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  • Опубліковано 20 сер 2013
  • Morocco is embracing a greener future by building the world's largest solar power plant. And that's not all. A series of smaller initiatives are helping Moroccans adapt to climate change in a sustainable way.
    A film by Mabel Gundlach
    More information: www.ideasforacoolerworld.org?maca=en-podcast_global-ideas_en-5210-xml-mrsshd

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  • @Mollygaga42
    @Mollygaga42 9 років тому +14

    The whole world has to think this way,it would be so much better.

  • @josebenitez3732
    @josebenitez3732 8 років тому +17

    Very happy to see the water retention projects, but the huge solar project is of that pilosophy that bigger is better.
    Smaller projects at each village in my view would be the way to go.
    Solar hot water, photovoltaics, grey water mangement, swales on contour and uplands water retention would be my direction.

    • @weRbananas
      @weRbananas 8 років тому +3

      +Jose Benitez i agree. also i think that the giant solar facility would lose a lot of energy traveling to distant villages.

    • @josebenitez3732
      @josebenitez3732 8 років тому +1

      Absolutely, you must be reffering to voltage drops.
      Also by creating these smaller systems at the villages and training the locals you would be empowering them to take care of their systems.
      Who knows, there maybe a genius hidden in the crowd who may just create something even better.

    • @weRbananas
      @weRbananas 8 років тому

      very true.energy made at homr may or may not be cheaper than buying from the larger company also

    • @mellamoesroy
      @mellamoesroy 8 років тому

      Well said Jose!! ;-)

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 5 років тому +1

      @@weRbananas It also burns to death local bird and insect populations.

  • @alanroddis126
    @alanroddis126 7 років тому +10

    Just come across a very interesting plant called Vetiver grass, it will grow in hot climates and could in my opinion grow in deserts. There's quite a few video's on UA-cam about it. With it's deep rooting system and tolerance of heat I think it's worth trying,

    • @monkeymanwasd1239
      @monkeymanwasd1239 5 років тому

      Its often cheaper to use the native grasses plants shrubs and trees

  • @kotk05
    @kotk05 7 років тому +10

    after they harvest mussels, hope they have a way helping nature grow more

  • @terrywereb7639
    @terrywereb7639 4 роки тому +4

    Nice information, but "old." It would be nice if these types of videos had up to date follow ups.

  • @ewanfuller8039
    @ewanfuller8039 8 років тому +28

    They should compost their own waste using vermicomposting to increase the humus level in soil

    • @LureThosePixels
      @LureThosePixels 7 років тому +1

      Ewan Fuller I thought you had to add chickpeas for that

    • @taifshams
      @taifshams 5 років тому

      @Ryan Plethra Hi Sir,
      Do you any easy process that could help convert salt water to drinking or water with high iron content to drinking water?

  • @DeSwiss
    @DeSwiss 9 років тому +4

    Excellent!

  • @yellowbird5411
    @yellowbird5411 5 років тому +5

    It seems that camel dung from the herds going through would be invaluable as a fertilizer for the trees they are munching and other plants that are being grown. But it's not just the eating of the trees. Constant trampling of areas prevent new plants from coming up. This problem has been dealt with in many countries, which have taught herders how to corral the animals and restrict the amount of time and places they can free range. It is a major piece of the reforesting effort.

  • @jeffpittman8725
    @jeffpittman8725 2 роки тому +1

    The problem is not climate change, it's education and cultural adjustment. Increasing population in a desert is always problematic.

  • @joyridesham
    @joyridesham 5 років тому +8

    Permaculture and zai methods to harvestplantationand stop desertification, fruit tree plantation.

    • @monkeymanwasd1239
      @monkeymanwasd1239 5 років тому +1

      Nah man permaculture, Allan savory, early retirement extreme and the wim hof method
      I favor chinampas and super dense plantings myself but simply putting dents in the ground is often enough to make a difference

  • @CHMichael
    @CHMichael 2 роки тому

    Did they build the solar farm?

  • @massoud999
    @massoud999 5 років тому

    Chapeau formidable!

    • @dwnews
      @dwnews  5 років тому +1

      massoud999, please use the language of the channel, thank you. - ws

  • @threefacedpilgrim24
    @threefacedpilgrim24 9 років тому +8

    Basically what Morocco needs is MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL DEHUMIDIFIERS installed on the coasts or anywhere with humid temperature. Advanced dehumidifiers on large scale extract a lot of water from air, use good and massive purifiers and you can get hundreds of thousands and or millions of liters of clear drinkable water from air which may be used for drinking or irrigation or anything pretty much. Imagine getting a million liters of water from thin air in 24 hours, amazing isn't it?
    If you pay more for even bigger projects you get even more water. No more tapping ground water or desalinization process. You do need electricity to run massive dehumidifier plants ..which may come from wind or solar or ..any source.
    Water will never be a problem again : )

    • @imoneixusa9742
      @imoneixusa9742 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/wI6rFXzIVY0/v-deo.html

  • @synalag
    @synalag 9 років тому +1

    Sur ces terres désertiques, desséchées, caillouteuses, sablonneuses, il faudrait une bonne couche d’amendement organique; Le type d’amendement qu'apporte les troupeaux de bovins, chevaux .. Tout en faisant attention à ce que ces amendements ne polluent pas les nappes phréatiques, bien entendu.
    L'électricité solaire est une très bonne solution..

  • @Gustav4
    @Gustav4 7 років тому +5

    They just need some Allan Savory methods on that land.

    • @hariparajuli
      @hariparajuli 5 років тому +1

      2002 review of the Charter Trials concluded that the Savory grazing method "failed to produce the marked improvement in grass cover claimed from its application." The study's authors found "no definite evidence in the African studies that short-duration grazing . . . will accelerate plant succession." The re-greening from cattle didn't happen. SOURCE: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-2-march-april/feature/allan-savory-says-more-cows-land-will-reverse-climate-change

  • @morshedkamal9542
    @morshedkamal9542 3 роки тому +1

    The information Don't match with the title, i meant to say there is no information about how they are making it work.

  • @alakbar2106
    @alakbar2106 5 років тому

    Is it haram or halam pls tell me

  • @lol-cu3lh
    @lol-cu3lh Рік тому

    Commento scritto prego

  • @tycute21
    @tycute21 3 роки тому +1

    Plan more trees
    Take shower and use less water please

  • @konehoBolanon
    @konehoBolanon 4 роки тому

    Just started my channel... Pasipa nmn sa house ko... Surely ganoon din gawin ko sa iniyo... Salamat.!

  • @tysonminlo4938
    @tysonminlo4938 Рік тому

    so much oil money and still so many poor

  • @stebarg
    @stebarg 5 років тому

    What a joke

  • @wangtie9602
    @wangtie9602 8 років тому

    FREE ENERGY IS INVENTED, WHY NOT MAKE FULL USE OF THIS TECNOLOGY? SEEK EXPERT HELP .

    • @brooksanderson2599
      @brooksanderson2599 8 років тому

      wang tie I don't question your sincerity but, "free energy" is not possible. It violates a fundamental thermodynamic law. There are many examples on UA-cam "posted" by fakers. If it was real, at least some people, and countries, would have implimented it. Please ask a qualified electrical engineer whom you know and trust about "free energy."

    • @wangtie9602
      @wangtie9602 8 років тому

      THEY LOOK SO REAL. WE ARE ORDINARY PEOPLE AND CANNOT AFFORD EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC BILLS.

    • @brooksanderson2599
      @brooksanderson2599 8 років тому

      Yes. I know that some of these "inventions" do look real. However, they usally have a small battery hidden somewhere. I don't understand why anybody would want to mislead people who often desperatly need some source of energy like that, But, with millions of people entering the Internet daily you eventually find a few who like to lie. As I said, get a teacher or engineer whom you know and trust to tell you why it is not possible. Don't take my word as being true. Sorry.

    • @wangtie9602
      @wangtie9602 8 років тому +1

      SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIE TO BECOME FAMOUS . THEIR PRIDE MAKES THEM LIE.TOO BAD.

  • @mauriceupton1474
    @mauriceupton1474 5 років тому +5

    As soon as they start talking climate change, I switch off, no such thing.