Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere

[@srimansrini]

Shubendu Sharma gives excellent solution to solve the problem of deforestation. Planting trees and making forests should be made as mass movement. I hope these kind of ideas are very much necessary for everyone to take part in this noble mission. Kudos to Sharma and his team. Highly recommended.

[@alonespirit_1Q84]

Open School Completely Agreed!!

[@CitiesoftheFuture]

that was 2014... Who knows what is he doing now? 2018

[@claudiazacarias3063]

Open School im so happy some people care about deforestation. And im willing to make mass movements of forest making.

[@claudiazacarias3063]

RapistAndFalse ProphetMuhammed 100% right

[@bananabreadyum9663]

I am 16 and I will try to make a forrest in my city. Together we can save the planet. Dream big guys!

[@letstalkfriends2635]

Thank you I am 17 ! I have the same dream !

[@orange4867]

sorry to burst your bubble kid but the planet isn't dying

[@pearljantjies2562]

Love it. Me too. I. M gonna grow a forest

[@PierinoSanguevino]

you can do it!

[@sumitgpatil]

@@orange4867 Lol...

[@madmady8278]

New life goal: buy a large property that was used for animal farming and build a Forrest instead. Swap out cruelty for kindness. Help heal the planet.

[@sarthaksanatani05]

Go vegan

[@madmady8278]

@@sarthaksanatani05 Already am, 3 years strong!

[@MiaFolkmann]

My plan for next year :-)

[@phoebo-3]

hope you succes

[@ac4185]

Vegan won’t do a thing. If humans are increasing in population, it is bigger cities, more social justice warriors on the internet, more processed vegan food using tons of chemicals.

[@taijifitness]

I love the emotion of this guy when he speak about the project feeling the benefit for humanity, here is the difference with Steve jobs that was cold as a machine feeling the benefit for his pockets

[@upresins]

True- he seemed to be restraining himself, checking his emotion, lest it burst.

[@harishgokul3549]

And now, Apple is sponsoring 3000 acres of forest to offset their carbon footprint. How's that?

[@joji5422]

Amazing project to help Mother Earth and us. Thank you so much for all this ideas. I am also starting my own little forest , I already planted 250 seedlings for a biodiverse forest . Different Philippine Native Tree Species.

[@LMKTinyForest]

Thanks to your knowledge, I have planted my tiny forest accordingly. Some of the trees in my 3 year old forest are higher than the one close by which the owner planted only teakwood 10 years ago. Thank you so much.

[@Red0100]

I have worked in the Swedish forestry industry (I've planted many forests myself!) and even in the cold and low nutrition soil of northern Sweden the trees I planted will be ready for harvest in "only" 50 - 70 years.

[@Sams_Uncle]

Small and crisp with real world application, really good job.

[@shankysays]

Now this is a kinda sales pitch masquerading as ted talk I don't hate. He's doing a phenomenal job.

[@seededsoul]

Thanks Shubhendu for taking a real and unselfish step towards a sustainable world!

[@naveenahsn]

AMAZING. This is what I was searching for, Thanks TED and Thank you Shubhendu Sharma

[@mopjetc]

We need this around the world, Regardless of whether there is a climate problem or not, this adds so much value for everyone!

[@ShirishJadav162]

i want a job in your company...:) i love this work

[@justgivemethetruth]

Me too ... this is really fantastic.

[@edstar83]

Me three.

[@justgivemethetruth]

***** I could do Australia ... no way I would live in Saudi Arabia.

[@edstar83]

They should force logging companies to do this every time they murder a tree to make toilet paper.

[@chrisgreen8539]

edstar83 They do. It's called tree planting.

[@justgivemethetruth]

This kind of reforestation is half the puzzle to overcoming global warming and species loss. Humanity needs to keep its processes separate from nature so that we do not destroy it and we have nature to appreciate and learn from. Virtually every invention we have comes from nature, and we usually push it too far until it is a problem. There is another guy, Allan Savory, who did a talk similar to this to which he added vegetative eating animas, cows, horses, buffalo, etc to speed the process up by their natural composting abilities. The whole face of the planet could be changed, and the climate as well.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

I'd say the opposite. We have to integrate our processes into nature and work with ecosystems to produce more volume and diversity of products by using natural processes. "Nature" as something to lock-up and appreciate from a road-side lookout is damaging to our immersion and engagement..... I do like Allan Savory, and I do like "weeds", and I do believe intensive grazing can help *some* habitats, however it should be noted his work has largely been debunked.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Checkout "Gunter Pauli: The Blue Economy" lecture on ABC Australia, or his shorter less detailed TED talk.

[@Law19157]

@What I learnt today You're right, forcing the human population to condense into small areas does more harm than good, it worsens pollution. Appreciating from the road side is stupid.

[@mopjetc]

Why arent we doing this a lot more over the world? We need this!!

[@raaviramesh3]

It is a wonderful experience to grow dense forest in 100 sq. meters in 10 years. Nice thought. It is the need of the time in Bharat.

[@Karma8Kami]

This is brilliant, making this process into an easily copied, cheap and profitable process is the only way it's going to catch on in the west. And with the limited space this requires it could drastically decrease big cities co2 emissions provided the shrubs can survive that amount of polution. This has been needed for the last 70 years and I pray it will catch on.

[@brackenresponse9527]

Amazing. Thank you for this.

[@alekseyalexej9665]

Well done! This is a worthwhile noble and useful thing !!

[@abduahmed4518]

Thanks. Am really thinking about doing exactly this.

[@Vchos05]

Fantastic & do-able even in Cities like Mumbai

[@OttoVonGarfield]

Truely amazing what we can do if we just put some time and determination in to our goal, I hope nothing but the best will come for this

[@angelareis2941]

EXEMPLO A SER SEGUIDO POR TODOS NÓS. OBRIGADA. ABRAÇOS..ANGELA REIS

[@peter.knupffer]

Yes!

[@Style-gy5wq]

Amazing Initiative….this will solve the problem of deforestation. It is important to create a sustainable environment for the future generation…

[@ChillTheFuckOutMeditations]

loved this ted talk!

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

so long as roots don't weaken the foundations of nearby buildings, then I advocate this as a scheme which should be implemented as widely as time will allow

[@Eschen_]

as far as I know roots strengthen ground rather than weakening it

[@Arahvhel]

kingmensch Foundation =/= Ground, he is talking about roots "breaking" the foundation, which is the concrete supporting the buildings/houses

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Yes, exactly. It is the reason why it is not recommended to plant large trees near to buildings, or to construct near to trees which are still growing

[@Eschen_]

Arahvhel Whoops. I'm not a native english speaker^^

[@novahina]

MostlyLoveOfMusic Some species of trees do not disturb the ground next to.buildings and some trees does especially the agressive roots ones and the most tallest of all

[@Toastmaster_5000]

I'm curious about the long-term effects. What happens to the soil? Will there be enough water and sunlight? What do you do if the plants die (since they're so densely packed you can walk up to them)? Great idea overall, especially for countries like China and India, but I'm not sure how long something like this will last.

[@BhairavVani]

please provide your online link

[@Katyayanibetha]

Love it!

[@docsan1721]

Thank you so much sir ..for the honest initiative

[@xi3063]

Beautifully explained

[@lrgroene]

I will be petitioning officials and citizens in Indiana to begin using these techniques, especially on abandoned or fallow farmland and around rivers and streams

[@findingnimo4707]

Wowww... I was looking for u sir... Searching for ur website

[@Exceltrainingvideos]

Interesting. How can we contact you?

[@lukes5461]

Try www.afforestt.com/

[@nik3932]

Bhaiya u r awesome.. I have similar ideas of business model n I was thinking always that only I had such ideas..but vvv nice to see u who is actually making it happen...thank you ur my inspiration...I hope I get a chance to meet u

[@liamoneill8971]

where is his website?

[@drholidayinn5810]

www.dropbox.com/sh/4l3sqwd3b9j3pmq/AADUQKKg-QSBCTVcTLKf4u0Ca/English?dl=0

[@VashtiPerry]

Ninu S. It’s there now ❤️

[@upresins]

@@drholidayinn5810 Thanks!

[@ashleyashleym2969]

Amazing Ted Talk! :)

[@v_d_key6241]

I want to work with your company and want to do this kind of thing

[@hassaanvault]

What an inspiration !

[@billygoatideas]

This is amazing

[@Sesshyru]

Does it stress the nutrients out of the soil that it grows on? If not can we use this to terraform the mid-west into not-desert?

[@aspiresk8boarding]

There are projects going on to rebuild the desert with permaculture gardening. It rebuilds the soil because it composts itself. Some plants add nutrients to the soil or bring it to the surface with its roots. This can be done everywhere in a perfect system

[@candyazz28]

And it's native species. So no it won't stress the soil as much as the native plants would.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Ultimately the inputs are water, minerals and sunlight. If you get the right mix of plants you have certain plants that have super deep roots that pull the minerals up from under the soil, or even out of pretty much solid rock ( we've all seen trees and plants growing in cracks of cliffs and mountains ) and then when they die the minerals are added to the soil layer for the other plants in the cycle of nature.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Desert is a bio-diverse ecosystem evolved to it's climatic reality. Attempting to green a desert is broken thinking.

[@creamofbotulismsoup9900]

What I learnt today Perhaps with massive amounts of desalination we could irrigate the desert. But that would require massive amounts of energy, hopefully from nuclear power, or maybe even fusion one day.

[@BenevolentXMachine]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[@onepiece740]

Hey iam from Mannheim-Germay we, a local group planted this Tiny Forest like 3 weeks ago

[@karthik2k2]

Very impressive..keep up the good work !

[@522Dusty]

he needs to come to the desert of Arizona and plant some of these. The cost would be astronomic

[@sushantnandwana]

Really inspiring work but the prices quoted by them for these services are too too much. He must intend to help but not with subtle pricing. But great initiative.

[@sushantnandwana]

I also checked their website and as of now open source do it youself tools are not as empowered as presented in the video.for example which native species you select if you want to do it yourself.

[@jaykc7802]

This is good for all of us...

[@kazimkhan1515]

I want to make tiny forest like this Backyard of my house help me please

[@juliagarcia3452]

Please,would you write subtitles in spanish? Or even in english? Thanks a lot.

[@prasanthsasidharan7481]

amazing vedio! .wish everyone did this.

[@Hiphop101ize]

We're gonna need this to replant all the rainforest we've deforested

[@sudeepsharma9893]

🎉WILL GROW

[@LeonidasGGG]

Trully an idea worth...growing. :)

[@pawanjindal4286]

I proud you.you are great.i meet you.op.jindal.haryana.

[@bhavanadhyani9191]

Excellent work

[@uXgotXmerked]

I'd like to grow one on my face please. Puberty has not been so kind

[@seenivasaneee759]

You can plant onion and garlic on the wasteland... You will not able to harvest it.

[@krishnanarwade2894]

How you can help me to creat such innovative work in my native place near Nanded Maharashtra. Lot of hilly area is available and in that area rain fall is very limited.

[@saiphaniutkarshkethana6044]

Inspiring!! Kepp up the great work Mr. Shubhendu Sharma.

[@taakki8802]

Link of open source knowledge base?

[@tb6303]

That's what I want to know, too.

[@gunugantiadithya1]

What is that website

[@vincentroberto7357]

love this!

[@princemintu6933]

I loved it....

[@quisno11]

Joyce Kilmer said it best:" I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. we all can plant and maintain healthy small forests as they introduce more oxygen into the air and all they need is a little water a little care and CO2 which peoipole freek out about the world having in over abundance.

[@alonsosepulveda616]

does someone know the name of his company...???

[@VieuxBat]

Wow ou ! Permaculture is finally expending rapidly !

[@justgivemethetruth]

Fantastic!

[@medman36]

Impressive!

[@girishsule1551]

I am from pune. Guide me how to join your movement.

[@Freeagent-4-life]

Well done good Sir.

[@吴潇-r1r]

Wow, the project is so excited and inspiring!!! Really want to join you!!! And wish this program could set up in China!! Just have one question, do your program consider the bioscurity issues while it dicied what speciese to plant? For example, people from New Zealand or Madagascar, or other isolatated island which has very special flora and fauna want some advise. As their ecosystem is unique and fragile, will your program evaluate the unique ecosystem while giving advise? because those plants are growing very fast, just wonder if they might be protaitially invasisve to the ecosystem if they escaple from the gardens?

[@patelhind18]

sir can u please tell what type of plants we should grow for dense forest n how much space need for it . thanks

[@Zoza15]

Good!, more green :D

[@dogfight156]

a forest in a factory? in a parking lot? this is a miracle. quick question: is there a fire hazard here? with such a dense forest in the guy's backyard what would happen if someone misfired a yoga-flame or yoga-fire?

[@health8861]

How can i learn ?

[@priyanshnigam5706]

How can I join u shubhendu sir

[@curiosity55]

Beautiful

[@CarswithB]

I want to help my country to do the same one day

[@kokofan50]

Cool, I kind of wish it could be used around where I live, but we have a grassland ecosystem.

[@k.s.k.7721]

Grasslands are the first step in natural succession - nature uses grasses to hold soil. Then the first small, tough shrubs and herbs, then things like wild blackberries and small trees, and finally forest. You can absolutely do the succession faster, and start your own forest! Videos by Geoff Lawton, or google "food forest" for ideas.

[@chrisgreen8539]

I second K.S.K.'s advice to check out Geoff Lawton's Permaculture videos and permaculture website(s).

[@kokofan50]

Chris Green You don't get it. Forests aren't what should be around where I live. My point was that the native ecosystem is grassland, see as I live on the southern edge of the great-planes, and the trying to create a hyper-dense mini-forest would be destroying the local ecosystem.

[@chrisgreen8539]

I'm not saying this is an end-all solution, but it can be a site-specific tool worth investigating. Also, this method does oversaturate the very local environment it is created, I think. It might appear to have great initialresults in the 5 or 10 year initial period, but fall to pieces in 15 or 20 years... we shall see. Each location would have it's own proper permaculture path to follow: the prairies grasslands were the end result of thousands tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of years of post-glacial or near-glacial adaption, and would be the best route for that range of grassland environments. Personally, I would take my cues from people like Mark Shephard, author of Restoration Agriculture and owner of New Forest Farm, Geoff Lawton, the late Masanobu Fukuoka, and others with more experience and insight in this field: www.newforestfarm.net/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka www.geofflawton.com/sq/15449-geoff-lawton

[@chrisgreen8539]

As for the TED talk video, and the proposals within it, I do think this approach is a bit over the top and is still quite unproven. But it might have some short term benefits that should be followed by longer term approaches. We shall see. At least people are actively looking for solutions rather than meekly accepting the status quo. :-)

[@asthbasagr9486]

Can anyone please give me link of his website or contact details

[@dimplesharma]

Mr. Sharma Can I have the link to your website?

[@muditjain1571]

Shubhendu! I am keen to work as a volunteer.. Seeking support! Rgds

[@bhakti9183]

Awesome

[@notjustadentist2037]

I want to do this....

[@vicdoom4223]

Very interesting

[@MrFelixFB]

This is great

[@nico_rico3185]

Does anyway have the website he is talking about?

[@nazeeb.davidattenborough4721]

Forrest

[@aamirali7341]

I have many acres land... But shortage of water we don't grow crops... I want to grow forest there... Is there any possibility?

[@ajaytommusic7158]

Is this the Miyawaki model?

[@pranjalpatil6655]

Nice🙌🙏

[@harshfire143]

I am interested to create amino forest at my backyard can you help me

[@motherbrainsunshine3082]

Neat.

[@CurstSaden]

I so want to try this. I always thought lawns were pretty, but they use so much water. Let's move away from the concept of lawns and rejuvenate our forests!!!

[@VashtiPerry]

Curst Saden yes

[@IPleadTheSecond]

COOL STORY, how do i help?

[@Coopmystery555]

this is cool

[@Chamelionroses]

Wishes and dreams are nice but work and actions better in making them real.

[@bahadurchauhan4755]

I like plants and i wont to grow

[@sonnypunjani7035]

what is your company name and contact

[@tarstarkusz]

medium.com/ted-fellows/how-to-grow-a-forest-really-really-fast-d27df202ba09#.mfxxnkicu

[@alaskaflounderbasket]

nice

[@sammiller552]

can they make this in the middle of a desert? #oasis