Restoring Salmon and Redwooods Using Recirculating Aquaponics – The Convergence http://permacultureconvergence.com Building Resilient Communities Mon, 25 Sep 2017 01:31:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://permacultureconvergence.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-permaculture-convergence-norcal-logo-32x32.png Restoring Salmon and Redwooods Using Recirculating Aquaponics – The Convergence http://permacultureconvergence.com 32 32 Max Meyers http://permacultureconvergence.com/max-meyers-3/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:41:25 +0000 http://permacultureconvergence.com/?p=6377 Max Meyers is an experienced Ecological Designer, Permaculture Teacher, Consultant, Registered Aquaculturist, Aquaponic System Designer/Installer, Rainwater and Greywater System specialist, Farmer, and the Executive Director of the Mendocino Ecological Learning Center a nonprofit educational organization and ecological reserve offering green job training and sustainable living skills to the public. Through his work as an instructor of Permaculture and Ecological Design he has successfully trained over a thousand students from more than 40 countries world wide. In addition to the work at MELC, Mr. Meyers provides Ecological design services to the public, organizations, and schools through Osiris Designs and Nor Cal Aquaponics. He is passionate about all things related to a more just and sustainable world. Most recently Mr. Meyers helped write the guidelines for the newly formed  California Fish and Wildlife Aquaponics subcommittee. He has been studying, practicing and teaching Permaculture and Ecological Design for 18 years.

Friday, Oct 6| 3:00pm| Yurt

Restoring Salmon and Redwooods Using Recirculating Aquaponics

]]> Restoring Salmon and Redwooods Using Recirculating Aquaponics http://permacultureconvergence.com/restoring-salmon-and-redwooods-using-recirculating-aquaponics/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:38:45 +0000 http://permacultureconvergence.com/?p=6373 Learn how Salmon, Trout and other native species can be used to grow redwood trees from seeds or re-sprouts using nutrient rich water from the fish. This has never been done before to our knowledge and seems like a perfect marriage of species and ecosystems that have been evolving together for millions of years. This presentation will cover the design and results from the first test system growing fish and Redwoods together. The goal will be to restore deforested and/or clear-cut lands be replanting Redwood and other native trees, forest plants, etc. Some of the benefits of using Aquaponics to do this is that it will save vasts amounts of water, require no fertilizing or complicated irrigation systems. Additionally estimates show it will save at least 50% of the labor required to grow redwoods seedling and young trees using standard nursery practices. This method uses only a fraction of the electricity and other inputs currently required in trout and salmon hatcheries. If done correctly, we hope to use these systems to help restore land and watersheds by recharging landscapes and restocking fish species now facing extinction after California’s historic drought! Join Veteran Aquaponics and Permaculture Professional Max Meyers as he shares his 20 years of experience addressing these types of challenges using a more regenerative approach.
Friday, Oct. 6| 3:30pm| Yurt 

Presented by Max Meyers

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