Scaling up! — Upcoming Speaking Event featuring Kate Kennen

Scaling up! — Upcoming Speaking Event featuring Kate Kennen

University of Rhode Island: Landscape Architecture Lecture Series On Thursday, November 16th, the University of Rhode Island will host Kate Kennen, FASLA, founder of Offshoots Inc., and co-author with Niall Kirkwood,  PHYTO:  Principles and Resources for Site...
Evidence for Using Plants and Fertilizer to Help Break Down Petroleum!

Evidence for Using Plants and Fertilizer to Help Break Down Petroleum!

University of Alaska Microbiology Professor Mary Beth Leigh recently lead a team to study the long-term progress of the affects of introducing grass and fertilizer to soil test plots contaminated with petroleum. The original experiment was conducted in 1995 by the US...
Stacking functions with ecological noise barriers

Stacking functions with ecological noise barriers

Noise barriers are often costly and serve only a single purpose; we are excited to have discovered Ramo, a company that offers green barriers, a form of stacking ecological functions and integrating phytotechnology. Check out their website:...
Mycofiltration Project

Mycofiltration Project

We’re so excited to announce we’ve been selected by MassDOT to conduct a yearlong research project concerning mycofiltration treatment for stormwater management. Mycofiltration is a nascent stormwater management technology that utilizes mycelium or fungal webs as...