What a legend! Imagine taking over your family farm as a teenager and then making it a paradise. We need millions of Sepp Holzers all around the world! Then we can heal our planet and ensure a prosperous future :)
"Imagine taking over your family farm as a teenager and then making it a paradise" - Than comes with more people needed of that... But who the hell has land
Zach Weiss, I am trying to get your attention. I greatly applaud what you are doing with "Water Stories". I've only known about your work for a few days now, but have already watched quite a few of your videos. There are ways that I could help you. At age 77 I have been aware of the problem and the solution for about half a century, and I have not been idle. Not sure if you noticed a comment I made on one of your other videos, to wit, that if you wish to see what I can offer, you could start with the link I will give in a moment. But there are two things I need to say up front about Sepp Holzer and about Keyline. They both have the right idea, but they depend on fossil fuels and they don't stick strictly to perfect contour lines with perpendicular drop structures but rather use earth moving machinery and transits to establish swales with slight slopes and then zigzag them. They also needlessly rely on ponds, which can do more harm than good. Shallow zanjas (de infiltracion) starting at weirs (as opposed to dams) on true contours, only about a foot wide and 6 inches deep, dug and maintained by hand (shovel and hoe) is a better way to go. No machinery is necessary at any point. If a pond develops, it will be upstream from the weir. The water will flow in either direction within the zanja according to which end of it is open. The zigzag effect is achieved by alternating the drop structures from one developing "anden" (or terrace) within the developing "andenaria (or terraced landscape) to the next. Think of rice paddies, but originally with individual slopes. Okay, here is the link: th-cam.com/play/PLuJbg6eLC7Y2zEoIQo-o7lDMqE18-L7B1.html
It's counter intuitive, but healthy water bodies have plenty of predators and therefore very few mosquitos. Mosquito larvae in the water are sitting ducks and food for everything else. It's in areas with seasonal puddles, areas with water but no aquatic predators, where mosquitos really thrive. Usually it's a little more buggy at times around dusk and dawn right around the water, but outside of that you don't notice any increase. In fact some students have noticed a decrease, at times when there were tons of mosquitos elsewhere, around the water bodies there were fewer.
That's not entirely true...Yes, not having money makes things harder, but there are a number of ways to acquire machinery. There are a bunch of people from Zach's course doing big things with little money all over the world right now.
What a legend! Imagine taking over your family farm as a teenager and then making it a paradise. We need millions of Sepp Holzers all around the world! Then we can heal our planet and ensure a prosperous future :)
more rebels.
"Imagine taking over your family farm as a teenager and then making it a paradise" - Than comes with more people needed of that... But who the hell has land
typical rich boomer trying to be a snob.. he never digg anything like a lay rich mofo than think he is a goeroe
I never tire of Sepp Holzer videos.
Make Nature great again
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Nature Is Great, and Dieu Est Bon.
Sepp is a true inspiration & has had a major impact on how I'm trying to shape our little homestead property 💖
We have got a small farm near Kaluga one year ago. Thank you for the Great Idea❤
Sepp is a legend! Great animations on this vid. Wonderful work y’all
Power to the People
Danke Sepp ❤
Congrats, Zach.
Zach Weiss, I am trying to get your attention. I greatly applaud what you are doing with "Water Stories". I've only known about your work for a few days now, but have already watched quite a few of your videos. There are ways that I could help you. At age 77 I have been aware of the problem and the solution for about half a century, and I have not been idle. Not sure if you noticed a comment I made on one of your other videos, to wit, that if you wish to see what I can offer, you could start with the link I will give in a moment. But there are two things I need to say up front about Sepp Holzer and about Keyline. They both have the right idea, but they depend on fossil fuels and they don't stick strictly to perfect contour lines with perpendicular drop structures but rather use earth moving machinery and transits to establish swales with slight slopes and then zigzag them. They also needlessly rely on ponds, which can do more harm than good. Shallow zanjas (de infiltracion) starting at weirs (as opposed to dams) on true contours, only about a foot wide and 6 inches deep, dug and maintained by hand (shovel and hoe) is a better way to go. No machinery is necessary at any point. If a pond develops, it will be upstream from the weir. The water will flow in either direction within the zanja according to which end of it is open. The zigzag effect is achieved by alternating the drop structures from one developing "anden" (or terrace) within the developing "andenaria (or terraced landscape) to the next. Think of rice paddies, but originally with individual slopes. Okay, here is the link: th-cam.com/play/PLuJbg6eLC7Y2zEoIQo-o7lDMqE18-L7B1.html
we gotta take the power back!
I wish that we knew more about his present project....
Very cool
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Come possiamo avere un suo consulto?
Free the People
And what about the illnesses due to 🦟 mosquitoes? Ideas 😅?
It's counter intuitive, but healthy water bodies have plenty of predators and therefore very few mosquitos. Mosquito larvae in the water are sitting ducks and food for everything else. It's in areas with seasonal puddles, areas with water but no aquatic predators, where mosquitos really thrive.
Usually it's a little more buggy at times around dusk and dawn right around the water, but outside of that you don't notice any increase. In fact some students have noticed a decrease, at times when there were tons of mosquitos elsewhere, around the water bodies there were fewer.
Fish?
Great video -- I'm not sure if the tropical leafcutter ants were the right choice for the animation though.
Yeah, in reallife people don';t have the money for machines too digg bigg ponds fast.
That's not entirely true...Yes, not having money makes things harder, but there are a number of ways to acquire machinery. There are a bunch of people from Zach's course doing big things with little money all over the world right now.
small steps still get you home
We use shovels and spades, they still work. Start small if you can't afford big machines. Rather than pointing out the problems find the solutions
You could rent them.