Greening the Desert 18 years old

They laughed and said it couldn't be done.

Permaculture expert Geoff Lawton describes how he and a team of volunteers grew an oasis in arid, salty lowland, despite extremely high temperatures and minimal irrigation. The site is the lowest dryland expanse on Earth: a plain in Jordan, two kilometres northeast of the Dead Sea, and 400 metres below sea level.

Credits

Greening the Desert Cast

Name	Character
Geoff Lawton He was 52, now 70 years old	as Himself

Greening the Desert Crew

Name	Department