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.

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