"Our water infiltration system has already had an incredible result where we have seen different areas of the property a little bit lower down, where water has actually started to spring up from underneath the soil.

The height of our well has been raised by probably 2 to 3 meters.

We feel very grateful, very grateful for the water stories. It's been an incredible journey. 

What helped us get started?

My quick answer would be saying having access to asking Zach questions, that's what gave us the most confidence. It's just... joy."

"For me, it's been a really amazing journey and one of continuous growth. It's actually been amazing how it makes you feel more and more confident.

When I first saw the course content, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Having gone through all of it now, it's being really, really well planned. Also the office hours have been super helpful for me, the highlight together was with the whole structure of the journey. 

The whole community is great, especially for those of us that live in more remote parts of the world, having this connection to people that you know have experience, and are like minded. It's really good support and encouragement to keep going in this direction."

"Having participated in the Water Stories Core Course has made us gain confidence in our work, share it more openly with our circles, and feel part of a community of water restorers both locally and globally.

We have also reinforced our passion for the topic Water through seeing beautiful examples of water healers changing ecosystems and people's lives all over the world, and through listening to Zach tirelessly answering questions from the most diverse of situations during office hours.

Now more than ever, we see that we need to pull together and work as one to protect the precious element at the base of all life; WATER. Thank you Water Stories!"

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"For almost 10 years I've been passionate about regeneration and working with water. I've taken lots of permaculture courses, read all the books I could find and podcasts, but I never felt quite ready to work on larger projects in the field - until I found the Water Stories Core Course. I couldn't be more grateful for everything I learned during the course.

For me it was not just the videos of the course, but also the live sessions. The calls we had together with Zach about how to design our projects, how to build up our businesses.

Now after the course I'm finally about to turn this into my full time career. After finishing the course I've been able to work on lots of different projects, designing landscapes, building different kinds of water features - spending every day working on these things that I always dreamed about turning into a career."

"What we need now is to have local projects small projects, that can function as an example. Let's start talking about solutions, let's start speaking about people that do the things, because otherwise you get into a sort of depressed part of your life. So let's really start sharing these stories.

What Water Stories has helped many of us, is that Zach highlighted the impact stories, the Heroes, but it makes you feel YOU can have an impact on a local level. You're the little hero, you feel empowered and you feel bolder to come out and share your story. To say hey come and see this, you feel the great impact.

It's not a matter of scale, it's a matter of having everyone doing this, on different levels and in different regions in the world. That's something I've found incredible about water cycle restoration."

"What I have learned in Water Stories has truly changed my perception of what is possible, and I am very grateful to have been able to join this family of water cycle restorers!

I read the book “Desert or Paradise” again and again. But I didn’t catch the technical details or the know how to build a pond in this way (like Sepp Holzer), until we took the Water Stories Core Course.

It opened up a world of possibilities for us.  It’s not just digging holes.  There’s so many little details that get combined with the context and with the techniques.  It doesn't matter the scale, you can only learn the implementing through hands on projects.

It has strengthened my previous knowledge and given me so much more than what I had before. With more knowledge there is less risk."

"This course has given me all of the missing pieces so that I can offer a truly holistic service to my clients, as well as the confidence to act as an educator to the wider community. Perfect!

I know exactly what I need to do to save the world and make money, and what I have left to learn to do it confidently.

This is amazing. More than I could have hoped for.

Please keep it going. I love all of you guys that made this possible for me.

This is the course I was waiting for. I've been a fan of Sepp Holzer's work for ages and have always wanted to learn more about how I can implement his solutions for the betterment of the Earth. And Water Stories has delivered!"

"Zach’s way of speaking carries a lot of good will, dedication and also fundamental knowledge. He certainly is a good teacher giving caring support and having enthusiasm in his work. The course will give you fundamental understanding on how to work in water restoration and also how far this field can go.

This course opens the doors to the world that needs to be discovered by yourself. What I loved most was the peer group. Having such profound, warmhearted and openly cooperating people in the course really surprised me...

This course allowed me to be able to build my first big pond for swimming and storing rainwater, while also being prepared for the hiccups to come. Thank you for this training, It was the best course experience I have had so far!"

"I can't thank you enough for the wonderful program you have put together to help partake in this important work of restoring the hydrologic cycle and changing our relationships with ourselves, our natural world and our human kin. It is holistic and really amazing when fully embraced.

Although I understood it intellectually, I did not expect that I would be able to build the knowledge, experience and confidence in myself to pursue this work with more drive and energy. There is still so much for me to learn, practice, and reflect on, but I trust that I can figure it out now.

I am excited by what is organically unfolding ahead - building a pond or two with other students, broadening and deepening my understanding of other water harvesting techniques for urban areas, apprenticing in New Zealand, and so many more untapped opportunities."

The Rebel Farmer

Woman who planted millions of trees

The Waterman of India