MBA#05 István Kenyeres. Decentralized small scale watertreatment systems as solution for off the grid waste water treatment for local (coastal) communities?

Masters of Beautiful Achievements

Welcome to the Masters of Beautiful Achievements Academy . In each episode Alexander Prinsen interviews Guests about how solutions, “Inspired by Nature”, can provide sustainable opportunities for our future challenges. Since 2013 Alexander Prinsen is globally researching sustainable business models and innovations. T In today's Episode Alexander Prinsen interviews István Kenyeres, Founder of Biopolus about the Future of Waste Water Systems and Rebirthing of Water. About István Kenyeres https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.istvan.kenyeres https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyeres/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Istvan_Kenyeres 2:40 Biopolus website: www.biopolus.org/ Biomakery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvXRCTty9k&t=17s 4:30 Technology Platform http://www.biopolus.org/technology/ The Power of Water (Dutch) https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2013-2014/de-kracht-van-water.html - 36.40 5:25 Urban Metabolic Hubs – Biomakeries http://www.biopolus.org/challenge/ Urban Metabolism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_metabolism Urban Metabolism: A Review of Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Study https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.5b03060?src=recsys 08:25 Open Innovation Platform 08:55 Metabolic Network Reactor System https://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/data/images/%C5%B0rlapok%20ki%C3%A1ll%C3%ADt%C3%B3khoz/BIOPOLUS.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_network 09:05 John Todd – Living Machine [1] https://news.psu.edu/story/140601/2000/09/01/research/living-machine http://www.toddecological.com/index.php?id=services 11:30 John Todd – Living Machine [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_machine http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu16se/uu16se0d.htm 13:50 Artificial Root structures & Sub Ecosystems 16:50 Effluent water becomes Spring Quality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effluent 18:00 Decentralised & Hub System approach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_wastewater_system https://www.wateronline.com/doc/the-water-revolution-moving-to-a-decentralized-system-0001 20:10 Circularity Challenges – Create closed habitat Returning of matter (including harm full ones) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_ecological_system https://www.wired.com/2016/02/the-strange-messy-history-of-self-sustaining-habitats/ http://www.spacestationresearch.com/tag/closed-habitat/ http://closedhabitatsforum.esa.int/ 21:45 Physics first, than biology and finally chemical solutions How to clean waste water systems. 23:20 Circularity Mindset - Example Samantha Cristoforetti - Italian European Space Agency astronaut, 25:10 Monastery & Trappist brewery Koningshoeven The Netherlands 26:10 Rebirthing of Water See also my conversation with Curt Hallberg: https://youtu.be/QED8yCbGW0w 28:00 MELiSSA European Space Agency Closed Loop Research 35:00 Metabolic Network Hubs – Cellular System 36:00 Urban Planning – Urban Cellular Cells 37:50 Projects Trappist brewery water recycling system Strijp-S Industrial Redevelopment – Eindhoven - 43:25 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/FAMU-signs-agreement-to-create-ecologically-engineered-energy-water-waste-facility-419315924.html 44:45 Ted Talk Istvan http://www.tedxdanubia.com/videos/going-to-mars-healing-the-earth-istvan-kenyeres-tedxdanubia-1 Ellen MacArthur Foundation Summit 2017 : https://youtu.be/BmQ5ifkkBAU 48:00 Entrepreneurship Lessons 49:35 Arthur Rimbaud – French Poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud Poet as a Chair 53:45 Creative Ecologist Ecosystems are adaptive, evolving, dynamic, resilient and thus moving into a direction. Creativity: find the solution which is not there. Seeing the missing part for the system Discovery the void which can be filled 56.40 One Straw Revolution – Masanobu Fukuoka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka 58:50 Urban City Planning Challenges 01:01:00 City Doctor