This Astoundingly Simple Ancient Technique Is Helping to Beat Back Drought

Amid a warming world, these conservationists have brought back a very old and very low-tech drought-busting practice and they are getting results.
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[@Scarletpooky]

A strange thing about this is that it's also a way of flood mitigation. The problem with both flood and some kinds of drought is that the water flows away. This is bad for droughts because they need the water to stay around, it's also bad for floods because it tend to all happen at the same time during rains and all that water gathers together as a flood. The techniques for mitigating floods, like catchment areas of ponds vegetation etc, work by stopping the water flowing away, and holding it in place, giving it time to infiltrate and percolate through the earth. Not only does it hold the water on the surface for use, and watering vegetation, it also helps replenish the underground water table. So it's logical that these same techniques can be used in drought areas.

[@Conus426]

This is the most important knowledge our species has. The fire might have given us progress, but without water, we cannot live.

[@koicaine1230]

I'm *trying* to turn our property into a Regenerative Food Forest and utilize these methods. Were we live is basically beach sand but without the ocean. It's darn near impossible to build up actual soil and I used all the different methods (Hugelkultur, Terra Preta etc.) all together along with bentonite clay and other Ammendments. It's working. I have soil now, I have biological life in that soil like Red Wigglers (I had to buy worms because like I said, there was zero biological life). We now have Butterflies, Bees (all 3 kinds), Dragonflies, Hummingbirds, small reptiles like Anoles who eat the garden pests and at least 20 new species of birds that have made our property their permanent homes. We even have a small population of Lightening Bugs and Bats! I'm not even close to being done but what I have done, is absolutely worth it! I also bury fish under my plants and I don't have to fertilize anything for the entire season.

[@issacgeorge2905]

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[@jakobrichards5493]

Hey have you tried looking up some logal fungus and buying it (helps retain mosture and decomposition occurs faster) and not only that look up the Native creatures to your region/place and plant local foliage so local animals start coming and some local animals will need help getting there and if this is north america find Beaver they are good

[@koicaine1230]

@@jakobrichards5493 No, but I will! Thank you 😊

[@jakobrichards5493]

No Problem, I don't mind sharing usefull facts about the environment@@koicaine1230

[@Vector_Ze]

Strange that the most obvious solutions are so hard for so many to see.

[@vr4787]

In a world where things have become over complicated to the point of distraction we cease to see what lies in the obvious.

[@hughjaass3787]

The old Can't see forest because of the trees cliche. Yes you are correct.

[@amit4Bihar]

Because in silicon valley obsessed wal Street culture, anyone not using latest AI and not generating enough revenue or hype isn't useful

[@hikingontario]

I'm grateful for you sharing this fantastic footage and I hope you have an amazing day!❤❤✅✅😃😃

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

Back to the roots. 😊 We have been looking too much over our fence we forgot our own home and garden. But there is time to return back and make things right.

[@rogercarroll1663]

Great work. Thank you.

[@devleigh]

His books are so informative. I want to do this in NYC

[@stu-po]

I wouldn't assume there is a single answer for everywhere. It is well known that Local streams, ponds, lakes, and groundwater, can and do dry up if all the rainwater is diverted. That why it is illegal in many areas.

[@eswaribalan164]

Ahhhhh, that's the reason😂..think, its ridiculous though....

[@iangomez7190]

Great video, very well put together

[@3moirai]

Great video! Are there any online resources to learn more about these techniques?

[@chadatchison145]

You can look up Permaculture on KZbin, there's a bunch of videos explaining different aspects of water saving and planting beneficial plants that adds fertility to the soil.

[@JuliusUnique]

this form of collecting water can be considered education, but am glad we now have water treatment plants and therefore more than enough water thanks to even more education

[@michaelculbertson3584]

These people are great!

[@CyclingSteve]

@amillison is a great resource for rain water catchment and aquifer recovery.

[@hughjaass3787]

Has anyone been invited to visit the nearest native communities, to find more knowledge? All my anscestors across the Americas thrived, before we discovered Columbus. He was lost. We were fine before then by respecting Mother Earth, and all Mothers on Earth.

[@ryanreedgibson]

WTF Phoenix! It's time to change and I am going to help!

[@bdwon]

Curb cuts are fine if the property is located on a higher elevation. At lower elevations nearer to the creeks and rivers the water that flows off the streets is more and more likely to carry motor oils and other carcinogenic chemicals. Unless there is already a program in place, in a decade or two Tucson will be needing some public health research into cancer rates and other ailments associated with unmonitored water reuse..

[@MushtaqAhmad-jg3bn]

Masha Allah very nice video and very interested very clever man got on the table i love that 💖 u k

[@richardbennett4365]

These johads are percolation ponds.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Yeah, the British destroyed a lot of culture. This is a great video! Should have a lot more views.

[@wretube]

Why are people still using good water to flush toilets

[@devrim-oguz]

It's illegal in some countries to catch rainwater. It goes through the rain canals to a treatment center.

[@richardbennett4365]

Make it concise, succint. Theres no need to say " a myriad of." Just say, "myriad conservation efforts."

[@mrlepercon]

It's my boy BRAD!!!

[@richardbennett4365]

The narrator is pronouncing johad like it is transliterated with an English "d" sound, but as you hear the native pronouncing this word, the "d" spelling for Hindi in this position indicates a sound more closely related to the English "r" sound, line johaR, not johaD.

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[@markdowse3572]

Water and food security are still huge issues for our so-called 'modern world'. We need more stories of revival, just like this one. Spread the knowledge. Thank you. 🙏 M 🦘🏏😎

[@ItsMeUrDaad]

Lol two 55 gallon tanks isnt going to get you very far.. get a couple of 350 gallon liquid storage totes and drain your gutters into those.