# Currency design considerations for fertility
In order to restore ecosystems, rapidly grow fertility, stabalize atmospheric and ocean patterns we need to facilitate the growth of the base layers of trophic cascades. In other words, regenerative practice is fundamentally based on creating space for the rapid growth of microbes like algea, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, ciliates, etc.

Just like within our own bodies and cells, these microscopic lifeforms are the foundations of healthy function of ecosystems. There are many well documented and working practices for this. As the understanding of the damage of industial agriculture becomes apparent and people start reaching towards regenerative methods to repair and build soil, we can try to create space for that transition to be as rapid as we can make it.

Some flows that can be made visible in order to ensure ample support for this process are described below.

# Major flows to facilitate
- Increase production of **compost**
- Increase production of **biochar**
- Increase and diversify **seed** generation
- Growth of **seaweed** (macro-algea) as carbon and nutrient transfer

# Considerations for compost flow
*Composting describes the process of decomposition and reconstitution of biomass into micro organisms and soil*

- High **diversity** focus
- **Ocular (microscope) examination** of compost, in order to determain **biodiversity levels** of bacteria, fungi, nematodes and ciliates etc, will **determine the value** of the compost
- Evaluation (Soil food web lab work) is credited for by detail of biodiversity analysis in order to facilitate soil food web lab [**training and application**](https://www.soilfoodweb.com/) *(there is a substantial lack of practitioners*)
- **Soil and compaction testing of land** to determain **regenerative application potential**. I.e. heavy compaction and soils deviod of life have the **largest potential** for rapid carbon storage and ecosystem function improvments (including water cycle stabilization)
- Create a **vibrant market for compost feedstocks** (especially food production residue, seaweed production and monoculture pruning)

# Considerations for biochar flows
*Biomass undergoing pyrolysis (high temperatures without oxygen) results in charcoal which when used in soil application is named Biochar*

- **Extremely stable** substanse available for long term storage
- Valuable for a very [wide range of applications](https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/burn/) including, soil structure, filtration, building materials, animal feed suppliment, water retention systems..
- Needs to be **managed with regards to heavy metal** accumulation
- A way of **detoxifying biomass and ecosystems**
- Can be made from **any biomass**, *strongly discourage intact forest systems as feedstock*
- Relativley **uniform product**, variations in feed stock and mineral compostition

# Considerations for seed generation
*Seeds are the basis for all horticultural and agricultural efforts in working with landscapes*
- **Enable seed diversity** through regional stewardship
- Create coordination functions for multiple **open-source seed banks** in every bioregion
- **Credit people for taking on stewardship** of one or more seed varieties

# Considerations on Seaweed
*Algea are the fundations of ocean ecology and seaweed is large colonies of algie living as organism*
- Facilitate buregeoning seaweed production systems in order to **compost/pyrolyse** residues
- Has **4x photosynthetic capacity** over terrestrial grasses
- **Reverse over-nutrification** of costal waters (dead zones)
- Return large amounts of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous **from the ocean to land**

# General discussion
The constellation of the above, often separated, practices holds very large potential for restoration.

Well made and diverse compost mixed with the porous structure of biochar and planted with viable seed constitutes **soil creation**.

We have been destroying and depleting soils that have been created over geological time ever more rapidy by use of machinery like the very large plows used in conventional agriculture today.

We can use machines, like biochar production facilities and front loaders, in order to instead **increase our human capacity in assembling the required constituents of soil**. We can virtually over night create new layers of soil by weaving these processes. While soil creation without the help of humans is a slow process, humans, like the historical inhabitants of south america have proven in the [terra preta practices of the amazon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta), have a vast creative capacity of with regards to soil.

As the [Rain for Climate reaserach team](https://www.rainforclimate.com/) has demonstrated, the increase of the "soil spunge" is also possibly the most potent way of stabalizing hydrological cycles that facilitate the weather patterns which are now becoming disrupted.

We need a rapid application of this knowledge in order to restore the self-regulating capacities of the biosphere.