A thread about what I've been watching on YouTube for the past 2 weeks or so:

Kicking it off we have Peter Andrews, a farmer who uses natural vegetation & structures to re-hydrate drought-stricken parts of the Australian landscape:

Next up we have Kokota, an island in the Zanzibar Archipelago where, with help from neighbouring islanders in Pemba, residents change their approach to use more sustainable farming methods, keeping water & moisture locked in and combating water scarcity:

Shubhendu Sharma shows us how to grow a forest anywhere, and what ecologically diverse spaces—no matter their size—can do for your environment:

Alan Watson Featherstone reminds us that the stark Scottish landscape is actually a result of centuries of deforestation, and shows us what we can do about rejuvenating it:

Kirsten Dirkson takes us on another fascinating house tour, where this time Russ Finch displays how he manages to grow oranges in the frigid Nebraskan landscape (which harkens back to an ingenious Soviet method of citrus production):

If you're interesting in this method of citrus farming, here's a fascinating article about Soviet farmers and engineers who used trenches, breeding methods, & low-tech practices to supply citrus for the Union in frost-prone landscapes: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-cultivating-subtropical-plants-in-freezing-temperatures.html

Allan Savory speaks on desertification, and what can be done to reverse it:

Back with more Kirsten Dirkson, this time looking at an experimental Rotterdamse home made by university architects, which acts a bit like a giant greenhouse:

Not a YouTube video, but on the subject intelligently understanding the design of the interlocking pieces of any environment in order to allow the peaceful, harmonious running of any system, let's look at @wrathofgnon's thread on impluvia: https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1019056740128600065

Hugh Wilson spends 30 years regenerating the forests of New Zealand's South Island's Banks Peninsula:

Staying on the South Island the Guytons have created and looked over a permaculture food forest for over 23 years:

Anyways, that's what I've been watching recently. Thank you for reading! Here's a video of two bebby goat kids going to visit some elephants as a treat:

Adding to this thread for my own archivist sake:

Here, upkeep is passed on to low-tech Bengalurean citizen groups who revive & maintain a number of the city's lakes via nitrogen extracting filter-plants, grown in hydroponic floating islands: