Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to ...
Sahara Desert to Forest Project
Sahara Desert into Sahara Forest
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Andy posted a discussionWhy Sahara Forest
I'd like to know why other people would like to help turn the desert to an abundant, green paradise. I have a number of reasons, not least being that I'd like to live somewhere that doesn't have all the crap our present society entails. It's possible that by starting somewhere fresh we might be able to leave all that behind.But there's a more obscure reason I like the idea.A couple of years after I left school, I came across graphology. I was fascinated by the idea that you could discern deep…See More
"You are very Welcome Kourtney,
Have a look around at the videos in particular. You are welcome to email me any time you have any questions. If you would like to be active and get involved in skype conversations please let me know.
all the…"
Andy replied to Andy's discussion Geeks Discuss Greening the Desert"Yeah, I was open minded about it till I got to the price, 25 billion or something. Insane when you consider it will dry up or become saline in a relatively short period. Think what we could do with 25 billion. It's the way the people who want…"
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Manmade_River
This was an interesting link. Some Engineering project. Respect to Libya. It is of course unsustainable, but if it were used to restart the forest, it could prove to be a big part of the…"
Andy posted a discussionGeeks Discuss Greening the Desert
This is funny, but also informative. http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1154298Some of the ideas might be interesting to discuss. One puts forward the theory that the sahara is 'naturally' a desert and there's no point in trying to change that. Someone else then says "But were the atmospheric conditions so different when the Sahara was green, 6000 years ago? I've read about Earth tilt changing at this…See More
"sounds interesting !"
Andy posted a discussionWendy Campbell-Purdie - Woman Against the Desert
Wendy Campbell Purdie started the Green Belt across the Sahara, but died before she could finish it.In 1959 she bought a one-way ticket to North Africa and set to work planting trees. On forty-five acres of desert in Morocco (Tiznit), she planted 2,000 trees, and four years later they were twelve feet high. She proved that this manmade strip of oasis would change the climate (increase the surface humidity) by growing wheat and barley in the shelter the trees provided.Then she went to Algeria,…See More
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Sahara Permaculture Open Day, Cork, 1 October 2011
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…
ContinuePosted by Andy on September 1, 2011 at 19:28
http://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/en/node/15521
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
Posted by Donal O'Riordain on July 2, 2011 at 20:17 — 1 Comment
Thesis completed – What is the potential for reducing atmospheric CO2 levels through solar-desalinated irrigated vegetation of the Sahara and Arabian deserts?
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
Posted by Craig Embleton on February 15, 2011 at 18:45 — 1 Comment
save the planet
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Posted by Donal O'Riordain on July 19, 2010 at 12:52 — 2 Comments
trees
Give me two people, one with seeds in their hand, one with an axe.I bet the one with the seeds can plant 40 trees before the person with the axe can fell one, let alone ship and use the tree
Posted by Donal O'Riordain on April 11, 2010 at 23:42 — 2 Comments
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