Restoring the Earth
Restoring the Earth showcases solutions that heal the planet, from rewilding landscapes to rebuilding soil health. These stories highlight the resilience of nature and our role in its renewal.
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The Soil Story by Kiss The Ground
The Soil Story, created by Kiss the Ground, is a five-minute film that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet.
Science meets inspiration in this tale of nature’s best hidden innovation: soil.
Learn how we can “sequester” (store) carbon from our atmosphere, where it is harmful... -
Reconsidering Agriculture
With an estimated 25% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from our food system, rethinking our approach to agriculture is essential if we are to create a sustainable future. By working in harmony with nature, regenerative agriculture can provide more nutritious food at the same time as reducing em...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 1 - Contour Lines and Water Flow
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Replenishing the Soil
In the last few decades, farmers around the world have grown dependent on synthetic fertilizers, which in the short term can have a huge impact on the productivity of land, but over a longer period of time deplete soils of natural microorganisms and nutrients, leach nitrogen into waterways, are c...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 2 - Landform Water Divides
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 7 - The City Forest
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 6 - Design for Management
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 4 - Design for Access
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 5 - Design for Trees
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Andrew Millison's The Keyline® Plan - Part 3 - Design for Water
The Keyline® Plan is a method of land design for soil and water conservation developed by Australian farmer and engineer P.A. Yeomans in the 1950's, and practiced widely throughout Australia ever since. My training in this design system came from Keyline® design's modern day emissary, Darren J. D...
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Finding Common Ground - John Liu
Planet Earth provides us with air, water, food and energy - all that is necessary for life to flourish but human beings have begun to alter the earth and increasingly we are experiencing the consequences. Ecological restoration is the great work of our time. Presented by John Liu
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Line in the Sand by John Liu
In Alashan, a remote region of grassland or steppe in the Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, the desert is growing by 1000 square kilometres per year. Fifty years ago there were 50 springs in the area, three rivers and 800 small lakes.
Today, sand dunes roll across the plain and the springs, r... -
Women of the Gobi - John Liu
Since the collapse of communism, the people of the Gobi have had to be more self-reliant and the women have emerged as leaders of new communities called Nukhaluls. The communities' accomplishments are inspiring others, spreading a grass roots democratic movement that is pioneering people-centered...
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A Steppe Ahead - John Liu
Can an ambitious conservation plan save the underdeveloped Eastern Mongolian Steppe's, the last bio-region of its type, from development ruin? Filmmaker John D. Liu travels to Mongolia to find out .
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High Plains Wild - John Liu
In Nebraska’s Wildcat Hills, a remarkable conservation story unfolds as bighorn sheep return to the high plains. Through camera traps, scientific research, and community collaboration, this documentary captures the challenges and triumphs of restoring a native species to its rugged habitat and hi...
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Hope in a Changing Climate - John Liu
This is China's Loess Plateau, until recently this was one of the most poorest regions in the country. A land renowned for floods, mudslides and famine, but with the fanfare comes the hope of change for the better. They have successfully transforming a baron landscape into a green and fertile one...
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Andrew Millison's How to Fix a Broken Ecosystem
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explains the process for repairing a degraded ecosystem. We begin with the metrics for assessing ecosystem health, and then go over the steps to triggering biological activity and ecological succession.
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In Search of Sustainability in Mali - John Liu
Study of the inner Niger delta in Mail. The documentary shows the compelling beauty of the people and the extreme ecological importance of the land. A complex ecological system with a very important role in regulating the earth's hydrological cycle, weather patterns and climate with John Liu
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The Lessons of the Loess Plateau - John Liu
The people of China's Loess Plateau were some of the earliest adopters of settled agriculture, approximately 10,000 years ago. They worked hard and over time built the most accomplished civilisations that the world has ever seen. Their history illustrates the impacts the humans have had on the ea...
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Tamera - John Liu
Southern Portugal like many biomes has a fairly fragile hydrological cycle, and the trend for many years has been for the land to become dryer. the Tamera community wondered whether this was a natural situation and if there was something that could be done to heal the land with John Liu. (Please ...
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Darius Fisher - Sekem's Future - John Liu
in 1977 an incredible project was born, 60 miles northeast of Cairo. The transformation was to make the desert, bloom with new trees, medicinal plants and food crops. Seken now stands as an incredible mile stone in peaceful collaboration, teaching humanity and society what we can achieve when we ...
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Ecosystem Adaption - John Liu
Scientific consensus tells us that human civilisation is facing potential catastrophic impacts from an ever changing climate. The risks include risks include sea level rise, extreme and erratic weather events, food insecurity, conflict, migration and war. Many of the most vulnerable people who b...
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Real Wealth - John Liu
The world is facing multiple problems, we have bio-diversity loss, climate change, desertification, food insecurity, poverty and the threat of financial collapse. There are two conversations that are on-going, one, from the western world about economics and technology solutions, and the other in ...
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Save Your Planet - Save the soil
Mining eliminates resources and our future. Give subsoil a chance.