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Green Future 2
Part 2 of 2 in Green Future Series
Nix Chemical Fertilizers
• While chemical fertilizers make crops grow they are sometimes harmful to the environment.
• The solution to this is to either create your own natural fertilizers or replace them with eco-friendly microbes.
SumaGrow
• The company SumaGrowoffers 100% natural soil products for higher yields and healthier crops.
• SumaGrow secures naturally occurring nitrogen and other nutrients into the soil, protects against disease, reduces runoff, and can be used for a range of products.
SumaGrow
• SumaGrow helps to restore and maintain soil health and fertility.
• To learn more about SumaGrow visit their website.
Destruction of Coral Reefs
• Coral reefs are continuing to be destroyed.
• As providing habitation for a quarter of all marine species and protection of coastlines from erosion and storm damage, they are vital to people and ecosystems.
• Unfortunately conservation efforts have done little to help, but in 2000 a technique using low voltage electricity to grow limestone on metal cages gave corals new energy and stronger structures to grow on.
Shock Reefs Back to Life
Biorock
• Nicknamed “Biorock,” this process speeds up the growth of coral and increases its resistance to stress.
• Learn more about this technique on the Biorockwebsite!
Reach for the Sky
• Urban sprawl has various negative effects on the environment, in particular the killing of trees.
• Recently a creative solution was created: planting upward.
BoscoVerticale
• Construction is currently taking place in Milan where a two-building apartment complex will double as the world’s first vertical forest.
• This complex, known as BoscoVerticale, will contribute to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity.
• Each unit will consist of humidity creating and CO2-filtering plants.
• These plants will also aid in absorbing dust particles, producing oxygen, protecting the public from radiation, and saving energy.
BoscoVerticale
• They will receive their nourishment from greywater (filtered, recycled water deriving from laundry, dishwashing, and bathing) and the buildings themselves will derive most of their power from the sun.
• Read more about BoscoVerticalehere.
BoscoVerticale
Learn More!
• To learn more about innovative environmental fixes visit Hemispheres Magazine.
For more information on topics like this visit ourResource page at www.Microempowering.org