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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.91,0:00:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[acoustic guitar music, trickling water]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.52,0:00:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[male, Austrian accent] {\i1}Wasser ist Leben.{\i0}\N[male translator] Water is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.07,0:01:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water is the most important thing.\NThe whole world is 70% water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.93,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, animals, everything. \N70% water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[female narrator] Water is the key issue for\Nthe survival of humankind on this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.24,0:01:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature has provided enough water\Neverywhere on earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.24,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a billion people do not have \Nsufficient access to clean drinking water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More and more regions lack the water\Nto grow the food they need.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.22,0:01:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Centralised systems of artificial water\Nmanagement cannot solve this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.13,0:01:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need decentralised systems \Nof natural water management.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.18,0:01:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in Tamera, peace research\Ncentre in southern Portugal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.95,0:01:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a water retention landscape has been\Nunder development since summer 2007.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.63,0:01:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bernd Muller is responsible for Tamera's \Necological research work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.41,0:02:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}2007 hatten wir in der Gemeinschaft \NTamera die Frage ...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.16,0:02:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] In 2007, the community of \NTamera still had the question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.23,0:02:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether a site of this size,\Nthreatened by desertification,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.36,0:02:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could provide food, water and energy\Nfor 300 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.52,0:02:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We visited Sepp Holzer and asked him this\Nquestion, and he brought us this gift:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.97,0:02:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vision of a water landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.16,0:02:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] Sepp Holzer,\Nan Austrian mountain farmer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.93,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a well-known specialist and visionary\Nfor permaculture and landscape healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.22,0:02:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water is always at the core of his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.82,0:02:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Wasser ist fur mich das grosste Kapital.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.37,0:02:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] For me, water is \Nthe most important capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.59,0:02:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever it's possible, you should create\Nretention spaces and collect the rainwater,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.98,0:02:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and relearn with the water\Nhow to maintain a balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.89,0:02:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the most important thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.48,0:03:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because once you've created the right hydro-\Nlogical balance, 70% of the work is done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.61,0:03:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You help rich vegetation to develop, \Ndiversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.02,0:03:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nature can reveal itself \Nand develop in the right way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.77,0:03:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[birds, child's voice in distance]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.97,0:03:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[acoustic guitar music continues]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.05,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.12,0:03:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] Traveling through the world,\NI've not seen a single situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.46,0:03:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nation, or land in which the development\Nof a water retention landscape
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.96,0:03:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would not give the first important\Nhealing impulses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.22,0:03:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many parts of the world, countries are\Nnot able to feed their population any more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.59,0:04:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have been unable to maintain\Ntheir natural wildlife for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.17,0:04:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] \NAs a consultant in many countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.34,0:04:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sepp Holzer sees the consequence of\Ndeforestation, monoculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.69,0:04:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overgrazing, and industrial agriculture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.78,0:04:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these factors destroy the natural\Nwater balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.64,0:04:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.85,0:04:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] The soil is drying out.\NWater is being lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.92,0:04:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the retention space, the natural\Nwater storage system of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.52,0:04:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is becoming dry. Then the flora\Nand fauna disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end the land will turn into desert,\Nor burn because it's so dry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.36,0:04:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see these problems happening\Nall over the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.62,0:04:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing huge catastrophes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.76,0:04:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.18,0:04:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] And the heavy rains come\Nanyway. What happens then?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.15,0:05:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water rushes down the slopes because\Nthe dry soil does not absorb the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.23,0:05:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the soil is hotter than the falling \Nrain it rejects the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.38,0:05:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when the soil is cooler, when the \Nvegetation is giving shadow,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.07,0:05:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it attracts the water \Nand lets it seep in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.10,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] This is the construction site\Nfor a new water retention space in Tamera.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.74,0:05:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wherever you work with soil,\Nyou can read the signs of erosion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.36,0:05:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Topsoil should actually form a thick\Nliving layer everywhere on the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.39,0:05:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which enables rainwater to filter in.\NBut this layer has been eroded away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.46,0:05:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the topsoil lies in layers many\Nmetres thick in the bottom of valleys,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.89,0:05:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or is found as mud in rivers.\N[sound of heavy machinery]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.82,0:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The surface of fields and sites higher up\Nis depleted and barren.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.69,0:06:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decentralised water retention landscapes\Ngive the rainwater time to filter back
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.41,0:06:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the earth body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.62,0:06:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.48,0:06:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] People always have\Nthe same questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.03,0:06:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always the same worries: where will all\Nthis water come from
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.88,0:06:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such dusty, dry soil without streams \Nor a river? How can I build a lake here?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.98,0:06:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.65,0:06:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] \NPeople have simply lost the knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.22,0:06:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how to use the catchment area\Nand the rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.78,0:06:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blessing of the water in the right way.\NWhen I use the catchment area,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.34,0:06:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then a pond or lake will fill very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.05,0:07:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music, rain, thunder]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.16,0:07:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] How much water can change\Na landscape in a short time?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.54,0:07:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see here, comparing Tamera before\Nthe creation of Lake 1, and today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.26,0:07:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.94,0:07:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] Water retention\Nlandscapes can be built everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.99,0:07:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anywhere on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.31,0:07:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[machinery]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.84,0:07:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] A water retention space must\Nnot be sealed with concrete or plastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.73,0:07:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is enough to build a dam out of natural\Nmaterial at the narrowest point of a valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You dig a ditch until you reach\Nan impermeable layer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.64,0:08:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On that solid ground you apply layer\Nafter layer of fine material,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.36,0:08:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like moist clay, and drive on it and roll\Nit, to build the water barrier.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.01,0:08:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This water barrier is the core of the dam.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.20,0:08:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] For the outside of the dam\NI take coarse material.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.94,0:08:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't have to be dense and waterproof.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.74,0:08:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, I will also have to compact it\Nby driving on it and rolling it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.13,0:08:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like this I build the whole dam. \NThe water barrier in the core,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.12,0:08:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the outside, in a slope of 1:2,\None metre up and two metres along,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.30,0:08:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this I build the two layers together\Nup to the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.97,0:08:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.91,0:08:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] The water retention spaces\Nhave winding banks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.30,0:08:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shallow and deep zones, a diverse\Nvegetation of water plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.76,0:09:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are built aligned to the\Nprevailing wind direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.14,0:09:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This way, the water is always moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.58,0:09:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is enriched by oxygen,\Nand thus is naturally purified.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.37,0:09:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water in a water retention landscape\Nstays fresh and alive by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.46,0:09:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.29,0:09:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] Since we created\Nthe first retention space,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.90,0:09:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can already keep much of the water\Nfrom the winter rainfalls on the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.60,0:09:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this way it can unfold its full\Nhealing capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.47,0:09:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wildlife is responding and is returning\Nand the vegetation is recovering.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.56,0:09:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can plant fruit trees again.\NThe forests recover,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.79,0:09:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can grow our food\Nfor people and for animals
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.11,0:09:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the direct surroundings of the\Nfirst retention space.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.13,0:10:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.15,0:10:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water which used to run away,\Nand which is now stored here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.10,0:10:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at the same time also having an impact \Non the whole groundwater system.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.22,0:10:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[translator] In the first year, \Na spring developed below this lake,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.25,0:10:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which now gives water throughout the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.75,0:10:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since we built this first dam, we no\Nlonger have such big variations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.58,0:10:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of flowing water in winter when\Nit's raining, and droughts in the summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.63,0:10:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a more constant water situation\Nthroughout the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.16,0:10:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course a huge \Nbenefit for nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.13,0:10:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music, birds chirping]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.38,0:11:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature shows you how this works.\NYou just have to ask her,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.44,0:11:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to contact her,\Nto communicate with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.12,0:11:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you will be fine anywhere on earth.\NAsk nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.50,0:11:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with her, and not against her. \NPut yourself in her place,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.41,0:11:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get all the answers you need.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.71,0:11:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make room in your head so that natural\Nthinking has space to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.70,0:12:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]