Many people in the USA are removing impermeable paving across the country. This is to reduce runoff. There is already permeable paving but this is the best I have ever seen. If it is durable then there is a huge market for it here.
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Check out Geoff Lawton's "greening the desert" project in the middle east, that makes use of permaculture concepts. One of the pioneer plants that they use is the moringa tree, which can thrive in a bunch of different environments.
Here in Ireland we don't have this problem lol, but I am planting an Oak tree forest and several fruit tree orchards. All trees are grown from acorns collected from trees growing in the area. A large amount have come from Union Wood in the county Sligo one of the few medieval forests around, and in this forest the deer are stopping any new trees. I currently have approx 2500 Oak trees out in the land (10-15 years old), with bother 1200 10 year old trees to be dug out of their ridges and planted into the land over next 2/3 years. I also have approx 500 fruit trees such as crab apple/plum/bird cherry/wild cherry/wild pear/damsan and 190 commercial apple trees that I got over the last two years, I am hoping to help out the bees with all the flowers :). I am doing it so that when I am long gone the forest will be standing proud :)
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This is a very interesting concept, however I can't help wonder about the plants long term root development/survival? I see two possible flaws in the application. A permanent water retention layer in which the roots are in constant contact with over-saturated soil would leave the plants subject to root rot, and even if they do not fall victim to root rot, once the plants roots grow and burrow deeper, they will eventually break through the water retention layer into the untreated area of sand/soil...water will then drain off allowing the root system to dry out, thereby negating the benefit of the water retention layer. Which will diminish the longevity of the plant in arid areas. I am curious how they address these issues?
This is technology and how intelligent the China’s professor are !!! In no time the desert will be a very big farm !!! And this automatically creates jobs and food for their people !!!
...jobs and food for their people? And keep breeding like rabbits? Do you know that excessive population explosion ravage the land faster because the demand on everything is higher? Can't you see the state this planet is? And you say they're intelligent? Really? How do you find jobs for 20 billion people? Of course, keep destroying this planet, keep producing chemicals, materials, dams, clearing forests, huge bridges, more cars, planes, ships, pollution... should I continue telling you about China and they hunger on development? One day you get the idea, one day... too late.
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This technology and its application has huge potential in inland areas of Australia with very low rainfall. But that is not the only potential. In the following applications it would be particularly good: 1. Building farm dams with this sand lining to provide water retention with minimum ground seepage. 2. Use us permeable pavements to collect, store and reuse water from run-off in the cities and suburbs 3. Use in intensive market gardening to reduce water useage. 4. Use in irrigation areas to concentrate water into used land with minimal loss of water. This could expand/increase production while conserving/lowering the existing water used per plant/square metre/hectare. What a wonderful leap in productivity and return on investment this can bring. I hope the Australian Governments are paying attention, particularly the Water and Agricultural/Horticultural Ministries.
ok I get the cool bricks with the product and pots to let in air and keep water but to plant trees ... could you not just put down a sheet of plastic to capture the water and hold it for the roots underground... just a slight bowl shaped piece that the roots will eventually go around to get deeper?
Plastic is a lot safer than that sand that will Leach out toxic chemicals into the ground and get in the water supply and what happens when they want to change the landscape how are they going to separate that stuff out of the rest of the sand when they find out it's toxic
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@@cashcash5995 the biggest forest man made is the amazonas ;) now you will say its "natural", but it wasnt... around 1400 there were living millions of people, thats why the amazonas has so many fruittrees.
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I wish I knew how to do this, the surroundings to my village is starting to show first signs of desertification, I believe it can still easily be managed if we act now. This technology would help as we have very little spare water in summer.
Another technique developped in China (or is it the same as the above one?) is to add methylcellulose (aka wallpaper-glue) to sand, to make it way better at water-retention. Sourcing this cheaply should be feasible, though the question is how much you'll need to have an impact.
Game changing innovations! Amazing work by this team! I need to get some of the sand to start combating the arid and semi-arid conditions in my home area!
This is life-saving and the whole world should know about it please do everything you can to help these videos go viral because this is so important for all of humanity and all of mankind most importantly a big difference between the word humanity and mankind.
I am sorry... but this technology wasn't invented recently... my father was playing with the "magic sand" ( build your own castle under water) (yes it was a toy) about 40 years ago... it's the same sand ... it has same character and physics...
What happens when the trees/plants grow through the sand? The roots will disturb the water proof layer causing significant leakage down the road, right? Eventually, the years dictate growth and the growth seems like it can potentially cause significant issues.
They need to avoid monocropping. Curious to see what will happen to the trees once the roots outgrow the water impermeable sand. Will they go sufficiently deep and find groundwater or will the wither from lack of usefulness? Will the trees become rootbound in the little area where the water impermeable sand is confined?
Good point, but I have seen another video recently in which they mixed the special sand with normal sand and it created a paste that held onto the water, so maybe they could dig a deeper hole for trees and dump in the mix that will hold the water. It's cool tho
@@jayuppercase3398 Except this product is prolly more *expensive* than most can afford, too, and they can make their own comparable product from household, industrial and agricultural wastes turned to charcoal for free. Charcoal and soil carbon have a similar effect as this product they are marketing, without the possibility of binding the roots, and many Africans are adept at making charcoal. It is also less likely to have crappy things mixed-in from China...
I think if you plant the trees close enough, the trees roots themselves are able to keep the moisture and the trees will hold the ground and the groundwater. Old leaves will provide continuous nutrients to the soil, restore the ecology of the sand, and together with the trees themselves provide cool shade to the sand.
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The west, these days, reminds me of the last days of the Egyptian Empire, the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, the Chinese Empire, the Arabs Empire, the Turkish Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire and now, the American Empire. They were all extinguished, decayed and replaced.
In the decade since this project was started, China has started to reclaim the expanding Gobi desert - the Gobi had been expanding in size for many years, now China is returning plant life to once barren lands. Along with plants comes new habitat for wildlife. China is generally not environmentally protective - until they realized what a threat this was to their future.
@Volf Khat Easy peasy, just type "China reclaiming the Gobi" into your UA-cam search and countless videos show up. You can do the same in any browser and many articles will show up.
The most important thing is how it made, i searched about it,they use teflon to wrap the sand . Maybe many years later it would become a new environmental pollution
Now that takes some high thinking capacity to create sand that won't allow the water to permeate out and away from its purpose of irrigating the newly planted trees. That man is a genius.
what happens to the bricks in you have rain that turns to snow? does the water in the brick during the transition, freeze and break the brick? either way, very promising stuff.
Will be interesting to know how the tap roots develop of the trees and whether this effects the soil holding back the water. Will the tree still survive with only preliminary root structure?
Exactly using permaculture to put life back into the soil is the only way and actually is the most ancient and still there today technology the oasis's
@hector nadal what do you mean yes? The video didn't show anything about the roots. The sand can only hold water in one spot. The trees roots are extremely far reaching. You don't understand plants.
This water retaining layer of sand will be broken through by the taproots, unless they have been removed to make them dwarf trees. If afforestation is to be done to reclaim the desert, along with adding this magical sand, the desert sand needs to be amended with good compost and hardy ,arid tolerant species like neem, tamarind and pongamia need to be grown. All these three are legumes in their own right and will fertilize the earth on which they stand. This technology is good for annual plants like greens, veggies,flowering plants and others like cereals and pulses.
This water retaining layer of sand will be broken through by the taproots, unless they have been removed to make them dwarf trees. If afforestation is to be done to reclaim the desert, along with adding this magical sand, the desert sand needs to be amended with good compost and hardy ,arid tolerant species like neem, tamarind and pongamia need to be grown. All these three are legumes in their own right and will fertilize the earth on which they stand. This technology is good for annual plants like greens, veggies,flowering plants and others like cereals and pulses.
hydrophobic sand ,Waterproof, majic, kinetic, silica, scotchguard.. sand is readily available for long time. It is nice to see practical and cost effective uses and development of this 1915 technology.
This is incredible there is serious need for water preservation all over the world and not just deserts but cities and all farmland. Imagine the applications this could reduce impact to the natural water systems that are being polluted by fertilizers and mining runoff ext ext this could allow for much of this that leeches into the water from all this activity and save water at same time amazing best invention I’ve heard of in a long time this needs to be a world standard and used everywhere
@@pineapplepenumbra Theoretically, yes the roots would pierce the layer thereby creating a pathway for water to leak out. But I imagine the water would be very slow to trickle out, and the water is streaming past a root, so not the biggest of problems.
@@egregius9314 "But I imagine the water would be very slow to trickle out, " I suppose there would be water tension, and not much room, but I think that tests should be done (if that haven't, already) in order to find out the loss. Still, it's still better than nothing.
deserving my outmost respects n admirations... taking something in abundance and with it retuns something else worth of gold... really out of the box thinking of chinesse people... kudos professor...
interesting. whats the treatment? chemicals? nano tech treatment? environmental effects? life-length? wholsales and resellers? website? contact? i would like to know more please!
Please mass produce this product ! The people of the world can use it on our properties to grow our own food and help it to gain momentum with other property owner's, all the way to our local farmer's. Here, in California, this will help THE WORLD'S food supply greatly. Thank You.
Great job China, that's important to safe, the water for food production and for human to. On the other hand you can stop to growing the sandy dessert with planting more trees, green houses the time is ready to push this faster then ever before forward. With the tree you could clean the air to for a healthy life. 🐞🍀👍🇨🇷🐘🇨🇭
Why you are telling them these things? Why don't you do it yourself? Go to work there. Why you giving this advice without any effort? Are you president of China, or what?
Do you think China its responsible to do your job? If you are using electricity, transport, you own a car, that means polutions its done for your needs. Get up from your bed, go to the desert and plant some trees. Not only China its responsible
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Did they test the veggies and fruits grown with these red sand? We might be eating those veggies and fruits grown there... If it's for construction then it probably doesn't matter much but if it's food...
You are right,they also didnt mention about cost,but most importantly is how its made, i searched about it,they use teflon to wrap the sand.This is disaster
Wish they have used charcoal as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta to keep desert alive... P.S. "Waterproof sand was invented by East Indian magicians. The sand was made by mixing heated sand with melted wax. The wax would repel water when the sand was exposed to water." Source: 1915 book The Boy Mechanic Book 2
Plants roots exract minerals from wet soil. The roots cant extract minerals from dry sand. So they tend to grow roots close to surface. They will be not deep rooted. They are planting only the top layer. This is no use.
They are using the water retention soil on top of the impermeable sand tho, so it will remain wet longer. One thing I do see however is that the plants roots remain shallow in an unnatural way. If a plant's roots want to extend deeper into the soil and go below the special sand, then there will be no water for it. These non desert plants need roots that go down deep to give it a good standing.
So a little googling has turned up more info on this sand they're using. Apparently the sand is coated with a plant based cellulose material which is presumably non toxic. The sand they are using is desert silica, not beach sand, which is normally harvested for construction and is becoming scarce. Desert sand is as of now, still plentiful. The reason beach sand is used in construction is because it's jagged and angled edges (from waves) gives it water retaining abilities, whereas desert sand is rounded from wind and can't retain water.
This would be worse than planting them in buckets. The roots would grow through the new sand and become cut off from their water supply - it would all just die again. But more than than, you now have this new sand that's sewn into the ground; imagine the ecological impact of that over the years.
This is very interesting in it`s applications but no mention of how this product is produced. In production does it require chemicals, heat and there byproducts?
What happens when the roots grow through the rechsand?? This was happened years ago in California. Trenches were dug and a layer of tar paper was laid down. The almond trees that were planted flourished until their roots broke through the tar paper, then they quickly died.
Wouldn't the water proofing sand cause the plants to have shallow roots. I'm thinking the trees roots wouldn't grow deeply into the soil but stay closer to the surface to access water.
We in the American West should use this-the water resources in the SW are pressed to the limit-plus it would stop the disaster of salt runoff (which has destroyed the Salton Sea).
I just watched two diverse method. This and reforestation by use of manure spreading, hoof mulching lifestock ! Conclusion ? Communicate, cooperate. We are one planet ,
Actually when you think carefully you will see this as nothing new. In your mind, sand and dry soil cannot make vegetables grow because it's too dry to hold water or moisture, yet in this video we see water irrigation that keep the plants alive and growing, but is it really sandy? On 4he surface may be sandy but a few inches below it is actually fertile soil. Only difference is, it doesn't receive enough rain for plants to grow. Sand is not true sand if it has soil in it. So, isn't that a catch 22 then? Get beach or desert sand, wash it and try to grow anything. You will see that the more porous the sand is the more difficult the water molecules are to attach to the fine sand grains. Of course if you spill water on dry sandy soil some form of vegetation will grow, from weeds to shrubs to trees because deep down water may find other type of soils to cling on. That's why some weed and plants have long roots. Otherwise, nothing grow where there is no water, not even in deserts where rain is unheard of. What I see here is no true desert but an area of low rain because the ground is baked by the harsh sun causing difficulty for plants to survive, and what they say here in this video is that water is needed to create lush forests, fruit, vegetable farms and so on. The only trick that's needed is to provide water to the areas in question related to farming or restoring doomed forests. And it's simple, you don't need bullshit scientists who you all think are Gods. Look at what damage Monsanto has done from helping farmer's to genetically modified crops, a total disaster. If you want to be intelligent, you don't need to listen to these bullshit artists because you can figure it out yourself that, even dry sand can bear a good crop, all you need is water and wait for results. An example is here given. Look at an aquarium tank. You add sand or fine gravel as substrate and fill it with water. You then add some plants, with roots buried in gravel or sand. Those plants are supposed to die because there are no nutrients in pure water. However, the introduction of fish starts a chain reaction of biological bacteria and nutrient from waste and other decaying matter. All seems simple, and it has worked for a long time in fish tanks. But here these people are irrigating trees and other vegetables with water. Just what sort of water and where did they get it from is the next question? We know that bore water is not a good choice because it has dissolved minerals, and water seeping from rocks that contain Lead or Mercury, even traces of Arsenic and or waste buried in landfills. We see water being fed to plants but not where it comes from. And plants don't grow on sand without nutrient, looks like the water is laced with fertilizers, lots of it. Fertilizers are good for plants that aren't providing fruit and veggies, but they use it anyway, another Monsanto type of disaster. Fertilizers are okay if done under control but, who is watching? I mean, who is watching on how much pesticide is being sprayed on the crops we eat? Nobody. And who is watching on the extensive use of fertilizers? No one. So all the food you buy is certainly been fed with fertilizers that make it almost tasteless. Grow your own and use rain water, dam water, pond water, river water, geez, this has been a practice of taking good care of plants so that they provide us with delicious fruit and veggies for thousands of years, until the the Franksteins of vegetation arrived from the Universities, of which Monsanto and other fiddly fingers are some who started playing God by manipulating crops and foods, including the grafting of plants. Growing your own, even watermelons, cantaloupe, eggplants, tomatoes and leafy vegetables taste much better when grown the natural way. What they're doing as shown in this video leaves some doubts about the results of this false information on growing plants on sands. The question remains, how does dry sand sustain life without water? Watch the trick that was already known since before the Egyptians existed. At one time, Egyptians had lush green forest that provided them with wood for buildings and ships for wars but wars caused their demise by chopping more trees for more ships and repairs, then they ran out of forests, the Sahara winds crept in and burried everything, including age old cities, until the shifting sand reached the Mediterranean sea. So, what do these false scientists know when the method of cultivation that was already known for over 6000 years? Nothing new.
what if the roots grow out the layer and could not find enough water for its size. the trees wil only grow about a limit. instead maybe we should plant desert plants by this way desert animals could use the grown plants.
Beach sand has become a rare commodity. Desert sand is different. Beach sand is used for construction and is becoming scarce. But it sounds like they are using desert sand, which is plentiful, for now. Desert sand can't be used for construction because it's rounded into beads by wind, where as beach sand is jagged and angled which allows the formation of concrete.
I'm QUITE sure that this is technology stolen from someone....anyone other than China. China doesn't invent anything, They just steal it and make it cheaper. Usually to the detriment of the product but cheap. Fails right after you use it but it's cheap.
Pencil Sharpener right but why not supercharge the process with organic material. So that grass and other plants could be in the ground and act as a water wicking material thus creating a water table.
It's probably a siloxane coating like scotch guard or rainex, a polymer with silicon, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen atoms. Invented about a day after scotchgaurd, and sold as a novelty item under names like "magic sand".
Although manipulating the sand like this seems like a great thing, 2 points stick out to me. 1 what is the substance used to waterproof the sand?, and is it a natural substance that won’t poison the new ground or the people who eat produce from this. Secondly using waterproofed sand is bypassing the best way to make the sand more soil like and the best way to fertilise the plants. That is using the millions of tons of composting plant material that wil not only change the make up of the sand by adding Humus to it, while giving the plants the fertility they need!.
B uppy yes I’m sure I’ve seen a vid where Charcoal was used to help reforestation of areas affected by desertification!. But I still think the best way to reverse desertification is to keep digging compost into the sand at varying depths then use drought tolerant Trees/Shrubs etc. I like the Chinese idea of using reeds, straw etc to partition the desert into a grid of squares which helps to keep the sand in place which makes it easier for plants to take hold without being swamped by the sand. If the patchwork of squares ( approx 3-5 feet sq) then had compost dug into them the plants would not only be protected from the sand but will have the nutrients needed. ua-cam.com/video/Lp-PuVaLpjs/v-deo.html
Well that is they are looking for. Every new invention need years of using after find something very wrong. Like welding, paint, canned food... etc at.the beginning a lot of people got sick or die.
Wish i could be there. I would teach them about biochar. It can tranform barren sand in to finest soil if mixen with it in proper way. With just ONE use! (it hold water longer than sand or raw soil) Waterproof sand and chacoal - two EVERLASTING THINGS and job is need to be done ONCE!!!
*I can trust anything that he says because of his HAIR LINE*
Many people in the USA are removing impermeable paving across the country. This is to reduce runoff. There is already permeable paving but this is the best I have ever seen. If it is durable then there is a huge market for it here.
Love it. I hope this becomes normal for all countries with deserts. I'm rooting for China to do well in this process.
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Check out Geoff Lawton's "greening the desert" project in the middle east, that makes use of permaculture concepts. One of the pioneer plants that they use is the moringa tree, which can thrive in a bunch of different environments.
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Here in Ireland we don't have this problem lol, but I am planting an Oak tree forest and several fruit tree orchards. All trees are grown from acorns collected from trees growing in the area. A large amount have come from Union Wood in the county Sligo one of the few medieval forests around, and in this forest the deer are stopping any new trees. I currently have approx 2500 Oak trees out in the land (10-15 years old), with bother 1200 10 year old trees to be dug out of their ridges and planted into the land over next 2/3 years. I also have approx 500 fruit trees such as crab apple/plum/bird cherry/wild cherry/wild pear/damsan and 190 commercial apple trees that I got over the last two years, I am hoping to help out the bees with all the flowers :). I am doing it so that when I am long gone the forest will be standing proud :)
thats brilliant ! wish there were more people thought like you , with a respect & appreciation for creation
Take pics of your growing forest!
Salute to you.. Sir ❤
you are a true hero, keep up the good work.
The world needs a lot more people like you.🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🍀
This deserves a noble price for humanity's this DEVELOPMENT IN TRUE FORM.
A noble price? This could mean lots of money? Do you mean a Nobel Prize ?Possibly.
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No it doesn't lol, they're just creating an artificial layer of hard pan...
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@@shahriarshahriary7302 no thank you, we have good silty loam soil here
This is a very interesting concept, however I can't help wonder about the plants long term root development/survival? I see two possible flaws in the application. A permanent water retention layer in which the roots are in constant contact with over-saturated soil would leave the plants subject to root rot, and even if they do not fall victim to root rot, once the plants roots grow and burrow deeper, they will eventually break through the water retention layer into the untreated area of sand/soil...water will then drain off allowing the root system to dry out, thereby negating the benefit of the water retention layer. Which will diminish the longevity of the plant in arid areas. I am curious how they address these issues?
This is technology and how intelligent the China’s professor are !!! In no time the desert will be a very big farm !!! And this automatically creates jobs and food for their people !!!
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...jobs and food for their people? And keep breeding like rabbits? Do you know that excessive population explosion ravage the land faster because the demand on everything is higher? Can't you see the state this planet is? And you say they're intelligent? Really? How do you find jobs for 20 billion people? Of course, keep destroying this planet, keep producing chemicals, materials, dams, clearing forests, huge bridges, more cars, planes, ships, pollution... should I continue telling you about China and they hunger on development? One day you get the idea, one day... too late.
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This technology and its application has huge potential in inland areas of Australia with very low rainfall.
But that is not the only potential. In the following applications it would be particularly good:
1. Building farm dams with this sand lining to provide water retention with minimum ground seepage.
2. Use us permeable pavements to collect, store and reuse water from run-off in the cities and suburbs
3. Use in intensive market gardening to reduce water useage.
4. Use in irrigation areas to concentrate water into used land with minimal loss of water.
This could expand/increase production while conserving/lowering the existing water used per plant/square metre/hectare. What a wonderful leap in productivity and return on investment this can bring.
I hope the Australian Governments are paying attention, particularly the Water and Agricultural/Horticultural Ministries.
Hats off to all those diligent scientists and researchers..
I am reacting to these innovations/inventions as a child reacts to visiting a toy store- - sheer delight!!!
The you havent learned to respect nature, it's not yours to mess with.
ok I get the cool bricks with the product and pots to let in air and keep water but to plant trees ... could you not just put down a sheet of plastic to capture the water and hold it for the roots underground... just a slight bowl shaped piece that the roots will eventually go around to get deeper?
Plastic it Is Not Green...i guest))
Plastic is a lot safer than that sand that will Leach out toxic chemicals into the ground and get in the water supply and what happens when they want to change the landscape how are they going to separate that stuff out of the rest of the sand when they find out it's toxic
Wow..! This is an innovative and creative way of stopping desertification AND expanding agricultural land :)
Way to go China :)
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Have you no common sense?
It's unfortunate that even after 7 to 8 years of discovery I cannot see a wise use for the sake of environment 😢
They have create the biggest forest man made , sea water rice . What is about your country , is the sewer system is fixed ?
@@cashcash5995 the biggest forest man made is the amazonas ;) now you will say its "natural", but it wasnt... around 1400 there were living millions of people, thats why the amazonas has so many fruittrees.
Wow! Seriously valuable work. I salute you, Sir. The "Noble" folks owe you one.
“ We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment
outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything
will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life
moulds the environment and is itself deeply affected by it. The
one acts upon the other and every abiding change in the life of
man is the result of these mutual reactions”.
(Shoghi Effendi, through his Secretary to an individual believer
from a letter dated 17 February 1933)
it makes us happy to see such a great contribution to humanity. a great idea to eleminate poverty all over the world.
There's much more natural ways.
I wish I knew how to do this, the surroundings to my village is starting to show first signs of desertification, I believe it can still easily be managed if we act now. This technology would help as we have very little spare water in summer.
Look up soil building techniques. Essentially you would need decaying organic matter like wood chips and dead foliage for natural water holding.
Another technique developped in China (or is it the same as the above one?) is to add methylcellulose (aka wallpaper-glue) to sand, to make it way better at water-retention.
Sourcing this cheaply should be feasible, though the question is how much you'll need to have an impact.
I live in the desert in Arizona USA, use aquaponics to grow out here in the heat. Love these innovations.
Common sense is dead.
Game changing innovations! Amazing work by this team! I need to get some of the sand to start combating the arid and semi-arid conditions in my home area!
Have they used fogging nets if water evaporates it can be caught in fogging net. And charcoal?
Africa could use this technology!! Great Work !
Africa's priorities : clean water, sewerage, electricity, roads, schools, hospitals, healtth, medicine, , storage warehouses, packaging materials, trucks etc ... and the list goes and on.
This is life-saving and the whole world should know about it please do everything you can to help these videos go viral because this is so important for all of humanity and all of mankind most importantly a big difference between the word humanity and mankind.
I am sorry... but this technology wasn't invented recently... my father was playing with the "magic sand" ( build your own castle under water) (yes it was a toy) about 40 years ago... it's the same sand ... it has same character and physics...
This technology change our environment ..... Brilliant
What happens when the trees/plants grow through the sand? The roots will disturb the water proof layer causing significant leakage down the road, right? Eventually, the years dictate growth and the growth seems like it can potentially cause significant issues.
They need to avoid monocropping. Curious to see what will happen to the trees once the roots outgrow the water impermeable sand. Will they go sufficiently deep and find groundwater or will the wither from lack of usefulness? Will the trees become rootbound in the little area where the water impermeable sand is confined?
Good point, but I have seen another video recently in which they mixed the special sand with normal sand and it created a paste that held onto the water, so maybe they could dig a deeper hole for trees and dump in the mix that will hold the water. It's cool tho
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Except this product is prolly more *expensive* than most can afford, too, and they can make their own comparable product from household, industrial and agricultural wastes turned to charcoal for free. Charcoal and soil carbon have a similar effect as this product they are marketing, without the possibility of binding the roots, and many Africans are adept at making charcoal. It is also less likely to have crappy things mixed-in from China...
I think if you plant the trees close enough, the trees roots themselves are able to keep the moisture and the trees will hold the ground and the groundwater. Old leaves will provide continuous nutrients to the soil, restore the ecology of the sand, and together with the trees themselves provide cool shade to the sand.
They'll die
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Amazing....China has come up with some really smart and advanced technological advances even which West cannot match. Great job!
The west, these days, reminds me of the last days of the Egyptian Empire, the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, the Chinese Empire, the Arabs Empire, the Turkish Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire and now, the American Empire. They were all extinguished, decayed and replaced.
Impressive. All the best to Rechsand in its bid to conquer the world with its desertification combating technologies.
certainly will like to tie up and start helping the desert people in India
I have a question: does this sand is oil-permable?
In the decade since this project was started, China has started to reclaim the expanding Gobi desert - the Gobi had been expanding in size for many years, now China is returning plant life to once barren lands. Along with plants comes new habitat for wildlife. China is generally not environmentally protective - until they realized what a threat this was to their future.
@Volf Khat Easy peasy, just type "China reclaiming the Gobi" into your UA-cam search and countless videos show up. You can do the same in any browser and many articles will show up.
@Volf Khat It takes time and a dedicated effort. China has been reforesting desert land, so it is working.
The most important thing is how it made, i searched about it,they use teflon to wrap the sand . Maybe many years later it would become a new environmental pollution
Good job salute, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
Digvijay Parmar good job 👍
Now that takes some high thinking capacity to create sand that won't allow the water to permeate out and away from its purpose of irrigating the newly planted trees. That man is a genius.
Bad news for you, it carry carcinogens. Just fine sand with hydrophobic coating
@@AriVovp Thank you for your knowledge about that which had not been disclosed. I am pleased you have set the record straight.
It just creates root bound trees that will topple over and die in a strong wind...
what happens to the bricks in you have rain that turns to snow? does the water in the brick during the transition, freeze and break the brick? either way, very promising stuff.
Will be interesting to know how the tap roots develop of the trees and whether this effects the soil holding back the water. Will the tree still survive with only preliminary root structure?
Exactly using permaculture to put life back into the soil is the only way and actually is the most ancient and still there today technology the oasis's
@hector nadal what do you mean yes? The video didn't show anything about the roots. The sand can only hold water in one spot. The trees roots are extremely far reaching. You don't understand plants.
This water retaining layer of sand will be broken through by the taproots, unless they have been removed to make them dwarf trees. If afforestation is to be done to reclaim the desert, along with adding this magical sand, the desert sand needs to be amended with good compost and hardy ,arid tolerant species like neem, tamarind and pongamia need to be grown. All these three are legumes in their own right and will fertilize the earth on which they stand. This technology is good for annual plants like greens, veggies,flowering plants and others like cereals and pulses.
This water retaining layer of sand will be broken through by the taproots, unless they have been removed to make them dwarf trees. If afforestation is to be done to reclaim the desert, along with adding this magical sand, the desert sand needs to be amended with good compost and hardy ,arid tolerant species like neem, tamarind and pongamia need to be grown. All these three are legumes in their own right and will fertilize the earth on which they stand. This technology is good for annual plants like greens, veggies,flowering plants and others like cereals and pulses.
hydrophobic sand ,Waterproof, majic, kinetic, silica, scotchguard.. sand is readily available for long time. It is nice to see practical and cost effective uses and development of this 1915 technology.
He actually looks like a 'crazy' scientistXDD
wasn't there a new method of injecting a thin layer of clay beneath the sand surface to drastically improve water retention?
This is incredible there is serious need for water preservation all over the world and not just deserts but cities and all farmland. Imagine the applications this could reduce impact to the natural water systems that are being polluted by fertilizers and mining runoff ext ext this could allow for much of this that leeches into the water from all this activity and save water at same time amazing best invention I’ve heard of in a long time this needs to be a world standard and used everywhere
As the trees grown will the roots penetrate the special sand layer causing it to be less effective?
I'm glad that I read through the posts before posting, myself, as this was what I was going to ask.
Sadly, no one has answered you.
Will you help South African farmer with your technology?
@@pineapplepenumbra Theoretically, yes the roots would pierce the layer thereby creating a pathway for water to leak out. But I imagine the water would be very slow to trickle out, and the water is streaming past a root, so not the biggest of problems.
@@egregius9314 "But I imagine the water would be very slow to trickle out, "
I suppose there would be water tension, and not much room, but I think that tests should be done (if that haven't, already) in order to find out the loss. Still, it's still better than nothing.
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interesting. whats the treatment? chemicals? nano tech treatment? environmental effects? life-length? wholsales and resellers? website? contact? i would like to know more please!
probably plastic sand
I’m also waiting for this answers, please let me know when you know more
Please mass produce this product ! The people of the world can use it on our properties to grow our own food and help it to gain momentum with other property owner's, all the way to our local farmer's. Here, in California, this will help THE WORLD'S food supply greatly. Thank You.
Appreciate your efforts. Your passion is amazing.!
Very impressive technical innovation great video.
A very good solution to farming in dry lands. Where can I get this water proofing material?
3 years later ........ KINETIC SAND!!! *Blasting tv ad
Wonderful , kindly help other countries too with this technology
How exactly can Water be wasted ?
Great job China, that's important to safe, the water for food production and for human to. On the other hand you can stop to growing the sandy dessert with planting more trees, green houses the time is ready to push this faster then ever before forward. With the tree you could clean the air to for a healthy life. 🐞🍀👍🇨🇷🐘🇨🇭
Why you are telling them these things? Why don't you do it yourself? Go to work there.
Why you giving this advice without any effort? Are you president of China, or what?
Do you think China its responsible to do your job?
If you are using electricity, transport, you own a car, that means polutions its done for your needs. Get up from your bed, go to the desert and plant some trees.
Not only China its responsible
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A truly unique and outstanding innovation for ecology and agriculture ; having local and global impact.
What about simply clay soil?
I was staring at his baldness the the wholetime. Something about quick sand mud in the desert. Great idea!
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Very Good. Congratulations to these bright and inteligent people in China.
Incredible innovation. Do remember to patent the technology!
Awesome for desert area. 😊
I have all kinds of construction ideas for waterproofing basements before construction.
Did they test the veggies and fruits grown with these red sand? We might be eating those veggies and fruits grown there... If it's for construction then it probably doesn't matter much but if it's food...
Haven't heard once how its made. Sounds like a disaster
You are right,they also didnt mention about cost,but most importantly is how its made, i searched about it,they use teflon to wrap the sand.This is disaster
Wish they have used charcoal as well:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta
to keep desert alive...
P.S. "Waterproof sand was invented by East Indian magicians. The sand was made by mixing heated sand with melted wax. The wax would repel water when the sand was exposed to water."
Source: 1915 book The Boy Mechanic Book 2
Plants roots exract minerals from wet soil. The roots cant extract minerals from dry sand. So they tend to grow roots close to surface. They will be not deep rooted. They are planting only the top layer. This is no use.
They are using the water retention soil on top of the impermeable sand tho, so it will remain wet longer. One thing I do see however is that the plants roots remain shallow in an unnatural way. If a plant's roots want to extend deeper into the soil and go below the special sand, then there will be no water for it. These non desert plants need roots that go down deep to give it a good standing.
So a little googling has turned up more info on this sand they're using. Apparently the sand is coated with a plant based cellulose material which is presumably non toxic. The sand they are using is desert silica, not beach sand, which is normally harvested for construction and is becoming scarce. Desert sand is as of now, still plentiful. The reason beach sand is used in construction is because it's jagged and angled edges (from waves) gives it water retaining abilities, whereas desert sand is rounded from wind and can't retain water.
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You can do the same thing by putting a sheet of plastic to hold the water.
Fungus planted in vital plant growth areas should help water flow in the soil.
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Doesn’t clay soil do same thing?
This would be worse than planting them in buckets. The roots would grow through the new sand and become cut off from their water supply - it would all just die again. But more than than, you now have this new sand that's sewn into the ground; imagine the ecological impact of that over the years.
This is very interesting in it`s applications but no mention of how this product is produced. In production does it require chemicals, heat and there byproducts?
Will this sand contain the roots and make them root bound ? Don't expect them to stay up when tall and windy.
exactly
The roots can grow freely, the sand is only to stop the water. When the root grow the root ifself seals the sand when grown and the rest sand stay.
Wow, great implications for urban drainage engineering designs! Would save much space for flood retention for a start.
Water sand can be used in water purifiers making clean water and air added to water to oxidize pollutants to clean water
Where do you get your water ?
Trucked in. Or from underground boar. Expensive. But if they can grow heaps they'll get their money back, 👍.
How do they make this? Is it going to be safe for future generations once it's mixed with regular sand?
What happens when the roots grow through the rechsand?? This was happened years ago in California. Trenches were dug and a layer of tar paper was laid down. The almond trees that were planted flourished until their roots broke through the tar paper, then they quickly died.
Wonder how they would feel if some other country came along and stole their ideas?
Wonder if Israel would be interested?
Wouldn't the water proofing sand cause the plants to have shallow roots. I'm thinking the trees roots wouldn't grow deeply into the soil but stay closer to the surface to access water.
What happens when trees' roots grow through red sand?
Water would follow the root via surface tension to the underside of the sand. It would leak.
They die
We in the American West should use this-the water resources in the SW are pressed to the limit-plus it would stop the disaster of salt runoff (which has destroyed the Salton Sea).
This is good work
I just watched two diverse method. This and reforestation by use of manure spreading, hoof mulching lifestock ! Conclusion ? Communicate, cooperate. We are one planet ,
Which video is that? The Allan Savory holistic management TED talk?
Simply fantastic, all of it! Unbelievable stuff! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Actually when you think carefully you will see this as nothing new. In your mind, sand and dry soil cannot make vegetables grow because it's too dry to hold water or moisture, yet in this video we see water irrigation that keep the plants alive and growing, but is it really sandy? On 4he surface may be sandy but a few inches below it is actually fertile soil. Only difference is, it doesn't receive enough rain for plants to grow. Sand is not true sand if it has soil in it. So, isn't that a catch 22 then? Get beach or desert sand, wash it and try to grow anything. You will see that the more porous the sand is the more difficult the water molecules are to attach to the fine sand grains. Of course if you spill water on dry sandy soil some form of vegetation will grow, from weeds to shrubs to trees because deep down water may find other type of soils to cling on. That's why some weed and plants have long roots. Otherwise, nothing grow where there is no water, not even in deserts where rain is unheard of. What I see here is no true desert but an area of low rain because the ground is baked by the harsh sun causing difficulty for plants to survive, and what they say here in this video is that water is needed to create lush forests, fruit, vegetable farms and so on. The only trick that's needed is to provide water to the areas in question related to farming or restoring doomed forests. And it's simple, you don't need bullshit scientists who you all think are Gods. Look at what damage Monsanto has done from helping farmer's to genetically modified crops, a total disaster. If you want to be intelligent, you don't need to listen to these bullshit artists because you can figure it out yourself that, even dry sand can bear a good crop, all you need is water and wait for results. An example is here given. Look at an aquarium tank. You add sand or fine gravel as substrate and fill it with water. You then add some plants, with roots buried in gravel or sand. Those plants are supposed to die because there are no nutrients in pure water. However, the introduction of fish starts a chain reaction of biological bacteria and nutrient from waste and other decaying matter. All seems simple, and it has worked for a long time in fish tanks. But here these people are irrigating trees and other vegetables with water. Just what sort of water and where did they get it from is the next question? We know that bore water is not a good choice because it has dissolved minerals, and water seeping from rocks that contain Lead or Mercury, even traces of Arsenic and or waste buried in landfills. We see water being fed to plants but not where it comes from. And plants don't grow on sand without nutrient, looks like the water is laced with fertilizers, lots of it. Fertilizers are good for plants that aren't providing fruit and veggies, but they use it anyway, another Monsanto type of disaster. Fertilizers are okay if done under control but, who is watching? I mean, who is watching on how much pesticide is being sprayed on the crops we eat? Nobody. And who is watching on the extensive use of fertilizers? No one. So all the food you buy is certainly been fed with fertilizers that make it almost tasteless. Grow your own and use rain water, dam water, pond water, river water, geez, this has been a practice of taking good care of plants so that they provide us with delicious fruit and veggies for thousands of years, until the the Franksteins of vegetation arrived from the Universities, of which Monsanto and other fiddly fingers are some who started playing God by manipulating crops and foods, including the grafting of plants. Growing your own, even watermelons, cantaloupe, eggplants, tomatoes and leafy vegetables taste much better when grown the natural way. What they're doing as shown in this video leaves some doubts about the results of this false information on growing plants on sands. The question remains, how does dry sand sustain life without water? Watch the trick that was already known since before the Egyptians existed. At one time, Egyptians had lush green forest that provided them with wood for buildings and ships for wars but wars caused their demise by chopping more trees for more ships and repairs, then they ran out of forests, the Sahara winds crept in and burried everything, including age old cities, until the shifting sand reached the Mediterranean sea. So, what do these false scientists know when the method of cultivation that was already known for over 6000 years? Nothing new.
Thank you so much, i want to help with the conservation
That is the way to make Sahara and Australia green!, water from oceans (desalination). I hope this is future
what if the roots grow out the layer and could not find enough water for its size. the trees wil only grow about a limit. instead maybe we should plant desert plants by this way desert animals could use the grown plants.
only problem, sand has become a rare commodity worldwide.
Beach sand has become a rare commodity. Desert sand is different. Beach sand is used for construction and is becoming scarce. But it sounds like they are using desert sand, which is plentiful, for now. Desert sand can't be used for construction because it's rounded into beads by wind, where as beach sand is jagged and angled which allows the formation of concrete.
in the u.s. the government doesn't let you collect your own water or grown vegetables
How is the root development if the trees do not have to reach for water?
Root will push through sand causing dryness to root. Must make clay sand too and put water sand and clay sand in hole
Have the Chinese heard of clay , compost and mulch ? They need to add this for even more fertile water holding soil !
been for sale in the US for years as moon sand. Just hydrophobic sand
I'm QUITE sure that this is technology stolen from someone....anyone other than China. China doesn't invent anything, They just steal it and make it cheaper. Usually to the detriment of the product but cheap. Fails right after you use it but it's cheap.
Now they need to build the soil with organic matter so the soil structure’s water holding capabilities would be natural.
Twenty to thirty years from now, the fallen leaves from the plants will turn to enough soil to sustain natural plantation.
Pencil Sharpener right but why not supercharge the process with organic material. So that grass and other plants could be in the ground and act as a water wicking material thus creating a water table.
Plastic bag under the plant have the same effect. I've used it to grow ferns in dry areas. Isn't this common knowledge?
Whats in the sand? Clay? Plastic?
It's probably a siloxane coating like scotch guard or rainex, a polymer with silicon, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen atoms. Invented about a day after scotchgaurd, and sold as a novelty item under names like "magic sand".
@@r0cketplumber That sounds just about right.
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could this also be achieved by burying a large pot then plant the tree, or cement. . . still very neat tho.
Although manipulating the sand like this seems like a great thing, 2 points stick out to me. 1 what is the substance used to waterproof the sand?, and is it a natural substance that won’t poison the new ground or the people who eat produce from this. Secondly using waterproofed sand is bypassing the best way to make the sand more soil like and the best way to fertilise the plants. That is using the millions of tons of composting plant material that wil not only change the make up of the sand by adding Humus to it, while giving the plants the fertility they need!.
Charcoal may be better in this instance because it is more stable and less vulnerable to decay in high temperatures.
B uppy yes also Charcoal can be used to ‘condition soil.
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Yes, and to better advantage in areas where the sun destroys fertility quickly.
B uppy yes I’m sure I’ve seen a vid where Charcoal was used to help reforestation of areas affected by desertification!. But I still think the best way to reverse desertification is to keep digging compost into the sand at varying depths then use drought tolerant Trees/Shrubs etc. I like the Chinese idea of using reeds, straw etc to partition the desert into a grid of squares which helps to keep the sand in place which makes it easier for plants to take hold without being swamped by the sand. If the patchwork of squares ( approx 3-5 feet sq) then had compost dug into them the plants would not only be protected from the sand but will have the nutrients needed. ua-cam.com/video/Lp-PuVaLpjs/v-deo.html
Reclaiming Jordanian desert using Permaculture techniques. ua-cam.com/video/uYk21PLKGgg/v-deo.html
Very interesting content, this new technology might help to regreen every desert. The question I have is, howmuch does this treated sand cost per ton.
Wow, no more desert! Excellent, idea!
Does the chemicals used to “treat” the sand harm the plant?
Well if you notice that's it's waterproof so....it (the roots), wouldn't be able to absorb the red sand.
Well that is they are looking for.
Every new invention need years of using after find something very wrong.
Like welding, paint, canned food... etc at.the beginning a lot of people got sick or die.
dude!! that sand looks like the one on mars!! alien life is legit !!
Wish i could be there. I would teach them about biochar.
It can tranform barren sand in to finest soil if mixen with it in proper way.
With just ONE use! (it hold water longer than sand or raw soil)
Waterproof sand and chacoal - two EVERLASTING THINGS and job is need to be done ONCE!!!