Unlocking Urban Rooftops for Carbon Capture in the Netherlands
An award winning organization in the Netherlands is on a mission to “green roofs” by using a composition of soil which reacts with the CO2 in the air, breaking it down and removing it permanently.
Liam A. Bullock
Carbon Neutral Initiative (CNI) introduced the Carbon Green Roof project to contribute to global climate goals of removing 10 Gigatonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2030, and is a small part of their overarching plan to become the first bio-enhanced silicate weathering project in Europe.
Liam A. Bullock, a geochemist and geological consultant ...
Magic Mud: Danish Documentary Highlights the Power of Greenlandic Glacial Remineralization
Magic Mud,” a documentary produced and directed by filmmaker Jakob Gottschau, explores how Greenlandic glacial rock flour can address global agricultural and climate challenges.
AG-USA and the Agricultural Benefits of Sea-Based Minerals
Balanced soil creates nutrient-dense plants, and when animals eat these plants, they become stronger and healthier.
Breaking ground: Professor makes “rocks for crops” reality in Cameroon
In the early 2000s, Jean Pierre Nguetnkam from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, was inspired to start a research program on soil remineralization.
In Flux: Former UK Army Officer Leads Revolutionary Rock-Weathering Company In Kenya
Flux is collaborating with UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) and consulting with Remineralize the Earth on a mineral-rock trial with 50 smallholder Western Kenyan farmers.
From Agrimagined to Agreality in Africa
Nature finds ways of directing resources to where they are needed most, but if your eyes are not tuned to see these processes, they get taken for granted. Bryan Ollier has spent years honing this observational skill and has gained many lessons of how the natural world shares its nutrients. His recent work has sought to take these lessons and use them to make agriculture work with these natural processes, rather than against them.
Ollier has been partnering with Joseph Kinuthia of Kenya through their organization Agrimagined since 2021 to find innovative ways to ...
Mati Carbon Removals Fights Climate Change, Enables Climate Resilience for Marginal Farmers in India
Shantanu Agarwal is a climate tech entrepreneur on a mission to improve the lives of marginal farmers while simultaneously fighting climate change. In 2021, he founded Mati Carbon Removals, a project of the Swaniti Initiative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit with offices in the US and India.
Shantanu Agarwal (far right) with colleagues and helpers collecting samples in the field. Photo courtesy of Mati.
In a July 2023 episode of the OpenAir webinar series, “This is CDR,” Agarwal had this to say about his new project:
“The mission at Mati is essentially ...
A Glimpse into the Future: The Potential for Rock Dust in Urban Agriculture
Scientists have recently begun to tap into the potential of urban agriculture with the use of rock dust, as well as other essential components, to make a recipe for fertile, sustainable soil.
InPlanet Takes On Climate Change and Advances Sustainable Farming with Local Soil Remineralizers
Is it possible to fight climate change while simultaneously supporting regenerative farming practices? The company InPlanet is showing that the answer is yes.
Huplaso Grows: Natural Mineralizer from New Brunswick Quarry Making Inroads Across Canada, World
(Updated May 7, 2023)
Jean-Paul Dubé
The Huplaso quarry in Bathurst, New Brunswick, contains a rock that is rich in more than 57 minerals (macro, micro and trace elements) and is ideal for soil remineralization and organic plant growth.
“It increases about 27% the health of the plant,” said Stéphane Losier, business development director. He added that the product, made from ultramafic basalt-type volcanic rock dust, improves yields by more than 35%, balances pH and increases soil paramagnetism levels.
According to Jean-Paul Dubé, Huplaso’s North ...
