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AI for Land Degradation & Soil Monitoring 🛰️ Land degradation is a global crisis, reducing soil fertility, increasing erosion, and weakening the land’s ability to store carbon. But machine learning + remote sensing are transforming how we assess and regenerate degraded lands. 1. Mapping Degradation – AI-driven models analyze soil erosion, vegetation loss, and organic carbon depletion from satellite data to classify severity levels. 2. Forecasting Future Risks – ML predicts where and how fast degradation will spread, helping target restoration efforts before damage worsens. 3. AI for Restoration Planning – By combining climate, soil, and land use data, ML allows for data-driven decision making for optimizing strategies in restoring degraded land. 4. Monitoring Progress – Time-series ML models track regrowth, erosion reduction, and carbon accumulation, ensuring long-term impact. AI won’t solve land degradation alone. But it makes land restoration scalable, proactive, and measurable—a key tool for carbon markets, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture. We can’t wait to share with you our upcoming AI regeneration models at Earth Plus! Stay tuned, they are coming soon! 🤩

Wonderful to see such big business action for a PFAS ban!

The Secret is in the Soil. Without soil everything else is obsolete: health, economy, human civilisation… 1. It’s soil that nurtures plants, before they even sprout. Soil keeps them healthy and thriving. We don’t see it, but the secret is below the ground. And so is 25% of world biodiversity. 2. It’s soil that nurtures us too, through the food that we eat and water that we drink. Just think how long we can survive without eating. 8 to 20 days? No soil = no food = no us. 3. It’s soil that is the foundation of our thriving future. No businesses, no political disputes, no technological breakthroughs will matter, if there is no soil. Not even AI. The secret of life is in the soil. That’s why we are so passionate about soils and land restoration at Earth Plus. That’s why we are working hard with our partners: - to clean industrial soils from chemicals like PFAS, - and to restore agricultural lands for better fertility and yields. Because without soil everything else is obsolete. The secret is in the soil.

Bravo, Patagonia, for stopping PFAS use from spring 2025! As said in this video, even though ‘forever chemicals’ have very useful water repellent properties and are very efficient from an engineering point of view. They’ve become a human issue. Because their production process pollutes the environment. They do not decompose in nature. They are in our water, our soils and our food. They are in our bodies. If we don’t stop using them apart from critical applications (about 8% of current use) & clean up the existing pollution, the issue will only become much bigger. One study said: we’ll need more than a global GDP to clean them. At Earth Plus we are passionate about cleaning PFAS from soils together with our partner, C-biotech. We have a proprietary nature-based technology to extract PFAS from soils with plants. It’s the first phytoremediation solution in the world that works 5x faster & is 3x cheaper than alternatives! If your company is working with PFAS or used to work with it, send us a message today. Let’s do a meaningful project together! 💪🌱

Today the presentation of our bio-based pole at the Trafiroad NV road show for cities! With the support of Tony Marien and Sébastien Boclinville from PONCELET. Let's focus on more sustainable cities. C-biotech Earth Plus

We grew a chair from mycelium! 🍄 Just 7 days. And from mycelium spores, hemp and love, we made a chair to sit on! If we can grow a chair, imagine what else we can do: packaging, furniture, even entire homes! Mycelium is the material of the future! A way to break free from fossil fuels. And while we focus on ‘serious’ innovations like building insulation, this chair is a fun way to prove that everything is possible! Let’s grow our future together. 🌱 C-biotech  

New PFAS project, we are excited!

Hemp for a Green Economy 🌱 Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is reclaiming its place as a key player in the green economy, offering innovative solutions to environmental and industrial challenges. In a review literature in 2019, researchers highlight the remarkable potential of hemp in areas such as construction, plastic composites, nutrition, textiles and biofuels— - a sustainable alternative to many synthetic and non-renewable materials. The key findings from the Review: 🏡 Carbon-negative construction: hemp-based materials provide carbon sequestration, insulation and durability, making it a superior alternative to conventional building materials. 🪧 Biocomposites: hemp fibers offer lightweight and durable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics already used in various industries, including automotive. 🌱 Nutrient-rich powerhouse: hemp seeds contain all 21 amino acids, essential fatty acids (omega 3 & 6) and high-quality protein, making them a superfood for human and animal nutrition. 👚 Textiles & paper: stronger than cotton and naturally resistant to pests, hemp offers an environmentally friendly alternative for the production of textiles and high-quality paper. 🚘 Biofuel revolution: hemp-based biodiesel and ethanol could reduce dependence on fossil fuels while improving air quality. As the global industry searches for sustainable alternatives, hemp can serve as a catalyst for innovation and reduce our dependence on synthetic and non-renewable resources. The revival of industrial hemp is not just an economic opportunity — it’s an environmental necessity. Reference: doi:10.3906/bot-1907-15 🚀 What do you think about the future of hemp? Could it become the basis for a truly circular bio-economy? Let’s discuss it! 👇

Did you know: soil monitoring is a key tool for climate change mitigation? Soils are not only the foundation of ecosystems, but also play a crucial role in climate change mitigation by storing vast amounts of carbon. With remote sensing techniques, we can track and analyze soil health to produce effective solutions combating climate change effects and sources. Remote sensing soil analysis impacts: - Carbon Sequestration Potential: Healthy soils store carbon for long periods, helping to reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Remote sensing helps us measure how much carbon is being stored. - Soil Moisture Monitoring: Keeping track of moisture levels ensures that soils remain resilient against droughts, aiding in carbon storage and agricultural productivity. - Erosion Detection: Preventing soil erosion protects carbon-rich soil from being lost to wind and water. - Salinity Mapping: Identifying high-salinity areas allows for targeted restoration and preserves soil’s ability to sequester carbon. Through soil monitoring and analysis, we can utilize soil’s full potential to create sustainable, climate-positive solutions that not only combat climate change but also ensure long-term environmental health. Have you used remote sensing for monitoring of your soils yet? Image source: https://lnkd.in/eBHJF4d5

🚨 Game-Changer in the Fight Against PFAS! 🚨 - VIDEO WILL APPEAR AUTOMATICALLY HERE ON FEB 18TH AT 14:00 CET.   PFAS contamination—once thought to be an unsolvable problem—is no match for nature and innovation! 🌱💡   Six months ago, C-biotech, SGS and DEME Group collaborated to launch a groundbreaking PFAS soil cleanup project at Campus Vesta (Ranst). The results? Nothing short of astonishing: ✅ 67% reduction in contamination in just 4 months—powered by plants, trees and innovative soil additives. ✅ On the most polluted plots, PFAS levels fell from 13-29 micrograms to only 4.5-13 micrograms. ✅ Two-thirds of the site is now below the Flemish remediation threshold (3.8 micrograms).   🌍 This is sustainable, scalable and happening NOW! 🌍   🎯 Want to see how this works? Join our live online event on February 18th at 2 PM to hear the full story behind these results—and how this method could work for your site too!   🔗 Register now and be part of the future of PFAS cleanup. The video of the event will appear automatically here. No need to log in anywhere.   👉 Dealing with PFAS contamination? Let’s talk! Reach out today: 📧 https://lnkd.in/eT-6xU38