Greening the Desert
Greening the Desert

Greening the Desert

February 03, 2007 | 6 min

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.

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Documentary

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Naomi Scott

Geoff Lawton

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