#carbon fixing

[futurebird]

The latest video from "Crime Pays Botany Doesn't" is all about how grasslands fix carbon and the impressive root systems of perennial wild plants.

If you don't watch CPBD you should, it's your one stop show for all the botany you need to know!

[hennethgalad]

‘It’s almost carbon-negative’: how hemp became a surprise building material

Proponents of the material tout its non-toxic and mould, fire and infestation-resistant properties

"By some estimates, hemp can capture up to 15 tonnes of CO2 per hectare, through photosynthesis. Hemp cultivation taking up only 25% of the world’s agricultural land used for dairy and livestock would close the UN emissions gap of 23 gigatons of CO2 annually."

see also bamboo