Do share your work! I'm working on a 6 acres previously a rubber plantation. Already a tough work. 120 acres is far beyond my current imagination.

@arrhazes8198 by share my work do you mean do I have a KZfaq channel?? Yes I do, inspired by the greats like Geoff Lawton.

I'd love if we could integrate the native plants into our food supply. There are mesquite trees and prickly pear all over, but we mostly treat them as landscaping.

get rid of the desert farms and water problems for that entire region vanish. To head of the naysayers, these farms aren't producing anything vital. They produce less than 10% of the farming activity in the entire region...i.e., non-desert areas produce at a 10:1 ratio for equivalent acreage. We'll lose local pistachios, but who cares? Hardly a necessity.

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More landowners who are willing to learn and apply the principles of permaculture. It helps when more people get to learn about the principles of permaculture.

@@insAneTunA that would a amazing, and I think the results will inspire the local people as we've seen. but imagine increasing the scope of this 100 or 1000 times.

That’s what I would like to see. An example of this scaled up 100x minimum.

Its going to happen soon, the results are undeniable at this stage and with things really changing globally its the perfect timing :)

@@ottoflouer1750Exactly, it is happening! Much is growing almost invisibly, quietly in many areas of the planet. Remember the exponential curve. At first it seems like hardly anything is happening and everything is moving so incrementally that it seems nothing is going to change. As time moves on, however, one begins to see the momentum building and very quickly after that it moves so fast that it seems it has always been so… it has become normal because the changes happened incrementally in so many places at the same time. Another way to think about it is to think about growing a plant from seed. You plant the seed under the ground and wait and wait and wait. The sun shines, the rain falls and slowly a tiny sprout shows above the ground. And then there comes a time when you can’t understand how the plant just exploded with growth and became so huge.

I propose that changing from using the words ‘water retention’ to planting water and recharging the aquifer would shift your situation more quickly. The difference is in perspective, with retention, to me, being a word of lack, and planting and recharging being ones of positive abundance and a different action mindset. It is amazing when one’s paradigm shifts. I would be curious what you think and if you take the suggestion, how you see things change. I hope this helps you with your journey!

There is an online Permaculture Design Course (PDC), if you go to their website. Probably a link in the description.

At the Greening the Desert site in Jordan, they do have to truck in water occasionally, especially during the driest periods, but the specifics can vary each year based on rainfall. The project relies heavily on capturing rainwater and using efficient irrigation methods, such as swales, mulch pits, and grey water to maximize water retention and reuse which minimizes the need for external water sources. Keep in mind that these strategies also help to recharge aquifers, which is where the water they do truck in comes from. While there isn't a specific course dedicated solely to arid systems right now, there is a large section of Geoff's Online PDC course devoted to dryland strategies plus the principles taught throughout the course are highly adaptable to all climates. Check out the full details at discoverpermaculture.com. If you do decide to join, use the code YT150 for a $150 discount on the tuition. - Bonnie (Discover Permaculture team member)

@@DiscoverPermaculture Thanks so much Bonnie. I already have an online PDC but I found that very much focused on the wetter climates. I'm really interested in one that specifically focuses on the desert (arid) regions. So if ever you plan to make one...please put me on the shortlist so long :)

Is the answer "govt and farmers" or is it we the people? We the people could be growing our own food, whether it is on farmland or on an apartment balcony. Big farms could wither away if we did that.

I think the answer is money: nowadays people want to make money, and pemaculture doesn't give a lot of money, its not the purpose...

The example of south Portugal is true: farmers grow avocado and orange, drainign the aquifer. All to make quick money

@@stevevilaca9545 i missed the portugal part. Here in usa we get our fresh tomatos year round. We the people need to change for permaculture to take root. I am not sure where the government involvement is needed. Chestnut flour instead of wheat flour. No fresh tomatos 8 months of the year. No bananas. Many examples can be stated. All are good examples of how the world would look with permaculture. It's a big change. Food selection would go back 200 years. I'm not saying its bad but it would be a hard sale to the public.

You make a very important point: Change must start with the individual