By Mario Ray, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (UK and Pacific Regions) What does water mean to you? On Monday, we celebrated World Water Day, a day to reflect on what water means to people, its true value and how we can better protect this vital resource. In Malawi, we have been listening to users […]
By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) A few weeks ago we learned about a farmer who grew and sold sea blite from a small farm in Central Vietnam. Sea blite, scientifically known as Suaeda maritima, and locally known as rau nhót, is another type of naturally salt tolerant plant which grows prolifically
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator Recently we’ve been highlighting a lot of the main issues around drought, salinisation, coastal erosion, and climate adaptation with respect to our work here in Namibia. The focus for us and out partners BioPro Trading has been setting up our Integrated Saline Agriculture Systems, and we have been
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By Yanik Nyberg, Seawater Solutions Founder & Director This week I returned from an extended trip to Namibia where Chris and I have been working with local partners and government agencies on our next desert-greening project for 2021. Namibia is such a dynamic country with unprecedented opportunities for wetland creation. At the same time however,
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By Mario Ray, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (UK and Pacific Regions) Salicornia is a sea vegetable commonly found growing on salt marshes, among mangroves and at the beach. Now, it can also be found growing in Malawi! At Seawater Solutions, we have teamed up with Challenges Worldwide and Chonona Aquaculture to test the feasibility
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By Nicholas Shell, Seawater Solutions Global Project Manager (Asia) This week we sent out our first samples of Mekong Delta grown Salicornia to restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City. Chefs were keen to get creative with this new ingredient, coming up with elaborate ways to bring out the distinct salty taste of the Salicornia. ‘Love
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By Chris Eccles, Seawater Solutions Environmental Coordinator It’s March 3rd, which means we’re finally easing our way into Spring (Hooray!). It also means that today is World Wildlife Day, an international event with a purpose of celebrating and raising awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. This year the World Wildlife Day theme is
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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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