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Climate Foundation
The Climate Foundation
113 Cherry Street number 48631, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
Region Active:
Global
Non-profit
Activity
Marine vegetation, Kelp farming, Ocean farming, Climate change
Description
The Climate Foundation is dedicated to moderate and reverse the effects of climate change in critical ecosystems. Their current focus is on Marine Permaculture with a view to the large-scale regeneration and open-ocean cultivation of kelp forests, both for food security and for carbon dioxide sequestration. They are working to restore the necessary circulation in the oceans which has been negatively affected by ocean warming, through wave- and solar-powered deep water pumps that sustain conditions conducive to forest growth. This technology is already being deployed in the Philippines, thereby restoring productivity to seaweed farms. Additional projects include one which involves reversing coral bleaching,