The Guardian about the Seawater Greenhouse and the Sahara forest project
The UK newspaper The Guardian writes about the ambitious concept the Sahara forest project which is about using seawater and using solar power to grow food in the dessert. The concept uses Seawater Greenhouses as an integral component to make the dessert a sustainable food production facility.


posted by bjelkeman at 08:22

Akvo's web platform launched
The Akvo web platform was launched at World Water Week in Stockholm last week by Ms. Tineke Huizinga-Heringa, Secretary of State of the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. The Akvo platform which is in Beta, was launched with 27 pilot projects from over 40 different organisations. Akvo creates and shares internet tools that help to provide clean water and proper sanitation to those who today have none.
posted by bjelkeman at 07:33

Akvo raises half a million Euro
Akvo - the open source for water and sanitation - reached a major milestone on Wednesday, 18 March, when we secured Euro 535k of funding from a number of investors, including Netherlands Water Partnership, Partners for Water and UN-Habitat, allowing the project to go from a great idea to reality. Read more about it at the Akvo blog.
posted by bjelkeman at 10:23

The Observer video and article about the Seawater Greenhouse
The UK Sunday magazine The Observer has an article about Charlie Paton and a short video interview with him where he explains about the Seawater Greenhouse and how to bring an invention to the market.
posted by bjelkeman at 16:34

An interview with Thomas about Akvo, in Vrij Nederlands
The weekly magazine Vrij Nederland has an interview in with Thomas Bjelkeman. GreenOcean is one of the co-founders of Akvo, which is an amazing project to transform the way water and sanitation development is organised in the poorest parts of the world. If we do our job well, it will become the definitive, Internet-based, global online water and sanitation resource and collaborative platform.
posted by bjelkeman at 16:03

The Economist about Seawater Greenhouse technology
The weekly news magazine The Economist has an article about how architects are borrowing design ideas from nature. It focuses on Michael Pawlyn, an architect at Grimshaw, who used Seawater Greenhouse technology for their Teatro del Agua.
posted by bjelkeman at 19:25

Seawater Greenhouse in Holland Herald
Holland Herald, the KLM inflight magazine has a cute impression of the Seawater Greenhouse in a recent issue (June 2007).


posted by bjelkeman at 18:07

Green Futures about sustainable entrepreneurship
In the UK magazine Green Futures Fiona Harvey writes about clean-tech entrepreneurship. She mentions both our Seawater Greenhouse project as well as our water and sanitation project: Akvo.

posted by bjelkeman at 11:29