REVISED BUSINESS PLAN
Henry
Kroll WORKFORCE
TRAINING SCHOOL
Kenai,
Alaska 99611 hankkroll@gmail.com
INTEGRATED BIOSYSTEMS FOR A BETTER WORLD
Since the Gods gave us
dominion over the planet and Moses walked the land oxygen levels have fallen
from 26% to 20%, half of all plant and animal species are extinct, 2/3rds of
the rainforests have been cut down, half the oxygen producing plankton in the oceans
is missing, half the fish populations are gone, oceans are polluted with
plastic and oil, half of the continents have been turned into deserts, half of
all arable land is depleted of minerals, and most of the topsoil has been washed
downstream into the oceans. Thousands of tons of radioactive waste have been
dumped into the oceans. The Chernobyl meltdown contaminated most of the food in
the Soviet Union. Over five thousand nuclear bombs have been detonated
worldwide. Fukushima reactors are pumping out radiation with no end in sight.
Most of the land in the Middle East and Europe has been contaminated with
depleted uranium. For the human race to survive the next 100 years we need
to come up with a better plan.
A TSUNAMI OF
EXTINCTION by Thomas Lovejoy Scientific American January 2013—“The first
projection of specie extinctions came in 1980—a prediction I made in a report
for then President Carter. It concluded that the pace at which we were losing tropical
forests to logging and development would cause the extinction of 15 to 20
percent of all species by 2000. The calculation was not far off. Today’s red
list of Threatened Species, from the International Union for conservation of Nature
estimates that 13 percent of bird, 25 percent of mammal and 41 percent of amphibian
species face possible extinction. Many species are on a path to become what scientists
term “Living-Dead”—populations so small that extinction is inevitable. A century
from now most of the big carnivores--including lions, tigers, and cheetahs—will
probably exist only in zoos or wildlife areas so small as to be quasi zooz. The
same fate may await all rhinoceros and elephant species and our clost wild
relative: two gorilla species, orangutans and chimpanzees…..”
We are at a fork in
the road where we could witness the end of western civilization. We need to create jobs and follow in the
footsteps of the rest of the world by utilizing other sources of energy. This
will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and save lives, save resources and
eliminate wars. Corporate greed and our monetary system are partially to blame
for this destruction of the environment. Maybe we should take a closer look at
the Quaker and Mennonite methods of sustainable agriculture that doesn’t burden
the environment?
I envision small villages or colonies of
five to ten families each living in harmony with nature on five to forty acres
of land. Each colony will have one or more aquaponic greenhouse capable of
providing all the protein and plant nutrients with enough surpluses left over
to trade with populated areas to purchase farm equipment. Each colony will
utilize solar, wind and clean burning pellet stoves. Transportation costs
are reduced substantially. The consumption of oil for transportation and
plowing up the land will be reduced to a minimum. Sustainable agriculture
is one that doesn’t burden the environment. Little or no soil is used and the
only coal and oil burned will be in certain industrial centers for the
production of solar cells and machinery.
Fred Murkowski of the University of
Wisconsin Sea Grant is assisting Will Allen and other urban framers to develop
aquaponic systems that can produce fish protein along with greens for human
consumption. www.Seagrant.wisc.edu
also www.GrowingPower.org
One of Will Allen’s trade secrets is using
multilevel tiers above the fish tanks that effectively turn 3000 square feet of
space into 5000 square feet of growing area.
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