Pterra: Phytoremediation of Post-industrial towns and cities
At a time where we are yet to understand the full scale of human impact upon the earth, Pterra aims to cultivate a movement that attempts to undo the unquantifiable damage that we have done to the ‘pale blue dot’ that we call home.
Adulterated by our industrial past, Lancaster’s earth is poisoned with heavy metals.
Pteris Vittata – the Chinese brake fern – offers us hope. Its hardiness, paired with an ability to absorb contaminants, can clean polluted earth through the process of ‘Phytoremediation’.
Pterra’s state-of-the-art research laboratories and visitor centre improves literacy of what is an under-reported crisis facing modern society.
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