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Greening the Desert (2007)

Permaculture expert Geoff Lawton describes how he and a team of volunteers grew an oasis in arid, salty lowland, despite extremely high temperatures and minimal irrigation. The site is the lowest dryland expanse on Earth: a plain in Jordan, two kilometres northeast of the Dead Sea, and 400 metres below sea level.

Released Feb. 3, 2007 6 min None+
6 min
Feb. 3, 2007
Feb. 3, 2007
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