hi the guys you see next to me are
solving one of the least sexy problems
in the world hi my name is IDO hi my
name is Julie but first let me tell you
what the problem is concrete not many
people know this but concrete this rock
solid gray boring structure is great to
build houses but it is terrible for the
ocean so if you look into places where
there is concrete in the water
you'll see that marine life is suffering
the fish is no longer around the oysters
and corals are disappearing and the
concrete is lifeless for decades and
guess what concrete is the most confused
with Europe in the world after water and
that's where these guys come in to solve
the lifeless concrete they do ain't
shimrit to marine biologists spent the
majority of their lives research
studying diving and learning about the
oceans and after many many years they
came up with an amazing technology that
turns concrete from this to this it's a
unique unit built with new added
materials it's designed with tiny holes
for the small fish to live in them it's
eco-friendly and it's even stronger than
normal concrete
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so when you put this new concrete in the
water for months the most amazing thing
happens small fish live around it
seaweed grow on top of it corals and
oysters appear around it and marine life
dried
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and all of this brings the concrete to
life
you see oysters are growing on the
designs
so this thing here is the belching that
grow on the concrete and it actually
make the concrete stronger and it's
called bio protection lifeless oceans
could turn into an amazing ecosystem for
humans and animals alike that's why
these guys are designing ports
breakwaters sea beds and sea walls that
are built with the ocean in mind
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it's not just beautiful it's also good
for environment and for the concrete
concrete is not a sexy problem and
solving it can be tough the expensive
challenging and takes decades but so far
Edom Shinri installed their concrete in
five different countries in five
different waters and the results are
amazing
we can't let me design them and they're
placed in the Brooklyn Bridge Park in
New York where they bring life to this
orbit environment how did you bring life
by you retaining water at low tide they
create hot spots for biology so it's the
design that makes all the difference
it's the design the material and the
composition of the surface that is make
all the difference
and when they install millions more of
these around the oceans they will change
the world one block at a time see you
next week
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