They Threw 12,000 Tons Of Orange Peels In A Forest. 16 Years Later They Returned to See The Results…

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[@salavat294]

Owned and ran bistro. On a daily basis, the bistro went through about 20kg of coffee beans. Also owned a farm from where most of the produce used in the bistro came. At end of each day the coffee grinds, peelings, eggshells would be composted. Surprisingly, the coffee grinds broke up the clay soil and made soil easier to till. Combined with peelings eggshells, the farmland would yield a respectable harvest. Interestingly, the farm and bistro sustained each other. The bistro raised the dollar value of the crop. While, the crop raised the bistro’s profit margin by at least 40%. Interestingly the restaurant inspectors would only eat at my bistro.

[@tempestive1]

There's an example of confirmation bias there :) eggshells would have to be ground to nano-sized particles to have a non-negligible effect on soil fertility (Source: agronomical engineer and permaculturer)

[@jrandall2375]

Not if they were placed there every week, year after year.

[@engelag]

@@tempestive1 Provide your sources. Composting makes acids, which dissolves the egg shell, making the calcium available to the soil. This is a common trick in fixing alkaline soil that has calcium that in not available. Add sulfur, which with water makes sulfuric acid to dissolve the calcium to remove the sodium, to allow the soil structure to return. My source: Dr. Parsa, Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran. I am a Retired Professional Engineer, Minnesota, agricultural engineer.

[@herrmikman]

you can also grow oyster shrooms on coffee grounds

[@salavat294]

@@engelag : Add to that horse, cow, sheep, and goat manure in order to bacteria, plus other fauna to accelerate the biological breakdown of organic matter. Avian manure needs to be super diluted, otherwise the concentrations nitrates and phosphates will “burn” the crop. The soil turns from a red loam soil to a rich black Chernozem, what grandpa referred to as “fat soil”.

[@englishforya]

"Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences and stupid people already have all answers"

[@assistantpossible9818]

Great quote.

[@hot_cash]

yes i have so many answers

[@francek1017]

I learn from the mistakes of people who i gave my advice

[@LoveMatters369]

lol... This was good❤❤❤

[@jos7006]

@@francek1017 🤣

[@angrypop2594]

Back in the 1970s the ranchers in Florida used to get the orange peels and pulp to put on their pastures to improve not only the food supply for cattle but also to increase nutrients in the soil that would allow for better grass to grow.

[@tinawindham6958]

The manure could’ve been put on citrus trees…

[@czgator9000]

Now you have to have a biohazard permit to haul citrus peels, much less use as feed.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@czgator9000 Biohazard? Why?

[@ohihassan693]

I hope those researchers, ecologists and the orange company get back the rights to do the same again.

[@how050]

We, in the US, Should be doing exactly the same. Instead, most of the US, disposes all of their garbage in a wasteful way. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with greed. I'm sure Monsanto, fertilizer companies, and all of the other greedy companies would put a stop to any idea of composting. When i went to Norway for a business trip, i noticed that everyone had a third garbage can. One was for regular waste, one for recycling, and one for compost. I that, what a novel idea. We should be doing this!

[@99bn99]

@@how050 I live in a major Canadian city. We also have three bins, organic waste (food, paper towel, diapers), recycling (cans bottles, plastics, paper)) & other stuff (garbage). The organic waste is heat composted and offered back to residents as compost for their gardens.

[@robertmoore1215]

@@99bn99 we don't have a 3rd bin in our small American city. Our (expensive) recycling program went by the wayside when we found out plastic recycling was a scam perpetrated by plastic industry. We've since attempted to reuse as much as possible on smaller scale. However, we do recycle tree trimming and grass clippings etc that get picked up and composted by municipalities. It ultimately becomes free compost for all off season. I wonder sometimes what would be the harm in backfilling spent mines with municipal trash. Or at least using them to sequester toxic waste that would otherwise wend it's way into food chains. If aquifers are not involved, I think it might go a long way to remediating legacy toxics from industrial era that still linger around.

[@chadB4401]

Right regrow forest pronto

[@ijeomaugwu7352]

​@@chuckd5819typical proud American.... What exactly are you even trying to say?

[@shirleycooleyga]

Those conservationists did what many of our great grandparents did to raise hearty gardens 100 years ago. 🙏❤️🥰

[@rorogeewai8074]

jh

[@allenhaywood9608]

My grandparents were fisherman, no orange groves in sight

[@genuinedickies99]

So they trick an orange juice company into composting a viable sellable product for free.

[@skyangel6336]

@@allenhaywood9608 Using fish in the garden works too! Buried in the ground of course

[@dannycarlow8204]

Where the hell did they get all the orange peels from and how did they transport that many orange peels from Florida in 1922? Pretty sure they would have used cow manure or something of the kind in the garden.

[@engelag]

During the orange peel section, you mentioned using it for fuel. In the mid 1970's, I wrote a term paper (my BS) to convert citrus processing wastes into ethanol. I found it had an 18 month pay back on gross margin. (Ethanol is not only a fuel, it is also an industrial chemical, such as used in cosmetics.) Less than 10 years later, I read that one of these citrus processing plants was being built in Florida. My BS and MS are in Agricultural Engineering.

[@teristirling7649]

That's awesome. Congratulations❤

[@Bexks]

Wow! Is there no way you can show these companies that you already came up with this idea yourself years ago??

[@engelag]

@@Bexks I did not copyright my report, nor patent the idea. I learned during my MS that I should copyright my reports, which I did for my MS thesis.

[@Bexks]

@@engelag bummer!

[@asleepinthealley]

Citrus oil is also a wonderful cleaner that works well on petroleum products.

[@stanwolenski9541]

My parents were gardening organically beginning in the 50's, my siblings and I have done it since. Makes sense to use food scraps, manure, tree leaves and grasses to make a good compost. It's the plant worlds answer on giving it's offspring the nutrients needed to survive.

[@sonjadidyk-tn4cc]

My entire family were farmers and they were into this kind of farming, including encouraging lady bugs.

[@garg4531]

"That meant that this previously barren patch of land, a healthy vibrant rainforest had been regrown" In just 16 years! One would think that process would take decades, if not longer

[@davidfisher5140]

Why??? Wake up!!! Have you never heard of regenerative agriculture, bioremediation or permaculture??? Organic growers of various sorts have turned wastelands into rich farms over & over & over again in the past decades. This is NORMAL.

[@Looper-uj7fg]

The forest was only 6 inches high.

[@fringedwellermccatintyre730]

I think the video said the speed of decomposition had to do with the climate in Costa Rica.

[@garg4531]

@@fringedwellermccatintyre730 Nah I can understand the orange peels breaking down quickly, but I figured it would normally take decades for trees to grow I suppose in jungles they’d have to grow as quickly as possible whenever they get the chance so they don’t get outcompeted by other, faster plants

[@wetstinkysocks2950]

That whole orange story just goes to shows how giving back to the earth will go a long way

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

Nature just works, way better without humans. It's an awesome cycle in every way, humanity lately only fcks it up big time, almost like it's on purpose...like a suicide mission. I can't find any other explanation for the deliberate destructions being done, instead of cheaper easier slower nicer natural things. When we all know how ot works.

[@tanyagarcia3721]

That and the coffee thing. I agree, though, that everything in moderation is good

[@scaper12123]

And how eager corporations are to ruin all of it.

[@Freakazoid12345]

In over words, over population is a serious problem.

[@shirleycooleyga]

It’s not too late to continue doing this project! 🙏❤️👍

[@adamriddle7425]

Man if I was the company that filled the lawsuit, I would have spent that money trying to figure out how to get in on a deal like that instead of taking it to court

[@MrGoesBoom]

that's corporate greed for you 'Lets spend money to stop the other guys from getting a good deal!' apparently appeals more than 'Wow, that's a good deal, we should try to get in on it!'. Likely cause the first one hurt the rival company more or something like that.

[@crazycanine2449]

Yep shows how greedy and jealous companies get

[@Detman101]

Corporate greed and misdeeds are what's killing this entire planet.

[@delstanley1349]

The defendants should have a-peeled!

[@fakiirification]

capitalism will always fail to do the right thing. Its just not profitable to be moral and good.

[@dusan19377]

For the past few years I'm into wood chipping techniques and I would recommend to all interested to watch documentary 'Back to Eden' about this topic. Personally, I managed to take few bags from local tree management services full of chipped branches and make a really good top soil to grow fruits in my backyard as it was decomposing for 2-3 years. Also in my vacant village house where I have a plum orchid, I used to cut soooo many branches and shrubs as I have to mow and clear area so it won't become jungle around the house, I got nothing as it all became ashes after I would burn it out. But in 2022. I managed to buy a nice Bosch wood chipper and now I chip all the branches and scrubs, chop leaves as well and dump it all around each tree or where I want to create fertile soil. And I can confirm that when you dump a lot in one place you will kill all the grasses and weeds underneath but it keeps moisture, breaks down gradually and creates black, nutrient rich soil. From that soil you can grow anything and all the weeds that try to sprout, you just need to pull them out gently with the full roots. Also I don't need to water my plants during hot summers here if the cover of chipped wood is 3cm or more! And when I remove the wood chips, I can feel soft and moist black soil forming full of different bugs, worms and even fungi... It is 100% healthy for all beings there.

[@traxiii]

Its amazing how nature can grow back so fast. The clear cut Redwood forest areas that were clear cut in the Santa Cruz mountains in CA, almost 100 years ago had grown back in less than 20 years and now there is no trace of where the forest was cut.

[@maicajapanmoments]

I don’t know if anybody has realized that during the pandemic years 2020,2021 the winter was cooler and arrived earlier…

[@Jude74]

That’s because there’s plenty of carbon for them.

[@billy3076]

I'm from TX in 2002 I became a truck driver and got see them. They where so huge. I was 😢 sad to see them cut down. They have bounced back

[@bonchidude]

But that does not mean we cut down trees for profit. Recycle plastic and you can get all the building products you need in place of wood.

[@augustpriest6945]

Thats not true at all ..I don't understand how you arrived at such a simple-minded untrue thing to con others with

[@Dan_Slee]

A few thoughts on some of the pointed "Downsides". Attracting flies to the decomposing pulp from Coffee or Oranges is not a bad thing. It may be inconvenient for people who may live nearby, but this type of land recovery to a natural state is not usually done in highly populated areas. That said there is a significant advantage to having flies and insect activity from the composting of the pulp as this draws in predators, specifically birds who will deposit their own fertilizer which will contain seeds to help jump start the diversity of the flora. It was also mentioned that the rich nutrients could leach into waterways causing algae blooms. If there was a combination of dry carbon (browns in composting terms) with the wets/fuel (Nitrogen heavy pulp/peels) it would instead bind up these nutrients, help contain the smell of decomposition, and provide an even richer end product compost with a lot more volume, as less of the compost would be "gassed off" during the process, and more nutrients and overall volume retained.

[@modestoca25]

Leaching mainly happens with chemical fertilizers or maybe manures that wash directly into waterways, not composted organic material.

[@richeyrich2203]

So, all they needed to do was make agreements with the almond manufactures for disposal of their shells and fiber!

[@douglasshane3491]

Any matter is subject to leaching: yes, chemicals and manure, but also soil and even rock. Any material that is subject to water can be leached.@@modestoca25

[@lorax8172]

@@douglasshane3491 yes everything leaches, but to alter waterways enough to create algae blooms it typically only happens with inorganic fertilizers, or organics in extremely high concentrations (manure) from industrial farming.

[@Mike007_]

What about all the poison that gets into the soil and groundwater? How much energy was wasted to produce the oranges? The monocultures are destroying the entire ecosystem, and the surrounding countryside is also becoming ecologically impoverished. First insects retreat, with you plants, shrubs & trees disappear, thereby also large animals, rodents and birds retreat. The more different plants there are, the more stable the ecosystem is. That is by far not all...

[@macmcleod1188]

One key factor in the orange peel story is it they also left the land alone. We discovered during covid that if you just leave areas of the ocean alone they will also rapidly recover. Human land use prevents the land from recovering.

[@dannycarlow8204]

That was discovered long before COVID. No different than the human body. If you break your leg and don't use it, it will heal faster. Try using it every day and it will stay broken. Same idea that was discovered long before COVID.

[@lailoutherand]

Ninth like... Probably unnoticeable in the grand scheme of things but ok

[@woodspirit98]

What area of the ocean?

[@donaldhoot7741]

LOL!

[@Rhaspun]

It was surprising how quickly the air in the cities had cleaned up so much during the pandemic. Cities that are known for being very smoggy, became much, much cleaner. Cities in India, China and the US cleared up quite a bit.

[@bwmcelya]

20 years ago I used to buy orange peel extract as an adhesive remover. Works great and doesn’t hurt the substrate. It was a USA company, trying to get rid of orange peels from Florida/California.

[@brandy2378]

I still use it and another plus is it smells good

[@bendenisereedy7865]

That's orange terpenes, distilled from orange oil, from the peel.

[@BradBolton-wq6ub]

It’s still available. My wife always has a bottle under the sink. The trade name is “goo-gone”.

[@gerryboudreaultboudreault2608]

You can also extract an oil from the peelings. And all wood chips/sawdust can be recycled. i.e. NOTHING should ever be thrown away.

[@GregoryP-jw8qj]

Yeah I had some stuff that was citrus based and smelled like oranges and it was for getting really sticky stuff unstuck from stuff. It had citrus oil in it also and it worked great. If I remember correctly it might have been called Goo- Gone.

[@macdieter23558]

The coffee story reminded me of a former colleague of mine! When I worked in the project management section of "Deutsche Bahn" (german railway), the bureaus had a huuuuge rate in the consumption of coffee! A colleague had bought a former train station building with a small plot of land around it! The land surrounding it was, llet´s say, pretty normally overgrown. When he started to work in his garden, he began to collect all the coffee waste (i.e. the ground coffee with its filters) and put it on his lands/his plants. After a short time he had turned the more or less barren land into a little paradise which became better every year. Soon it was known as a colorful green oasis!

[@kryptyk7712]

Woah nice vid. Those conservationists outplayed everybody, even in the most dire of circumstances. They got far with it and the results speak for themselves. The fact that they got the company to do all the cleaning and specific dumping in marked areas of a mass waste material was such a win for everything concerned.

[@kikixchannel]

And then a rotten, idiotic judge (and likely corrupt too) had to stop the proces on which just about everybody would have won. It was obvious from the title that the place would be overgrown. It takes just very basic knowledge. Dead, organic matter + land + water = nutrients = plant growth. I refuse to believe that someone that reached the position of a supreme courts judge seriously thought that ecologists agreeing to this thing that is basically just dumping fertilizer for free had no idea that it was good for nature.

[@belvedere92]

I live in the Caribbean, at about the same latitude as Costa Rica and can attest to the truth of how very quickly carbs degrade compared to Boston where lived previously. A dead tree trunk with a girth of about 4 feet took less than 2.5 years to disappear in the Caribbean. A similar tree in Boston remained at my hedge for all 16 years I lived at that house.

[@DiirteeSanchez]

Why

[@ForageGardener]

@@DiirteeSanchez cold winter kills and slows microbes like bacteria and fungus. In the tropics where it never gets cold, the microbes consume things MUCH more rapidly.

[@OfftoShambala]

@@ForageGardener the humidity and dampness is another factor… we should def add organic matter to the ground around the planet whether the conditions match the quick turn around rates seen in the tropics or not … but leafy and other nitrogen rich matter breaks down quickly everywhere as well, deserts taking the longest to break down if depending only on rainfall

[@robertkershaw1177]

Drip irrigation under layers of organic matter works very well in desert areas and helps store the water and raise the water tables in soil and aquifers.

[@spacehitler4537]

We can always also speed that up and mulch tree trunks into a much easier to break down solution.

[@jasonvanatta8508]

great video- I was amazed actually... people are just starting to learn about microbial life in the soil and how to use natural composting to create fertile soils. impressive stories about the oranges.

[@leonardothefabulous3490]

Finally, a good/positive story about something in a rainforest!

[@joshtonry4291]

I heard this story over 20 years ago. This is really amazing, they should do this more now.

[@bettydoughtery3920]

Agree

[@gordonward537]

Brings tears to my eyes to know this wonderful situation took place.. bless those who care for our planet.

[@ami2evil]

Stop crying, it's not real...

[@Sjood-qs8ol]

@@ami2evilwhat a weird comment to make

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

This area that it supposedly happened is all cartel controlled where any normal person passing through is r worded robbed and ended and the only people damaging the forests are the cartels down there and these are the same people lefties want to come over the border into america ​@@Sjood-qs8ol

[@gamefanatics5113]

Between Thoughty2 and Be Amazed I can spend a whole day doing absolutely nothing. I love you guys.

[@marymaryquitecontrary]

What a fascinating and encouraging video! I was in the Gobi in 2008, at a sand amusement park, if you can believe it. We were told the rate at which the desert was creeping toward Beijing every year and it was appalling. The blowing sand erosion was already causing a spring season of "yellow smog" in the capitol, which we experienced when we got to Beijing. China was even then mass-planting trees everywhere (Mao had virtually deforested the country). It's heartening to see them reclaiming the desert, as well. I was worried there for a while.

[@Kirke182]

What happened, from what I've read, was that some decades ago, Beijing had a lot of illnesses that were attributed to bird guano. The birds were everywhere and they crapped everywhere. They tried culling the birds but there were so many of them. So, they decided to eliminate the birds' sources of food, which turned out to be various types of insects. They sprayed the insects and that just made everybody sicker because the pesticide was all over everything. So, next they decided to go after the bugs' habitats and destroy them. This turned to be mainly trees. The bugs mostly lived in or near trees. So, they started cutting down the trees. The trees around Beijing form a windbreaker. When the winds from the the Gobi Desert blow in, these trees serve to filter out the sand. With those trees gone, the sands swept over Beijing. It was a painful lesson in human failure.

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

Ahh mau and Marx the guys democrats constantly say did it the best and that they look up to the people who's ideologies all lefties love and wish we had here in America

[@lameesahmad9166]

This is great. I am thinking of the shrinking forests of India where desertification is taking place at an alarming rate. It also has a hot and humid environment. Maybe on the edges of the Thar desert they could also dumb these orange peels there. This could stop the desertification and bring about a rich ground for not only forests but also improve the crops of the poor people.

[@shirleycooleyga]

It couldn’t hurt, I don’t think! It’s not a Rainforest, but compost helps enrich the soil! 🙏❤️🌧

[@Demebeso714]

please look into it!!;

[@yvettekosta7994]

Seriously? They call themselves OPEC? Keep in mind, I think they had to extract the orange peel oil first?!?!

[@bakatiaramed3026]

@@Demebeso714 Unfortunately I do not have the contacts to follow up on my suggestion. But if anyone does maybe it would be worth contacting the officials involved. I have seen videos on how the Indian Parks board are trying desperately to teach the indigenous farmers not to graze their cattle at the edge of the desert because the cattle destroy these areas and pollute the rivers. But maybe the orange peel idea is a good alternative and means they will be thinking outside the box. Do you know anyone who could be contacted? Lamees Ahmad.

[@Demebeso714]

@@bakatiaramed3026 no I live in the US...

[@dabzprincess92]

One man did this as well single handedly for almost 20 years I forget where it's been a long many years since I read the story. He was an indigenous to the area he did this trek everyday from his village to dump the peels. It was amazing the results. The bare dirt literally is a forest again.

[@charlessmith3046]

​@Rvve Duio use it please t.u no see noo no

[@dabzprincess92]

@@charlessmith3046 try English or I'm reporting ur comment

[@mikenelson6266]

@@dabzprincess92 that's the best they have. Semi literate at best, socialist teachers destroying the USA.

[@victor_TH]

@@dabzprincess92 Try Google Translate or I'm reporting yours.

[@davfree9732]

Plymouth uni bought a small plot of land that had seaweed dumped there for a decade. Once the salt issue was sorted, they found the seaweed had made the plot of land incredibly rich in nutrients

[@Bexks]

This is the first channel I’ve ever pressed the notification 🔔 bell for and obviously I’ve been following loads of different channels for a good few years now. I just LOVE this channel!

[@bonitairwin6017]

Stuffing orange peels into a jar and filling with vinegar, let set for 3-4 week. You get a cleaning fluid for wiping down kitchen counters. Smells nice.

[@ruinsmars9859]

Try the orange peel system in desert. You might find a similar effect if the the compost piles are watered. I have witnessed the same thing happening here in Florida where a baron area with invasive grass grew into a forest in only 3, that's right, 3 years and it was filled with 2 foot diameter trees in that short period. Its amazing what nature can do.

[@armondedge8840]

They are remarkable trees that grow to 2 foot diameter in three years,

[@GonzoDonzo]

Imagine how fast theyd have grown if they had optimal levels of co2 around 1400ppm. Theyd have been that big in 2 years

[@hillaryclinton2415]

barren

[@LauraS1]

The hitch in that system would be water. Here in the US, our desert water sources are running dry or already have run completely dry because they're over-allocated to too many consumers (individuals, corporations, ranches, farms, etc.). There would be no water and not enough humidity to help with the composting process. It WOULD be a good experiment to try on a small scale, though.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Mulching can help conserve water but there needs to be some water.

[@chickentender4037]

The orange waste story was great! If anyone's interested, please watch regreening the desert with John Liu, Geoff Lawton desert into permaculture gardens and farms. People who are true life savers, yet are so humble and focused only on improving life for humans and animals. Truly inspiring.

[@tinawindham6958]

We all should compost and put it back into the land. I have lots of lemon and satsuma peels, rabbit manure and grass clippings from 3 acres plus cardboard I use in my rabbits bedroom. Top notch soil. No chemicals or fertilizer needed. I wish I had coffee grounds but no Starbucks around me now.

[@EdSZiomek]

I think it should be against the law to 1. Throw away edible food, and 2. Throw away compostable food products, and not create two industries feeding the hungry of our wasteful practices, and replanting nutrition back in the soil. Note, Europeans have even started eco-burying human bodies and planting grasses and trees over them. Some native tribes did that for centuries, with the religious thought that their ancestors were reincarnated in the food they eventually ate!

[@jimskatr103]

We need to do this again. Restoring the main rainforests should be an entire human effort. And cleaning our water supplies.

[@mkshffr4936]

A new twist on agent orange. Once again the wisdom of rotating grazing land and composting confirmed.

[@ishyy416]

Now, that's recycling at its finest! 16 years of waiting with fingers crossed had buried it, thanks to two scientists, a flash of inspiration, and the rind of an unassuming fruit.

[@Nostrudoomus]

Don’t give the credit to scientists who would have TWISTED it to Global Warming if they could have!

[@amazingdude9042]

any barren land left untouched would grow this much forest on it's own. this experiment is a piece of sh*t.

[@protennis365]

Also show how the media sucks and environmentalist also sucks.

[@yougsa]

No one was crossing their fingers, is that not obvious. Omfg, did you watch the video?

[@bryb2644]

@@yougsa you ok?

[@caneprints]

It’s so good to know that there are actually positive steps being taken to preserve our planet. whenever you hear anything about the environment, it seems so apocalyptic, like we have these big problems and can’t do anything about them. I realize these are small steps forward, but I’m also glad to know that people really are trying to find solutions.

[@TheresaPowers]

al gore lied. global warming is not happening.

[@actionjksn]

The planet has not been cleaner than it is now in Generations. Even just back to the 1970s it was a disaster in the United States.

[@Mike007_]

positive steps, where? I see nothing. It will only get better when each person changes his more or less disgusting consumer behavior, we all must wake up! 20 years ago every day 120-130 animals die out, actually 150 animals die out every day... Nothing goes better! Such large monocultures destroy the whole ecosystem, also in the surrounding area of the fields. There are studies that prove this. Once the land is exploited, the companies that killed and exploited the land withdraw. The people who live there can't just leave, but their land is for decades and longer ruined.

[@kenneth9874]

Which apocalypse are you a fan of? There's been forecasting of quite a few, from snowball earth to planet warming, take your pick and pay up

[@juliusfucik4011]

Go out in nature, stop watching mainstream media and get some therapy

[@joeyj6808]

Gardeners who compost already know this LOL. I made a "Lasagna Garden" once in a yard in NW Indiana. The very summer after I started the garden the yields for veggies we grew were EPIC. I swear if I had planted baseballs, I would have grown Wrigley Field!!

[@rashb3994]

The orange peels reforesting with no maintenance, the farming the dessert, it's all so epic! We can start these type of project even on a small level. Modern society has a chance to get back to working with the Earth like indigenous and ancient cultures did/ do versus degrading the planet like modern society has. This can be our future! I saw that Ancient Mexico City had a zero waste set up. Would like to study that more!

[@spankynater4242]

Indigenous peoples weren’t in tune with the earth, that’s a myth. They raped the land as much as anybody else did, and then they moved on. They’re just weren’t as many of them to do as much damage.

[@spankynater4242]

@@rashb3994 i’m Native American, fool. And just because some fool current day Indian groups have that motto, doesn’t mean the Apaches or Navajo had it back during colonialization days, sheep. Or what, you thought the Iroquois had a PR consultant?

[@Adam-nv9zo]

Greed hurts everyone and everything. Shame on that company for stopping the progress that the land needed.

[@jamesrupertbaroga6564]

Yes I agree

[@lolvivo8783]

The supreme court though gets a bigger blame. That rival co can say all rubbish but without the court beliving them they could do nothing. Also blame the stupid ppl who fell into the propaganda trap.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Don't forget stupidity.........you will be amazed on the level of stupidity that we can achieve.

[@BeAmazed]

agreed!

[@Adam-nv9zo]

@@lolvivo8783 I agree

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

Those 2 conservationists are *FRICKING GENIUSES!*

[@wheatcow]

They really aren't it just takes a simple farmer or person who has a flourishing garden to figure out what compost is and it's benefits which is really just what happened here.

[@Nostrudoomus]

If these conservationists are GENIUSES then farmers are SUPER GENIUSES! Oh ya, a farmer invented television!

[@ornu01]

They rediscovered the ancient techniques of crop rotation and slash and burn.

[@spankynater4242]

Not for this, this is just common sense.

[@spankynater4242]

@@ornu01 those aren’t even ancient techniques.

[@sarahjeannepeterson5536]

You guys/folks are great!!👍😃 One of my three favorite channels!!! ❤😊❤ Keep up the great work!!👍👏

[@letschatandplay-jeniece]

As always I am awestruck! These videos teaches me more than I learnt in high school

[@juorful]

So did they tell the people that started this what had happened? They should know that they did something really good. The juice co that got sued should be redeemed. Wonderful news. Ty

[@slcRN1971]

I certainly hope that got air time, like all the false info spread previously. It really demonstrates that most people don’t do any research about media claims - - that are spreading bull💩 lies. Glad that this was checked in to, now there’s proof!!

[@Ethan58594]

I think they did tell them because after the people explore the new area there was a picture of them with him

[@P0N0]

Seems not all nature conservatory are educated, as they claim to be.

[@johnhanna2397]

Fr fr

[@cann5565]

@@P0N0 the conservation plan worked. What are you talking about troll?

[@ced1106]

Pretty frustrating that the country's own government stopped this sort of thing. Thanks for the video!

[@JimMarcoccia-en3pp]

The reason they don’t want to embrace it because there’s no money involved and no fertilizer to be used. Can’t make money off of nature.

[@earleenthomas2572]

I was most shocked and pleased by the story of the orange peels. This is a great post, my first on your page. Thank you.

[@ritahodges254]

The part about the orange pills and the rainforest I actually had heard about before there are so many different options that we could use in different parts of the world that make it truly amazing organic waste is one of the best things you can use I mean you just got to be able to break it up and mix it up properly and you can add all kinds of nutrition back to the soil

[@comickazii6629]

Lived in Costa Rica for a month up in the mountains. Love that place to bits. The people are just as beautiful as the land.

[@truethought369]

Absolutely brilliant: This is the sort of info we all need to know, we are still learning how to work with nature and I bet most organic waste would help to replenish over worked soil. Great stuff, have a lovely day.

[@karenhinson8002]

Hi! this video was recommended to me this morning (I'm already a subscriber to the channel...) and I am so glad it was! It really made my morning turn into a happy one! Love your voice by the way! 9:10 ...I learned the sandstone is so porous that when it does rain it gets absorbed into the rock and that leaches into the ground...the Nebateenans discovered this years ago and dug wells, etc. That's how they became a great civilization, thriving in such harsh conditions!...

[@123339BOB]

knew it was going to have a positive effect but I didn't know the results it yielded would be that immense

[@susiecarrillo6241]

I definitely love the orange peel story. I put used coffee grounds in my roses and they're so big they bend their stems 😇❤

[@SaharaDesert6139]

Really ?

[@rottweilerfun9520]

The orange peel story is awesome. It could be used in other places as well and with different types of organic waste.

[@timothyblazer1749]

It is THE way to do this, as long as there are no oils to deter growth.

[@rswow]

Why not just do it there again with the proof in their hands of the benefits? This video (stupidly) gives no such follow-up!

[@necronlord52]

I tried this same technique in Israel, 450 m above the sea level, under my kitchen window, on the 4 × 5 m patch of construction rubble. First I covered it with soil, about 10 cm, local - really dry and dusty, mostly sand. Then I just dumped there all organic waste from the kitchen for 7 years. Not cat balls, of course. Now, this is the best piece of land all around, with 7-meter avocado trees on it, also I was growing tomatos and melons there. You need to water it a bit in the summer, of course.

[@EdSZiomek]

I am thrilled with this article, and certainly hope this is the truth. For my own yard, heavy in sand and clay soil, my wife and I use household scraps to turn our backyard into a canopy of shade trees, mostly mango, avocado, some papaya and aloe vera. Now hits and misses, this year in our small residential 'grove', we had upwards of 800-900 mangoes in 5 flavors, yet only 4 solo avocado, and no papaya. We are seeing Southern Florida experience a cold spell of low 34 degrees and an 8 mph cold wind. That killed all our papaya trees, since replanted (they grow fast). If Florida is transitioning into colder dry months (Dec-Jan-Feb), and God forbid a few days of 32 degree weather or colder, our Mangoes could be effected.

[@flossypark3169]

This is so encouraging. It breaks my heart when I see the amount of rain forest being lost due to human impact ! 😢

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

The Amazon, a major example, naturally burns every year. People don't realize that natural forest fires are actually healthy for the forest. The ash from burnt trees is a major boost for the flora AND the fauna. Same reason you can use wood ash to supplement garden growth. So when you hear the news screaming about the Amazon burning, it's a natural phenomenon that's been happening since the Amazon started existing.

[@dr-ng8te]

It automatically regrows in about 5-7 years,

[@MMZ_Thumper]

This was a really great video!! I hadn't heard about any of these projects before! I'm glad to see that they're are people out there really trying to undo the damage we "humans" have caused to our planet!!!! Thank you!!!

[@thegoat9533]

ja!

[@magicpyroninja]

Fortunately there's no need to worry about the Earth I don't think we can do anything bad enough to actually destroy it but at some point it will shake us off if we're doing a good job of ruining it

[@1TwistedPoet]

And COURTS are working hard to stop them, based on the opinions of Stupid People.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

LOL

[@amazingdude9042]

any barren land left untouched would grow this much forest on it's own. this experiment is a piece of sh*t.

[@donnahall-kumar333]

One thing about Nature...it is All Power... and Man always wants the Glory...👀👂👂✨

[@patriciashawwatkins2901]

Thank you for this information. Main stream media broadcast so much about the negatives in countries like these but very little about these productive life altering projects.

[@MrWoofie62]

When I was 14 about 50 years ago my grandpa asked me to bring home a bag of orange peel from the hotel kitchen I worked in. When I asked what he wanted them for he said he was gonna burn them. Our coal-fired castiron range cooker was sometimes a real chore to get going but a handful of orange peel soon got it roaring and the added bonus was a lovely smell of oranges wafting through the house!

[@williemasterofdestruction5339]

That is an interesting idea for biochar I've heard sunflower 🌻 stalks are high in nutrients if turned into biochar properly. Plant nutrition that is... Plant available phosphorous I think?

[@Heligany]

Yeah I do that too its the oils in the skin that make it a good firelighter

[@dustyharris1061]

Were they making this clip way longer than it needed to be? That would be a big yes.

[@medialcanthus9681]

Run out of patience ...

[@pamelateece6514]

i have always put egg shells and tea bags and i buy coffee grind i am pleased to say my garden loves it , and when i get oranges i put them on

[@TacoTruck17]

We All need more of this!

[@fire_bro0638]

These people brought "when life gives you oranges" to a whole new level

[@vanhattfield8292]

Except that the saying is "When life gives you lemons..." 😂

[@apveening]

@@vanhattfield8292 Whoooooosh

[@jenniferspisak]

When life gives you oranges 🍊 make a rainforest 🌳

[@spankynater4242]

That’s not the saying. The saying is when life gives you lemons.

[@janejones7638]

It'd be great to see the orange peel project 25 years later, 50 years later, etc. Sometimes we don't look enough in the past to determine that we're not taking incorrect actions. Chinese Green Wall could have kept going the way the way they started. They were smart enough to make changes.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

We don't. Such project, runs untill the waste is degraded (becomes compost) in at most 1 year.

[@m.aurelius1475]

Nobody had the sense to realize the composting benefit to the land, amazing.

[@Itried20takennames]

Nah…plenty of people know this is obvious but other viewers are young, or never gardened etc, and don’t. And are you surprised that a long, drawn-out YT video tries to make a basic conclusion point amazing and more dramatic?

[@donnagodfrey1924]

First time I have seen this channel. Really interesting and delivery and production is great. Had to subscribe.

[@mollystrack7902]

I love the orange peel story!❤ I wonder if other fruit processing places around the world can do the same? this is amazing 😄 this whole thing is wild, hopefully this will make more people aware and keep our home safe. The thing that's isn't good in the long run is the underground aquifer can deplete and affect the water table.

[@1toshi32]

Exactly my thoughts on the underground water supply. It takes millions of years of water trickling down under the earth to build up these wells. The artesian basin in Australia is being depleted at a phenomenal rate. Add to that the amount of rain water that ends up in underground coal mines etc through cracks that are formed through the drilling and explosions, that has to be pumped out which means that the water can't be accessed by us because of it being polluted. It goes underground to the mines rather than the rivers and dams.

[@donnacsuti4980]

That is a very important problem

[@capicolaspicy]

He mentioned towards the end of the video that you could not use this method in most other areas of the planet. It worked here because of the constant humidity and rainfall and moisture year-round that cause the very rapid breakdown of the dumped product and the re-assimilation into the soil of the nutrients it contained that caused such rapid regrowth of the rain forest. But we could certainly be using it in other areas with similar conditions! I was really blown away by this one.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Cool story, but I wish the makers of this video would get off the bandwagon of "create fake outrage with misleading statements, only to EVENTUALLY get around to telling the truth." - Is it not enough that this kind of garbage has ruined the Discovery cable network "Maybe it's aliens!!!" programming?

[@CAPT0NMAX]

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[@ramonacain-jackson3153]

That is amazing. What a wonderful result!

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Thank you for this amazing story. I make a lot of smoothies so I'm going to have a go at just composting oranges in the forest garden in a open grow bag. I found a gardener had composted oranges around his fruit trees after watching your film. I'm also going to have a go at composting Japanese Knotweed in an open grow bag. I was badly mis-sold on our garden and house but I've managed to turn Japanese Knotweed into a powerful positive. This plant cured my Asthma. And I make organic Japanese Knotweed soaps. Resveratrol is used in anti ageing products, something JK has lots of. I would love to hear your comments on my "Japanese Knotweed Garden" video on KZbin. 😊🐝🦋😊

[@mmedefarge]

Fuel made from orange peel might yield some really lovely smelling traffic jams. Question, the aquifer used to make the desert bloom probably took centuries to accumulate. Is the water they're using replenishable or are they going to run out?

[@scotcoon1186]

In southwest Nebraska two natural resource districts have stabilized the Ogallala aquifer through rationed pumping. It can vary a couple feet from year to year, but we're only allowed so much water per 7 year allotment. Farther south it is starting to collapse, so it can't rebound.

[@lisagulick4144]

@@scotcoon1186 That's the Ogallala aquifer, right?

[@CalmestRaccoon]

So the lesson humanity learned is: Throwing tons and tons of fruit peels on a barren wasteland makes life.

[@michaelterrell]

@Dylan mark Go away, scammer!

[@charlesvanonselen6251]

This would work in Brazil with their vast areas of deforested lands!! What an excellent idea!

[@spankynater4242]

It doesn’t have to be orange peels, pretty much any organic matter will do the job.

[@MuzzaHukka]

@@spankynater4242 can we ship shit out of India to Brazil?

[@fadetoblond]

Best story to ever hear, to start off 2023 for me. Thanks! 2022 sucked for bad news. Let's hope this year brings more good stories like this. 😊 Happy New Year!

[@appleban6823]

I took Dan Janzen's Ecology course while he was teaching at UPenn. Not sure if he is there anymore, but it was most memorable courses I had ever taken. He showed us a lot of pictures of ice fishing and beaver hunting in his youth.

[@tiger31623]

Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Thank you Tiger, I pray the same for you as well. ♥

[@michelleblackpeach2674]

Thank you

[@Bumholioh]

🥰

[@rhonni1624]

Thank you

[@Denji_Hayakawa]

Damn that's crazy but i don't remember asking

[@championplayerdo7604]

personally think that that was phenomenal! it would be very productive and much appreciated if that was done in other parts of the world where the potential of the results were similar.

[@apveening]

Are the prevailing winds there coming from the sea to the land or going from the land to the sea. In case of the former, something might be done with systems to capture the water vapour. In case of the latter, you can forget about it.

[@Liv3W3ll]

That was an amazingly informative video.

[@markprendergast2365]

Nice to see a positive video for a change !, harrah ! for all these wonderful countries and their awesome accomplishments !

[@CrimsonPlaugeXIII]

As someone who uses and makes compost regularly, I saw this coming a mile away,

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

What an amazing video. The presentation was nice and straightforward without being mired in technical terms. A really fascinating watch and one of those videos I never checked the time to see how long this video had to go. Thank you :-)

[@liletdizon1108]

Wow amazing story... Thank u for sharing... I love orange to much.. Happy watching from 🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭

[@ElliottRodgers]

Love the orange peel story to restore and rewild the rain forest. Anyone know if it was done again to further restore rain forest?

[@jonny555ive]

They knew exactly what they were doing..... Great job 👍👍

[@lorrainemagarian2677]

The peels ended up being a giant composting system. Yay for the rain forest!

[@marzymarrz5172]

I composted and used it on my ornamental garden and I swear my trees and plants had muscles. Plants love the stuff and it feels good not to toss it in the trash.

[@ksix07]

again great job. Thank you for mentioning Jordan and the water issue. I was born in Amman Jordan. we grow-up having running water twice a week for more than 30 years and still, it's getting harder

[@rogershapland5042]

Yes. Jordan produces in excess of 100,000 tons of citrus per year.

[@fredrikhelland8194]

Is the topic of emptying ground water reservoirs much debated in Jordan? They use the same farming concept on the American Great Plains, and there they have tapped the reservoir down to 90% in only some decades. In certain locations, like Texas, it has been projected to be empty in about 20 years.

[@ivarhusa]

Good story. Educational. Glad it showed some of the down sides along the way. Good that you started with the orange peels. Not mentioned, though, was the huge amount of orange peels to recover so little land.

[@binocular5950]

Enlightening video. Well presented.

[@shootahgun]

1000 IQ brain move with the orange peals

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

This was absolutely fascinating. Plus I've also learnt that coffee is from a berry before the bean! That's as unexpected to me as when I first saw a photo of the cashew nut on the rest of its fruit 😮

[@taffykins2745]

How about those coffee beans that get pooped out by animals and then harvested from the dung? I guess it's the best tasting and most expensive coffee in the world. Um, I'll take a pass on that one, Pat! Lol!

[@jshaw4757]

​@@taffykins2745Leave the 💩 on the bean n brew it honestly its the shit

[@weird-bookworm]

Loved this, I keep overthinking a lot about the earth, as an environmentalist, but this was reassuring, although only a little bit; there are people out there trying, and actually succeeding in bringing back the beauty of Mother Nature, and it makes me so so happy ❤️

[@jacoblecoy3700]

Army, I salute you. Ex Army.

[@igitahimsa5871]

@@jacoblecoy3700 Thank you for your Service, and Happy New Year!

[@shizukaakatatsu22]

The one in Jordan is a bit concerning. Underground Aquafers don't provide endless water. They've been in the making for thousands of years. If the farm is pumping the water faster than it can replenish itself (which is most likely the case given the amount of rainfall in the area) this farming method is anything but eco friendly.

[@user-jg6bd7se8u]

That's not how aquifers work. Half of the water on this planet is older than the planet itself.

[@lisagulick4144]

@@user-jg6bd7se8u True, but we now have many, many more people on the planet than before. Only recently has the Disi aquifer been mapped so that it can be tapped in this fashion. And once the water is drawn out of the aquifer, it does need to replenish. With rainfall in Jordan being so low, use of the aquifer for irrigation is estimated to become unsustainable within a few years. Moreover, the corporations responsible for that beautiful farm are screwing the native Bedouins out of their fair share of the water, and the crops grown on that farm are for export, not for domestic use. After doing some research, I will be boycotting any veggies or fruit that originate in Jordan.

[@playingtheatrically9738]

Dumping compost does great for a short term boost...but over time, is deactivates the microbiology in the soil, and so, you end up having to dump more compost again to keep the nurtients supply to the plants up. This is why, if you dump a whole lot of compost ion your garden you'll have great growth shortly after, but, the following season find that the plants aren't doing as well, so, you go out and buy more compost.

[@Corrie-_-]

Thank you Be Amazed for turning my depressing day around and making me laugh. I seriously needed a good dose of your comedy and information lol 🥰💖😁

[@BeAmazed]

Any time Corrie! we got you 😊

[@paulsoaresjr12345678]

I love to see that most of the stuff I love the most as food is also amazing tools to help deal with many issue!

[@s.d.207]

That actually makes sense, even for my non-biologist brain. I used to put orange peels in my tobacco pouch to keep it from drying out and it worked well! It added moisture to the tobacco.

[@EarlLedden]

My father used. a bit of apple skin. I still use this method , for example, in a Tupperware bowl with cheese, or bread or cookies.

[@apopisso6302]

Tobacco pouch,you must be old.

[@narwahlssb]

Need to try this in Australia to get rid of the buffle grass lol

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Huh, haven't watched this channel in like 5 or 6 months and for whatever reason This was the title\video that looked like something i wanted to hear about. 🤷‍♂️ Honestly can't say why but i can say that it's probably gonna make me watch a bunch of what i missed. 😄👍

[@Twilight_1118]

Same here bro my finger moved before i even knew it 🤣

[@fandroid6491]

YOU MISSED OUT ON A LOT

[@BeAmazed]

welcome back 😎

[@Twilight_1118]

@@BeAmazed :0

[@JonniD]

11:05 Fifteen-foot-tall trees, grown in two years. That's amazing. 👍

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

Some paulownia trees can grow up to 15 feet in a year.

[@soxpeewee]

Bamboo is a tree/grass

[@JonniD]

@@soxpeewee, @ 11:06 the narrator says, "Some trees were more than 15 feet tall." So either these are trees that grew really fast, or he's confused about what plant he's discussing, lol.

[@william7108]

It was orange peels and cartoon characters who fluttered the orange peels in an array across the Rolling Hills everybody became astonished as the smell of orange blossoms fill the air and had a beautiful fragrance that intoxicated the mind and brought a calmness over the region

[@karengraham5447]

Absolutely brilliant it's beautiful now.❤

[@KasirRham]

Pretty cool how some old orange peels made the rainforest grow.