THE GREEN AND BLUE REVOLUTIONS - Closed-loop Agri and Aqua Culture

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Organisations and Institutions

• Permaculture Global - https://permacultureglobal.org/

Cool Projects to Learn From

• Green Bronx Machine - http://greenbronxmachine.org/
• Algal Harvesting Discovery Project - http://algalbiomass.weebly.com/index.html
• Cardboard to Caviar Project
  • http://algalbiomass.weebly.com/graham-wiles-cardboard-to-caviar.html
  • http://www.tyf.com/cardboard-to-caviar/
• Permaculturing in Portugal: One Family's Attempts to live in a more planet-friendly way - http://www.permaculturinginportugal.net/
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    • Bamboo Architecture: How we grow our own buildings
    • Return to Natural Farming: Food for the future
    • Building a Native Sailboat: Capturing the power of the wind - palawanparaw.wordpress.com
    • Woman's Association: Economic Empowerment

Ideas

• Michael Pawlyn: Using Nature's Genius in Architecture - http://www.ted.chttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture
  • Using Natures Genius in Architecture (Synopsis) https://sites.google.com/site/aldrintee/IAdvocate/inspirational#TOC-TED:-Using-Nature-s-Genius-in-Architecture
• Daniel Pauly: The Ocean's Shifting Baseline - https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_pauly_the_ocean_s_shifting_baseline?language=en
• Jill Farrant: How we can make crops survive without water - http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water
• Audrey Choi: How to Make Profit while making a difference - http://www.ted.com/talks/audrey_choi_how_to_make_a_profit_while_making_a_difference
• Mike Biddle: We can Recycle Plastic - http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle
• Anders NYQUIST: Close the loop: rethink waste water at TEDxBratislava - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8n9sfWGO8
• Fish Farming
  • Mike Velings: The Case for Fish Farming - http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming
• Urban Farming
  • Jesse DuBois: The Urban Farming Revolution at TEDxClaremontColleges - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpmLiGz4gk
  • Roman Gaus: Why I Create Pop-up farms in my city at TEDxZurich- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fHY43qLWs
  • Stephen Ritz: Green Bronx Machine: Growing Our way into New Farming at TEDxManhattan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSL2yN39JM
• Soil Free Agriculture
  • Yuichi Mori: Soil-Free Agriculture at TEDxTokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWUt6hT_8Lo
• Vertical Farms
  • Dickson Despommier: The Vertical Farm at TEDxWindyCity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIdP00u2KRA
• Geoff Lawton: Permaculture at TEDxAjman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CxP0Thljr4
• What's Wrong WIth Our Food System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Id9caYw-Y
• Harvesting Water from Fog
  • http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la402409f
  • https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/782538405211753/?fref=nf

References

• What is Closed-Loop Agriculture - http://www.resilience.org/stories/2016-04-26/what-is-closed-loop-agriculture/

OUTLINES

• Anders NYQUIST: Close the loop: rethink waste water at TEDxBratislava - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8n9sfWGO8
  • Evolution: We urine and shit separately, hence we should deal with our waste separately too --> Separate Toilets for shit and pee
  • Urine
    • 80% of nutrients with no Bacteria
    • Best fertilizer for farmers
  • Faeces
    • 20% of nutrients, with bacteria and Virus Pathogens
    • Dry the faeces and use as energy/Firewood
    • Compost with earthworms
    • Mix with slaked lime to kill and destroy viruses at pH12
  • Dry Separating Toilets (Technical Diagram)
  • Water Flushing Separating Toilets in Laggarberg School, Timra: Termite Ventilation (natural), Green House, Emission free materials, renewable energy
  • Splitbox Technology
  • Each Person Produces per year
    • 6kg of nitrogen
    • 1kg Phosphorus
    • 1kg Potassium
  • 500sqm of farmland requires per year
    • 6kg nitrogen
    • 1kg phosphorus
    • 1kg phosphorus
    • 500sqm of farmland produces 75% of food for one person. Almost Self-sufficient