I wonder how many people remember the New Alchemy Institute which, from 1969 to 1991, experimented with wind power, solar power, intensive regenerative agriculture, aquaculture, and many other ideas now becoming big business and a way out … [Read more...]
Canal Restorer to River Restorer?
This greenhouse at the former historic Fisherville Mill in South Grafton, Massachusetts, sits on the banks of a canal by the Blackstone River. It is cleaning stormwater runoff and water contaminated by #6 fuel oil, also known as Bunker C … [Read more...]
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option Friday, January 25, 2013 2:00 - 4:00 PM, ASEAN Auditorium The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA Reception to follow RSVP at … [Read more...]
The Next Industrial Revolution Is Ecological
John Todd could be considered one of the founders of ecological design. For the past forty years or so, he has been building enclosed ecologies, first, for growing fish, John was one of the original growers of tilapia in the USA, and later … [Read more...]
Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal
The Fisherville Mill Canal on the Blackstone River in Grafton, MA has been contaminated for decades by #6 fuel oil in its waters. John Todd Ecological Design (http://toddecological.com/) with the participation of the town of Grafton, USEPA, … [Read more...]