How This Woman Has Restored Dry Desert Rivers Into Green Oasis Flowing With Water Forever!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

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[@LouisFnt]

All you have to do is bring some beavers, they will do the job in a more effective way.

[@rezayaseri2790]

💚💚💚💚

[@stephenodonohue9876]

As per previous comments... FOR GOODNESS SAKE... slow down the captions. They're there, then they're gone. Like many of your viewers I am older, and your presentation gives me a headache. Your work is so interesting and important, slow down to give all of us a chance to enjoy and learn. PLEASE

[@susanwoosnam1697]

Carbon Cowboys, too!

[@agroventuresperu5469]

Can you support our project, please?

[@Solarpunk87]

My college career has lead me to this very subject, I'm hoping to start a similar project wish me luck.

[@TheDog_Chef]

Hope your dreams become reality!

[@beng0327]

Good luck. God bless you.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

We wish you all the best in your endeavors!

[@andanssas]

Please record your progress, even before starting. State your goals and your methods. All thebest🎉

[@Solarpunk87]

@andanssas thank you and you got it. Keep an eye out for solar punk

[@charleswillcock3235]

It would be great to see many more similar projects like this around the world.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Definitely more are popping up all the time, and here at Leaf of Life we are actively starting and supporting projects worldwide, check out our pin comment for more info on that if it interests you!

[@Divig]

There are a ton in India. Look for permaculture and India Edit: also the great green wall in Africa

[@marc-andrejobin7376]

Looks more like leaders are more interested in destroying and then making more money rebuilding.

[@scallywags12]

We live in this area of Baja during the winter. Nice to know good things are happening above La Ventana. Water is precious!

[@tyanite1]

What an amazing transformation. I lived in the Sonoran desert for 20 years and visited for 4 days, ending yesterday. Having watched Leaf of Life and similar channels, I imagined all along during my 1,200 mile round trip using these techniques on the innumerable dry washes and rivers I saw. What an amazing transformation.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

It's great to see someone else who is inspired by the same things I am!

[@Ryan-gx3hs]

Growing up in AZ, the Sonoran Desert has been close to my heart. You love to see this!

[@suechandler8162]

Leaky Weirs are working in Australia too. Peter Andrews builds them using logs, branches, rocks and rubble, and carves shallow gutters from behind the leaky weir out into the land on both sides. They cause excess water to spread out and hydrate the surrounding paddocks. I really like the gabion walls tho, they will probably get trees and reeds growing in them too.

[@alana8088]

Hahai no ka ua i ka ululu’au, “The rain follows the forest. Hawaiian proverb. Native peoples knew this long before modern science “learned it”. All respect, wonderful restoration project.

[@Nphen]

Shaun Overton is trying to do something similar at Dustups Ranch in Texas. His property is a mile or so from a barren mountain that's on government land. It would be nice if Congress or any of the cabinet level departments would try to improve the geography & rainfall of the US by tree planting, which China does. The US will continue to fall behind if we don't focus on better things.

[@paladintrueknight]

The US government commissions the planting of millions of trees. In developed countries, the tree count increases every year.

[@sigilfredogaleano6568]

​@@paladintrueknight I hope so

[@ladyjinyxx]

We both said the same guy lol glad others already know him

[@DNA350ppm]

Thanks a lot to all working on such hope-inspiring projects and for sharing the knowledge.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Our pleasure!

[@DNA350ppm]

@@LeafofLifeWorld 🌿🐝☘

[@quentinthibault3401]

Appreciate you showcasing this great work

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

We appreciate your support!

[@daveweiss5647]

This is awesome! I love this kind of stuff!

[@BiggFinalBoss]

The constant quick flip of pics and videos really hurts the presentation of what the actual work is being done.

[@Ouwtex]

i hate misinformations

[@lisadolan689]

@Ouwtexthere are plenty of other channels that can give you FREE content 🤗

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Hello, thank you for your suggestion, in this instance it would have been lovely to have been able to do that, but unfortunately it was quite a hard shoot, hiking 2 hours up stream in 35c heat, trying to get all the clips, drone shots and learn about the project all under a tight schedule, the we had a hard drive and laptop failure, so in the end these were the best clips and some of them quite short so they are cut this way. Next time hopefully it won't be so stressful so we can get more long steady shots. Thanks again.

[@BiggFinalBoss]

@ I loved the information though! I like hearing about bringing life to dead areas.

[@sof5858]

​@LeafofLifeWorld at least you provided an explanation

[@stuartcleary71]

Another great project utilizing the principles of perma-culture developed by Bill Molison back in the early 1970's, with the use of Terracing, swales, Bunds & trenches etc. many other ways to collect water in the ground, to develop planting to safe guard the earth and develop sustainable ecosystems. The chinese have used the same systems to green several deserts, along with projects in various parts of Africa. so good to see that humans are learning to work with Nature, but a pity Bill Mollison doesn't get the recognition he deserves.

[@jamestoday2239]

I think this part of why the world needs global communism, an ecologically centred communism.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you for your feedback just to note all those ideas were used long before the 70s, its good permaculture made it trendy again though

[@rovhalt6650]

Funny you should say "Work WITH nature." I'm not trying to start a fight or anything, but people of "your kind" are usually "woke". So just remember, racism is a part of nature too. Just saying 🤷‍♂ So how are you gonna work with that

[@HennyWho_7]

This is brilliant water conservation work….. I can't wait to see if the government picks this up in other areas of the world

[@Demmie-nl2qh]

So simple, yet we all could do this small scale in flash prone areas and change the whole landscape :)

[@Nphen]

The Great Green Wall in Senegal and World Food Program in Niger, and Ecosia in Kenya & Madagascar all help dig crescent trenches in Africa that become food forests. The WFP program helped 500,000 people grow their own food and get off assistance. Villages in Senegal are willing to stop grazing their goats so much and protect tree farms, but the gov runs out of funding. The US Defense Dept says climate change is the #1 enemy, but State Department declares other nations enemies instead of doing this critical work with their trillions.

[@lucasjames7524]

Wow, absolutely amazing!! Love all of your videos! 🌎

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thanks for your support, we love sharing these stories!

[@pedro97w]

What a paradise Haiti could become

[@blitztim6416]

Haiti is not a desert. They just deforested their side of the island.

[@luddity]

It could be more like its next door neighbor, with the right sort of gov't in place, maybe.

[@Extremealgarve1]

This is really good stuff. We live on the only mountain in south Portugal. it still has many trees however we constantly get sprayed whenever rain or clouds are forecast and whatever it is they are spraying doesn't allow the clouds to form and hence no rain. this is a huge battle we are fighting. the authorities tell us the spraying is actually to combat climate change. when its quite obvious the opposite is happening.

[@andreafong9952]

Thé US denies doing this but it’s getting obvious because it never rains during the week, on holidays, or during rush hour it seems.

[@edgarmontelongo5981]

What do you mean by sprayed?

[@Extremealgarve1]

@@edgarmontelongo5981 some jets fly back and forth over the mountain spraying something, i dont know it looks like white powder. We all made a petition and complained. The only feedback we've had is that the E.U says its to combat climate change. How preventing clouds from forming is preventing climate change is anions guess. For us farmers its a crime against us and nature.

[@Extremealgarve1]

@@andreafong9952 wow yes, its started here in 2012 and was only on weekends back then. I was a surf coach and had no idea what the heck was going on. Only in 2016 did i realise or care what was going on and its no easy to see its to stop it raining.

[@kenogster3059]

Trees are awesome, we need more of them.

[@cosmicgiggler1044]

Amen to that

[@jrnhelgemagnussen9579]

Yes, and we need a lot of area with old trees, which helps ecosystems. We need large areas without lodging, so nature can recover in new terrains. Everyone will benefit from this, even farmers and lodgers.

[@Nitemage1]

There’s a guy in Australia who did the same thing, he started by placing his cattle and there hay in different parts of the land and imported donkeys for the hillsides, 20 years later and 50 out of the 170 acres he owns is green and ponds and waterways are all alive again.

[@mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo8212]

Beautiful video, one of the best I've seen.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

We appreciate your kind words!

[@Lady.Florescer]

🌟May 2025 be an incredible year, full of achievements, health, and happiness! Thank you for sharing amazing content that continues to inspire us all!🥂✨

[@HiramLoki]

All the other months as well.

[@Zarinamambetomurova]

Спасибо большое,очень вдохновляет. Я тоже давно хочу на родине в засушливых районах сделать нечто подобное и научить соседей оживлять землю.

[@louisegogel7973]

Can you show this video to a group of them? And let us all know how it progresses?

[@Zarinamambetomurova]

@ Я в данный момент нахожусь в трудовой миграции в другой стране. Когда был в отпуске на родине всем рассказывал про пермакультуру , органическое земледелие, людям было очень интересно.

[@ladyjinyxx]

There is a guy in Texas named Shaun Overton I'd like you to keep an eye on. He has a KZbin channel and is starting from brand new land and building a desert forest. If you want to see it happen in real time, it's really interesting. He is building man made check dams and terra forming, and starting on the first stages of organic matter on the landscape. He has already had success and failures in working with nature. He recently acquired a type of bio mesh and will be using it soon, it will make a large impact on plant growth.

[@rocknrollajohnnyquid876]

It was a shower of blessings. You make great videos

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you, we love creating videos that inspire!

[@jackylech6209]

Water when behind gabions is percolating like coffee. Fast in the beginning and slow at the end but still going on. Slow motion like nature does it everywhere . I love the idea of percolating and that’s what water is doing anywhere. Nature works silently for the benefits of all. No fast talking but action everywhere. I just loved the documentary. Imagine now that thousands of villageois (French word for village people) start working in order towards the same goal . That’s what is happening in India (Maharastra) and showed by Pani Foundation . Large scale on stage. What if no more deserts in America ?

[@seanjustg5425]

Nice to see a real celebrities get recognized 💚. I say such becauze we reap the rewards, the ausomest award is a healthy home. So Ausome...thanx much 🌎🤗

[@paladintrueknight]

Your videos are really improving. This was a great one.

[@kellyr6116]

This is awesome and fantastic. I formerly co-directed a hybrid education and citizen-fueled habitat restoration project, specifically with small remnants of Southern California coastal dunes, uplands, working in partnership with coastal wetlands restoration. I loved consulting with biologists and collaborating with state agencies as well as educational institutions and businesses. Our project was multi-faceted with multiple goals: education, community building, youth empowerment, and restoring rare coastal habitats - restoring the earth and ourselves all in the same. At the end of my 10 years with the project, we witnessed the return of a native species of butterfly that had been missing from the coastal dunes for 3 decades, and saw the return of various species of native birds and insects. I've been out of the field for several years, but these kinds of projects give me great joy and are close to my heart. We should be tending and restoring the earth everywhere. And though not directly related but an important side-note - along with desertification, we have infused our rivers and oceans and our own bodies, with plastics, and we must strive for solutions and reduce plastics and chemicals in our environments.

[@johnpritchard8946]

Thank you for this encouraging video. It's good to see simple, low tech solutions that work with nature. I loved the rainfall at the end - an unexpected bonus. I'm from the UK so we won't be using Gabions here but we could do with understanding and restoring natural environments more. I'm worn out with all the bad news in the world and seeing this really cheered me up. There's hope for humanity yet!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

How comes you wouldn't use gabion in the UK? I think they are good for erosion control from flooding too, doesn't the UK get alot of flooding, anyway thanks alot for your feedback, all the best!

[@johnpritchard8946]

@LeafofLifeWorld I'm not qualified to really answer your question. However, I'll make a few comments. 1. There are areas where coastal erosion is a concern here but gabions aren't designed for this. 2. I've heard of topsoil erosion when farming becomes too intense or vegetation is cut back. 3. Yes, we do have floods due to heavy rain and there are complaints about blocked drains or poorly maintained defences. 4. Concreting over areas that previously allowed natural drainage can be a problem. 5. Maybe there are some places where gabions could be used to slow water down. Beavers were used to do this on the river Otter. I'm a great fan of working with nature and low tech solutions so love the gabion idea. Thanks again for the video.

[@juanleahy2202]

A really very good & informative video, thankyou. For sure the principles of this could be used in two Mexican states that I have visited & am familiar with, Jalisco & Puebla.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Yes, it would be amazing to see this technology applied in more arid regions!

[@louisegogel7973]

Sharing the video with people from those areas could help a ton couldn’t it?

[@maryhairy1]

How come CERN has only recently come discovered this idea of trees capturing the droplets of rain when my childhood books reflect this exact same circuit of rain cycle?

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

The water cycle is in the existing books what is not known about until recently is how trees attract rain through particle that help to condenstation into rain

[@darcyungaro8088]

Genius on effecting the micro-climate!

[@samdegoeij6576]

Here in the Netherlands we have both retention and drainage projects and the emphasis has been shifting more and more to retention especially in the east and south of the country where the ground is more sandy than the peetbogs of the rest of the country and it has greatly lessened the damage of the last great flood of the Maas-river. There was still a lot of damage but nothing as bad as in Belgium and Germany. Where some of the streams and rivers feeding the Maas caused terrible tragedies in Germany a village was heavily damaged and most people were traumatized and there were quite some deaths because they had no precautions, while the Dutch government had warned people days ahead. In Belgium a hydrodam in the Ardenne nearly burst and would've wiped out an entire valley, where all villages were flooded for weeks and help took a long time to come due bureaucratic fights between the different layers of government. The Netherlands has long pushed surrounding countries and France and Luxemburg to clean up their water and work on their floodprevention along the big rivers so it doesn't dump all the pollution and excess water in our tiny country where these rivers meet the sea. It's what saved our butts multiple times and it's also where our bread is buttered with expertise nowadays.

[@libertas5552]

Native tress planted near the stream/river banks will eventually create shade over some of the river. Hence, it can slow or lessen the evaporation of the surface water and keep the water cooler. In addition to creating more habitat for animals and plants.

[@ejeanroh377]

I'm pleased to get this video. Wow! This gives me me hope for the future... i live in N.M. where don't get enough rainwater; or should I say enough conservation of our rainwater. Loved this report!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it, I think this can inspire all of us to do better with water conservation

[@srinivasaraochagarlamudi7871]

GOOD WORK

[@stanbarnes7284]

Good job. You would think that more of this would be completed in these areas. The life and conservation would go hand in hand and be absolutely fantastic to recover desert into green lands and conserve water.

[@Nerr006]

Plant the rain!

[@nicholassteel5529]

Fantastic work of nurturing nature. 👍❤️✌️

[@vc4154]

Florence you are amazing, a true life Hero. this work just shows how our world heals, God bless you.

[@jonnyutsa1]

Such a simple concept and something anyone can do on similar land that they own or manage.

[@bluowl148]

Greatest job. ❤

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@shinaskitchenfs344]

thank you for sharing. :)

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

You're welcome!

[@VincentLowe]

Very inspiring! ❤

[@philiptaylor7902]

Great video, amazing to see how simply slowing the rate at which water flows can have such wide ranging benefits. I’ve seen videos on similar schemes in Africa and India recently

[@kathleenmead9259]

Thank you. happy new year.

[@r.1599]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@ronnycali4145]

👏awesome work 👍

[@mushroomsaremagic]

Inspirational video Leaf of Life gives us hope for the future of our planet ❤❤❤

[@crazyadventurer758]

If we can do this than there is nothing stopping us from terraforming dessert land back into viable greenlands

[@VCE4]

Depends on what kind of desert. If the area has no elevation to create waterflow or if rains are extremely rare (like no rain for more than a year) - those methods would not really work.

[@crazyadventurer758]

@ it would still be possible though. Even if you start at the edge where there is vegetation

[@AiUchiMe]

Great job

[@Izaboooo]

Amazing 😊

[@dianaspy6733]

Love the concepts. It’s called weather warfare. It’s not climate change. Appreciate your work. Very productive!

[@oldbatwit5102]

It's not weather warfare. Grow up.

[@dertythegrower]

Weather has been changing since the ice age

[@irishka57]

Amazing work, thank you so much

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Glad you like it!

[@sfmrgil9674]

Awesome!

[@rampaginwalrus]

You can tell the cameraperson was very happy about the dog

[@keepitnatural1859]

Chaco the dog was adorable 😍 so glad the camera person did it

[@billc2948]

Thank you!!! ❤️😊🙏

[@nicolebailey5470]

I wonder if this practice might help fire prone areas to re-green areas.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

I'm pretty sure it can!

[@debrabrooks6138]

I would love to see this in areas like Twentynine Palms and Palm springs, it is so needed!

[@CharlesGann1]

Thank you forthis brining this project to light. This is a modified permaculture and African Sand dams. It isa goodto to expand the concept of trees helping engage rain. Have watched these techniques applied in many parts oftheI world. Appreciate this scaled up project to demonstrate once again we have the answers.

[@strngenchantedgirl]

Amazing

[@JdeB-h2o]

Shared on Mastodon ClimateJustice by JdeB 🇳🇱 #TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth #StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #ClimateBreakDown

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sharonfarr9907]

🎵🎵🎵And rivers in the desert will we see 🎵🎵🎵 ❤❤❤

[@journeybrook9357]

Nice video

[@NinaHansen2008]

Thank you.

[@Matty002]

wow i didnt know 'hot' deserts were a thing, just that deserts meant getting under a certain amount of annual rain

[@Akirajaimes]

Peru needs this.

[@ediupi4622]

Kalian luar biasa. God bless you..

[@Asim-cq5sm]

Amazing. I wish you could tell us more about such a beautiful long run project

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

We have a four-part series on this project, go check it out!

[@Asim-cq5sm]

@LeafofLifeWorld How did I miss it....thank you I will check it out

[@laynelins9564]

Para recuperar criar florestas...é preciso plantar muitas espécies de árvores madeireiras e frutiferas. Não precisamos mais de pinheiros...pois eles são extremamente voláteis e propensos a incêndios. Os animais precisam se alimentar...por isso é importante que exista frutas nas florestas.

[@AwaketechTV]

good upload

[@bernadettemccluskey2812]

Wonderful to see this great work. How long ago were the gabions put into this valley do you know? Will share.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Its been over a period of time, they have been installed in several valleys on this project over 10 years, 3000 gabion over 17000 hectares

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you!

[@rovhalt6650]

This oasis will be great for the new location of Los Angeles.

[@calebfast8088]

Lots if negative comments, sorry about that. I enjoyed this one! Very good stuff, thanks for yet another great video!

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@John-qi3eg]

An Australian used the exact same techniques decades before this. This is nothing new.

[@stilllearning1160]

Peter Andrews?

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Very commendable.

[@graceygrumble]

I think it was an Aussie bloke who started doing this, decades ago. I'm pleased others are discovering how to re-green the deserts by following his example.

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

I think that's incorrect because they have used this type of water retention for thousands of years

[@graceygrumble]

@@LeafofLifeWorld I stand corrected.

[@dertythegrower]

Very cool stuff,

[@gauravsgifts284]

Very very good

[@CatholicCatholic-i3n]

You need to add beavers.

[@zarroth]

Beaver have a specific diet that isn't native to that part of the world. Would have to plant some of that there first.

[@CatholicCatholic-i3n]

@zarroth I see your point. Thanks

[@keepitnatural1859]

I really love the dog Chaco, what breed of dog is it?

[@VCE4]

Okay, so the solution is to just slow down the waterflow, so more of it stays in the area for longer. But the part about trees being "rain antennas" is surprising. But it is also makes sense, since for a rain to occur the water vapor needs to condense on something. Nature is truly genius.

[@michaels5705]

Could have been adequately presented in 1/3 the time.

[@lui_torres]

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[@QuantumHealer]

I hoped this would focus on beavers from the headline. Beavers are amazing!

[@TheTrock121]

In Central PA we often get too much rain. Hope you can attract some of it down there! lol

[@srinivasaraochagarlamudi7871]

chech dams in anciant india to present continue

[@dustinabc]

0:51 There are many many periods in the Earth's history that were far worse for life than it currently is. I'm not a fan of such #fearmongering

[@catospanky]

As the gabions fill with sediment, do they build them higher to prevent them from eroding?

[@JW-zs6tn]

well humans hunted beavers near to extinction and now we have to undo the damage amongst a million other human atrocities...

[@Chrishelmuth1978]

This is fascinating! One small correction, though: It's *monsoon season* not "hurricane season"

[@LeafofLifeWorld]

Sorry what do you mean? In this area it normally rains in July August and September but the rains only really come if there is a hurricane (anytime between May to November but usually most likely from July to September in this area) but sometimes it can just be rainy without a hurricane

[@MarkSimmons-u2j]

Gavin Newsom was told about this in California and he replied that the Delta Smelt would not like all that extra water and that we should keep our noses out of his business.

[@frankiemiles-d7e]

The Gabion is a simple principle in nature of how ice flow builds up rocks and sediments to trap water creating massive lakes which eventually ruptured. On a small scale no problem. On a large scale, ticking time bomb. Also, several north and south native American people had the same principle in the archeological sites. Slowly trapping moisture creating humidity which when added to what nature provides naturally contributes to more moisture and rain

[@brucearterbury1856]

Please watch Agees project about Laguna Salada! When you notice it’s the western edge of this desert, and its evaporation rate is among the highest in the world… you understand that when Laguna Salada is flooded, precipitation in the Colorado River watershed is boosted 15%!

[@williamevans6522]

Gabions or rockdams can benefit from swales , on contour, sloped away from the drainage, and towards a ridgeline. This increases the storage capacity. Instead of overflowing the dam, excess water can flow off in the swale.

[@frankfranze5538]

You are doing good work ❤🎄 🏝 Thank you!

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

If they stopped messing around with the weather, we wouldnt have these issues.

[@Healitnow]

Once you get things started, have you considered the tremendous benefits we get in Canada from beaver ponds. They create local water rich eco areas by building and maintaining dams. Just a thought. God Bless.

[@michellepatry6184]

Génie

[@emmettkennedy8388]

As some one from Alaska watching this, if there was a easy way to send some rain to the southwest, I would, my town alone get 170 inches of rainfall, for context thr rainforest in Costa Rica gets 117 inches, if I could send a 10 inches or rain to thr lower 48 I could because it means an extra nice day or two