Ecological Masterplanning: Port Expansion
The Redevelopment of over three hundred acres of former Army Base land in West Oakland stands at a critical juncture. The City and Port of Oakland have received several phases of Federal TIGER grants for redevelopment of the former Army Base Land into a major Port expansion and freight train station.
Read More »Mobile Biofiltration – Greenbelts & Wetlands
We have developed our Mobile Biofiltration Systems around three principles: modular design allowing for easy expansion and transportation; system mobility, creating highly adaptive design methodology for any construction project; and upcycling of containers otherwise headed for the waste stream.
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The West Oakland Greenbelt Campaign
Urban Biofilter’s West Oakland Greenbelt Project would use marginalized and contaminated land to strategically plant greenbelts along West Oakland transportation routes and downwind of stationary pollution sources.
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Local Jobs and Urban Timber
Jobs Training programs present solutions for West Oakland and similar urban communities including poverty alleviation, employment, pollution mitigation and environmental justice, but the scope of existing programs should be more complex and greatly expanded to include training in horticulture and restoration.
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Greenbelt Demonstration at The Port of Oakland
Urban Biofilter has partnered with Merritt College, the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland Maritime Support Services and OT-411 (Oakland Trucker-411) to launch a micro-industrial, urban greenbelt demonstration project at the Port of Oakland.
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Tijuana Biofilter
In Summer, 2009 Urban Biofilter joined the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Earth Island Institute’s Restoration Initiative on a binational project to restore the Tijuana River Estuary Watershed.
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