07/20/2017 – Greening the Sahara, and reversing desertification

Thursday 07/20/2017, 4:30pm PDT (Show Notes)

(Slide player to 90 minute mark for start of Mad Scientists Exposed.)

Mad Scientists Exposed
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How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory

 

Africa’s Ambitious “Great Green Wall” | TIME

Related in the U.S. – Organic Pig Farming, which greens that farm
PIG Farmer Revolutionizes Health Food

SAHARA FOREST PROJECT (huge desalinization & hydroponics system – doesn’t do much to reclaim the Sahara, but might prove reeeeally useful on Mars)

 

Fascinating stories of Great Hope!:

Greening of the Sahel (Sub Saharan Africa)

The Forests of Lilengo

 

re-greening of desert, using livestock
Land on the left is managed under Holistic Planned Grazing, showing a contrast with advancing desertification on the right. Photo: Savory Institute.

Reversing Desertification with Livestock

 

2 Groups of Human inhabitants, 10,000 & 5,000 years ago (5000 years apart), from 2 times back when the Sahara was Green:

Mystery Ancient Skeletons in the Sahara | Unexpected Discovery || Documentary English subtitles

When The Sahara Desert Was Green – Science Documentary 2017

 

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