At Bholi, we seek to provide passionate people with the skills and confidence to radically change th
Bholi is about empowering people to radically change their own interactions with the natural world. Focusing on regenerative agriculture and landscape design, natural building, and closed-loop systems, we help those who dream of a sustainable future by providing them the tools to achieve those aspirations.
05/29/2016
UC Davis uses "biodigester" to create energy from food waste! This technology can be used for any organic waste. Imagine if all of our garbage and sewage were used to create biofuels!
Biodigester Turns Waste into Campus Energy at UC Davis More than a decade ago, Ruihong Zhang, a professor of biological and agricultural engineering at UC Davis, set out to solve a problem: How to turn organic wa...
05/27/2016
This study, published last Thursday, shows that trees harbor nitrogen fixing bacteria in their branches! Formerly, nitrogen fixing plant symbionts have only been known to live on root nodules of certain plants (mainly leguminous plants). This discovery could be applied to agriculture to greatly reduce chemical fertilizer dependency!
Bacteria in branches naturally fertilize trees Scientists have demonstrated that poplar trees growing in rocky, inhospitable terrain harbor bacteria within them that could provide valuable nutrients to help the plant grow.
05/26/2016
A newly discovered tool the Earth uses to help slow climate change: these ubiquitous plankton release cloud-seeding gases in response to increased warming. The clouds they seed reflect sun light, thus helping to cool the Earth. The Earth has many tools for regulating temperature. The question is: does human impact cause more warming than the Earth can correct for?
Ocean bacteria are programmed to alter climate gases SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world's oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth's atmosphere.
05/24/2016
New research has revealed a major reason why hydro-electrical damns devastate river ecology, and how to reduce their impact.
A hydropeak tweak could make dams less damaging - Conservation Hydropeaking, the practice of varying river flows below a dam depending on electricity demand, causes major problems for aquatic insects.
05/23/2016
In a day when most of our dwellings are toxic VOC hot boxes, consider these lovely houseplants.
The Best Air Purifying Houseplants | Greentumble On average, indoor air can actually be 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air. Fortunately, these air purifying houseplants help to clean the indoor air...
05/23/2016
How Soil Microbes Fight Climate Change They're our microscopic allies in making dirt a major resource for storing excess carbon
05/21/2016
8.6 million acres of desert turned green! The Loess Plateau was an example of how exploitative agriculture can lead to desertification and poverty. Now it is an example of how we can restore degraded lands into flourishing agro-ecosystems. Amazing!
Agroecology in China: 300% Increase on 8.6 Million Acres - Loess Plateau Excerpts from Hope in a Changing Climate (http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-hope-changing-climate) Part I: Loess Plateau, China - http://y...
05/20/2016
Livestock has taken a lot of flack for causing soil erosion and contributing to climate change, but ironically, properly managed livestock can help heal our soil and our climate. Here's how:
Working with Nature to Build Organic Soil, Part 5: Sustainable Grazing - Agriculture Industry... Latest agriculture & farming news for agriculture industry professionals & analysts. Breaking ag commodities prices & trade news.
05/19/2016
Did you know that when hydrogen fuel is burned, it only emits heat and water? You probably know that hydrogen is the most abundant element in the world and that combustion of hydrogen gas is powerful enough to launch rockets out of our atmosphere. So why aren't we using hydrogen for all of our energy needs? Because on earth, hydrogen is never found isolated, but locked up in other molecules (most commonly H2O). But in Spain, they've discovered how to isolate hydrogen gas from water using the power of the sun! Hello future?
Cracking water with sunlight A power plant that makes hydrogen by splitting water with concentrated sunlight launches in Almeria, Spain, on 31 March. It's a glimpse into a possible carbon-free future that uses solar-driven chemical reactions to produce the gas.
05/18/2016
Why do we heat water by burning fossil fuels? This video demonstrates that rotting horse manure and wood chips can provide piping hot water in the middle of a Vermont winter!
Combustion-Free Hot Water at the Whole Systems Research Farm Making Soil and Hot Water at the Same Time: Testing the first generation of Jean Pain woody-compost water-heating mound at Whole Systems Design's Vermont hil...
05/17/2016
These incredible 3D ocean farms require virtually no industrial inputs, and have the potential to sequester significant amounts of CO2, clean polluted waters and buffer the effects of climate change while producing an abundance of food, fuel and fertilizers.
The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers are Starting an Economic Revolution —... I’m a fisherman who dropped out of high school in 1986 at the age of 14. Over my lifetime, I’ve spent many nights in jai…
05/15/2016
Talk about two birds with one stone! Obesity epidemic and fossil fuel dependency solved with one genius invention?
60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours! It is possible to generate electricity at home while simply doing a daily workout routine.