Sahara Roots Foundation
A grassroots approach to reduce desertification in the Moroccan Sahara
Our Main Goals
To help preserve the Moroccan Sahara and help provide a better environment for the people living there.

Combating Desertification: a combination of Nettoyage, Education and Tree-planting During my first trips to Morocco since 2002 I was enchanted by the beauty of nature, the friendliness of the people and the purity of the culture, especially in the area at the edge of the Sahara Desert south of Ouarzazate around the village of M’hamid […]

Tree planting in combination with the Permaculture system and Groasis Waterboxx’s. Why plant trees? Trees help combat climate change and desertification. They absorb excess and harmful CO2. Trees help us breathe clean air and absorb odours and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and ozone. Trees help communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability […]

Nettoyage: The Sahara is sadly becoming polluted. This puts the fragile balance of the ecosystem of the Sahara in danger and as well as the oasis villages around the edge of the Sahara. During one of my first hiking trips in the desert area around M’hamid I saw a strange bird flying through the air. […]
Journal Posts
Program Earthday Activities April 2025
Sahara-Roots will participate in various activities in Morocco, to celebrate international Earth Day 202519 & 20 April 2025 in M’hamid El Ghizlane22 & 23 April 2025 in Ouarzazate Please check our program and come join us during our many activities
3rd Zamane Festival: The trees are also symbolic for different “seeds”!
The trees are also symbolic for different “seeds” that have been sown in the last nine years allowing Joudour Sahara to slowly grow into the Culture Center it is today. The “seeds”: traditional music, local architecture and a sustainable environment have become one within this project, thanks to the hard work of many who have […]
Joudour Sahara Culture Center’s first three buildings!
In April, the Joudour Sahara construction partner Mr. Said, Mr Lahsan Abid of CERKAS & Halim Sbaï of Joudour Sahara met us in M’hamid to discuss the last steps of the building process of this innovative project. These eco-designed buildings are by Aziza of Aziza Chaouni Projects, A big thank you to our “Angel Sponsor” […]
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