Rainwater Harvesting in the Desert | Greening the Desert

[@thewanderer9740]

I grew up in Jordan, and spent many summers in Petra and Wadi Rum, thank you for sharing. There are more secrets they didn't share with you about how to find water in the dessert. Maybe some day they will...

[@rolfpoelman3486]

*desert. Not dessert

[@aditua9692]

if you want a spring, plant an African banyan tree, one spot 3 banyan tree, every 500 meters. insya Allah the banyan tree is very strong and stores a lot of water so springs appear. and the leaves can be used for animal feed

[@sheba8433]

@@aditua9692I will look for this tree. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@irasthewarrior]

In my country it rains so much that my country men forgot how important it is. I appreciate it every time it rains and makes me happy. I don't even bother to take an umbrella with me.

[@archerc4828]

Braggart!

[@arvinkim3037]

My wife and I really enjoyed and learned a lot. Notes were taken and we’re going to start rsearch and planning. Thank you!

[@nationofibrahim1302]

Subhanalloh, I like this video, we hope see Sahara forest in we time Era 😊😊😊

[@philippehoyez9398]

When rain falls it's always a gift from God!

[@salecousin5470]

is no rain the punishment of god?

[@beatanissalamandra9081]

This video makes me cry because of happiness about your raining water, blessings!!! keep forward.

[@AusLanderJack]

Wish we had more Aussies out there fixing our own backyard with all this knowledge out there.

[@lulusperch1742]

Peter Andrews and the Mulloon Institute are doing some amazing things. They call it natural sequence farming :)

[@xyzsame4081]

Plus AUS Lander - Haven't you seen Geoff Lawton on the roof top waiting for the rain - He sets the example on his farm in Australia. btw - his neighbours are not eager to imitate him. (But even the bible talks about that effect, the prophet is ignored in his own area). I think that was the major contribution of Tony Coote *, he was well respected as successful business man and as farmer and was a good networker, so he complemented Peter Andrews * well, and helped the project along. Andrews knows to read the landscape but is not so good with people, even difficult for his own son to get along with him (* Natural Sequencing Farming). On the other hand Geoff is an affable guy but the establishment Will. Not. Change. Probably need to be pummeled by some more draugths.

[@AusLanderJack]

@@xyzsame4081 Yes, hear you loud and clear. Well, they have inspired me to make this a goal in my little part of this world. Maybe, just maybe, one by one, it does make a little ripple. Plus I am so inspired by the concept of "earthships" too, that to me is so "logical", yet again, seems to have the same issues as all good ideas that give the family independence. Which further endorses your statement, or dare I say in this cancel culture PC world "adds weight to it". Cheers mate.

[@Mashiamape22]

So reconnecting, I'm truly enjoying here at South Africa 🇿🇦 awesome rainfall

[@colinbateman8233]

Knowledge is wasted if only one person has it

[@dewert2]

great stuff, glad i found your channel

[@lulusperch1742]

Welcome to the gang!

[@aditua9692]

@@lulusperch1742 if you want a spring, plant an African banyan tree, one spot 3 banyan tree, every 500 meters. insya Allah the banyan tree is very strong and stores a lot of water so springs appear. and the leaves can be used for animal feed

[@devinjohnson7272]

We need to have some sort of program that gives funding for hyper growth plant breads.. the faster the plant grows and the more types of environment it can thrive in the better.. (can have some with multiple purposes food,air purifier,water retention,wood,ect.)..start with plants that are hard to kill then move to breading desired traits. =)

[@xyzsame4081]

The "hyper growth plants" and bioreactors already exist some for billions of years, they are called plants, algae, bacteria, insects, (meal worms, black soldier larvae are remarkable, not to forget termites), soil life in general, fungi, earth worms, the stomachs and guts of chickens. Or goats: they can eat stuff that would be poisonous for sheep or cattle - and they like it. Hardiness beats hyper growth if the climate is that rough. There are extremely fast growing (C4) plants, but you cannot grow bamboo or algae in the desert. The technocratic mindset that ONE kind or family of plants or solution can fix anything led to our current problems. It is SYSTEMS and the combination of many organisms the forest is more than the sum of the trees and that is true for any ecosystem. Water is one of the main factors in any eco system. Geoff Lawton likes to use a nitrogen fixing tree (Leucaenia). They are an invasive species in some areas of Africa (where they have more rain, but in Jordan there is no danger, it needs watering there. And even in the areas of Africa with more rain it could be managed, if people would use it for firewood and for drop and chop. It fixes nitogen out of the air so it is a very good soil builder. In the Greening the Desert project they radically trim those Leucaenia trees and other trees and bushes before the rainy season starts. Chop and Drop. They are esepcially radical with Leucaenia, the branches and leaves grow back fast and thick. It is nitrogen rich mulch / compost material to build the soil. Like with willows and alder trees that also can be cut back drastically and can provide a good ongoing wood, twigs (weaving) and leaves harvest. I think one can do that with birch as well.

[@subhamsarkar7806]

India really needs some persons like you.....

[@lulusperch1742]

Vishweshwar Saklani the "Tree man from Uttarakhan" is one of my heroes!

[@hihosh1]

Need to do what they did in Al Baydha, rock walls to slow down the flows aka gabions, swales and all those and that area will bounce back quickly. I also think using a network of large and medium sized rocks will not only slow down the water but keep the sun off it so it can sink in easier.

[@lulusperch1742]

I agree!

[@annetillieux2764]

Lulu! You are so sweet and fun and informative! A real delight! Thank you for the videos!

[@RyRyVids]

Thumbs up for the three amigos

[@cerverg]

That place looks like Mars

[@lulusperch1742]

Interestingly enough, they filmed 'The Martian' with Matt Damon there :)

[@joydeepghosh1781]

Rainwater harvesting, water harvesting, permaculture, regenerative organic farming, aquifer conservation should become academic disciplines, industries by themselves with good paid jobs and lucrative businesses, it should have an entire legal system and ecosystem, alongwith exhaustive research in all climates and biomes. Rain in deserts is the best miracle.

[@precisiont5188]

Amazing!

[@miracleshappen4483]

Urine contains phosphorus which is supposed to be excellent for plants.

[@jimwilleford6140]

True. But it needs to be limited 10 parts water to one part urine, and the urine needs to be fresh.

[@EhsanFarsy]

5:48 Is shower water healthy for plants and trees? In the shower water are soap and shampoo.

[@lulusperch1742]

The shower water is filtered through the reed bed which can then be used for the food forest. You would have to be mindful of the soaps you use and make sure they have naturally biodegrading substances, it's better for you and better for your garden! Thanks for your question

[@jcrockett870]

That soundtrack... I feel like i am going to go buy Kababs in Runescape.

[@mightyfraserriver977]

I wish I could give you guys some rain from British Columbia Canada it rains for three months straight here.

[@daisydupre4873]

So very beautiful !

[@fransjebik8554]

Beautiful video. You can make an Wilhelm Reich rainmaker!

[@Kizarat]

Superb! Was that an adobe house at the scene of the rain? Doesn't look like cement.

[@lulusperch1742]

Kizarat Hey welcome! That's a straw bale house with adobe render and a lime wash finish for water proofing. Its a fantastic structure for the desert because it allows the building to 'breathe' so to speak, and reduce the temperature from the mid 40 degrees celcius to a comfortable 30ish degrees :)

[@chakiperdomo1372]

My question is why not some one or all the people get together to harvestall that run off water that get lost..

[@lulusperch1742]

chaki perdomo I am not entirely sure but I know there are very strict hydropolitics about the use, storage and diversion of Middle Eastern tributaries and rivers that influence riparian rights to surface water run-off. This may stem back to policies created during the Arab-Israeli war such as the Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan. So to the best of my knowledge, politics.

[@ciceroaraujo2552]

chaki perdomo great questions

[@petitwhite6366]

Earth and other critters need run off.

[@حمزه-ش8ع]

What is “seed bombs”?

[@lulusperch1742]

Hey! Good question, check out the next episode to find out : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp2QdmqGqMuFgck

[@BACW25]

Please make a playlist for this series

[@kailashpatirai]

Wau... nice work

[@chandanchandra4819]

It's the need of the hour, saving water

[@tinabintbina1103]

Nice Documentary. But didn't you find Arabic Rain song?

[@lulusperch1742]

Tina bintbina it's joyful music for a special meteorological moment. Permaculture doesn't recognise political borders, only environmental edges :)

[@ronb7062]

I like this. New sub from PH.

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

7:05 ❤😁❤

[@ToTheSummitkicksass]

didn't the hopi in the grand canyon also do this?

[@rolfpoelman3486]

1:08 A 750 ml plastic bottle comes in handy, with a wide enough opening.

[@chumbawomba3298]

Does anyone know what the Indian song at the end is called/who the artist is? It sounds lovely

[@sheetalbhalerao8192]

Make use of water 💧 in planting tall spreading shadows various trees 🌳 suitable for Soil&climate of the regions.Create catchment areas for clouds, pleasant regions. Will nor need for rainfall naturally.

[@muffinlordghoti1]

Subbed pal.

[@yogindertickoo]

Indian songs! :D

[@aysegulyldrm319]

Where is it

[@saifabujamous9994]

Hey there, I really hope i can contact you if thats possible i would like to discuss something with you related with greening the desert.

[@lulusperch1742]

Hi Saif, certainly. You can send me a private message here or on Lulus perch facebook page or our instagram page @lulus.perch

[@sharonsteele618]

They should build ponds and lakes to capture the water.

[@miracleshappen4483]

How do you manage not to pollute the gray water? Do you use biodegradable soaps or other natural non pollutants? Thanks! 💦😉😁

[@lulusperch1742]

Thanks for asking! Yes we use local natural soaps with no chemicals so as not to contaminate the garden. People tend to be much more mindful of what they put down their drains when they have to eat what is downstream of them :)

[@miracleshappen4483]

@@lulusperch1742 I totally understand, I live in Cambodia so the result of every action is visible. Thanks for inspiring me! I also don't use any pollutants because every action counts.

[@WadcaWymiaru]

And WHAT IF we combine this with water-proor air-permeable sand?

[@lulusperch1742]

Władca Wymiaru interesting idea! a hydrophobic rainwater harvesting system would be a great short term solution to direct water to plants, but in the long term it may be hard to create a forest floor without drainage unless the water proof sand was removed. Either way, it would be an interesting long term experiment and we might need a lot of Scotch Gard :)

[@WadcaWymiaru]

But this is Chinese technology: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGOnfYStZrBsg9U - Rechsand-Turing sand into gold kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGfSp2lrpJ2NfLM - Desert turns into oasis: China's new technology Aganist Gobi desert...

[@lulusperch1742]

Władca Wymiaru It looks very promising! I would love to try it if/when I go back to Jordan :)

[@solar0wind]

... Meanwhile in the West: "Oh no! it's raining AGAIN. That's already the second time this month, and it's just the 30th!!! I hate rain, and I hate it here!" Stfu

[@kevinbyrne4538]

7:58 -- He doesn't have enough sense to come in out of the rain.

[@rubik887]

This place looks like another world mars 😂😲

[@lovenaturevlogs]

woo Hindi song playing in the background is owssmm

[@JuliaJulia-mi3wf]

Anyway we need take care of water

[@roman686]

Is that doctor House

[@lolo-om9rs]

Lol Indian songs on an Arab video

[@lulusperch1742]

Or, beautiful music for a magical moment in an amazing desert :)

[@organicgrow4440]

To add to that: by a non Arab - lol

[@chandanchandra4819]

Moshe judenberg respect each other

[@letsstudy6959]

Ganapati ;:)

[@LateNightSummerRain]

Isn't that amazing?

[@ciceroaraujo2552]

I want to fund you sir

[@lulusperch1742]

Cicero Araujo That's very generous of you! You can donate to Geoff Lawton's Greening the Desert project in Jordan directly or alternatively I will setup a Patreon account in the near future. All Patreon funds would go towards increasing the quality of future episodes :) stay tuned!

[@corrinetsang1478]

Water can come from nuclear fusion desalination plants.

[@lulusperch1742]

This is true. Although it's a bit more energy intensive to design, build, operate and maintain a nuclear fusion plant than it is to dig swales and plant trees but there are lots of opportunities available. Thanks :)

[@debbi945]

I don’t understand? Why on earth would anyone give you thumbs down?

[@treesagreen4191]

Debbi there are some strange people in the world...

[@lol-cu3lh]

commento scritto possibilmente in italiano. Grazie

[@njione]

Why doesn't anyone live by the well

[@lulusperch1742]

Good question! The answer is that they would but they would always travel from well to well to well only staying for a few days. This nomadic lifestyle would ensure that they wouldn't use up the tiny amount of resources available in each area. I hope that answers your question :)

[@Song-od4vs]

Indian music

[@beyondreel7666]

Wtf man...the song at the end is in hindi and you're shooting in Middle East😂

[@lulusperch1742]

It's beautiful music for an amazing moment in an incredible desert on a phenomenal planet :)

[@surendranathpr5504]

Song of ganesh in middle east!!

[@mirshk4366]

well briefed only loop was talking of Jordan n music was Indian 😯

[@lulusperch1742]

It's joyful music for a special meteorological moment. Permaculture doesn't recognise political borders, just environmental edges :)

[@LM_25_11]

Your song is Indian

[@بهنامخادمی-ع2ش]

Make it in USA

[@jaiprakashm6jm]

Hindi song

[@unechaine1]

a little bit too crazy unrespectful.

[@mugideunicee9349]

Holle hw u friend

[@mugideunicee9349]

Haha

[@mugideunicee9349]

Am ld unice

[@lulusperch1742]

Hello friend!

[@lucelebeau3024]

Some advice: don't try to make your video clip too 'funny and hip' with too much hectic editing.

[@lulusperch1742]

True! But if I'm not having fun when I write, film and edit my videos then I'd be bringing a very tired format to the table. I like to visualise my videos as a self-filtering system that holds on to like-minded folks like a swale and let's other audiences overflow to the next spillway :)

[@fabiennerogues875]

comment tu te conduits mal ! c'est une honte !

[@johnsmith-xm4mp]

Tosser !!!!

[@nirmalan5590]

Do the hard work, when it is green call me to see,the green, NOT THE BEDOUIN. 😜👋

[@User0resU-1]

You've got that weird smile in all your videos all the time. Luv it! 👍

[@christophernichols1379]

Rain, a literal gift from above.

[@candisbrendel7396]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE Bedouin WATER CISTERNS SYSTEMS!?? WHY DOES LAWTON NOT MAKE A GREAT CISTERN 60,00 100,00 GAL OR SO UNDER GROUND!!?? JUST ASKING, OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T.

[@lulusperch1742]

Good thinking Joseph Brendel! Geoff has a very large cistern at the highest point of the Greening the Desert site that provides water for drinking, cooking and showers. Once that water has been used it is then filtered through a reed bed before watering the food forest. The cistern itself is built into the hill so it is partly underground and kept cooler by the thermal mass surrounding it. As for your other question regarding what happened to the ancient Bedouin water cistern systems, I believe they are still in existence however according to Emanuel Marx's book, 'The Bedouin of the Negev' (1967), due to their nomadic nature, Bedouin underground cisterns were often abandoned for extended periods of time without maintenance and filled up with silt (p.25).

[@natelincoln]

Lulu's Perch have you watched any of the Earthship building videos. After the water is filtered by the reed bed it can be stored again and used to fill the toilet and wash laundry. Just add a charcoal filter on the fill line for the washing machine to absorb any impurities the plant cells didn’t filter out.

[@lulusperch1742]

@@natelincoln I have indeed. Mike Reynolds is the Man! The garbage warrior is a favourite doco of mine :) thanks for your question

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

I would love to own my own land one day and have fruit trees there. It's beautiful what Lawton's doing. Beautiful person.

[@SundryGirl]

Interesting

[@cieslik7564]

so cool

[@livingoffthegrid6956]

Thank you so much and I subscribed! 😊

[@deepakmadhavan6778]

BGM is amazing.......!,

[@rolandoconstantinosr.502]

All countries in the planet should lend their hands in greening the desert to fight climate change

[@beyondreel7666]

Wtf man...the song at the end is in hindi and you're shooting in Middle East😂

[@delboytrotter8806]

I like to dance naked in the rain !!!!!!

[@jeetendra580]

Indian🇮🇳👳 music🎤🎼🎹🎶

[@prayagfarm9578]

Will you help anywhere to make forest in world

[@lulusperch1742]

Yes!

[@prayagfarm9578]

@@lulusperch1742 how much charge for that

[@lulusperch1742]

@@prayagfarm9578 contact me privately through Lulu's Perch facebook and we can talk more.

[@rolfpoelman3486]

3:55 "Camouflage was a bad choice..." : What does that mean?

[@lulusperch1742]

Good question! It's a joke that means my clothes blend into the background so much that I'm barely visible to the camera 🤣

[@tinogarcia2094]

Yuca....or chaca...bro...can help you to bring a rainforest in the desert

[@arjunkini8118]

@7:10 lord Ganesha music 😍

[@connordrake5713]

From that country, everyone is enjoying the rain. But on my country, Philippines, rain here is just too much. 😂 Lots of monsoon, 25 typhoons(hurricane for Americans) each year and lots of low pressure makes our country very wetty all year around.

[@xyzsame4081]

You too must _manage_ the rain - storing as much as possible in the soil, a lot of deforestation happened.

[@Sennmut]

So flip and annoying.

[@snowy3391]

Whats the song at 7:20?

[@drex6476]

7:20 A Hindi song with mentions of Lord Ganesha!

[@snowy3391]

What's the song called in?

[@MobaCry]

For muslims it is considered a sin to walk on water. You shouldn't walk in drinkable water ! Please respect the local culture.

[@lulusperch1742]

Duly noted. Thank you!

[@sadanam12]

Never heard of that " SIN", what is the source of your information?

[@drskeletone]

there is a hadith that warns us against urination in wells , springs and under trees which offer shadow for people in desert

[@drskeletone]

@@sadanam12 1 - PROHIBITION OF THE 3 CURSED THINGS "Be careful of the 3 cursed things, urinating, defecating, (and flatulating) and spitting (with phlegm) in any sources (rivers, seas, oceans, wells etc) and in the middle of the road (where people walk) and from under the shade."Abu Dawood 26, Ibn Majah 328 Abu Huraira The Prophet (saw) Said: "Be careful of the two cursed things," He replied, "What are the two cursed things oh messenger?" The Prophet (saw) said: "what people dropped in middle of the way, or in the shade. (And keep distance from doing it)""Muslim 269, Musnad Imam Ahmad 8636, Abu Dawood 25 Mu'az said: "The sources are (rivers, seas, oceans, free running water or stagnant water)… Allah (swt) said: "And those who harm the believers, male and female, it is forbidden." Imam Nawawi said: "It is not allowed to defecate or urinate or throw dirt in the places where people benefit from."

[@sadanam12]

where does the hadith says walking in the water is "sin".

[@ivanolsen7966]

it's pronounced BED-0-win