This title maybe misleading but the intention is pretty peaceful! Legend has it that after the World War II got over, American pilot Gale Halvorson airdropped candies in the name of hope, for the Berlin children. War equals devastation, so dropping candies instead of bombs was probably personal retribution. Inspired by this incident, designer Hwang Jin wook and pals have come up with a plan to combat deforestation and desertification of land in a similar fashion. Their mission is called “Seedbomb.”
Mission Seedbomb involves a bomber aircraft and charges full of the Seed Capsules. Essentially the project involves artificial dispersal of seeds over arid areas where natural vegetation has lapsed due to man-made follies like deforestation leading to desertification. Each capsule contains artificial soil and seeds, and are air-dropped over the selected regions.
Housed in biodegradable plastic, the artificial soil provides nourishment and moisture to the seed; till it grows out to be a strong enough plant to sustain itself. As the sapling matures, the plastic capsule melts away, leaving behind a brand new generation.
Sounds like Mission (im)Possible to me, however the logistics of desert environment and the kind of seeds to be dispersed will require a lot research and expertise from the botanists. Because once the capsule melts away and the artificial soil’s nourishment and moisture used up, it’ll take a lot of effort on the plant’s part to survive the harsh environment.
Designers: Hwang Jin wook, Jeon You ho, Han Kuk il & Kim Ji myung
Just out of interest, how many of these capsules would you have to drop in order to offset the carbon footprint of the bomber used to drop them? Not to mention the production of the bio-degradable plastic. Nice concept though.
good ^_^
Best item to earth !!!
Keyword = “seed balls”
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22seed+balls%22
developed and perfected in the 60s – to the 90s by Masanobu Fukuoka.
Cheaper, proven and eminently drop-able from aircraft…… perfected for the desert environment.
for the recent origins of and how to make ‘seed bombs’,
also do a ‘youtube’ search for ‘seed balls’ and /or ‘masanobu fukuoka’
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops,
but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
rather than throwing seed ‘bombs’
one can toss seed ‘balls’ or scatter healing seed ‘balms’.
Pity about the inappropriate use of the word retribution.
man, i’m designer myself and i love your philosophy, it’s sad earth miss so much guys like you, i hope you’ll presnt this idea soon.
Good luck
it make a good area, save the world and global worming.
very good idea.
i guess the bottom part could be heavier… so that it always drops the right way?
While it would really suck to get hit in the head with one of these, this is a really cool concept. I don’t know if anyone has ever heard of a small movement called Guerilla Gardening (basically graffiti with plants) but this reminds me alot of it. I’ve heard rumors among some fellow guerilla gardeners of a similar hand held device known as a flower grenade. Basically the same concept as above except you throw it and it has the soil incased so that the flower will grow anywhere. Cool stuff.
Please, Bomb to my home. That is a good idea to make greed world.
Well atleast the US Air force can actually put its planes to good use besides hurting things….
for the recent origins of and how to make ‘seed bombs’, do a ‘youtube’ search for ‘seed balls’ and /or ‘masanobu fukuoka’…
“the ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
rather than dropping seed ‘bombs’
one can drop seed ‘balls’
or scatter healing seed ‘balms’.
much love many blessings
very…. but how this capsule can be destroyed by the sun?
Just out of interest, how many of these capsules would you have to drop in order to offset the carbon footprint of the bomber used to drop them? Not to mention the production of the bio-degradable plastic. Nice concept though.
its fantastic ( i like it ) :))
NEXT STOP MARS!!
THEN ON TO OTHER STAR SYSTEMS.
NEXT STOP MARS!!
THEN ON TO OTHER STAR SYSTEMS.
WoW! Is this for real?I can't believe this.
WoW! Is this for real?I can't believe this.
Nice imagination.but i don't think its real.
Nice imagination.but i don't think its real.