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ArkFab Living Machines SeriesProject Proposal for the GTRI-CBID Living Systems Lab
January 25th, 2011
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Motivation
Vision
Redfields to Greenfields
Bioconversion Industry
Bioshelters and Living Machines
Solutions
Aquaponics Greenhouse
Mushroom Bunker
Strategic Partnerships
Next Steps
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Climate Crisis
90% Crop Failure, 70% Streams Run Dry in Indian Himalaya (2008)
Nepalese Himalaya
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Climate Crisis
Catastrophic Drought
Palmer Index Ratings (National Center for
Atmospheric Research, 2010)
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Climate Crisis
Catastrophic Drought
Palmer Index Ratings (National Center for
Atmospheric Research, 2010)
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Climate Crisis
Catastrophic Drought
Palmer Index Ratings (National Center for
Atmospheric Research, 2010)
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Precarity
Hunger
1 in 4 children in the UnitedStates is at risk of hunger
Household Food Security in the United States, 2008 PDF Icon. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November 2009.
(Table 1B, Table 6).
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Vision
Towards a Post-Scarcity Society
"Among our major tasks is the creation of ecologicallyderived human support systems - renewable energy,agriculture aquaculture, housing and landscapes. Thestrategies we research emphasize a minimal reliance on
fossil fuels and operate on a scale accessible toindividuals, families, and small groups. It is our belief thatecological and social transformations must take place atthe lowest functional levels of society if humankind is todirect its course towards a greener, saner world."
Fall 1970
Bulletin of the New Alchemists
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Redfields to Greenfields
The Land Bank Fund
Low cost loans provided by a$200 billion, 0% interest, land bankfund provided by the nationsbanking system and led by theFederal Reserve, Treasury, andFDIC. The fund would leverage
local equity capital.
Supported byAtlanta City Council
Atlanta Community Improvement Districts
Atlanta Regional Commission
Atlanta Beltline, Inc.
Blank Family Foundation
CAS Financial Advisory ServicesCenter for GIS at Georgia Tech
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
City Parks Alliance
Georgia Tech Research Institute
West End Neighborhood House, Inc.
ParkWorks
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Redfields to Greenfields
21st Century Sustainable Development for the United States
Neighborhood-scale riparian strategy
Cleveland Redfields to Greenfields: Parks Transform Neighborhoods and
Waterfronts. (2010)
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Redfields to Greenfields
Regenerative community design
DockSide Green Ltd. Vancouver, Canada
Building services improve local
ecosystems
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Redfields to Greenfields
21st Century Sustainable Development for the United States
Cleveland Redfields to Greenfields: Parks Transform Neighborhoods and
Waterfronts. (2010)
Next-gen urban bioconversionindustry builds greeninfrastructure that integratesinto the local ecosystem
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Bioconversion Industry
Next Generation Integrated Urban Agriculture and Waste Processing
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Bioconversion Industry
Living machines are
engineered biologicalsystems that treat andupcycle organic waste intovalue-added products,such as food, fuel,biomaterials, andecosystem services like
waste water treatment.
Cleveland Redfields to Greenfields: Parks Transform Neighborhoods and
Waterfronts. (2010)
Living Machines
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Bioshelters and Living Machines
New Alchemy Institute, 1970s
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Bioshelters and Living Machines
New Alchemy Institute, 1970s
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Bioshelters and Living Machines
Growing Power Urban Agriculture
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Bioshelters and Living Machines
Growing Power Urban Agriculture
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ArkFab Living Machine Series
an open source scalable research and education facility
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Solutions
Research Agenda
An open source standard for livingmachine experimentation
Redfield -> Greenfield retrofitting andbioconversion industry research
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Solutions
Innovative R&D for the emerging bioconversion industry
Compostable mushroom-basedmaterials
High-performance livingmachine research
Low-cost data collection forembedded environmentalsensing and control
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Solutions
Upcycle urban biomass waste into value-added agricultural products
Projections for 480 sq ft living machine80lbs oyster mushroom weekly30 heads of lettuce weekly120lbs tilapia fish annually1/2 ton of vermicompost a month
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Solutions
Potential Breakthrough Areas in Integrated Wetland Systems
Classification
Trophic Management
Succession and Ecology ofInvasion
Light and PhotosyntheticManagement
Economic Analogs
Todd, John. Towards a Post-Engineering Perspective on Waste-water
Treatment.
http://www.oceanarks.org/ecd50_Towards_a_Post_Engineering_Perspective.
php
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Solutions
Wheat Street Urban Farm
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Solutions
Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost -
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics -
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter -
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches -
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches - Hoops
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches Hoops Ventilation -
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Sol v.0.1- An Aquaponics Living MachinePerimeter Vermicompost Aquaculture Hydroponics Distribution and Biofilter Benches Hoops Ventilation - Skin
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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure
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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure
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Spore v.0.1Column Culture
10-20lbsmushroomproduction per20lb column
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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls
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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls Outer Skin
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Spore v.0.1Perimeter Hoops Floor Grow Columns Incubation Lab Benches Misting Ventilation Sub Structure End Walls Outer Skin
25 ColumnIncubationCapacity
640lb column capacity= 80lbs mushroomproduction a week
Double-doorentry
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Strategic PartnershipsResearch, Education, Urban Agricultural Extension, Workforce Development Training
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Next StepsTimeline
3 months out
4 months out
5 months out
6 months out
7 months out
NSF/ USAIDresearch grant
proposals completed
prototypes builtand research
projects begin
workforce developmenttraining program begins
regular public outreach atlocal farmers markets
first ecopreneurs graduatefrom workforce development
training programFall 2011 students beginliving systems researchprojects
redfield propertyacquired for pilotproject