Bioeconomy 101: Cultivating Iowa's 'Photosynthetic Space'

Lou Licht patented a process using poplar trees for phytoremediation. On Tuesday, the North Liberty entrepreneur was a keynote speaker at a "Bioeconomy" conference called "Keep it Small Keep it All: Cultivating the Bioeconomy at the Local Scale."

Licht's introductory address at the University of Iowa's Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination conference was a rapid-fire run-down of his personal history including: a run-through of synectic brainstorming and problem-solving; an abbreviated history of his family's farm in Lowden, Ia.; the backstory on his company, Ecolotree; and some application examples of Ecolotree's phytoremediation methods using poplar trees grown in Iowa.

http://www.ecolotree.com
http://www.cheec.uiowa.edu/

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• pollution
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• photosynthetic
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• usa
• wildlife

[indiangator1]

This is powerful world-changing stuff! Keep up the great work, Lou!

[saintmj57]

AWESOME !!!!

[Pintos21]

Interesting stuff.