
Many greetings from Berlin.
What a great project. Pls give them more money, it's worth it❤❤❤