In this video series the father of modern Permaculture takes us along on some visits to projects where desolate, arid, environments are being revitalized and brought to life through passive water collection and soil restoration. With this knowledge, we can literally green the deserts of the world and create localized, organic, food sources for the entire world many times over. All it will take is the will of individuals to make this process a priority. The science is there. The goal is achievable. The time is now.
Jack Wagner is the Editor of The Free Independent-Sun. Born in Sonoma, California and currently residing in San Francisco, Jack set up The Free Independent-Sun on July 4th, 2009, after sleeping in and not making his usual trip up north for his hometown festivities. He figured he'd do something revolutionary to make up for it. In the Summer of 2010 Jack registered Seraf Media with the City and County of San Francisco as a Sole-Proprietorship. He is dedicated to articulating the finer points of the Revolution in order to bring about a Global Renaissance and Abundant World Economy. He also isn't afraid to get his hands dirty transplanting succulents. 
That’s very hopeful! I have read about the mineralization of our soil and the desertification of our wildlife and what I read was pretty hopeless. Basically it said we need trees to enrich the soil and create rain, but we also need to rich soil and rain to support the trees, so it is a cyclical process. As we deforest, the soil mineralizes and can no longer support life, so all our efforts to plant trees in these regions to solve the problem would prove futile. This is something that led to the downfall of the Mesopotamians. They were the most advanced civilization of their time due, in part, to their skill with farming, agriculture, and the almighty irrigation. But they grew so rapidly they needed more and more farmland, so the continued to clearcut the land around them and farm and irrigate it. As they did so, desertification took hold which perpetuated their deforestation for more farmland. Eventually, wise Mesopotamians realized what was happening and determined the way to solve the problems was to plant trees. Unfortunately, the trees wouldn’t take. The only trees they could plant in most of their land were olive trees.Tragically though, the problem had grown to such an epic proportion and they found a solution too late. They were not able to counteract their destruction of the natural terrain necessitated by the proliferation of their human habitat and gradually died off as a result of, among other things, famine and drought. I never knew there was a solution to this problem, but in these videos we clearly see an answer. Thanks again!