25 Oct 2025 3 min read Basecamp Video Updates

VIDEO UPDATE #3: Wildfires 🔥 What If We’ve Been Fighting the Wrong Flames?

3 myths that keep us stuck 😱 7 tried-and-proven solutions 🌏 Here’s what we’re learning.

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

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💡 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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Want to get your hands dirty (and soil wet)? Check our first introductory course in Water Cycle Revival

🕯️ 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:

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

Trailer

Full documentary (23 mins.)

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