[USCC] [B-ISA] Is the Science Barge Sustainable?

[John Cossham]

I loved the presentation about composting in Vietnam, but forgive my 
ignorance, what are 'BSF larvae'?
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Olivier" <paul.olivier at esrint.com>
To: <michael.bomford at kysu.edu>
Cc: <b-isa at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [USCC] [B-ISA] Is the Science Barge Sustainable?


> Michael,
>
> When I looked a bit further in the direction of your posting, I saw that 
> you
> are involved in some fantastic work. I recently (re-)posted these three
> presentations on the internet:
>
> This first is the presentation on BSF technology that you know quite well.
> It has been modified quite a bit.http://www.esrla.com/pdf/Brazil.pdf We 
> will
> soon be shipping a container of pods to the USA. There are new designs for
> the drainage of liquids, and we designed pallet racks specifically for
> supporting pods.
>
> The second is a presentation on a composting program I am organizing in 
> the
> highland areas of Vietnam. http://www.esrla.com/pdf/composting.pdf I am 
> out
> of my field here, but I have had some help from James Kalin and Mike 
> Richard
> of Louisiana. Here in the highlands of Dalat BSF are present, but in very
> small numbers. These compost bins will serve as seeding units for the vast
> cultivation of wild populations of BSF. Once BSF are present in large
> numbers, we will begin to install the bioconversion units to harvest the
> larvae.
>
> The third is about the recycling of residential waste in the USA and 
> Europe.
> It features my separation technology in the processing of residential
> shredder residue. http://www.esrla.com/pdf/rsr.pdf Municipalities in the 
> USA
> do not have to wait five or ten years to initiate a total landfill 
> avoidance
> program. This can begin now. However this concept presupposes the source
> separation of food waste as well as the source-separation of most 
> recyclable
> paper and cardboard. Here I introduce the idea of an aerated storage unit
> for food waste that does away with the need for its daily collection. You
> will see here a parallel with the Vietnam presentation. James Kalin is
> introducing this separation technology to the state of California, and 
> there
> is no better place in California than San Francisco.
>
> Many thanks.
> Paul
>
> -- 
> Paul A. Olivier
> 27c Pham Hong Thai, Ward 10
> Dalat City
> Lam Dong Province
> Vietnam
>
> Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam)
> Mobile: 0906941573 (in Vietnam)
> Mobile: 84-906941573 (outside Vietnam)
> Skype address: Xpolivier
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Bomford, Michael
> <michael.bomford at kysu.edu>wrote:
>
>>  Hello B-ISA folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Yesterday I posted a critique of the Science Barge project to the Energy
>> Farms blog (http://energyfarms.net). I thought it would be of interest to
>> the B-ISA group. Comments?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Bomford, PhD
>>
>> Principal Investigator, Organic / Sustainable Agriculture
>>
>> Community Research Service
>>
>> Kentucky State University
>>
>> 400 E. Main St., Frankfort KY 40601
>>
>>
>>
>> Phone: 502-597-5752
>>
>> Fax: 502-597-6381
>>
>> Email: michael.bomford at kysu.edu
>>
>> Web: http://organic.kysu.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> 


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