Al_Baydha_Project
The Al Baydha Project,[1] in rural, western Saudi Arabia, is a land restoration, poverty-alleviation, and heritage preservation program, based on principles of permacultural and hydrological design. Located roughly 50 km (31 mi) south of Mecca, in Makkah Province, Al Baydha is an area characterized by the rocky, arid, foothills of the Hijaz Mountains. Arab tribes are the major residents of this region.[2][3]
Founded in 2009 by Princess Haifa Al-Faisal, Harvard ethicist Mona Hamdy,[4] and Stanford permaculturist Neal Spackman, Al Baydha has begun to see practical and ecological results.[5]