The Magic of Bio-Cascading

The core principle of biocascading is to view any single plant as a source for many useful substances, and to extract the most intelligent and varied applications of said substances. This way, a plant becomes the raw material for many production processes that follow in succession and lead to a number of practical and valuable products.

This chain of multiple uses ends invariably in a final material that is thoroughly compostable (thus creating biological fertilizers and closing the cycle back to the original point of rebirth), or as a combustible substance that is capable of power generation. This process includes disassembling all organic matter back to CO2, H2O and energy, and releasing them back to be available for plant growth. This way no waste is generated.

Here is a concrete example from the Stonefruitkernel-project we are currently implementing:

 

Stonefruitkernel-project

 

Bio-cascading is a conceptual tool that is able to achieve different future-oriented goals of production processes while at the same time making a lot of economic sense. It can be applied to cultivated crops as well as allowing a non-destructive use of natural forrests or landscapes:

  • Organic bi-products previously considered "waste" become a high-value raw material.
  • All the photosynthetic outputs of plants are being enhanced in a way that generate a lot of added value. Thus, the income potential for the primary producers (farmers) is greatly enhanced.
  • The limited resource "land" (or "ecological space" to be more precise) is used more rationally, because a complete range of plant synthetics and stored solar power are used besides primary consumption. This reduces the ecological footprint of mankind.
  • The issues associated with renewable resources and the disposal of consumed goods are resolved in a very elegant way.
  • The need for complicated, expensive and often contaminating chemical synthesis is eliminated, as the much more advanced, clean and refined art of biological synthesis is celebrated.
  • The need for finite fossil materials from overseas is reduced and local materials gain predominance. The need for expensive and contaminating "around the world" logistics are eliminated, and a remarkable step toward the solar era is achieved.

Biocascading
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