Companies and organizations implementing biomimicry

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Permalink Reply by Brad Charles Melzer on September 1, 2010 at 2:54pm

Well, it has been a while since this discussion was posted, but Filtrexx is actively using biomimicry in a variety of ways. Check out the websites for details, but we utilize the power of compost in a variety of unique ways to prevent erosion and manage stormwater, remove or reduce pollutants and restore degraded environments, and to grow high quality, organic, nutritious food, anywhere.
We are a carbon negative company. We have projects internationally, yet are a small business based in NEO (our office and demonstration site is in Grafton). We design our systems based on living, active compost that is organized and arranged in ways that harmonize with and mimic the processes of natural environments. And we do a lot of work! We are walking the talk, right here at home, across the nation, and with projects around the world.
www.filtrexx.com
www.gardensoxx.com

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Permalink Reply by Brad Charles Melzer on September 2, 2010 at 9:38am

Also, I just visited Urban Organics in Brunswick Hills. They are the makers of Sweet Peat, which is a fantastic mulch project.
They have installed an aquaponics system, which is a food production system that utilizes biomimicry. They are cultivating Koi, and the waste generated from these fish is used to feed crops of plants. If you know anything about conventional aquaculture, aquaponics is a different monster. The water chemistry is more akin to pond water than anything else - not so with conventional aquaculture or hydroponics, which try to keep the water as sterile as possible, while adding processed nutrients.
Aquaponics is much closer to what happens in nature and utilizes a more diverse ecology of species to produce healthier and more nutritious food. Urban Organics is not growing food fish, but the most common aquaponics species is Tilapia.
I have worked with aquaponics with John Todd and took the Aquaponics Short Course at the University of the Virgin Islands with Dr. Jim Rakocy, who retired this year (although the program is still going).

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