The World's First Indoor Saltwater Farm
Meet Sam Norton, the college of Charleston grad student developing ways
to sustainably grow sea beans inside the world's first indoor saltwater farm.
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The water tree/ finding water in the Australian Outback
Geoff shows you a quick tip for when you're in the outback and finding a water source. There are many ways to find water but here's an interesting way to find water when in a dry environment
How Algae Could Change The Fossil Fuel Industry
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Great strides have been made in recent years towards using renewable sources of energy, like electric vehicles, solar panels, wind energy and even algae. It might seem surprising, but algae is one of the most powerful sources of energy we have access to on Earth. When dried algae is ground into a powder and refined, oil can be extracted from it. The result is nearly identical to traditional gasoline, but with far more benefits.
Dave Hazlebeck, CEO of Global Algae Innovations, gave Seeker a tour of his algae farm in Kauai, Hawaii, and explained how his company is revolutionizing sustainable energy. The fuel that we're producing is exactly the same in terms of performance as gasoline or diesel or jet, it's just a lot cleaner. I think the big difference is that [with] all the other biofuels, you're growing it and you're just getting biofuel. In this case, for every gallon of biofuel you get 10 pounds of food with it, Hazlebeck said.
Hazlebeck believes his company is on the path to completely change the way we currently produce both oil and food. Not only can algae create biofuel, it can also be used to create animal feed. Currently, most animal and fish feed is made from corn or soy, which both use more water and energy to grow than algae.
There's studies that show with algae grown to replace animal feed, you could actually solve global warming to a large extent, Hazlebeck told Seeker.
Algae can be used to create food for humans as well. New Wave Foods in Northern California created fake shrimp made from algae and other plants that actually looks, smells and even tastes like real shrimp. Because it's made from algae, the shrimp substitute also has the added benefit of being low in fat and extremely rich in nutrients, something that corn and soy are severely lacking.
Growing algae for oil and food could also significantly reduce deforestation. According to Scientific American, the yields from algae are far more significant than crops like corn or soy. If all the fuel in the country was replaced with biofuel from corn, we would need a facility three times the size of the continental U.S. to produce it. But for algae, we would need a facility the size of Maryland. Additionally, algae can produce 40 times more food per acre than traditional crops.
While showing the Seeker team around GAI's Hawaii facility, Hazlebeck explained that the algae farm is next to a power plant, which puts it in a very unique position. [It] allows us to capture carbon dioxide and avoid that discharge and reuse it, and that prevents it from going into the atmosphere and causing global warming, he said. If every power plant had an algae farm next to it, it could potentially solve the global warming issue entirely.
The environmental benefits of algae are impressive, and because algae can grow in both freshwater and seawater, it's also very easy to produce. So, does that mean we'll all be filling our cars with algae gas at the pumps very soon?
Not just yet. Hazlebeck and his team have run into a few setbacks since they began scaling up their operations. The most prohibitive issue has been the cost.
When Global Algae Innovations began, a gallon of oil produced from algae was about $30 a gallon -- 10 times higher than it needs to be to work as a viable alternative to fossil fuel. But Hazlebeck and his team didn't give up, and they've continued to come up with solutions to decrease the cost. As of now, they almost have algae oil down to only $2 - $3 a gallon.
Once GAI can get their algae production up to scale, Hazlebeck believes it will change the geopolitics of the world. A lot of the reasons we have wars are because of fights over resources or the need for more resources. By creating a more equitable distribution with countries being able to make their own, it should lead to a more stable and peaceful world, he told Seeker.
That's really the point of it all for Hazlebeck and GAI. They don't want to be the only company doing this; they want everyone working together because they truly believe using algae as a fuel and food source will change the world.
Executive Producer: Laura Ling
Producers: Paige Keipper (Hansen), Conor Spicer
Cinematographers: Matthew Piniol Spencer Snider
Editor: Lee Mould
NEOM: Pilot Solar Dome project promises to revolutionize water desalination. #BuildingtheFuture
#NEOM adopts Solar Water PLC pioneering technology to produce low-cost, environmentally friendly fresh water. The pilot Solar Dome project promises to revolutionize water desalination, helping solve one of the world’s most pressing problems – access to fresh water.
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Solar Hydroponic - SmartSpark3 (Environment) Team
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AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SERIES - SUNDROP FARMS - Port Augusta - South Australia - October 2020
AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SERIES - SUNDROP FARMS - Port Augusta - South Australia - October 2020
As it turned out, this was the last drone video vision I filmed, during my very recent trip into NW and SW outback New South Wales and then passing into NE outback South Australia via the corner country of NSW...I spent a few days in Port Augusta catching up with Mick Allen (Little Eye in the Sky) drone photographer and taking in some of the local sights. Of particular interest, is this video showing the unique Solar Thermal Tower, which forms part of the Sundrop Farms complex...
© 2020 DAVA Photography Adelaide South Australia
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The Harsh World
The wonder of the Sir Bani Yas Wildlife Park lies in the painstakingly development to create a sustainable life for the animals in the harsh and dry desert environment.
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Sheep in the outback
South Australia...
Saltwater Farm Vineyard - Wedding Prep
Saltwater Farm Vineyard setting up for a wedding in the vineyard.
Family travel through green Australian outback.
An afternoon in the Australian outback with Holiday Road. Things are getting green after all the rain. Tropic of Capricorn
Salt Mine, Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
#SaltMine #DampierSalt #RioTinto #PortHeadland #SaltMining #SaltManufacturing
Dampier Salt is an Australian salt company located in Western Australia, with operations in Dampier, Port Hedland, and Lake MacLeod, with headquarters in Perth. Since beginning operations at Dampier in 1972, the company has developed into one of the world's largest private salt producers, with production capacity of over four million tonnes per annum at Dampier and nine million tonnes per annum company-wide
Environment
At DSL, we are committed to sustainability and good environmental stewardship. For example, we try whenever possible to reduce using potable water and have several projects in place to substitute up to 50% of potable water with seawater. And approximately 99% of the energy we use at DSL to grow and process salt comes from the sun and wind: we collect sea water, then concentrate the salt through evaporation before we harvest, wash and transport it to port.
All three of the sites at Dampier Salt are recognised as being important to biodiversity. Dampier, Port Hedland and the northern part of Lake Macleod are designated Key Biodiversity Areas by BirdLife Australia due to globally important numbers of shorebirds which live at or visit the sites on their migratory journeys from the Northern Hemisphere. Biodiversity also extends to the local plant life – Lake Macleod has one of the largest areas of grey mangroves in the world.
In 2018, we implemented a new biodiversity protection and natural resource management standard, with input from BirdLife Australia, IUCN, and Fauna & Flora International. The standard seeks to minimise our impact by balancing conservation needs with development priorities through four actions. Our first priority is to avoid having an impact, after which we seek to minimise, restore, and finally offset impacts.
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Desert Wildflowers Australia
Unseasonable rain has resulted in the proliferation of extraordinary growth of wildflowers. Location, Uluru, Center of Australia
Why you should enter the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show
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Grain harvest on the Eyre Peninsula
Large swaths of Eyre Peninsula land is used for grain crop farming (wheat, barley, canola, lentils, faba beans and peas). The crops are harvested typically between October and January annually. This video features one of those farms reaping the last of their grain crop as the sun sets.
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Desert Breath The Massive Project of Sahara Desert
In the eastern part of the Sahara Desert meets the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, is overgrow by Desert Breath — A stunning land art project consisting of well-formed cones and Brilliant mirror of water. A Field crop circle? the outre cones and holes look like a antique and unique formation of wind in the Egyptian desert, while when you see the aerial view. Nestled between the hills in the Egyptian desert. The community consists of the artist Danane Stratu (Greek Artist), industrial designer and architect Alexandra Stratu and Stell Konstaitindis (The DUST art team). This artifact was done with collaborative endeavors in 1995-to 1997. This massive and impressive project covers an area of about 100,000 m². Its construction consists of the displacement of 8,000 m³, with large central water pool. The two curves are dotted with twisted spiral cones, which symbolize the creation of both positive and negative forms. The cones rotated at some point up towards the sky whil outhe extend below the ground surface. all are located on the washed, spreading form the center facilities, where there was a pool filled with water. The project of Desert Breath was completed in March 1997, and still stand in the middle of the desert. Conical hills like those cones, which are formed when a person turns the hourglass. This are object illustrates the inexorable passage of time over which nothing overbearing even the desert.
Australia, organic tomatoes at Edendale Farm. Lovely time with my family
Hello friends. Come see me today in a community farm in the city with a sustainability focus
Port Augusta Tower - Australia
A view from inside an old water tower
Virgin Australia partners with Greening Australia
Virgin Australia has entered into a three year partnership with Greening Australia, who have launched Reef Aid, a new project which will reduce damage to the Great Barrier Reef as a result of soil erosion and subsequent poor water quality. Find out more at:
The Inland Sea ep.1 | Intro
This is gonna be a carousel ride...
Welcome to the first instalment of The Inland Sea: An Australian Odyssey. Over the coming weeks and months we shall visit a number of locations throughout Australia. This first episode is an introduction to what is to come and it sets up the premise of our ten-week marathon through the outback