74 results for tag: remineralization
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.
ERW24: Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference
Time & Location
Conference Title: ERW24: Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference
Host Organizations: Yale University
Date: Apr 26 – Apr 27, 2024
Location: Yale University, Friday: Kline Geology Laboratory 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511. Saturday: Marsh Lecture Hall Gibbs Lab, 260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
Conference Description: “Join us at ERW24, the second annual Enhanced Rock Weathering Conference, held at Yale University. This conference aims to bring together experts in the field to discuss topics such as commercialization, cost, implementation, and new scientific advancements in rock weathering.”
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Recent Advances in the Tanzania Project: New partnerships and new tools
Since 2023, Remineralize the Earth has partnered with Engineers Without Borders - Tanzania (EWB-Tanzania) to produce and distribute an all natural fertilizer.
XX Taller Internacional de Agricultura Orgánica
Conference Title: XX Taller Internacional de Agricultura Orgánica
Host Organizations: EcoAgro
Date: April 24-27, 2024
Location: Centro Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
Conference Description: “We invite you from April 24 to 27 to be part of this event, which we hold every year in order to teach and share experiences, under the theme of the 3M: Organic Matter, Minerals and Mircoorganisms, this year is the XX edition, attend to work together for a healthier environment!”
"Te invitamos del 24 al 27 de abril a ser parte de este evento, que cada año realizamos con el fin de enseñar y compartir experiencias, bajo el esquema de las 3M ...
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 tackle the challenges that farmers face in rural Africa. The bulk of the work ...
New Campaign Supporting Project to Address Food Insecurity in Tanzania
In partnership with Engineers Without Borders Tanzania, RTE is raising funds to introduce rock dust and biochar to soils in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania to improve soil fertility, crop yields, and income for farmers.
The Riches of Rock Dust, by the Get Real Alliance
The Get Real Alliance has released a documentary series covering topics from founder David Munson’s book Get Real: A Positive Solution to Climate Change. The eight episodes released so far describe the carbon cycle, biochar and rock dust, as well as issues related to grasslands, forests, oceans and more.
The Get Real Alliance explains their goals as follows: “The Get Real Alliance supports rock dust remineralization of soil and wetlands, biochar additions to soil for fertility and water retention, marine wetland restoration and overall agricultural changes.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKy4xikNEuk
The video above, “Episode 5: ...
Viva La Raw: Inventor Transforms Costa Rican Farming With Local Artisan’s Rock Dust
Nestled within the lush Costa Rican landscapes, a health-conscious innovator and horticultural pioneer has been rewriting the rules of farming.
The Riches of Rock Dust, by the Get Real Alliance
Episode 5 of an 8 part series around positive solution for climate change, created by the Get Real Alliance
