Greening the Desert

2007 | 6 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Greening the Desert
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    03 February 2007

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