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In the small town of Riverton at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island is Robert and Robyn Guyton’s amazing 23-year-old food forest. The 2-acre property has been transformed from a neglected piece of land into a thriving ecosystem of native and exotic trees where birds and insects live in abundance. Robert and Robyn are a huge inspiration to us, not only for their beautiful approach to healing the land and saving heritage trees and seeds, but for the way they’ve impacted on their local community. They’ve operated an environment centre in their town for over 20 years, where the community comes together to learn and discuss, buy produce and sit by the warm fire over a cuppa. We’ve even heard of folk who’ve up and moved to Riverton because they’re so inspired by the Guytons! Support Happen Films: http://patreon.com/happenfilms Website: http://happenfilms.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/happenfilms Twitter: http://twitter.com/happenfilms Instagram: http://instagram.com/jordosmond South Coast Environment Society: http://www.sces.org.nz Robert and Robyn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheForestGar…

Geoff Lawton discovers an oasis in the middle of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. The system was created 80 years ago. Built during the Roosevelt era, the system was designed to passively harvest water and build soil without human assistance. We could regreen a lot of deserts this way. For more information visit: http://permaculturenews.org/2014/10/1…

We’re off to the Middle East to grow vegetables! How? Geoff Lawton is taking us on a tour through his pioneer plants that can Green the Desert!

For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has been working on his worldwide mission to green deserts and to restore biodiversity. It all started in 1995 when Liu filmed the Loess-plateau in China. He witnessed a local population who turned an area of almost the same size as The Netherlands from a dry, exhausted wasteland into one green oasis. This experience changed his life. From that moment on, Liu has been travelling all over the world to convince and inspire government leaders, policy-makers and farmers with his film material and knowledge. Liu diligently spreads the message that restoration of ecosystems is not only possible, but also economically very meaningful. Backlight accompanies Liu on his mission in Jordan and shows on the basis of Liu’s own film material that a green future is possible worldwide. Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2011. © Backlight 2011 VPRO Documentary: Our globalized world causes societies, economies and cultures to seek a new balance. VPRO Documentary reflects on this with new features every week. We research subjects like politics, world economy, society and science with experts and try to grasp the essence of prominent trends and developments. So subscribe to our channel and we will be delighted to share our adventures with you! Visit additional youtube channels bij VPRO broadcast: VPRO Broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC75P… VPRO Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpna… VPRO Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9sX… VPRO World Stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ6… VPRO Extra: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTLr… VPRO VG (world music): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KX… VPRO 3voor12 (alternative music): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-p9… VPRO 3voor12 extra (music stories): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtgV… http://www.VPRObroadcast.com Credits: Composition: Jeroen van den Berk / Gijs Meyer Swantee Regie: Rob van Hattum / John D. Liu Research: Gerko Wessel Production: Marie Schutgens End redactors: Henneke Hagen / Jos de Putter English, French and Spanish subtitles: Ericsson. French and Spanish subtitles are co-funded by European Union.

In this presentation, John D. Liu describes and shows video of his long formative journey starting with the revitalization of the Loess Plateau in China. John later turned this experience into the BBC World Documentary, Hope In A Changing Climate. This is the Full Video of John D. Liu’s presentation, Ecosystem Based Adaptation, The Great Work Of Our Time, that he presented at The Brooklyn Commons in New York on October 21st 2016. The Loess Plateau was a large, decimated eco-system and with an orchestrated community effort was able to be restored, a feet no one knew was possible before it started. John was transformed by this amazing restoration process and has been able to share it with many other countries such as Ethiopia and Rwanda to help them repeat the success. John is continuing these efforts with the company Commonland which is developing restoration camps around the world. He talks about all of these experiences and the knowledge he learned from them in this entertaining presentation. Enjoy! Please share your thoughts and inspirations in the comment section and click the like button if you appreciated this video. Find out more info about John D. Liu’s and his revitalization camps at http://www.Commonland.com The presentaion was hosted by Andrew Faust; http://www.PermaCultureNewYork.com Music by http://www.AbelOkugawa.com The presentation was filmed and edited by Abe Costanza at, http://www.GoodAncestorsMedia.com

10 Most Beautiful Desert Oasis in The World

Siwa is Egypt’s hidden paradise. About Siwa: Siwa is known to have been settled since at least the 10th millennium BC, the earliest evidence of connection with ancient Egypt. Its fame also lies primarily in its ancient role as the home to an oracle of Ammon, the ruins of which are a popular tourist attraction which gave the oasis its ancient name Ammonium. #thisisegypt