Imagine Our Algae Future. Visionary Algae Architecture and Landscape Designs. How will growing algae change the world and improve our lives? Imagine our future living in cities where buildings are covered with photosynthetic skins and vertical gardens, collecting the sun's energy and producing food and energy for urban citizens. Imagine greening desert coastlines and producing food for millions of people. Imagine algae systems that recycle polluting wastes into high value animal food, fuel and biofertilizers. This book reviews algae production, products and potential today and showcases some of the amazing visions of our future from the International Algae Competition. Our future with algae offers rich and diverse opportunities that will impact every aspect of our lives. International Algae Competition is a global challenge to design our future with algae food and energy systems. As a participatory design game, Algae Competition invited global citizens from around the world to design their own future with the foods they eat, systems that grow algae, and landscapes and cityscapes they dream of living in. 140 participants responded, representing 40 countries, and they submitted some amazing designs, projects and food ideas. Growing algae offers a future beyond scarcity toward sustainability and abundance. Here’s a peek into this future. Imagine Our Algae Future chapters 1. Introduction 2. Algae Production, Products & Potential Today 3. International Algae Competition Awards Exhibits from the International Algae Competition 4. Algae Production Systems 5. Visionary Architecture and Landscape Designs 6. Algae Food Development and Recipes 7. References and Author Biographies
Robert has been a green business entrepreneur for over 30 years in sustainable businesses for algae, bamboo and natural resources.
In 2011 he launched the International Algae Competition: A Global Challenge to Design Visionary Algae Food and Energy Systems. He is co-author of the book "Imagine Our Algae Future - Visionary Algae Architecture and Landscape Designs" in 2012 (AlgaeCompetition.com).
Robert was the creator and director of the International Bamboo Building Design Competition (BambooCompetition.com). He is co-author of the book "Bamboo Architecture in Competition and Exhibition" in 2011 (BambooSun.com).
He authored the book "Spirulina World Food" in 2010, previously "Earth Food Spirulina", translated into 6 international editions. (SpirulinaSource.com).
He is currently an Algae Alliance consultant on business development, branding, sales and marketing, advising companies and investors in algae ventures. (AlgaeAlliance.com).
Robert is a photographer (Panmagic.com) and documentary filmmaker, and produced the DVD series Folding Time and Space at Burning Man (Folding-Time.com). Co-Owner of Hana Gardenland, a botanical paradise retreat in Hana Maui (HanaPalmsRetreat.com) and Wild Thyme Farm, a sustainable forestry and permaculture farming eco-community near Olympia Washington. (WildThymeFarm.com).
