FII is targeting methane emission reduction. It happens that nutrient impaired freshwater is the single largest source of methane emissions occurring today…about 2.5 times more methane comes off eutrophic water than all of the methane released by the Oil and Gas industryAs CEO of an environmental service company that works with water, I am responsible for managing Floating Island International’s (FII) health. Essentially, my primary job is to keep FII out of the weeds. The company offers solutions around a range of water quality parameters including:
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Very few of us are doing anything substantive about climate action. This is the simple and clear truth. Most of us are entirely ineffective and clueless regarding actual climate action. This is about to change.Tomorrow, as in “during 2022”, many tens of thousands of water stewards will have a new ability to act. They will be able to prevent tons of methane. Nutrient impaired water that currently generates methane in the absence of oxygen will be eligible for valuable credits. Water stewards who act now by verifying their current methane emissions will make money while reducing a most potent greenhouse gas. We will all benefit from their “action.” While they make money, climate change will be moderated, as methane coming off impaired water is the world’s largest source of methane.
Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sourcesJust a week ago some thirty countries, including the U.S., committed to reducing methane emissions by half between now and 2030. The commitment is based on limited data regarding “sources” of methane. The usual suspects, like methane being flared off natural gas wells, are primary targets. But the actual, largest single source of methane, isn’t being factored in. It is aquatic ecosystems, fresh water systems throughout the planet, including the freshwater lakes we hold so dear for our drinking water and recreation.
What will it take to reverse the pandemic downward spiral of eutrophication that otherwise results in HABs and methane?
Start with the premise that natural systems are fully capable of fixing your water.
We are pleased to announce that FII has been selected for a Dept. of Energy SETO Phase One SBIR grant award. The grant’s purpose is to develop and test a technology that will oxygenate nutrient-impaired water in off-grid settings.
When organic material, such as leaf litter, breaks down in water, the muck that accumulates breaks down slowly and can easily generate methane if the water doesn't have enough oxygen.
In the current climate emergency, fish are the marker. If we can keep them alive and well, we have hope.
Water is a new realm for climate action and represents a relatively easy fix, following nature's model As climate action finally begins in the United States in earnest, leaders face a maze of choices. The data keep coming in, and shifting, and sometimes changing. An example: methane is 21 times more impactful than carbon dioxide, per our EPA. Yet other credible and science-based entities state it’s 67 times more impactful, or 89 times. The fact that methane does not sustain in our atmosphere the same length of time as carbon dioxide does complicate quantifying its impact. We long for the day we can rely on data based on factual, empirical, nonpolitical science.
​Wetlands Epitomize How Nature Supports Lake Health, But Where Have All the Wetlands Gone?6/7/2021 A functional wetland, up watershed from a lake, can spell the difference between a healthy lake that’s resistant to Harmful Algae Blooms, and a lake that is both vulnerable to HABs and on its way out.
Fishing for bass among BioHavens is an exciting strategy for algae reduction on Fish Fry Lake
A Step Towards Paradise... How Do We Build On Nature's Model and Create Beauty and Abundance?5/13/2021 Manmade nutrients are being unleashed against water at pandemic volumes. We have no choice but to fix this, unless we are prepared to dig our own graves. The benefits outweigh the costs.
Floating Islands Help Fish Grow and Prevent Algae from Growing
We must maintain aerobic conditions top to bottom in our freshwater settings. When we do this, we are rewarded with super abundance. When we don’t do this, we experience an anaerobic nightmare of decline
Manatees in Florida feed on coastal seagrass, a species at risk from phosphorus surge
On one occasion, ironically, in Clear Water, Florida, I experienced their passive and gentle presence. Unequivocally, the nuances around their life model require hard science. But it seems like, today at least, human political divisions are being superseded by the manatee. We are putting political division aside, in order to save a remarkable species.
The Popularity of Floating Solar Makes the Possibility of Cleaning Up Water Real
Nature-as-model, biomimicry, is the gentle arm-twister that pulls us towards sustainability
In a confused floating solar market, BioHavens offer a ray of hope for water quality that makes floating solar feasible and sustainable
Biomimicry - nature as model - will steer a course through the vagaries of human endeavor towards sustainable living
Is it true… can we grow new real estate and take a bite out of greenhouse gas emissions in the process? Aerial view of large floating island built for tern nesting habitat Who would challenge the obvious truth, the basic statement that “they aren’t making more real estate”? It’s clear in the general public’s mind that real estate is finite. Right? But is it? Since 2005, Floating Island International has “launched” 10,000 pieces of real estate around the planet - some large, some small, all of them representing new “land” that wasn’t there before. And these new islands actually grow over time, and as they grow, they fight climate change.
It is almost 50 years since the Clean Water Act so why is water more polluted than ever?
Biomimicry works for profit too!
Aesthetics and Floating Solar combine in ecological engineering success.
Impaired freshwater releases greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
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