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Deep recharge

Rather than deferring restoration until after mine closure, by gradually restoring soil, vegetation, and water systems in independent micro-watersheds, progressive rehabilitation "recharges" the landscape while mining is still ongoing and challenges the model of the mine as a one-way, extractive sacrifice zone.

PD570 - NOME DEEP RECHARGE

As the geopolitcal script has been flipped to challenge the separation of a green transition for the Global North while leaving unknown environmental impacts “out there,” this project reimagines rare earth mining for more just, resilient future. Targetting strategies for recharging circular economy, carbon stores, water table, and community vitality in an integrated rechargeable system, it transforms waste into resources and mines into sites of ecological and social renewal. Rather than deferring restoration until after mine closure, by gradually restoring soil, vegetation, and water systems in independent micro-watersheds, progressive rehabilitation "recharges" the landscape while mining is still ongoing and challenges the model of the mine as a one-way, extractive sacrifice zone.

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