Hi, we're making a bit of progress with the permaculture pilot funding for Morocco, which is planned as the first stage. More info (though not much yet!) at http://saharaforest.org/ . We're planning an open day/weekend for kicking things off.  Any saharaforest ning members, please come if you can! But no worries, I'll post an update about it here after.:

Here's the invitation,

We invite Irish permaculturalists to a special event, a Berber…

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Using the website above we hope to plant 1000 Trees in Ireland towards the goal.

 

While I have little time for the UN, many of its links are useful. It could also help get us publicity and increase awareness of our project, so if you would like to participate please join under Ireland (even if you live elsewhere and will plant elsewhere).

 

all the best,

Donal

I have finally completed my MSc thesis: What is the potential for reducing atmospheric CO₂ levels through solar-desalinated irrigated vegetation of the Sahara and Arabian deserts? The purpose of this thesis was to estimate how much carbon could be sequestered annually in the Sahara and Arabian deserts if those deserts were irrigated with seawater that had been desalinated using CSP, allowing the establishment of vegetation and formation of soil. Successful sequestration of carbon in… Continue

Discussion here on saharaforest

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/15/to-save-the-planet-from-global-warming-turn-the-sahara-green/