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Mid pull of Atacama desert mountains 2. Wide of mirage in Atacama desert3. Close of dry earth pull to desert landscape4. Mid tilt down to vines with grapes5. Mid of grapes6. Close...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television News\u003cbr/\u003eAntofagasta, Chile - January 9, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid pull of Atacama desert mountains \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of mirage in Atacama desert\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of dry earth pull to desert landscape\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid tilt down to vines with grapes\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of grapes\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of grapes\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of sign reading (Spanish) \"Gen Corporation\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Pedro Aranda, Gen Corporation founder and president:\u003cbr/\u003e\"27 or 28 years ago Chile experienced its most difficult times with more than a 30 percent unemployment rate. Because of that, I talked with various scientist friends to ask them what to do? How to create some development and work opportunities?\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of chard field\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of workers in chard field\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of chard leaves\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of cockerel\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of goose eating\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of rabbits in pen\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of house belonging to Blanca Guti�rrez\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Blanca Guti�rrez, Resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As a result you have here a nice and friendly house thanks to the silence and peace of the desert, something people are usually looking for. Also, because we are close to the city with the solar energy of the house we can have access to current technologies. With the necessary equipment you can have televisions, computers and Internet.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of solar panels on Blanca Guti�rrez's roof\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of solar panels\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of Blanca Guti�rrez turning on radio\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of Blanca Guti�rrez turning on light switch\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ra�l Contreras, Architect, Gen Project:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Santiago receives energy from hydroelectric plants and in other places people use diesel to climatise rooms, something that wouldn't be necessary if they managed it in a more intelligent way. If you manage height, ventilation and materials in relation to the amount of sun received by them, you can control the heat and reduce the energy consumption.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of fog catchers to capture water\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Espinoza, Energy Researcher, Gen Project:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Atacama desert has the largest solar radiation of the world. Also, this area is not too far from the coast, so we have humidity from the Pacific Ocean plus fresh air coming from the Andes Mountains that generate a quite adequate climate to catch water from dew and fog. But at the same time, because the sun shines every day with just a few exceptions, it was logical to think about how to cook food using a handcrafted unit like this one.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of solar ovens with kettle\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of the Sun\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of dry earth\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of covered excavation to find groundwater.\u003cbr/\u003e28. Various of man working on well\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various of mill made from recycled materials\u003cbr/\u003e30. Various of cat in tree house\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of rest area\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of tyres abandoned in desert\u003cbr/\u003e33. Various of permaculture area constructed from recycled tyres\u003cbr/\u003e34. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Romina Vera, Gen Project Permaculture Expert:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our aim with this workshop it is to show the local community that it is possible to use different elements to build spaces, for example tires, cardboard tubes and plastic bottles.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. Mid of train passing the Gen Project\u003cbr/\u003eIt's one of the most inhospitable places on earth, but environmentalists in the Atacama desert are successfully nurturing an oasis of crops, livestock and innovative eco projects. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Atacama desert in Chile is one of the driest places on the planet with an average rainfall of less than a millimetre per year. \u003cbr/\u003eBut in this desert is an oasis rising like a mirage from the sun-baked earth.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's not where you'd expect to find vines growing - yet here they thrive.\u003cbr/\u003eThis artificial oasis - known as the Gen Project - was created in 1985 by a team of scientists and professionals with the aim of creating a self-sufficient community in the most inhospitable environment.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to the Gen Corporation's founder and president, Pedro Aranda, the community was born nearly three decades ago during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship as Chile struggled through an economic downturn which saw an unemployment rates spike at higher than 30 percent.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Gen Project was also inspired by the Israeli kibbutz.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite temperatures reaching highs of 32 degrees Celsius (90 Fahrenheit) and water being scarce, a group of Bolivian families have worked the land to introduce agriculture to the barren land.\u003cbr/\u003eLocal farmers claim the weather conditions actually suit crops - such as the chard - because the winds that blow across the desert help to cool the temperatures, which would otherwise be too hot.\u003cbr/\u003eLocated 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the coastal city of Antofagasta, Gen Project is an area of 12 hectares (30 acres), with crops of lettuce, chard, beans, spinach, tomatoes, wheat, carrots and grapes - used to make the special \"Wine of the Desert\". \u003cbr/\u003eThe irrigation is a mixture of groundwater and additional water brought from the city, which is for domestic use.\u003cbr/\u003eChickens, geese, rabbits and goats are also bred here.\u003cbr/\u003eOne thing the Atacama isn't short of is sunshine and local residents use solar panels to extract as much of its energy as possible.\u003cbr/\u003eEight families have self-sustainable houses in this oasis, like Blanca Gutierrez.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says: \"You have here a nice and friendly house thanks to the silence and peace of the desert, something people are usually looking for. Also, because we are close to the city with the solar energy of the house we can have access to current technologies. With the necessary equipment you can have televisions, computers and Internet.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEnergy researcher Carlos Espinoza is working on new ways to exploit the Sun's energy, like his solar oven.\u003cbr/\u003eThis glass box uses mirrors to direct the light into a central cooking area - using this technique he can boil water and cook meat, vegetables and stews.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Atacama Desert has the largest solar radiation of the world. Also, this area is not too far from the coast, so we have humidity from the Pacific Ocean plus fresh air coming from the Andes Mountains that generate a quite adequate climate to catch water from dew and fog. But at the same time, because the sun shines every day with just a few exceptions, it was logical to think about how to cook food using a handcrafted unit like this one,\" says Espinoza.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother of his inventions is the fog catcher, which collects water to irrigate crops.\u003cbr/\u003eThese nets capture the \"camanchaca\" - a dense fog which rolls across the desert.\u003cbr/\u003eA windmill made from recycled materials also provides energy to support the solar panels.\u003cbr/\u003eThe team is also experimenting with hydrogen and bio-fuels.\u003cbr/\u003eEspinoza is supported by architect Raul Contreras who is looking at ways to air-condition houses in a sustainable way.\u003cbr/\u003eHis idea is to build high inclined roofs to allow proper ventilation. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, Santiago receives energy from hydroelectric plants and in other places people use diesel to climatise rooms something that would not be necessary if they managed it in a more intelligent way,\" says Contreras. \"If you manage height, ventilation and materials in relation to the amount of sun received by them, you can control the heat and reduce energy consumption.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe Gen Project is a non-profit organisation which receives funding from 27 commercial partners, tourists and occasional public donations.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, the project's biggest challenge is attracting more young people to join the community.\u003cbr/\u003eLooking ahead to the future, Romina Vera - who organises permaculture workshops - invites students to learn about sustainability. \u003cbr/\u003eTo build a classroom they are using materials found dumped in the Atacama desert. \u003cbr/\u003eVera says: \"Our aim with this workshop it is to show to the local community that it is possible to use different elements to build spaces, for example tires, cardboard tubes and plastic bottles.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe Atacama is vital for the Chilean economy because of its intensive mining activity, boasting the 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