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Do you just come in here and stroke the moss? she laughs. when im stressed. they laugh. whats cool about moss is that this plant doesnt have roots, so they can capture all nutrients through the walls leaves, or leaf surface. so, you can imagine, like, the normal plants, it takes the nutrients from the earth — but this moss, it can capture everything. the second thing is, like every plant, moss can absorb c02, because it needs for photosynthesis, for the energy. but the benefit is the density o...

And by binding those pollutants, we also help to decelerate climate change. youll already see these biofilters in several cities around the world, although you might not have realised that youre sitting in front of a load of moss. and to make sure the moss is as effective and long—lived as possible, the health of each moss mat can be monitored from ho. an algorithm can control the irrigation, depending on the individual conditions. so, in the future, i would envision that many buildings and th...

And only after i came back, i realised, "hey, theres definitely a connection to the air quality in china and my personal health". thats when it clicked and i realised i have to do something about the air quality in cities. for the past eight years, green city solutions have been growing moss up to 15 times faster than in nature. each moss mat takes just under 12 weeks to grow. and i have to say, theres something very soothing about being in their greenhouse. do you just come in here and stroke t...

The plant acts a lot like a human lung, whose high surface area can absorb a lot of the air in one go. and just like the lungs of a smoker, which end up getting blackened by tar, moss could act like the lungs of a city, eventually being covered in the stuff that we dont want to breathe. so, this is from our one active product. and the black bits are the... exactly. this is the fine dust, or particles from polluted air. and these are the green cells. and it means that the moss is still healthy, b...

The idea of using moss natural filtering properties came to the founder after he went for a jog. so, i was in shanghai, and i did a lot of exercise outdoors to get back in shape. i used to go out for runs, and after i think 2—3 months, i started to have difficulties breathing. and thats when i thought maybe i caught the flu, maybe i caught the cold, and it kept on lasting until the point i really left china, left shanghai, and went back to germany. and only after i came back, i realised, "hey,...

On the individual conditions. so, in the future, i would envision that many buildings and the facades of the buildings would be covered in our solutions. and of course you could also have motorways, large stretches. you could also use our moss filters to clean and cool the air, and maybe even protect it from noise. moss on its own wont solve the climate crisis, but in amongst the talk of inventing greener technologies, it may be worth taking a lead from something thats been right under our feet ...

For photosynthesis, for the energy. but the benefit is the density of the moss is pretty high, so we need this higher leaf—surface ratio to capture as much as possible. so now, we are going to take a sample. you? i can do it? for sure. lets tweeze some moss. got some. perfect. now we can have a look under the microscope. there we go. and its in the lab where well get to see moss�*s super power. the plant acts a lot like a human lung, whose high surface area can absorb a lot of the air in one...

The bottom and out through the moss. and what happens to the air as it comes back out through the moss is where the magic happens. moss eats pollution. it sticks to its tiny leaves. its absorbed, digested, and then is turned into more moss. so, as fans draw dirty air in, the bad stuff is left on the moss�* leaves, leaving cleaner air to flow back out. the idea of using moss�* natural filtering properties came to the founder after he went for a jog. so, i was in shanghai and i did a lot of ex...

Or particles from polluted air. and these are the green cells. and it means that the moss is still healthy because its green. but they are pretty powerful. really good. moss fan. well, yeah — i am, somehow! laughs. as well as pulling pollutants out of the air, theres another advantage to these biofilters, too. heres a piece of moss and heres a thermal—imaging camera, and you can see the temperature is about room temperature. but look — when i point this at the air thats coming out of the m...

Nature into the cities? just outside berlin, this company is trying to freshen up our urban air. this is a biofilter which is sucking air in through the bottom and pumping it back out through this wall of moss. to illustrate that, weve got a smoke machine from the local discotheque. and if i just show you... there you go. its going in through the bottom and out through the moss. and what happens to the air as it comes back out through the moss is where the magic happens. moss eats pollution. it ...