Plants used for bioremediation could be converted into fossil fuels to be put back into depleted fossil fuel deposits. The soil or water contaminants that the plants absorbed would be stored in whatever fossil fuel they have been converted into. I feel like this idea could be a game changer.

The technology to convert biomass (like plants used for bioremediation) into fossil fuels already exists

1. Charm Industrials pyrolysis technology converts biomass into crude oil - https://charmindustrial.com

2. Carba's torrfiaction technology converts biomass into coal - https://www.carba.com

What do you think?

For my 30th birthday this year I am planning to have friends come and help me restore the woods and stream i played in as a kid and make it less degraded.

Over the last many years it has been subjected to flooding and overflow due to runoff from a nearby road, and it has left its toll on the stream itself and the woodland soil surrounding it.

Photos and details of the damage are found here https://imgur.com/a/9nzfyQh

If you have any expertise in this sort of thing I would really appreciate your advice!

EDIT- this location is in Towson MD

Hello! I live in Canada and was hoping to work on some conservation/restoration efforts. The only issue is... I don't know where to start in terms of learning. I'm very new to this, and would love some advice from more knowledgeable people. How would you recommend getting started? Any sources/links or steps to take? Should I reach out to specific professionals? Thanks so much!

I’m working on a restoration project that will require native seed spread across a few acres. I was wondering if anyone has any good resources or go to literature/websites for the weight of seed needed for a project like this. Obviously the weight of seed varies per species but I’m just struggling to find any information that isn’t just about turf seed. I am in coastal California if that helps. Thanks!

Hello! I am a resident of Newport, RI where a local beloved pond, Almy Pond, has become unhabitable due to high levels of pollutants. My university professor has been conducting research on the water quality for the last four years, but so far the city has not cared one bit. How can I convince my city to care about the pond and its health? Many plants and animals living in/around the pond have suffered and even died due to its health decline. The pond has high levels of e. coli and other pollutants, but the city refuses to track the source.

Should I make a petition and go door to door? Would that even work? Does anyone have any cost-effective or time-efficient suggestions? Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance!!!!

My girlfriend and I are both starting to explore careers in restoration and regenerative agriculture (and adjacent “treat the earth better” type fields). We are both seeking to learn and engage with voluteering or workshop or any other direct work within these fields over the next few months. We have been scouring the web to try to find opportunities. We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, but willing to travel domestically and in Europe (will be in Greece, France and UK next month) to get exposure and experience. I am interested in hands on experience, as well as project management and process development. She is interested in “sales” or project financing and relationship building.

If anyone can share any upcoming events, conferences, workshops, trainings or other opportunities that would be much appreciated! Or websites to search for these opportunities! Thanks!

Hello, I need to restore a septic drain field in a national park using only native plants. Stipa pulchra (purple needle grass) is a native perennial I typically use and will use around the drain field. Is it a bad idea to plant it on top of the leach field, given 6-8 foot course roots? Has anyone else planted ca native grasses over a leach field?

Thanks!

Let's say all human activities have been made fully carbon neutral. All natural carbon sink ecosystems have been fully restored so there are no land use change CO2 emissions either. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is no longer increasing.

How long would it take for desert greening projects like The Great Green Wall of Africa or The Great Green Wall of China to remove enough CO2 from the atmosphere to return the atmospheric CO2 level to below 350 PPM? How much of the world's desert area would need to be greened to return the atmospheric CO2 level to below 350 PPM? I desert greening a climate restoration solution?

I know that desert greening can help increase biodiversity and freshwater availability, but I also wonder if it can restore Earths climate by removing CO2 from the atmosphere?

My teacher gave me the involvement of GPS on mushrooms. I need to find a quantitative method involving these variables. The data for the study is to be conducted in one day only. Are there any you can think of?

Peatlands are store large amounts of carbon and are extremely biodiverse. Restoring peatlands which have ben damaged by human activities is crucial to fixing climate change and biodiversity loss. I know that peatland restoration efforts are often hampered by a lack of funding. My question here is which is a better way to fund peatland restoration, eco tourism or paludiculture?

FYI: If you don't now what paludiculture is then here is the definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludiculture

If you have any other ideas for how to fund peatland restoration then please share them in the comments.