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Wild Potato Vine Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: SolanalesFamily: ConvolvulaceaeGenus: IpomoeaSpecies: Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey. Common Names by Region General / North America:Wild Potato Vine, Man-of-the-Earth, Bigroot Morning Glory Eastern United States:Man-of-the-Earth, Wild Sweet Potato Midwest / Plains:Wild
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River Refugium Project – Development Update & Next Steps A Statement from the Cernunnos Foundation & Bright Meadow Group The River Refugium Project is entering its next phase of development, and this page exists to provide clarity for partners, researchers,
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Today, the Cernunnos Foundation is releasing the high-level technical whitepaper for the River Refugium Project (RRP)—a watershed-scale, closed-loop environmental system designed to intercept nutrient-polluted river water, remove contaminants, and convert recovered biomass into usable industrial materials and renewable fuels. This
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The City on the Hill Some dreams feel too big to talk about out loud. Not because they’re unrealistic, but because they sound embarrassingly hopeful in a world that has learned to sneer at hope. One of those dreams is
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As announced recently on our webzine The Blue Ribbon Team, the Cernunnos Foundation LLC has officially relocated to Johnstown, Pennsylvania—and brought our whole family of ventures along for the ride. The move is personal and practical in equal measure. Personally,
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EDITORS NOTE: This article started, as many do around here, with a solution looking for traction. The River Refugium Project is our homegrown idea for addressing the Gulf Dead Zone by cleaning water upstream—using hydroponics to intercept nutrient runoff, regenerate
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The Cycles of Nature: Harnessing Permaculture Design for the River Refugium Project Nature operates in cycles—an intricate dance of elements, organisms, and forces that sustain life on Earth. From the movement of water and nutrients across the landscape to the
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A Worthy Hero: Bill Mollison I first heard the name Bill Mollison one afternoon while poking around the environmental section of a secondhand bookshop. I pulled a battered copy of Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual from the shelf, intrigued by its
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Part of the Cernunnos Foundation River Refugium Project’s approach is to look for root causes to our pollution problems, and one of them for rivers is city waste water treatment. So we looked for a solution and modeled it. Here
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Mandrinette Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Known Range Care Requirements Additional Notes