Monday, November 12, 2018

#environment #drought Is this the solution to Australia’s drought crisis? | Australian Story

Well, I just watched a bit of a very depressing video where a biologist reckons we only have a year to live, but certainly no more than ten, as there will be massive crop failures due to climate change. I watched ten minutes of it and then decided it was too depressing for here.

But the next video that came up was totally different and very inspiring. It's a little sad in places, but it's a documentary of great hope, love, joy, and passion and is about what makes life so great and worthwhile.

Peter Andrews transformed a dry, almost desert, Australian farm back into a lush green one with rivers, wild life, and fish by restoring its natural landscape. He could see what could be done when others couldn't.  Could this be the future?




Is Natural Sequence Farming the secret to restoring our water-starved continent? For more than a decade, two farmers have shown that parched landscapes can be revived. And finally Canberra's listening. Australian Story explores the potential solution to Australia’s drought crisis.





2 comments:

Konrad said...

Because of climate change, some places have a permanent drought, while other places have chronic flooding.

We could build canals and pipeline systems to movie water from where it’s not needed to where water is needed.

Unfortunately the federal government “has no money” for this. There is only money for endlessly increasing military outlays, and billion-dollar bailouts for Wall Street.

Kaivey said...

In that first video I saw th biologist said that the ruling elite were buying farms which they thought would see them out as the Earth dies. Peter Theil has apparently written a book which talks about this.

Rather than try to sort the problem out, they just want the system to stay in place. The money they make is more important. At least Elon Musk is designing an electric car, but it is said he is just cashing in on government subsidy.