Plant Civilization for sustainable adaptation to climate change

Plants. The past and the future with upgrades for climate change...

 

- economic plant species
    - bamboo eg. Tulda
    - hemp (https://hempcarbonstandard.org/about/)
    - macroalgae eg.kelp
    - microalgae eg. Spirulina

    - Plants for a Future (https://pfaf.org/user/)

    - Nugent, Jeff, 'Permaculture plants: Agaves and Cacti, SARI, 2016, Australia

    - Nugent, Jeff, 'Permaculture plants - A selection', SARI, 1996, Australia
    - Nugent, Jeff, 'Permaculture plants: Palms and Ferns', 2016, SARI, Australia

    - Toensmeier, Eric, 'Perennial Vegetables', 2007, Chelsea Green Publishing, USA

    - Laws, Bill, 'Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History', 2010, Quid Publishing, Australia

    and many more!!
    ->
- biomass waste->
- Pyrolysis->
- Biochar, for permanent Carbon removal/Inertinite eg. Flame Cap 'Algorithm' Panel kiln (optional heat (biomass drying) + electricity for exxy but awesome kilns eg. ECHO2) ->
- AWH (intermittent (day/night)/continuous (awesome), unpowered (solar thermal eg. Biochar hydrogel paint)/ powered (solar PV for a machine or fans)) or desalination (RO, CDI, solar; graphene membrane (?2 stages) for RO + activated Biochar/Carbon for pathogens and contaminants) or groundwater or rainfall or river water
->

Soil-based growing systems
1. Regenerative Agroforestry System (RAS), using swales, Zai pits or Swale-Zai pit hybrids, with optional 'Measured Irrigation' tech (https://www.measuredirrigation.com/)   

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Soil-free (but not water-based) growing systems

1. CompoChar

2. Hemp bioplastic 90L fabric pots with inoculated biochar: manure 1:1 for eg.dwarf fruit trees

3. Permachar Wicking Pots, with inoculated biochar: manure 1:1 for eg. herbs

 

Water-based growing systems
1. Microalgae (freshwater: AWH, desalination of seawater, desalination of groundwater; saline water: seawater, brackish groundwater): (monitoring, motorised paddle, semi-transparent Perovskite PV lid, Carbon-based SSB, scaleable raceway ponds)

->fish food (or human consumption)->Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) (https://a-culture.com.au/)->fish (freshwater/saline)

->fish poo

->water plants
eg1. for freshwater: taro, mint, arrowroot, yams, chestnuts, cress etc.
eg2. for saline water: seaweed, for human consumption or Asparagopsis, for cows to decrease methane emissions from burps and farts

REFERENCES

A solar-driven atmospheric water extractor for off-grid freshwater generation and irrigation
A solar-driven atmospheric water extract
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Maybe NaCl (salt) could be used instead of LiCl

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