Comments on: Greening the Desert

By: Mikkel Ottersen

Mikkel Ottersen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:48:03 +0000

First thank you all for the good work.
My question is if this video on youtube with arabic subtitles?
I hope this has already been done, but i cannot find it on the internet (maybe becourse i do not speak arabic).

Mikkel Ottersen

By: Craig Mackintosh

Craig Mackintosh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:20:25 +0000

Hi Everyone. You can watch a full 35 minute update to the work in Jordan - including a good look at the original 'Greening the Desert' site here.

By: DownNDirty

DownNDirty — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:00:59 +0000

“Seems to me that the results were mainly due to the mountain of organic materials that were free on-site. Dump that much organic stuff on a concrete parking lot and you could grow about anything on it. Swales were necessary for water though, so good job there.”

You only need mulch during the beginning. The nitrogen fixing “mulch trees” are pruned during wetter periods for mulch. This causes their roots to self prune releasing nitrogen fixing bacteria. Fruit trees also provide mulch in the form of fallen leaves, branches, etc.

By: Jorge Crespo

Jorge Crespo — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:45:02 +0000

I wonder if anyone could pinpoint the exact location in “GPS” coordinates so we could trace this project from Google Earth?

Thanks very much to everyone

By: Amir Mor-Mussery

Amir Mor-Mussery — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:53:37 +0000

Good Week! I wish to contact the researchers who did the work on litter spreading. please contact me through this mail. Do you have a article on this topic?
Best Regards!
Amir.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:34:38 +0000

What is the name us the name if the fungus which make the salt in the soil inert?

By: Brad Abbott

Brad Abbott — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:37:06 +0000

Hello, this project sounds great. I am interested in finding out about any long term, independent studies that have been done of this project. Does anyone know of any? Are there other projects like this with associated studies. We would like to pursue funding for a similar project in some areas of Southeast Asia (Islands), but the bar is pretty high regarding data. Any help on this would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Brad

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:07 +0000

Thats great, well done.

By: Assaf Koss

Assaf Koss — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:13 +0000

In a world where so many things are done with money – it is understandable for him to need it to achieve goals beyond self-reliant living (shelter, water, food) – like flying around the world, running websites and different methods of passing the knowledge and experience around. Even some extra money for costly infrastructure that may be needed at first, and then works by itself pretty well. Permaculture is not about detaching yourself from the world – it is about advancing the current state of the world.

By: mark exelby

mark exelby — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:37:30 +0000

also why do you need to rely on students for the farm to pay, surely if the farm was truly self sufficient then income from students would not be needed. You do not seem to be promoting food production but a college.