Archived Projects

Included here are the introductions to the three primary Project pages which were featured on the previous version of this website.

Also, from those same Project pages, we have included the links to the related blogs which can now be found within the Previous Blogs pages.

Blue-Green: A New Perspective

At age five, a young scientist began growing local algae, samples of which he had gathered at a nearby pond.  He grew the algae — a food he liked — on glass plates inserted into an aquarium.  Three years later, when he was eating algae at a stream in the New England woods near his home, a Native American saw him.  What are you doing?" the elder asked.  The elder told him about an Oregon lake where, for centuries, indigenous tribes had annually gathered and dried algae for food.  The young visionary, David, knew that he wanted to grow this unique algae himself; he foresaw a time of critical global change when algae could become one of the essential sources of nutrition.  Ten years later, at 18, David began studying the AFA Blue-Green Microalgae in its lake habitat.  With his diverse scientific training,  David brings an unusual and well developed perspective to the growing of AFA Blue-Green Microalgae as head of R&D for Green Oasis Now.

aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA microalgae) image, with words: Nutrient Rich

Heart Greenhouse: Demonstrating Possibility

The family gardening procedures which so interested David — our head of R&D — as a child were natural techniques which later became known as organic.  What was grown in the gardens was complimented by foraging which was abundantly possible in the New England countryside during his childhood.  His family knew where to annually find various fruits, berries, fungi, nuts, roots and seeds.  As a child he learned grafting and pruning techniques first-hand from his grandmothers.  He also worked seasonally in floral greenhouses.  In his early teens he became an apprentice tree surgeon and worked in orchard pruning.  As a young visionary he realized that, while all of these practices were as effective as they could be for their time, they would become ineffective in a changing environment.  As part of that change, he foresaw a future need for sustainable year-round indoor agricultural environments which would accommodate a rich diversity.

water droplets on close-up green leaf image, with words: New Possibility

Honeybee Habitats

For centuries, as is emphasized in numerous mythologies globally, women were the beekeepers.  This tradition was continued by David's grandmothers.  In autumn when tall grasses were cut, the flexible grass was braided into ropes and coiled into conical hives.  These hives were prepared in advance so that the bees could be easily transferred to a new hive during the honey harvesting process.  The historical harvesting technique was one of natural calmness — without protective clothing or smoking the bees.  As a small child, under his grandmothers' watchful eyes, David was very interested in all of the family gardening procedures.  A few years later — as a young scientist — he could see that there was a practical way to give bees more comfort and require less effort from them while also making honey harvesting non-intrusive, easy and effective.  These early observations were the foundational R&D for the Honeybee Habitats.

honeybee and yellow flowers

Other areas of focus which were featured on the previous version of this website are:

Environment (including Forests of the Future)

Sustainable Renewable Energy

Closed-Loop Systems

Carbon Capture Technology