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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
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Proposal for a Small-Scale River Refugium Project (RRP): Algae-Based Biofuel Production and Water Remediation Executive Summary This proposal outlines the development of a small-scale River Refugium Project (RRP) designed to clean polluted water while producing raw bio-oil from algae, which
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Nature-Inspired Solutions for a Man-Made Problem Swamps and bayous, often mischaracterized as desolate or hazardous, are among the most intricate and productive ecosystems on the planet. Their delicate interplay of water, vegetation, and wildlife creates a self-sustaining system capable of
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Imagine a yard alive with the buzz of bees, the flutter of butterflies, and the gentle sway of prairie grasses in the wind. Such a natural lawn, composed of native plants and wildflowers, is more than a beautiful sight; it’s
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The River Refugium Project (RRP), an initiative of the Cernunnos Foundation, addresses nutrient pollution in aquatic ecosystems by diverting polluted water into greenhouses where crops and natural evaporation processes cleanse the water. Implementing the RRP on a national scale through
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