Permaculture as Necessity, Not Choice, in Palestine

"On Earth Day in Palestine, I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post. It’s about the Bustan Qaraaqa farm in northern Beit Sahour, where Palestinians and international volunteers are starting an ambitious re-greening project — to counteract the Israeli land-steal by settlement colonies, the expanding food crisis and the desertification via global climate change.
It was cut for content and word count; below is my longer version." (Thanks Marcy)