Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere | Summary and Q&A

TL;DR
An industrial engineer's journey from making cars to creating carbon-neutral forests, and the development of an open-source methodology for widespread forest-making.
Key Insights
- 🌳 Forests made using the Miyawaki methodology grow 10 times faster, are 30 times denser, and 100 times more biodiverse compared to conventional plantations.
- 🔬 The founder of the company learned the methodology from Dr. Akira Miyawaki and was inspired to create forests using the same acumen used in mainstream businesses.
- 🏭 The Toyota Production System was benchmarked for the process of forest-making, allowing for the creation of multi-layered forests that utilize 100 percent vertical space.
- 🌱 Local biomass is used as soil amender and fertilizers to reduce cost and carbon footprint, such as crushed coconut shells and rice straw mixed with organic manure.
- 💻 The company is developing an internet-based platform to share their methodology as an open source, allowing anyone to make their own forest using step-by-step instructions and remote soil testing.
- 🌍 The methodology has the potential to bring back native forests by empowering individuals to create forests on their own, even without the physical presence of the company.
- 💰 Forests can be created for the cost of an iPhone by utilizing cost-effective materials and methods.
- 🌍 Barren land has the potential to become a forest, and individuals are encouraged to consider the possibilities of afforestation.
Transcript
Read and summarize the transcript of this video on Glasp Reader (beta).
Questions & Answers
Q: How did the speaker first become interested in making forests?
The speaker became interested in making forests after meeting Dr. Akira Miyawaki, who came to their factory to create a forest and make it carbon-neutral.
Summary & Key Takeaways
-
The individual was initially focused on industrial engineering and making products efficiently until they learned about creating carbon-neutral forests from Dr. Akira Miyawaki.
-
They started making their own forest and observed numerous benefits, such as improved groundwater, increased biodiversity, better air quality, and the ability to harvest fruits.
-
They founded a company and used the Toyota Production System as a benchmark to standardize the process of creating forests, utilizing vertical space and local biomass to reduce costs and carbon footprint. They are now working on an internet-based platform to share their methodology.
Share This Summary 📚
Explore More Summaries from TED 📚





