BioEverything
Omega Institute's Living Machine
http://www.eomega.org/omega/support/wastewater/
...
Developed by John Todd, the Living Machine is based on the same natural science as estuaries - nature's own water filtration system. It comprises a series of holding tanks, each about 14 feet deep with a slightly different ecosystem, enclosed in a greenhouse. The system involves the use of plants and natural bacteria to break down waste by-products and purify the water, with the water becoming progressively cleaner during its one-to three-day journey through the tanks.
Wastewater enters the facility and flows into the first tank. Noxious gases from the raw sewage travel up through an 18-inch layer of soil and grasses, which break down the gases into odorless carbon dioxide and oxygen. As the sewage travels into the next tank, its strength has been lessened, and plants can grow in it. Oxygen encourages friendly bacteria growth on plant roots. The bacteria eat the carbon and other elements in the wastewater; snails clean the plant roots; fish swimming in the final tank illustrate the high level of purification achieved.
Also being considered is an additional component that would make use of a contained wetland. The wetland would function as a final filtration.
Additional Benefits. This filtration system reflects Omega's commitment to environmental stewardship, and moves us toward our goal of reducing water consumption and returning clean water into the eco-system. Through it, we will be able provide irrigation for our gardens and implement a gray water recovery system, greatly increasing the amount of water we reuse.
The project also offers Omega a new teaching tool. Catalog workshops will be designed around the ecological impact of our filtration system. In addition, we plan to invite
* area school children to learn about water purification and wetland composition during field trips and on-site classes;
* university students to use the new facility as an eco-lab, modeling alternative wastewater solutions;
* surrounding communities to view our working model that will show how they can improve their own wastewater treatment efforts...
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http://colombiasolidarity.org
http://www.anncol.org/uk/site/index.php
http://cokewatch.org
http://colombiasolidarity.org.uk
http://www.narconews.com/Issue40/article1644.html
http://guerrillanews.com
http://informationclearinghouse.info
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Latin America Working Group
http://lawg.org
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Center for International Policy
http://ciponline.org
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Institute for Sustainable Futures
http://www.isf.uts.edu.au
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http://compostartist.blogspot.com
http://earthfoot.org
http://outreach.psu.edu
http://www.sustainability-index.com
http://www.environmental-finance.com
ttp://www.policylink.org
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From:
Novozymes response to the state of the union 2/1/6
http://www.novozymes.com/cgi-bin/bvisapi.dll/press/press.jsp?id=35002&lang=en
...beyond the petroleum dependency and towards the bio-based society....production of transportation fuel...through...enzyme technology...residues such as corn stover...also capable of converting other biomass, such as wood chips and switch grass, into sugars for fuel...sustainable, biological solutions...
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http://www.cleanairnet.org
http://climatewire.org
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Community Outreach Partnership Center
http://pitt.edu/~copc
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Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
http://www.psats.org
..."Transit Revitalization Investment Districts"...transit-oriented development...
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http://www.housingalliancepa.org
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The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos
film by Claus Biegert
http://www.denkmal-film.com/abstracts/Secret.html
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http://pghimmigrantsfriends.blogspot.com
http://www.spiritualprogressives.org
http://www.geocities.com/priceanderson
http://www.justdemocracyblog.org
http://www.advancementproject.org/links.html
http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com
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National Lawyers Guild
http://nlg.org
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Planned Parenthood
http://ppfa.org
======
http://pghfoiegras.com
http://gourmetcruelty.com
http://stopforcefeeding.com.com
======
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
http://lirs.org
======
http://www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu
http://www.prospect.org
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Garfield Art Works
http://www.geocities.com/jeffersonpresents
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mothersalert.org
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An unexpected rise in strontium-90 in US deciduous teeth in the 1990s
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V78-49FXHJC-3&_coverDate=12%2F30%2F2003&_alid=130269004&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=5836&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a578cdf9e57dd176a0bfced5261bf0d1
The Science of The Total Environment
Volume 317, Issues 1-3 , 30 December 2003, Pages 37-51
Abstract
Joseph J. Mangano, Jay M. Gould, Ernest J. Sternglass, Janette D. Sherman, and William McDonnell
Radiation and Public Health Project
For several decades, the United States has been without an ongoing program measuring levels of fission products in the body. Strontium-90 (Sr-90) concentrations in 2089 deciduous (baby) teeth, mostly from persons living near nuclear power reactors, reveal that average levels rose 48.5% for persons born in the late 1990s compared to those born in the late 1980s. This trend represents the first sustained increase since the early 1960s, before atmospheric weapons tests were banned. The trend was consistent for each of the five states for which at least 130 teeth are available. The highest averages were found in southeastern Pennsylvania, and the lowest in California (San Francisco and Sacramento), neither of which is near an operating nuclear reactor. In each state studied, the average Sr-90 concentration is highest in counties situated closest to nuclear reactors. It is likely that, 40 years after large-scale atmospheric atomic bomb tests ended, much of the current in-body radioactivity represents nuclear reactor emissions.
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http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/WhyBuyLocal.htm
http://tenzingtsewang.com
http://foodroutes.org
http://www.tedrall.com
http://freedominfo.org/links.htm
======
National Labor Committee
http://nlcnet.org
======
People For the American Way
http://pfaw.org
======
http://www.wrct.org
http://stolenchildhoods.org
======
to end illegal child labor in the rug industry
http://www.rugmark.net
======
International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org
======
Pittsburgh Technology Council
http://www.pghtech.org/sitemap.asp
http://www.pghtech.org/AboutUs/alliances.asp
======
http://www.spaceandmotion.com
http://www.bankwatch.org
http://www.eomega.org/omega/support/wastewater/
...
Developed by John Todd, the Living Machine is based on the same natural science as estuaries - nature's own water filtration system. It comprises a series of holding tanks, each about 14 feet deep with a slightly different ecosystem, enclosed in a greenhouse. The system involves the use of plants and natural bacteria to break down waste by-products and purify the water, with the water becoming progressively cleaner during its one-to three-day journey through the tanks.
Wastewater enters the facility and flows into the first tank. Noxious gases from the raw sewage travel up through an 18-inch layer of soil and grasses, which break down the gases into odorless carbon dioxide and oxygen. As the sewage travels into the next tank, its strength has been lessened, and plants can grow in it. Oxygen encourages friendly bacteria growth on plant roots. The bacteria eat the carbon and other elements in the wastewater; snails clean the plant roots; fish swimming in the final tank illustrate the high level of purification achieved.
Also being considered is an additional component that would make use of a contained wetland. The wetland would function as a final filtration.
Additional Benefits. This filtration system reflects Omega's commitment to environmental stewardship, and moves us toward our goal of reducing water consumption and returning clean water into the eco-system. Through it, we will be able provide irrigation for our gardens and implement a gray water recovery system, greatly increasing the amount of water we reuse.
The project also offers Omega a new teaching tool. Catalog workshops will be designed around the ecological impact of our filtration system. In addition, we plan to invite
* area school children to learn about water purification and wetland composition during field trips and on-site classes;
* university students to use the new facility as an eco-lab, modeling alternative wastewater solutions;
* surrounding communities to view our working model that will show how they can improve their own wastewater treatment efforts...
======
http://colombiasolidarity.org
http://www.anncol.org/uk/site/index.php
http://cokewatch.org
http://colombiasolidarity.org.uk
http://www.narconews.com/Issue40/article1644.html
http://guerrillanews.com
http://informationclearinghouse.info
======
Latin America Working Group
http://lawg.org
======
Center for International Policy
http://ciponline.org
======
Institute for Sustainable Futures
http://www.isf.uts.edu.au
======
http://compostartist.blogspot.com
http://earthfoot.org
http://outreach.psu.edu
http://www.sustainability-index.com
http://www.environmental-finance.com
ttp://www.policylink.org
======
From:
Novozymes response to the state of the union 2/1/6
http://www.novozymes.com/cgi-bin/bvisapi.dll/press/press.jsp?id=35002&lang=en
...beyond the petroleum dependency and towards the bio-based society....production of transportation fuel...through...enzyme technology...residues such as corn stover...also capable of converting other biomass, such as wood chips and switch grass, into sugars for fuel...sustainable, biological solutions...
======
http://www.cleanairnet.org
http://climatewire.org
======
Community Outreach Partnership Center
http://pitt.edu/~copc
======
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
http://www.psats.org
..."Transit Revitalization Investment Districts"...transit-oriented development...
======
http://www.housingalliancepa.org
======
The Secret and the Sacred: Two Worlds at Los Alamos
film by Claus Biegert
http://www.denkmal-film.com/abstracts/Secret.html
======
======
http://pghimmigrantsfriends.blogspot.com
http://www.spiritualprogressives.org
http://www.geocities.com/priceanderson
http://www.justdemocracyblog.org
http://www.advancementproject.org/links.html
http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com
======
National Lawyers Guild
http://nlg.org
======
Planned Parenthood
http://ppfa.org
======
http://pghfoiegras.com
http://gourmetcruelty.com
http://stopforcefeeding.com.com
======
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
http://lirs.org
======
http://www.fordinstitute.pitt.edu
http://www.prospect.org
======
Garfield Art Works
http://www.geocities.com/jeffersonpresents
======
mothersalert.org
======
An unexpected rise in strontium-90 in US deciduous teeth in the 1990s
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V78-49FXHJC-3&_coverDate=12%2F30%2F2003&_alid=130269004&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=5836&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a578cdf9e57dd176a0bfced5261bf0d1
The Science of The Total Environment
Volume 317, Issues 1-3 , 30 December 2003, Pages 37-51
Abstract
Joseph J. Mangano, Jay M. Gould, Ernest J. Sternglass, Janette D. Sherman, and William McDonnell
Radiation and Public Health Project
For several decades, the United States has been without an ongoing program measuring levels of fission products in the body. Strontium-90 (Sr-90) concentrations in 2089 deciduous (baby) teeth, mostly from persons living near nuclear power reactors, reveal that average levels rose 48.5% for persons born in the late 1990s compared to those born in the late 1980s. This trend represents the first sustained increase since the early 1960s, before atmospheric weapons tests were banned. The trend was consistent for each of the five states for which at least 130 teeth are available. The highest averages were found in southeastern Pennsylvania, and the lowest in California (San Francisco and Sacramento), neither of which is near an operating nuclear reactor. In each state studied, the average Sr-90 concentration is highest in counties situated closest to nuclear reactors. It is likely that, 40 years after large-scale atmospheric atomic bomb tests ended, much of the current in-body radioactivity represents nuclear reactor emissions.
======
http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/WhyBuyLocal.htm
http://tenzingtsewang.com
http://foodroutes.org
http://www.tedrall.com
http://freedominfo.org/links.htm
======
National Labor Committee
http://nlcnet.org
======
People For the American Way
http://pfaw.org
======
http://www.wrct.org
http://stolenchildhoods.org
======
to end illegal child labor in the rug industry
http://www.rugmark.net
======
International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org
======
Pittsburgh Technology Council
http://www.pghtech.org/sitemap.asp
http://www.pghtech.org/AboutUs/alliances.asp
======
http://www.spaceandmotion.com
http://www.bankwatch.org
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