Recently watched the excellent doc on #NewMexico’s #acequias on #PBS entitled “Acequias: The Legacy Lives On”. Do other states have aspects of their history and culture this interesting and culturally endearing? If they do, I must have missed them. The communal aspects of the acequias of this state are, dare I say it, inspiring in this day and age.

#Acequias #NewMexico #Irrigation
‘They’ll be erased’: New Mexico races to save its ancient irrigation canals
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/12/new-mexico-races-to-save-acequia?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@MJmusicinears
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(The #AcequiaSystem of #WaterConsevation)

"...build them from the #Moors.

The Moors started building #acequias over 10,000 years ago to grow crops in the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica".

#Moors are #Berbers and other people from the ancient #Roman province of #Mauretania, in what is now North-Western Africa, who supported the #Arab in the conquest of the #Iberian peninsula in the 7th-10th century
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#acequia
#irrigation
@quoteme

https://newmexiconomad.com/acequias/

Views from the today's dog walk. Lots of water, sun and fresh air!

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #andalucia #Spain #Alpujarras #acequias

Views from the today's dog walk

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #andalucia #Spain #Alpujarras #acequias

Dug between the 8th and 10th centuries, in the Muslim era, thousands of acequias channeled for centuries the waters of rivers, rain, and those from the melting of snow to supply the fields and villages of Spain by gravity irrigation, before falling into disuse from the 1960s.
#Acequias
#Spain
#NewMexico
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/11/30/en-espagne-des-canaux-d-irrigation-medievaux-remis-en-etat-pour-lutter-contre-la-secheresse_6152257_3244.html

En Espagne, des canaux d’irrigation médiévaux remis en état pour lutter contre la sécheresse
Les « acequias » ont alimenté pendant des siècles les champs et les villages espagnols en eau, avant de tomber en désuétude.
Des agriculteurs remettent aujourd’hui en état ce système peu coûteux et efficace.
#Acequias

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/11/30/en-espagne-des-canaux-d-irrigation-medievaux-remis-en-etat-pour-lutter-contre-la-secheresse_6152257_3244.html

Die #NYT bringt nicht zum ersten Mal ein längeres Stück über #commons. Ist was passiert? #acequias
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RT @ErikNordman
The irrigation communities of New Mexico, Spain, and the Philippines are long-enduring #commons. They were instrumental in informing Elinor #Ostrom's ideas about collaborative governance.
Drought Hits the Southwest, and New Mexico’s Canals Run Dry https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/us/acequias-drought-new-mexico-southw…
https://twitter.com/ErikNordman/status/1414998410915090432