ReefCycle

Interested in regenerative design? We're thrilled to participate in Planted Community's Bio-Spaces exhibition at the Roca London Gallery. Stop by to learn more the role of nature-based design in building regenerative, resilient futures.

Our team visited the What Design Can Do offices in Amsterdam last week to kick off the ReDesign Everything Challenge. What an honor to meet the other creative entrepreneurs participating in the accelerator and to share our creative climate solution on the WDCD Live stage. Thank you Tugce Akbulut, Paula Robitsch, Pepijn Zurburg, Xander Straat, IKEA Foundation and the rest of the WDCD team for organizing the event, which included a design take-over of Amsterdam's iconic Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. We're thrilled to be joining this international cohort of adaptive, circular, and regenerative climate solutions! Looop Can, @germinatorium, Cellsense, ForestGuard, Architecture for Dialogue, Polybion, namita bhatnagar, Carla Rotenberg Taboada, SECRID Stay tuned as we accelerate our solutions through the transformative, disruptive, and healing power of design.

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We are thrilled to share an incredible milestone in our journey towards a climate resilient NYC coastline! In collaboration with our amazing partners at Billion Oyster Project and OpenIDEO, we retrieved bio-concrete samples from the New York Harbor that have successfully recruited wild oysters. 🌊🦪 This breakthrough signifies two major achievements: Healthy Marine Ecosystem: The presence of these wild oysters highlights the remarkable progress in the health of the harbor's ecosystem, thanks to the efforts of the Billion Oyster Project with volunteer citizen scientists in NYC. Success of Bio-Cement: Our bio-concrete has not only attracted oyster larvae but also withstood the harsh harbor environment for over a year, proving its durability and effectiveness. We are beyond excited about what this study means for the future of clean materials and low-emission coastal restoration. Below are pictures showcasing wild baby oysters attached and growing on Reef Cycle's bio-concrete samples. The white material you see around the shells is "spat," a natural glue produced by oysters to grow their reefs and shells. Our bio-concrete leverages enzymes to mimic this durable material, creating bio-compatible and resilient marine construction materials that can fortify our coastlines for generations to come. Together, we're building a brighter, more sustainable future for our coastlines! 🌍💚 #ClimateResiliency #MarineRestoration #PlantPower #ReefCycle #BillionOysterProject #CleanMaterials #BioConcrete #CoastalRestoration

🌊🌍 To celebrate #WorldOceansDay, we're shining a spotlight on the mighty oyster and the incredible efforts of our partners at the Billion Oyster Project in restoring oyster populations to New York Harbor. Once among the world’s most diverse and dynamic ecosystems, New York Harbor was home to 220,000 acres of oyster reefs. These oysters played a crucial role in filtering water, improving biodiversity, and absorbing wave energy, functioning as a natural storm barrier. Today, the nonprofit Billion Oyster Project is working with communities across the five boroughs to restore one billion oysters to New York Harbor by 2035. In collaboration with them, we’re testing ReefCycle’s enzymatically-grown cement reef restoration modules in New York Harbor to enhance climate resiliency efforts. Last summer, we retrieved samples and prototypes from the Red Hook and Governors Island waterfronts to count the oyster larvae that successfully attached to ReefCycle’s bio-cement. Now, these nature-grown and bio-active structures are submerged underwater, providing a habitat for oysters and other marine life. Join us in supporting this vital initiative and celebrating the power of oysters in protecting our oceans! 🌊🦪 #OysterRestoration #ClimateResilience #BillionOysterProject

A huge shoutout to my good friend Mary Lempres for her amazing work at ReefCycle. I am truly in awe of her creativity and passion for solving some of the most complex environmental challenges we face (and will continue to face). ReefCycle is revolutionizing the building material industry with its low carbon biocement, tackling a traditionally hard-to-abate sector that is responsible for 8% of carbon emissions worldwide. Their first deployment, ReefRocket, in partnership with the Billion Oyster Project demonstrates what is possible through community-based environmental interventions and co-design. Here, modular artificial reef structures have been piloted in the NY Harbor, demonstrating the application and durability of Reefcycle's biocement in the harshest of environments. The possibilities with this technology are endless from enabling climate resilience to carbon sequestration. I am so excited to follow along in their journey with What Design Can Do and beyond. #climateresilience #biocement #builtenvironment

How might we empower frontline communities to prevent, prepare for and recover from the most urgent climate-related disasters; such as, wildfires, floods and extreme weather? Our application of ReefCycle's #plantpowered cement as Reef Rocket, a reef restoration module designed with Billion Oyster Project, was named a Climate Resiliency Solution by IDEO and AAA. Read more about how our low emissions cement is empowering climate resilience against coastal natural hazards. #reefrocket #moonshot

As a scientist, technologist, and entrepreneur, I have seen the best inventions and innovations become tangible products and viable business models through the power of transdisciplinary collaborations. #ReefRocket and #Biocement intersect with design thinking, structural mechanics, and material science. Bravo Mary Lempres for your bold idea, team collaboration, and passion for challenging the status quo to bring about positive change for humanity. Keep Soaring! #SustainableDesign #BioCement #Innovation #ClimateAction #designthinking #materials #cementindustry

Decarbonizing the cement industry is a critical and complex challenge, requiring systems-level change that reimagines both the fossil-fuel-dependent, high-energy requirements and the inherent chemical processes of industrial cement production. Low-emissions concrete is vital for transitioning to net-zero emissions, especially as concrete demand is set to increase by 2050. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we’re scaling nature-inspired solutions to grow cement sustainably, as nature has done for millennia: utilizing carbon as a building block for a new chemical reaction and eliminating fossil fuel combustion from cement production. 🌱 https://lnkd.in/dZmTYBGh

🌿 Who needs factories when you've got Mother Nature's R&D lab? 🌱 Nature's been churning out top-notch materials for eons, and it's about time we start taking notes. From the mighty oyster to the resilient coral, nature's got material production down to an art form. And here's the kicker: it does it all without harming our planet. That's why we're taking a leaf out of nature's playbook to revolutionize material production. Because why settle for second best when you can learn from the original master? Learn more about how we are designing with nature ⏬ https://lnkd.in/e9g6utn9

Imagine a future where we flip the script on material production. Instead of plundering the earth for resources, we're tapping into the boundless potential of nature itself. Join us as we cement the world's low-carbon materials future. Our first creation, Reef Rocket, is just the beginning. https://lnkd.in/eAWw4RWQ