In an effort to combat the world's environmental issues, scientists, researchers, and architects have been coming up with innovative fixes, such as SumaGrow, Biorock, and Boscoe Verticale.

1. Green Future 2
Part 2 of 2 in Green
Future Series

2. Nix Chemical Fertilizers
• While chemical
fertilizers make crops
grow they are
sometimes harmful to
the environment.
• The solution to this is
to either create your
own natural fertilizers
or replace them with
eco-friendly microbes.

3. SumaGrow
• The company SumaGrow
offers 100% natural soil
products for higher yields
and healthier crops.
• SumaGrow secures
naturally occurring nitrogen
and other nutrients into the
soil, protects against
disease, reduces runoff,
and can be used for a range
of products.

4. SumaGrow
• SumaGrow helps to
restore and maintain
soil health and
fertility.
• To learn more about
SumaGrow visit their
website.

5. Destruction of Coral Reefs
• Coral reefs are continuing
to be destroyed.
• As providing habitation
for a quarter of all marine
species and protection of
coastlines from erosion
and storm damage, they
are vital to people and
ecosystems.

6. Shock Reefs Back to Life
• Unfortunately
conservation efforts
have done little to
help, but in 2000 a
technique using low
voltage electricity to
grow limestone on
metal cages gave
corals new energy and
stronger structures to
grow on.

7. Biorock
• Nicknamed
“Biorock,” this
process speeds up
the growth of coral
and increases its
resistance to stress.
• Learn more about
this technique on the
Biorockwebsite!

8. Reach for the Sky
• Urban sprawl has
various negative
effects on the
environment, in
particular the killing of
trees.
• Recently a creative
solution was created:
planting upward.

9. BoscoVerticale
• Construction is currently
taking place in Milan
where a two-building
apartment complex will
double as the world’s first
vertical forest.
• This complex, known as
BoscoVerticale, will
contribute to the
regeneration of the
environment and urban
biodiversity.

10. BoscoVerticale
• Each unit will consist
of humidity creating
and CO2-filtering
plants.
• These plants will also
aid in absorbing dust
particles, producing
oxygen, protecting the
public from radiation,
and saving energy.

11. BoscoVerticale
• They will receive their
nourishment from
greywater (filtered,
recycled water deriving
from laundry,
dishwashing, and
bathing) and the
buildings themselves will
derive most of their
power from the sun.
• Read more about
BoscoVerticalehere.

12. Learn More!
• To learn more about
innovative
environmental fixes
visit Hemispheres
Magazine.

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