A student at Columbia asked us after a TEd X Dumbo presentation in 2012, “How many mud balls would it take to clean the Gowanus and how much would that cost?”. The best answer would take careful study with pros who have remediated other large systems. However, Shig took the time to create an answer. […]
“Help Ensure Gowanus Cleanup Includes Toxic and Sewage Overflows Riverkeeper and our Brooklyn partners celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to include sharp reductions in sewage overflows as part of the proposed Superfund cleanup targeting toxic waste in the Gowanus Canal. Tackling combined sewage overflow (CSO) discharges, which typically occur during rain and wash high volumes […]
Help test treat the Gowanus Canal with beneficial microorganisms! The microbial solution eats the waste, breaks down toxins and binds the metals so they can not be absorbed by living things. Double your money on IOBY this month! https://ioby.org/project/beneficial-mud-balls-gowanus Helping at the root of the problem for long-term benefits. The program includes: workshops and fun interactive […]
Yes, Mud Balls have been proven to do clean polluted waterways, ocean bays. lakes and rivers around the world. Large bays like Panang Bay was cleaned up in 3 years. Help us do a patch test in the Gowanus. With this we aim to substantiate a city wide clean up of our waterways using EM-1 […]
Expedition Gowanus. Here is a new venture.– a boat — a laboratory and showspace for do-it-yourself sustainability experiments. Moving up and down the Gowanus teaching sustainability. MoS will have to initiate a conversation on EM-1 use and mud balls edu and events. Every boat should use copious amounts of EM-1. Surrounded in a […]