2012年1月31日 星期二

Reading: Innovation of the Week: Greening the Desert

Innovation of the Week: Greening the Desert



Summary:

  • Jordan Valley Permaculture Project is developing sustanible agriculture in an arid area in Jordan Valley
  • swale was created to store water in winter and then for use in hot summer
  • Nitrogen-fixing trees are first planted to fertilize the soil and to shade undergrowth
  • The project also held some education programs for local communities
  • The project aims to satisfy both ecological and economic sustanibility
  • "You can fix all the world's problems in a garden" by Geoff Lawton

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