This 9 minute film is an insight into the work of soil and water conservation expert, Dr Chris Reij. In June 2012
I joined him on a whistle-stop tour of communities in southern Niger. This area is right on the edge of the Sahara and yet growing in the sandy soil are an abundance of vegetables, cereal crops and trees.
The film was made with funding support from IFAD.

Namib: Surviving the Sand Sea is an independently produced natural history documentary about the adaptations of Namib Desert flora and fauna by Oliver Halsey
www.oliverhalsey.net

This half hour video documents the ongoing work of Permaculture Gurus, Geoff and Nadia Lawton, in the Dead Sea Valley. It begins with the famous original 'Greening the Desert' five minute video clip, and then continues into Part II, a 2009 update to the 2001 original.

You'll get to see and learn about the original Greening the Desert site and see some of the spin-off effects of its influence throughout Jordan.

When there’s no soil, no water, no shade, and where the sun beats down on you to the tune of over 50°C (122°F), the word ‘poverty’ begins to take on a whole new meaning. It is distinct and surreal. It’s a land of dust, flies, intense heat and almost complete dependency on supply lines outside of ones control. This is the remains of what was once called the ‘fertile crescent’. It is the result of thousands of years of abuse. It is a glimpse at a world where the environment – whose services provide for all human need – has all but completely abandoned us. This is a glimpse at the world our consumer society is inexorably moving towards, as our exponential-growth culture gorges itself at ever-increasing rates.

The original Greening the Desert video clip has been watched hundreds of thousands of times and has been posted to countless blogs and web pages in the datasphere. Although only five minutes long, it has inspired people around the globe, daring the lucid ones amongst us, those who can see the writing on the wall, to begin to hope and believe in an abundant future – a future where our survival doesn’t have to be based on undermining and depleting the very resources of soil, water, phosphorus, etc. that we depend on. The work profiled in that clip demonstrates that humanity can be a positive element within the biosphere. Man doesn’t have to destroy. Man can repair.

For more information visit: http://permaculturenews.org/20....09/12/11/greening-th

Geoff Lawton looking at Industrial Agriculture and explaining the difference between it and Permaculture. From his DVD Permaculture Soils available at www.permaculturenews.org.

To mark 25 yrs of democracy, SABCNews rebroadcasts its first-ever pre-election debate, between Nelson Mandela & FW De Klerk on 14 April 1994. In studio are Profs @somadodafikeni and Susan Boysen with Freek Robinson who facilitated the debate. #SABCNewsChannel


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During his 1990 visit to Atlanta, Nelson Mandela spoke at Morehouse College's Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

Nina Simone ~ Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Are there economic and political hit men operating across the continent? There exist a deeply worrying patten emerging of too many deaths amongst African Presidents and Top officials who have died supposedly of COVID 19 or a heart attack

This disproportionate over representative of deaths of African Presidents and top officials needs to be thoroughly investigated and closely examined in order to eliminate foul play.

A documentary about Conservation Agriculture in Africa. Where and how can it work? Conservation Agriculture (CA) as an approach to managing agro-ecosystems helps improve and sustain land productivity, increase profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. This documentary focuses on the situation in Kenya, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. Produced by Greendocs (www.greendocs.nl). Made by Melchert Meijer zu Schlochtern and Simone de Hek. Commissioned by The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT).

Sand dams are making a big difference in Eastern Kenya.