Jackson, an environmental and civil engineer, has developed an
inexpensive arsenic filtration system using aquatic plants to improve
the lives of millions affected by poisonous arsenic-contaminated
drinking water in more than 20 nations, including India, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Mexico and some rural areas of the U.S.http://www.sdranchcoastnews.com/rsf%20pages/rsf_feature/ft1.html
Quietly there are many Jerry's around the world, working on solutions to our mamoth problems. It is not the corporations leading the way necessarily. It all starts with an idea, a person(s) and the will to see it through. Jerry's contribution to and understanding of the symbiotic relationship between nature is superb. Nature knows how to take care of herself if only we will work with her and not against her and if we will think a little deeper before jumping into a technological answer. Nature can teach us so much about what we need to course correct and it seems Jerry has tuned into Her and got an answer that will help millions around the world to get clean water. Not new, just rediscovered.
Maybe our real estate developers can take a leaf out of Jerry's page when they consider filling in natural land marshes and destroying mango groves and our natural water filters. And then, perhaps we can become a little more conscious of how we are polluting our waterways in the first place too.
Go Jerry, you've got my vote!
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