Looking to develop an #NFT#art exhibition and #auction#fundraiser to offset the costs of mapping, identifying and clearing #landmines from #Ukraine. If you have interest, we'd would love to chat with you.
#Mushrooms have been used to breakdown #plastic, remove and recover #HeavyMetals from brownfield sites and contaminated water, and convert pesticides and herbicides to more innocuous compounds. #hyperaccumulators
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"Before I was six years old, my grandparents and my mother had taught me that if all the green things that grow were taken from the earth, there could be no life. [...] But if all the human beings were taken away, life on earth would flourish..."
- Russell Means Lakota 1939-2012
.@Dichtel 'in theory' could your groundbreaking work using moderate heat for #PFAS#remediation be applicable to topographic and hydrological contamination from #landmines and #UXOs?
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#QOTD "It's better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war."
~ Chinese proverb
#landmine clearance in #Cambodia, ongoing effort, story from 2015.
https://t.co/H4IoD2INoV
#landmines are not militarily relevant but they are a tool of #terrorism.
"From the beginning men used God to justify the #unjustifiable."
~ Salman Rushdie
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#QOTD
#hyperaccumulators - After #landmine clearance, there are 35 different species of poplar trees all capable of highly efficient #phytoremediation of #heavymetals because of their deep root structures and daily water uptake.
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It should be unacceptable to anyone reading this that 42% of the 2,000 maimings or fatalities each month by #landmines are of children.
#Patron "told the children about explosive devices and went over safety rules with them."
https://t.co/Jjb1l2zzKe
The dark spot on the upper edge of a #dragonfly wing is called a pterostigma, a slight thickening of the diaphanous wing that acts as a counterweight to prevent the edge of the wing from starting to flutter and disrupt the airflow and lift of the wing.
#aerodynamics
This blue #bird regarding this #sculpture of #stfrancis reminds us all that observation and interaction should be tender.
#QOTD “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
— #MargaretMead
Identifying #butterfly#landmines remotely is not a new concept unique to #SEMNAI, this paper is from 2018. We can improve efficiencies and provide enormous cost savings via aerial #dronetechnology. https://t.co/EnH89pZ07H
#QOTD "The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the #patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter." ~ Paulo Coelho
Equally valuable #startup#wisdom.
#landmines#QOTD
"Life is about making choices: you can either spend three quid on a glossy magazine or you can spend it clearing three square meters of #minefield and help give people their lives back." ~ #Twiggy / Dame Lesley Lawson DBE
The remediation of discarded instruments of #war does not have an expiration date. We must address the continued negative economic impact of #uxo#landmines in #Laos.
2016 article, still is relevant. https://t.co/P11VOnJlJq
350 types of #landmines, 110mn laid in 64 countries around the world with another 250mn stockpiled and, despite the Ottawa Treaty, another 5 to 10mn mines laid each year. Inefficiency and danger abound in conventional demining efforts, #joinus, let's change the status quo.