Roadmap to Village Prosperity | Paani Fdn India #2

[@SumedhJadhav-hy5oe]

As a maharashtrian this make me really proud of my fellow maharashtrians. This feels unbelievable how we can tackle such problems just coming together.

[@nv3796]

What was the joke in Marathi language by the good doctor?

[@unhippy1]

i thought that resulted in more maharashtrians?

[@yashwantkulkarni4818]

@@nv3796 sorry not audible enough to understand

[@raincoast9010]

This is so wonderful, not only the water which is amazing but the farming practices.

[@vivalaleta]

What a brilliant contest with such encouraging results. If only other countries, such as the US, would get behind regenerative improvements like this.

[@pattibrown1809]

I was thinking the same thing! I'd love to start this in Southern Arizona!

[@crashwelder5337]

Good luck the United States is owned by corporation. They do not care about the people the future the environment resources other than money

[@MrJmreal6688]

@@pattibrown1809 It takes normal people to start. Look forward to seeing your progress!

[@swatisharma9006]

@@pattibrown1809if you succeed in doing so, please share how? I don’t see a direction on how can we bring city residents and officials together to do something of this sort.

[@SamuHell782]

I believe the Work Projects Administration did some water catchment programs. But in America every generation has their parrot call version of "CoMmUnIsM" that prevents common sense practices of benefiting ALL Americans.

[@mzimmerman1988]

I have been looking forward to this series all year! Whenever I meet someone from India, I always mention the work the Paani foundation is doing. The project seems to be evolving quickly and will serve as a great template for other countries wanting to better manage their water/food resources.

[@amillison]

Thanks sweetie.much :-)

[@janosik150]

People of India found wisdom in ancestors who understood the land they lived, without technology.

[@raiideas]

The technology they focused on was self sustenance - where you recycle everything within the village, the cow dung, the worms, the ducks, everything. Villagers usually cook with cow dung cakes. Eww, but sustainable.

[@carolewarner101]

This is phenomenal... We need to do this HERE in the US. I know it's a totally different culture. However, there are small farming communities that have disappeared here, First Nations reservations that are food deserts, etc. We need to decentralize food production and rehydrate our landscapes here...desperately. California, Oregon, Washington, the west, the whole country can learn from the Indian people's work!

[@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn]

Florida too! We have the best spring system in the world and it’s currently controlled by corporate greed

[@Scepticalasfuk]

Try contacting some dry-land reservations, just tell them to watch all the videos. Some of the projects are pretty easy.

[@555rollo]

Paani foundation project is probably the best thing Aamir Khan has done in his entire career, along with the Satyamev Jayate series.

[@tubenotter]

Andrew, Thank you for this follow-up! Long-term results count... I am full of gratitude for all of you villagers, thank you from my heart! As I teach this to my students at a university in Germany (many students from India!), this is what brings tears into their eyes, too. Many have found their life purpose in restoration. Big NGOs, companies, universities and politicians seem to prefer problem-profiting; solving them is bad for funding, power and some inflated egos. Ralf Otterpohl, Author of "Garden Communities - Living diversely, Producing locally, together with nature and neighbors"

[@phornthip1991]

Wenn man weiß wer die NGO's finanziert, dann weiß man was deren Ziel ist Die Bauern abhängig von der Agrarindustrie, mit ihren Herbiciden, Insektiziden, Pestiziden GMO Saatgut zu machen. Ein Teufelkreis.

[@LectivalJamdade]

There is a concept in Maharashtra india from millenia long before about "self sufficient villages". And the whole structure of a village, nation(kingdom) and culture is based on this self sufficiency. In village trade was happening without money as they would trade something for something. There were 18 types of professions in a village like lohar(smithy), kumbhar(pottery), these professions run in family and they mastered their craft(cause their whole lives were centered around those professions). So after the British rule they introduced new concepts. And these kind of structures collapsed. So when you visit India, you will find cities and villages having totally different environment, mentality, cultural differences. Any nation or society is strong when their base is strong, at the base level they don't have to rely on outside influence to survive.

[@kajalsingh9554]

Andrew, you need to move to India and upload a video every week!! 🙂 I can't get enough of these videos. Thank you for showing the world what can be done on a small scale but that has a huge impact on the environment and the life of countless people.

[@one_field]

But we need him here in the US, too! How about shared custody and he can post videos from both countries every month? ❤

[@DrLager2000]

This is Co-operativism at its most pure. I have such admiration for these people, for the Panni Foundation and Dr Pol in particular. He deserves internation recognition for he work. Climate change isn't just about carbon dioxide being released. These villages are putting tons and tons of carbon back into their soils.

[@vinaychittora]

I have been trying my best to set up a traditional (permaculture) organic farm here in Rajasthan. I wish the Paani Foundation help my area and the farmers as well. We have an acute shortage of groundwater due to various man-made and geographical reasons. I don't know how to approach and convince them. I am a software engineer by profession and my knowledge is limited to our backyard and kitchen garden where i created a micro-forest. Sending you big hugs Andrew and the entire Paani Foundation teams. you guys make this planet more beautiful and sustainable.

[@ss-ib8gm]

take your villagers ones who are supportin and those against include women young kids youth too they will be motivated to take up labor work for their village , take them to these places hire bus or go in train , show these videos, including dhun they turned desert into green natural way

[@rajlaxmigupta6792]

राजस्थान में भी इस तरह का काम हुआ है और वो सब गांववालो ने मिलकर किया है Dhun NGO जयपुर के मानवेंद्र और Maruvan के गौरव गुजर ये काम कर रहे है आप उनसे सलाह ले सकते हो।

[@amillison]

A couple of the videos that will be featured in this series are in Rajasthan, in the village of Laporiyah south of Jaipur, and in the Thar Desert with GRAVIS Jodhpur, so I think you will find some useful information for your context

[@Aditya-gm8uf]

My scientist dad Dr. Deshmukh got award from pani foundation

[@DD-ok2pt]

The mural of their watershed is EVERYTHING!!! I'm so impressed.🤯

[@demonicduck08]

Loved the little head shake when you gave the speech, as someone with many indian friends it was funny to see that from you aswell.

[@amillison]

It is a necessary form of communication in India (especially the South)

[@gautamvarma2762]

Haha...so true....I remember my German friend copying me every time I would do the side nod... 😂😂

[@knightatdawndonbynight8432]

@@amillison The state of Maharashtra is part of Western India, not south India (although it is geographically contiguous with south Indian states, central India and other western Indian states and geographically closer to south India than to north India). Mahrashtra is part of Indo-aryan linguistic culture prevailing in North India compared dravidian liguistic culture prevailing in south India. Marathi, the official language of Maharashtra is an Indo-Aryan language.

[@greatbalance]

@@knightatdawndonbynight8432 You have nothing better to do than come here and parrot your irrelevant foreign textbook theories. What the heck does "Indo-Aryan" and "dravidian" have got to do with this video. Your entire perspective needs a big correction. Maharashtra has always been part of the south in the ancient Indian understanding of their own land. The land south of the Vindhya is called Dakshinaapatha. And the various groups of Maharashtra are counted under the "Pancha draavida" regions "five southern" regions. There is no such thing as "linguistic culture" it's an absurd term. You clearly have zero idea of the immense commonalities between the culture of various regions and the languages as well. This is what happens when you sit in your ivory towers and don't know what is on the ground. Fool.

[@aron8949]

The true beauty is the sense of community and cooperation from the people, this could never happen even in small town America

[@EvolveYourBrain]

Same here in india in cities and suburb but Indian villages are different. Everyone help, support and care for each other. They especially come together and set their perry fights and disputes aside for a bigger cause.

[@reb4898]

Poverty to prosperity with water…bless these people. How exciting and such a relief for them, their futures are truly hopeful…

[@henryjohn2218]

I am big fan your work. It amazing to see what communities can do without politicians help

[@lamdao1242]

But if you had better politicians who are less corrupt, much much more could have been done much earlier. Consider China. Back in the early 1990s, China’s GDP was about the same as India’s. Today, China’s GDP is ~ 10x bigger. China’s politicians were not much better than India’s but that slight “betterness” between them is the reason why China uplifted 1/2 a BILLION people out of poverty. You should visit China one day.

[@Kathakathan11]

Politicians help too, especially with permissions and getting people together. I attended one event where police was working 10 days to organise that event, crowd management etc. event was for same paani foundation and politicians were discussing water policy, frame wages etc.

[@Kathakathan11]

@@lamdao1242also no instability with one party rule, we are too diverse too have that.

[@19hbytuy]

@@lamdao1242 Chinese leaders who killed millions of there ppl.....no thank u

[@camyh6180]

When I first saw your videos 5 years ago, I took the decision to go to university to learn everything about soil and water engineering with focus on agricultural landscaping!! So truely, this is shaping and giving hope again

[@rohitsarfare630]

All Indians pls pls pls support such works this is called progressive solutions 🙏🙏🙏

[@viviennemurray9400]

❤

[@crashwelder5337]

This is brilliant. I love the water reclamation the decision to add more trees for the honeybees And the farmer's cup is brilliant as well. Forget university scientists invest in permaculture farming. Look up the gentleman named Krishna who lives on solitude farm in auroville Tamil Nadu. I think the biggest improvement for their village right now is tree planting. It provides shade it will decrease the temperature of the vilidge and get wildlife a place to build nests and find food. I lived in India for a year Part of the time working as a farmer on a permaculture farm, so I greatly appreciate what this village is doing.

[@bmoturtleco]

This has so much potential worldwide. Others like ​@dustupstexas could use this to further their projects as well. Water reclamation and aquifer rejuvenation can completely change a landscape.

[@johnkossen4821]

Love these videos. Wish we could see these kind of revolutions on this large a scale everywhere.

[@belesariius]

now THERE is a candidate for the nobel prize

[@amillison]

Yes! When you travel around with Dr Pol, you feel like you are accompanying a true mover of people

[@facthub9964]

West will not approve him

[@SiR8081]

The most ironic thing from the previous series were the ancient watershed structures which were abandoned and the knowledge of their workings lost. Great to see them and the knowledge being revived. Amazing that it has been lost and found throughout the centuries. Excellent videos, keep them coming. Thanks!

[@SagaJohanna]

This is such incredible work! I wish Spain and Italy would follow! Thanks so much for your hard work sharing these stories.

[@vidurrajwat-ow4cd4ii3u]

Im from north rajasthan We have water scarcity in Barmer district hope people can something like this Barmer so people will live there . Hope government do something about it aswell Maharashtra amazed me everytime when look at their hardworking people and the kind lf mindset they have .love Maharashtra and its vibrant people most forward people that i know were from Maharashtra

[@nsn5564]

I hope tjese ideas can be implemented in Rajasthan as wrll. I know tjere are several projects that have implemented water harvesting via permaculture principles, and are rewilding and re-greening desertified areas in Rajasthan, in a small scale.

[@j1407bmoon]

There's the Dhun program in Rajasthan doing the same thing

[@tubenotter]

It will be gret to include rotational grazing (Holistic Planned Grazing) according to André Voisin and Allan Savory. Animals thrive on daily portions with more yields and building humus. Grazing of food- and fodder-agroforestry is also great. It produces a surplus of wood that can also feed woodgas-stoves for cooking and small steam-engine generators. Ralf Otterpohl, Author of "Garden Communities - Living diversely, Producing locally, together with nature and neighbors"

[@BongLoy13]

We are lucky to have you, Andrew. Thanks for dropping two gems in two days ❤

[@amillison]

More to come!

[@Sblatus]

The thing I admire most of this is that people improve their lives themselves rather than waiting on someone else or the government

[@viviennemurray9400]

Exactly right ❤

[@adr3000]

Such beautiful stories of hope. I'm so glad you are there to relay them to us, and people like Dr. Pol are around to bring about change. 🙏

[@thonscoman]

these video give me hope, I love them

[@pietsnot7002]

Amazing, let’s learn from these people and bring that into the rest of the world 🙏

[@ProgressiveEconomicsSupporter]

Brilliant, my Europe could learn so mich from India 🙈🙏

[@spidrespidre]

I love your work, Andrew, particularly since you hooked up with the Paani Foundation. The sheer scale of the work going on is an inspiration to the planet.

[@draco_2727]

Andrew, I've teared with both of these episodes. This is nothing short of amazing. 💚

[@differentgenx]

At last a glimmer of hope is this awful world at the moment - well done everyone.

[@Arundev200]

M from Haryana India. Apart from this revolutionary project in which they are doing marvelous job, i also like the Hospitality and heart warming welcome by the villagers make my eyes tears. Love this beautiful video. Come on let's this world beautiful ❤❤

[@amoghsawant8486]

#PaaniFoundation #Maharashtra #India #Water #Conservation #Farmer #WaterCup #harvesting #GroundWater #Restoration #Ecology #Environment #Economy #Village

[@verrenwidelia3185]

Hi Andrew, I’ve watched many of your video and hoping to be able to do the same for Indonesia some years later after I am financially able to help others. Because Java now is having water problems too, which I think can easily be solved by digging more and more swales. The main problem in Java is flood occur a lot in the cities (lower area）while in the mountains, farmers pay tor water pump etc to irrigate their somewhat dry land. Do you think it can be successfully done too. Like what you did in India. Thank you for the exceptionally inspirational video.😊

[@amillison]

I think it can be done in Indonesia with great success

[@C-Hirsuta]

This should be replicated worldwide

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

Andrew,with your knowledge and impact in this field, could you bring something like this to the USA? I think you could get a lot of people behind this. Your name is synonymous with this movement.

[@amillison]

There are a lot of social challenges and land ownership patterns that make this same thing tricky in the USA. The question is where in the USA can landholders get together at the watershed scale? Once people can unite in their basic intentions within a watershed, then it is easy

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

@@amillison I'm personally trying in my area, the highlands of the Mohave desert in Arizona. A few of my neighbors have seen what we are doing with only a shovel and are impressed. We've shown those how to make small changes in their runoff to recharge and repair. We've managed to bring a lot of biodiversity back into the areas we've worked. Thank you for sharing this and bring it to people like me who see the difference.

[@swatisharma9006]

@@amillisonI have seen a couple of videos where a group of people come together and buy land for the purpose of creating something like a permaculture food forest or simply to conserve in accordance to the same principles like the conservation efforts in the village. I believe that has some benefit to it - (1) We don’t have to get into complexity of getting state and government and all city residents to be on same page because as of now that seems a daunting task. (2) With some ownership; commitment becomes easier and so does the motivation because each stakeholder realizes that it’s going to help them to get involved. I would like to mention Ithaca Eco Village; where on the land it’s 90% farm and 10% housing. It’s not entirely per permaculture principles but it doesn’t exhaust the land with construction like most city dwellings do. Is that something you and other permaculture specialists can help organize and invite people who are interested with ownership prospects? I have seen tiny home dwellings that could be improved by incorporating building a food forest plus giving people little space to call home; not rent. Because another aspect that people are fighting against is dwindling home ownership because renting has become a lucrative business and one that people have no control or ownership.

[@ooooneeee]

​@@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188that's awesome, keep inspiring your neighbours. ❤

[@Flawtistic]

I remember the first video you did about this village. In this swamp of negative media we call KZbin, it's a breath of fresh air to see such amazing progress. Thank you for sharing.

[@montuedge]

12:50 women and men side by side 😊

[@lakshmih3353]

You draw all of that beautifully! It is really nice to hear them speak and see the same in a simple visual

[@jeroenvandeneijkhof191]

This is incredible to see, seems like it has parts of the solution needed even for the Colorado river long-term.

[@zaqs1970]

Dr. Avinash Pol is lovingly called "paanyacha doctor"....means doctor of water......

[@adrianmacfhearraigh4677]

Thank you for sharing this and all the other updates you are providing. This is fantastic work being performed by humble living very prosperous indigenous people who hopefully are learning what true wealth in life is, and not to be enticed by the false wealth that pervades our beautiful planet. I also hope there is new found respect for the teachings of Gandhi as part of this fantastic process. The humble people of India have the potential here for being incredible leaders to a path of prosperity for all globally and eject the food monopoly unjustly held by a few corporations around the World. A testament to the liberating power of self-knowledge and water.

[@c.i.demann3069]

this is a wonderful series. i hope there are a bunch of videos, because i'm looking forward to all of them.

[@sjors9110]

The rest of the world can learn so much from what is happening there in India! Water crisis.... No way good water management that's the key of everything!

[@stonedapefarmer]

The scale of these projects is amazing...

[@carmenortiz5294]

My only complaint is that there are not more videos. I know, I know it takes time but I do spend time checking to see if there is a new one, don't want to miss any. I have noticed that although we are in a very extreme drought, the area that I have for the wildlife (half my property) is always green and the other side gets very dry in times like this and need watering. If I could figure out why, I'd be happy.

[@amillison]

If you have funding for more videos, let me know :-}

[@carmenortiz5294]

@@amillison I'll start buying lotery tickets, and maybe I'll win a million or two, and forward it to you. LOL Absolutely Great Job, I am a big fan, in a tiny wild life habitat in the middle of very sandy soil in Minnesota, where winter can last 8 months.

[@chrisb4419]

Awesome Well done! ❤ This is the work that need to be done.

[@MrLGRafinan]

Great to see these new videos, Andrew. Super glad you're making them. Hope to get to interact with you in the current PDC class or the APDC early next year. I'm currently working with Kelda, and it's a blast going through the works. Thanks for all your work.

[@amillison]

So glad you're in the PDC and Kelda is a really good instructor :-)

[@supervitallica]

Your videos are amazing. I love seeing the people return to their villages because there is work for them now, just because of water. Regards from Belgium.

[@vivekchowdhury2443]

Thank you Andrew for alerting the world on this inspirational journey People working with the planet is the way forward

[@evergreenagrofarm618]

Great work of WATER CONSERVATION पाणी फाऊंडेशन my home place ❤

[@Minder666]

Another wonderful episode! Can't wait to see more.

[@inotcare]

lovely video - from cultural experiences, to the meaning of life in water itself. Had my faith in humanity restored. thank you

[@Kathakathan11]

As long as you have gratitude towards nature and humanity, keep that faith alive. Keep spreading that faith. Love and light will always win. Tejomaya

[@hdani1981]

This work is fenomenal...

[@basicwindtec9780]

If there is any more uplifting a thing than the water capture stuff, please tell me. This is humanity making the world better than nature ever could via giving nature all the best opportunities. Simply superb.

[@rpatel3935]

This is inspirational and positive event . Hope many areas in India and the world learn and take action for the benifit of people and the nature.

[@spat2024]

Great work of unity...👍

[@twigandroot]

Amazing!

[@mrbilly9917]

Amazing content, your videos are truly inspiring

[@jonschaffer4410]

Thanks!

[@amillison]

Thanks for your support Jon :-)

[@carlosfiberglass6719]

I'm so happy to see projects like this, We need to do it everywhere around the world.

[@kierankd10]

This work gives me hope in humanity yet.

[@Batirtze-b6x]

I'm hooked to these videos. Teaching to fish; that's what it is about. Helping WELL. Kudos to everyone involved. Bravo. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SN1987A]

Save soil 🙏

[@martingardens]

Make soil.

[@RedFox-zu5zm]

Great work Andrew, looking forward to your future plans and endeavours :)

[@rakhivalrani1230]

This are dreams coming true for Mother Earth, people, birds and bees and best of all Water channeled to her best use. We all thank you.

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Excellent video .Lot to learn. It is like Swales on contours

[@LandisLegacyFarm]

Keep it up! So cool to see what can be done.

[@dort5436]

These are great projects. The WEF probably doesn't like the recovery process and creation of independent communities from global trade. Great job

[@brycebray9149]

I'd like to do a water cup for my work in East Africa. This accomplishes so much more than other BINGOs.

[@nicolasschiavoni4963]

Respect and admiration for my indian brothers! Thanks for theaching us

[@miumjou]

These projects are upmost beautiful to see!

[@johnbanach3875]

Fascinating, beautiful, and heart-warming.

[@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn]

Great job India!! I am amazed that the people have come together and I hope their design spreads around the world

[@RR-hl8hq]

Simply brilliant and hope giving

[@beerenmusli8220]

Thank you so so much for making these Video, Andrew. The impact they have on people's hearts is not measurable. Can you perhaps make a "what is Permaculture" video, that I can show random people that ask me what it is?

[@amillison]

You could reference them to my short on that exact question. I could have gone on, and on but I think it's one way to summarize what it means. :) Check it out here! kzbin.infoBfN5QGgPL4k?feature=share

[@vikasgaikwadpatil9231]

New Revolution of water shed works Our Mentor Dr.Pol told that Connecting people and work together This is the largest inspiration Thats why whole this work build also Mr.Lancy sir is a inspiration they make training very easy.❤ Mis this golden days😢

[@Nphen]

Thank you for this series, that shows what happens when you invest in permaculture and support farmers. I recently developed a saying about American farming & the impact of the Farm Bill: America should support farmers, instead, we support crops. And profits of seed/chemical companies. This way of living may is certainly better for land & people than US-chemical ag /confined livestock, and may well be a better wildlife habitat than some protected but mostly unmanaged parks & forests. USA/Canada Europe needs to figure out how to integrate permaculture farming and hybrid modern/indigenous living (like these villages) into our society.

[@atomicsmith]

Some of the best videos on KZbin! Thanks

[@DC9848]

Absolute joy to follow their journey through your KZbin channel. I think one of the most underutilized assets Indian villages have is the perfect weather conditions to produce biogas from left over organic waste, feces (animal/human). I wish they would have a competition which village would best adopt the techniques to create biogas for fuel, electricity, warmth, cooking gas and most importantly excellent and biofriendly fertiliser, all produced hyper locally. There's many startups creating the inexpensive components needed such as HomeBiogas

[@draganastamenkovikj307]

Just wow.

[@rohitsarfare630]

I thank you from bottom of my heart for showing this cause it is most important to share such things because over the world I didn't know that this kind of thing is happening... It's a movement n how they made it happened it's tremendous... Thank You Thank You Thank You 🙏🙏🙏

[@GaiaCarney]

Thanks @amillison 🕊 Dr Pol seems a wonder worker, inspiring and educating the people! ‘India’s Water Revolution’ is the best film series

[@ankitdas2197]

See this makes me proud 😊

[@kpatel7995]

Outstanding work done by all these wonderful people.Very proud of all these wonderful people.

[@sourav9153]

Let's hope that we can apply this model at a national level successfully.

[@sudo2998]

This is an outstanding initiative by Aamir Khan and his team (along with other similar projects all over India), well deserving of Bharat Ratna. Now let's implement this all over India!

[@souljahaden6184]

Glad to see the villages even doing better this year

[@saimandebbarma]

Good for them, it's never late to try. Hope other communities will understand it too ! ☝️

[@joyona7430]

Awesome!!!! Thank you all for your excellent work on behalf of all humanity!

[@geetasaigal5959]

Thanks Andrew for reporting on how these Projects were doing. I was keen to know what and how the projects were going and then saw your videos!!🎉🎉

[@sonjabanzhaf9791]

I literally love you for the work you are producing. It is just is so heartwarming to se such hope in a world that really needs it. Thank-you!

[@kastenolsen9577]

The Panni Foundation is GOOD! Cudos!!!

[@adityamahore2086]

As a Maharashtrian I am very happy to see you in our state and taking our initiatives globally ❤ thanks for covering.

[@danmosby7980]

These videos are so great to watch and inspiration on permaculture. Just for and educational for an IT guy not a farmer .....yet!

[@samkupp1390]

Excellent and thanks for your illustrations and diagrams to help us understand how it all comes together. 👍