Environment / ScienceLast Updated : Jul 30 , 2010 - 6 : 10 : 41 AMGeoff Lawton : ' You can fix all the world ' s ptoblems in a garden . ' By Geoff Lawton & others Jul 30 , 2010 - 4 : 59 : 55 AMEmail this article Printer friendly pageGeoff Lawton : ' You can fix all the world ' s problems in a garden . ' Behind Greening the Desert ( Video 8 ’ 41 ” ) Geoff Lawton : ‘ You can fix all the world ’ s problem , in a garden . You can solve them all , in a garden . You can solve all your pollution problems and all your supply line needs , in a garden . And most people today don ’ t actually know that . And that makes most people very insecure . ’ As an example , he established a 10 acre permaculture garden on flat salty desert ground 400 metres below sea level near the Dead Sea in Jordan which he says has : ‘ continued to develop itself . And I mean develop itself ! It ’ s building soil . We continue to document it . Although its not well funded it continues to produce and its still used by local people as an example . ’ For a stunning example of what mother nature will do for us if we work sensitively and thoughtfully with her and her flora , See : ' Behind Greening the Desert ' ( Video 8 ' 41 ") http : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = LJ 8 pjOG 4 pXI Some other very short videos by Geoff Lawton and others include : Geoff Lawton ' s Permaculture Food Forest ( Video 1 ’ 35 ” ) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = bWayqR 9 RRys & feature = related Geoff Lawton talks Permaculture & Weeds ( Video 3 ’ 33 ” ) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = WVq - ZQm 1 R - E & feature = related Introduction to Permaculture Design with Geoff Lawton ( Video 3 ’ 22 ” ) , See : https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = SjQOZmlqiyk & NR = 1 Greening the Desert – Revisited ( Geoff Lawton Video 5 ’ 07 ” ) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = q _ Hfxeh 3 t 6 I & feature = related Permaculture Water Harvesting ( Geoff Lawton Video 4 ’ 13 ” ) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = kPrfNVzDNME & feature = related A Permaculture Food Forest - Annemarie and Graham Brookman in South Australia - ( Video 10 ’) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = 4 Ul 1 bI 2 lr 8 I & feature = related A Food Forest Garden ( Robert Hart ) - Part 1 ( Video 7 ’ 25 ’) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = vBShBeC 1 f - Q & feature = related A Food Forest Garden ( Robert Hart ) - Part 2 ( Video 8 ’ 28 ” ) https : / / www . youtube . com / watch ? v = WU - C 3 GUTqwk & NR = 1 RELATED ARTICLES Farming and Gardening after Stasis : The Global Garden of Edenhttp : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Ron _ 71 / Farming - and - Gardening - after - Stasis - The - Global - Garden - of - Eden . shtml Cuba ' s urban gardenshttp : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Environment _ Science _ 69 / Cuba _ s _ urban _ gardens _ 2703 . shtml Permaculture & Sustainable & Resilient Communitieshttp : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Environment _ Science _ 69 / Permaculture _ amp _ Sustainable _ amp _ Resilient _ Communi _ 2709 . shtml Permaculture : An Australian contribution to saving Urantiahttp : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Environment _ Science _ 69 / Permaculture _ An _ Australian _ contribution _ to _ saving __ 2701 . shtml Live the Way of Permaculture http : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Health _ and _ Healing _ 57 / Live _ the _ Way _ of _ Permaculture _ 3899 . shtml The Power of Community , How Cuba Survived Peak Oilhttp : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Video _ 46 / The - Power - of - Community - How - Cuba - Survived - Peak - Oil . shtml Teach Children Gardening and Give Them a Natural Head Start in Life http : / / abundanthope . net / pages / Health _ and _ Nutrition _ 37 / Teach - Children - Gardening - and - Give - Them - a - Natural - Head - Start - in - Life . shtml