Today on Earth Day, we are thrilled to announce that the De Beers Group has closed a US$2 million investment in Kelp Blue. This investment is In line with De Beers Group’s Building Forever sustainability goals and will go towards supporting our pioneering nature-based solution for sequestering carbon and enhancing biodiversity, while also delivering skills […]
A newly opened exhibit at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany titled Plastic: Remaking our World features a chair 3-D printed from seaweed provided by Kelp Blue. Design duo Klarenbeek & Dros re-created Peter Ghyczy’s iconic ‘Garden Egg’ entirely from kelp. Even the fabric was dyed using seaweed pigments. This is just one of the […]
Meet the Team – Iriya Jona Today we’re talking to Iriya Jona who leads on the environmental monitoring for Kelp Blue Namibia. Iriya grew up in a village in Northern Namibia, hundreds of kilometres from the ocean. How did you know you wanted to study fisheries? I’m a village girl, all the way from the […]
We’re sharing an article that appeared in Time Magazine’s September issue. It’s encouraging to read how others around the world are also working to create sustainable solutions to some of the worlds biggest problems. This article highlights that unlike tree planting or re-forestation, seaweed doesn’t require fresh water or fertilisers and grows at a much […]
Seaweed is now gradually getting incorporated into more and more dishes. Why? Check it out!
Did you know that underwater forests are able to sequester more carbon dioxide than land-based forests?