Planting Trees and Greening the Desert

Geoff Lawton’s permaculture experiment rocks!

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By Sabriga Turgon

Planting species that need water in an environment defined by lack of water seems like the most obvious oxymoron. But it can—and is—being done in semi-arid and arid deserts.

Desert greening — reclaiming deserts by converting them into areas that thrive…