By Mario Ray, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (UK and Pacific Regions) Heavy clouds and distant thunderstorms continue to grumble overhead in Chikwawa, Malawi, as our Salicornia seeds start to make their way up to the surface for a breath of fresh air. Salicornia, once established, needs saline water to grow best. But during its […]
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By Núria Pérez Viura, Seawater Solutions Design & Media Coordinator Yesterday the winners for the Multy-City Challenge Africa awards were announced… And we made it to the end with our project proposal ‘Urban Wetlands for Climate Adaptation (UWCA Accra)’ that aims to ‘build urban resilience in slums and informal settlements’. A big congratulations to our
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) Last month, we were invited to give a lesson about vegetable farming to primary school students at the British Vietnamese International School Ho Chi Minh City (BVIS). Our technician Vy put together a fantastic presentation about different types of vegetables and how they develop. The children
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator What a week it has been! With the completion of our first visit to Malawi and the pilot site now operational, we have now arrived in Namibia for a project scoping exercise and feasibility study on the beautiful Walvis Bay coast line…and it looks like the West coast
By Mario Ray, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (UK and Pacific Regions) How do you grow sea-vegetables 300 miles from the sea? You’ll need one piece of unused land, an abundant source of saline water, one of Seawater Solutions’ automated and renewable-powered farming systems, several late nights and long days digging in the hot sun,
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By Lam Quoc Nhut, Seawater Solutions Nha Be district farm manager My name is Lam Quoc Nhut, I am 26 years old. I grew up in Ca Mau Province, the southernmost province of Vietnam, and I am now farm manager for Seawater Solutions in Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh City. I first came to
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator So it’s February 2nd, and the world certainly looks different today compared to this time last year! But one thing hasn’t changed… it’s World Wetlands Day! This year the focus is on Wetlands and Water which is centred around wetlands as a source of freshwater and encourages actions
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