Let's move to Saudi Arabia. In the west of the country, there is the Al Bayda region, where the Bedouin tribes live. These are nomadic tribes who are mainly engaged in animal husbandry.

In the 1940s, a large amount of oil was discovered in the country. Most of the energy used by mankind is generally still coming from burning organic fossil fuels such as oil, which contributes to global warming. Unless humanity immediately makes major changes in energy production, most of the planet Earth will no longer be habitable for humans and many other animals by the turn of the next century. As everywhere else, the authorities of Al Bayda also began to exploit oil and invest all their profits in the development of technology and innovation. And soon, the country's government passed a law by which the Bedouins were obliged to settle in one place. The cattle began to graze in the same area all the time, as a result of which they ran out of feed.

Herders had to buy barley and grass to feed the cattle. To cover these costs, they started cutting down trees to sell charcoal. After some time, the fertile land became a desert. The Saudi princesses noticed the terrible state of the community. They decided to invite Stanford University permaculture expert Neil Speakman and Harvard University bioethics expert and futurist Mona Hamdi to restore the land. In 2016, the financing of the project was terminated. In order to preserve the remaining funding, Neil began saving water supplies. By the way, excessive consumption of non-renewable water resources is a global problem. As a result, the underground water reserves may run out, and the rivers and lakes may dry up. The Aral Sea is a vivid example of this. Since only 6% of the world's groundwater reserves take 50 years to recover, they are considered non-renewable.

Neil stopped watering the trees. The trees began to die. He was opposed to bringing in water because he believed that if the project could not withstand the climate, something had been done wrong from the very beginning. It hadn't rained in almost two years and it looked like the project was going to fail. But something unreal happened. At the end of 2018 and in 2019 it rained again, and the landscape was revived. In the end, they managed to turn the dry and dead land into green and fertile.

Now the local ecosystem has been restored. Bees and other pollinators have returned, water has returned to the soil. This transformation was achieved thanks to regenerative agriculture. This is the agriculture of a healthy person. The main goal is to preserve and restore resources. Here man and nature are partners.

The main principles are:

- Refrain from loosening the soil, because the natural structure of the soil is disturbed during plowing. As a result, the soil's ability to store water decreases, it undergoes erosion during heavy rains, and the carbon stored in the soil by plants returns to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide.

- Abandon monoculture. Instead, always maintain the highest possible biodiversity in the area, which will make the ecosystem more resilient to unpredictable events (eg drought, heavy rains, new pests).

-Always protect the soil from the sun and wind by mulching with organic waste (leaf, straw, gardenia, sawdust). Get rid of chemical fertilizers and replace them with compost.

- Avoid pesticides and chemicals. Fight pests biologically: maintain the genetic diversity of plants, plant pest-resistant species, and plant pest-repelling plants around other plants (for example, planting onions near carrots will repel the main pest of carrots). Also, plant sacrificial species that pests will prefer and stay away from the main crop.

Another important component is livestock grazing. With the right approach, livestock can contribute to healthy soil. In the case of regenerative agriculture, sheds are built for livestock. Some of the grass is eaten, and cattle trample the rest. Crushed grass and animal droppings form a new fertile layer of soil. This method mimics the movement of wild herbivores and is another example of how permaculture, mimicking nature, creates a sustainable alternative to agriculture.

One of the projects is the digging of swales. Swale digging is a permaculture method used in sloping areas. Long pits are dug perpendicular to the slope of the soil, in which organic residue (mulch) is filled. During rains, this system helps slow water flow by preventing topsoil erosion and encouraging water infiltration through cracks created by the root systems of the crop plants planted at the bottom of the swale. Thus, they help to recharge the underground water reserves, and the community members share the resulting larger harvest.

The Grounded community follows to these principles:

Caring for the planet Earth
The planet is an interconnected ecological whole, and the part where we live is closely connected to other parts of the planet. When we do not take care to maintain clean and abundant water, fertile soils, biodiverse forests and clean air, the balance of the planet is disturbed.

Caring for other people in the community
By designing permaculture systems with the health and well-being of the people in the community in mind, they ensure the safety and sustainability of the community. To achieve this stability, it is important that the members of the community have the strength and ability to work together.

A fair division of the surplus
Each individual in the community takes only as much as they need, giving the surplus to other members or returning it to the land.

Let's design your home according to the principles of permaculture.

We place the chicken coop on the highest part of the slope. Due to the slope of the land, the chicken droppings will end up below the tree belt and thus become a natural fertilizer for them. We install a rainwater collection system on the coop, which will also flow down and be used both in the house and for the chickens themselves. The chickens will be brought down to the garden so that they can feed on grass and simultaneously fertilize the soil.

Greenhouse A will become the place for growing new plants. And greenhouse B, which is adjacent to the house, will also serve as a heater. Since this is a greenhouse, it stores heat in itself. And in winter, it can heat the house, making it less dependent on electricity.

Moreover, inside the greenhouse there is a system for cleaning waste water, for example from washing dishes or from the washing machine. There, the water is filtered and used to irrigate the greenhouses. Thanks to the microclimate in the greenhouse, even tropical fruits can be grown there.
Fruit trees and walnut trees are located in the lower part of the land. Thus, they receive the maximum amount of water due to the same slope of the land.
The garden is located to the right of the house in the form of rings, which can actually accommodate more plants than rectangular lawns can. On this model, it turns out that 30 rings are planted, each with 29-30 plants. The important thing is that you have to go around the garden to enter the house, and what you see more often, you tend to care for more often.

There is a vegetable washing area and a worm farm near the house. A worm farm is a cabin where worm-explorers live. We put organic waste in that shed, such as apple peels, and they eat it, process it in their bodies, and it becomes compost. Why do we need a worm farm? Remember when we said that organic waste left in the landfill rots and releases methane? Methane is a harmful gas that contributes to global warming.

There is a small water reservoir near the house. A pump is connected to it, which pumps water and distributes it over the lawn. The pump is solar powered. Again, since all of this is on a slope, the water reaches the plants more easily.

Much more fruits and vegetables can be grown on such land, and a corresponding surplus is generated. It can be sold. For that, you can open a small shop near the road.