Bholi Regenerative Design

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!

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!

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?

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.

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.

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

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!

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:

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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?

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!

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.

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?

It is possible to generate electricity at home while simply doing a daily workout routine.