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Greening the Desert

Greening the Desert

# They laughed and said it couldn't be done.
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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2007-02-03
⌚ Running Time: 6 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

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