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Solar Desalination Converts Australian Deserts

Plants grow once more in regions that we previously abandoned
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Australian authorities are celebrating the success of large scale trials that have successfully shown that deserts can be farmed.  The trails use solar energy to power desalination plants that are highly energy efficient, and have their design roots in biomimicry.

In the trials sea water is pumped across vast distances using a combination of wind and solar power.  Desalination occurs close to the farmed area.

Small comunities are repopulating the land around the trial sites in the hope of getting employment as the Government starts to scale up the initiative.

Oct 16


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  • Colette
    Oct 16
    I travel frequently and am concerned about the influx of migrants living in the developing farming communities of Australia. The area lacks to infrastructure at the present time to support the amount of people looking for work and food. The situation is serious. There are not enough resources currently available to support these people. They will need food, clean drinking water, and facilities/ sewage disposal to remain healthy. What measures are being taken by the Australian government to ensure public safety in this situation?
  • PlaNetweaver
    Oct 16
    Yea! Echoes of Gaviotas... Gaviotas is a village of about 200 people in Colombia, South America. Since the 1970s, Gaviotans - peasants, scientists, artists, and former street kids - have struggled to build an oasis of imagination and sustainability in the remote, barren savannas of eastern Colombia, an area ravaged by political terror. They have planted millions of trees, thus regenerating an indigenous rainforest. They farm organically and use wind and solar power. Every family enjoys free housing, community meals, and schooling. There are no weapons, no police, no jail. There is no mayor. The United Nations named the village a model of sustainable development. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world." Paolo Lugari visting with Amory Lovins in 2003 Friends of Gaviotas was formed in 2002 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to faciliate initiatives such as: * North-South research exchanges like the Gaviotas biodiesel project. * Periodic get-togethers with Gaviotans (Paolo Lugari and others). * Sharing technology information from/for Gaviotas and the world.
  • Ruud Dirven
    Oct 17
    This is an example of terraforming (or salvaging) the earth. With sufficient resources any place is perfectly habitable and comfortable.
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