Gaia Ecosystems Inc. specializes in the modeling and design of energy-efficient structures optimized for high-density urban agriculture.
Our flagship project is a multi-partner realization of large, multi-level, innovative greenhouses, particularly profitable and designed for an urban and peri-urban environment whatever the climate.
More than 80% of the population will live in the big cities in the near future. This number will continue to increase in the coming decades. Temperature increases and extreme variations, altered patterns of precipitations and water scarcity will prevent agriculture as we know it today, in many regions of the world.
People will leave the countryside farms that are unable to support them, in favor of cities. A new approach is urgently needed to adapt to climate change in order to contribute to the food sovereignty of cities around the world.
We have developed a new concept of very large energy-efficient multi-level greenhouses able to withstand extreme temperatures and winds: Gaïa Ecosystems Domes (GED). A GED allows year-round production of large quantities of organic root vegetables, leafy vegetables and herbs. Local production of tasty organic vegetables at affordable prices will be made available to a local population with little packaging and limited transport.
This concept of energy efficient greenhouses is a big step forward compared to today's conventional greenhouses which cannot be installed in cities because land spaces required are much too large and expansive. The multi-storey concept of the GED is the solution for high-productivity urban farming because it utilizes minimum footprint, maximum solar radiation, minimum energy and a net-negative GHG structure that contributes to a significant CO2 reduction compared to fields’ cultivation or even compared to the best available greenhouses.