MIT Solve

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

GreenTech ORG

One-line solution summary:

Use of biotechnology to generate the scarce resources leading to exhaustion and destruction of many ecosystems

Pitch your solution.

The problem relating to high demand for food, timber,energy and locomotives are some that Green Tech is committed to tackle to solve the worlds ecosystem. Use of genetically modified trees for faster growth and high quality timber and paper production will save many ecosystems if adopted well and positively. It will involve use of the best tree varieties with the best traits to give required productivity within shortest time possible. Adoption of modern agricultural practices such as hydroponics, greenhouses and silos to produce and store enough food for both humans and livestock using biotech varieties and modern storage systems. These will save on use of large tracts of land however, satisfying the food demand for all. Storage systems such Silos/silage making and using fermentation enzymes to generate livestock feed that can be used for long period of time. Encouraging use of solar, windmill, geothermal and biodiesel sources of energy.

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What specific problem are you solving?

Production of productive plants and tree varieties for food, timber production. These is by using selection of hybrid traits that mature faster and give high quality and high quantity production results. Use of available land for farming in Kenya can feed entire Africa alone if used properly without destruction of forests for agricultural practices. Green tech will use gene guns, polymerase chain reaction machines for gene amplifications, plasmids, bacteriophages for gene expressions, gene markers for genetically modified breed selection, legal and consumer engagement platforms .Green tech research institute that will engage several scientists at Green Tech to save our ecosystem through research and educating communities, governments on way to use best plant and tree varieties to satisfy our demand for food and timber. The laboratory will include young scientists in ensuring our objective runs smoothly if Green tech wins. We will also engage on the best storage mechanisms for food using smart preservation techniques involving use of enzymes for fermentation.

What is your solution?

My solution is on saving land overuse, forest ecosystem destruction and satisfying the demand for the limited resources(food,timber,livestock feed and grazing areas) that leads to this conflict. It is a laboratory and institute for making the best hybrids for healthy, highly productive seeds,seedlings for plant and tree varieties involved in food and timber production. It will be involved in production, educating and advising communities on use of best varieties of trees for timber and plant varieties for food and cash. It works by using science and biotechnological tools to select and develop best varieties.Green tech will use gene guns, polymerase chain reaction techniques for
gene amplifications, plasmids, bacteriophages for gene expressions and gene markers for selection, legal and consumer engagement platform.We will also engage on the best storage mechanisms for food storage using smart biotechnology enzymes for fermenting silage and energy sources such as methanol. Green tech will use biotech to develop bio bees for plant pollination and honey production.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

My solutions serves humanity as it offers satisfying their unlimited demand for food, timber and land using the available maximally using biotechnology to serve the same demands overwhelmingly thus saving, protecting and building new ecosystems. Builders, agriculturalists and farmers will earn huge benefit from Green Tech as it will inform and offer them with productive biotech methods that will improve their lives without interfering with forests for timber and agricultural use.

Green Tech is accessing farmers need through seminars and webinars and offering them our solutions so that they buy our ideas and utilize them for the sake of our future generations.

Currently builders are heavily depending on forests for timber and farmers searching more arable land for agricultural use instead of employing greenhouses and improved plant technology .

Green tech will aid in developing fast maturing tree varieties for timber and food as well as more productive varieties.It will also engage on best storage practices to reduce wastage.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Create scalable economic opportunities for local communities, including fishing, timber, tourism, and regenerative agriculture, that are aligned with thriving and biodiverse ecosystems

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

Building and developing a resilient ecosystem will highly be influenced by satisfying human needs amicably that lead to destruction of these ecosystems. Some of these needs/demands include timber, food and energy. Using the available space or land for agriculture and settling in conjunction with biotechnology and science to multiply productivity of these demands will be easily and comfortably be met without further interfering with the ecosystems.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Thika, Kenya

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

Mine is an idea that developed since I was doing my undergraduate. I had it written on paper and printed and I believed that one day i will venture into it when the right time comes. Currently am working on savings and once i get enough resources i will buy gene guns, electroplate, PCR devices to start my laboratory here in Thika. Thanks to this type of challenges that allow one to express their mind and gives hope on one day dreams come true.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Josphat Kabugi Mwangi