India's Water Revolution #1: Solving the Crisis in 45 days with the Paani Foundation

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as a hopeful example of land and water management restoring landscapes and livelihoods at village scale.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Andrew Millison

Topic

water harvesting and land restoration

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• A great start is the Paani foundation; they move thousands of villages from water tank dependency to self-sufficiency in their annual competition. [VIDEO]

• > At scale? Yes, of course, all lifeforms reproduce exponentially. Literally the biosphere would (re-)vivify the Earth automatically if we just stop destroying it. It's been doing it for four billion years. > Can this be implemented globally in a few decades? That I cannot …

• Also, I missed you asking about sharing what I found. Permaculture was the gateway into the world of what is possible. Consider, for example, the 3 permaculture ethical principles: - Care of Earth - Care of People - Fair Share This is all voluntary. It’s …