VIDEO UPDATE #4: Wildfires 🔥 What If We’ve Been Fighting the Wrong Flames?

Fueled by the devastating fires that surrounded us this summer—and by the Water Cycle Revival course I recently completed—this update evolved into a short documentary.

📺Watch the trailer and/or the full version below to learn:

• What’s not true about so-called wildfires
• What’s really fueling the flames
• How we can become part of solutions that work with instead of against nature

Both trailer and documentary have subtitles in 🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇧🇷 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 To set yours, start the video and click the ⛭ icon.

💡 Inspired by what you see? Scroll to the bottom for links to mentors, sources, practical tips, and other resources we reference in the documentary, and help others find it by sharing the Youtube video, our LinkedIn post and Instagram post.

Trailer

Full documentary (23 mins.)

📜 Chapters:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:14 Fire Surprise
• 02:46 Rising from the ashes
• 03:09 What this documentary will give you
• 03:22 Chapter I: Wildfire Myths
• 08:20 Chapter II: What’s Really Fueling the Flames?
• 11:02 Chapter III: How to stop these fires—really?
• 21:28 The root cause of our misery—and the only solution
• 22:14 Join and learn with us!

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🕯️ Referenced in the documentary:

• Devastation, Humour and Resilience—How This Young Couple is Rebounding From the Portugal Fires—Crowdfunding video we made for Águas Vivas, one of the many initiatives struck by the flames
• “The California Wildfires Won’t Stop Until We Do This”—video by Zach Weiss and the Water Stories team
• “The real solution to wildfires”—Youtube short by Nick Steiner (Permanick)
• “Smokescreen | Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests & Our Climate”—Webinar with Smokescreen author Chad Hanson
• Drone footage of the Fundão “Biomass” Plant under construction
• Pete and Kate’s Terra Preta farm in Australia—short (and beware: promotional) video made by the Canberra Business Chamber
• “Reviving Rivers with Dr Rajendra Singh - The Waterman of India”—Inspiring documentary from the Water Stories team

🚀 More inspiration & detailed how-tos:

VIDEO UPDATE #5 🌀 How We’re Learning to Revive Natural Water Cycles - Part IHealing landscapes is not about leaving them alone—it’s about teaming up with them.Miracle Project InsightsRaymundo Resink

Wildfires, Droughts and Floods — Myth vs. Reality » Curated summaries (in progress) of videos, webinars and articles about mistakes and practical, tried and proven solutions—with a link to a Portuguese version.

WaterStories.com » Full of inspirational documentaries, resources, and a link to the course I (Raymundo) recently completed—and one of the best I’ve ever done. Join the community for free to watch all of the videos and documentaries created by the Water Stories team.

"Climate change is a symptom of water cycle disturbance and we can fix it" » Podcast (video) with Zach Weiss

👣 Additional sources:

• 2025 Wildfire numbers were found here on Portugal News, here on The Guardian, and here on the World Resources Institute .
• Information about what’s really causing the flames was also found here on NPS.gov, here on Advanced Earth and Space Sciences, here on Scientific American, and here on Wikipedia.
• The Australian government's take on ’noxious weeds’ that ‘need to be eradicated’ was found here on the Weeds.org.au website, here on the Victoria Government website —and there’s even a ‘Centre for Invasive Species Solutions’.

🪇**Creative Commons music used in the documentary:**

• Rio by 1000 Names
• The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III by Chris Zabriskie
• Scattered Wave by Asura
• _Divider_by Chris Zabriskie
• Minor Event by Nangdo
• The Dark Glow of the Mountains by Chris Zabriskie
• Calming Music for Outdoor Relaxation by Viramiller

🌄 This post’s cover image: Fachy Marín on Unsplash