Reverse Climate Change and Green Deserts with Water Cycle Restoration

Zach Weiss' presentation from the Permaculture Water Summit. Here is a summary of the topics covered:

Natural disasters such as floods, droughts, and fires are caused by humans' relationship with water and nature.
Viktor Schaughberger's work explains how water infiltrates into cooler, shaded soil and transpires into the atmosphere.
The biotic pump brings moisture from the ocean inland, creating a balanced climate.
Human activity has caused a watershed death spiral, leading to floods, droughts, and fires.
A new water paradigm is needed to restore Earth's biosystems and respect water as a source of life.
Sepp Holzer, a rebel farmer, transformed a mountainside farm in Austria into a vibrant, productive oasis with 72 interconnected ponds and water bodies
This was done by undoing roads and turning them into water bodies, elevating the water table rather than sinking it.
The forests produce an abundance of fruit with no inputs, just the resources from nature.
We have created concrete metropolises that allow no water to infiltrate into the landscape, draining away water that would have fed into the valley
This has created a hydro graph of runoff, erosion, risk, cost, insurance, drought, and fire
When we partner with the full water cycle, we have lower runoff, less erosion risk, and vegetative cooling
We must transform watersheds into water catchments to undo the narrative of colonization and exploitation of resources
Turn monoculture forests into rich, diverse forests
Create water bodies and retention spaces to cycle water in the small water cycle
Increase recharge and decrease discharge to balance out water account
Rajendra Singh and his organization to run Bharat Song created a water body in a village with no water, increasing agricultural productivity and allowing people to return to their ancestral grounds
Revived 7 rivers to perennial flow, brought water back to 250,000 wells, reduced temperature by 2 degrees Celsius, and increased greenery from 2% to 48%
Our future is in our own hands, and we can partner with nature and water to achieve incredible things
Climate models largely suggest a neutral impact on water, but human activity has had a directly negative impact on the water cycle, leading to floods, droughts, fires, water scarcity, and food scarcity
We have the power to reverse these consequences and create a livable future
It is up to us, the people, to manage our landscapes and create abundance for life on land
We must apply knowledge and take action to create a better world

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