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kayquilz · 06-24-2017, 06:20 PM

The small break from being at Hogwarts was welcome. The stress from IMPs and...other various things had him need this break, and while it was for a conference where he was giving a talk, he supposed this was welcome enough. The conference was for something he found profoundly important. The upmost of importance, really. And he would be talking with none other than Airey Flamsteed, someone who, while they had differences, he was fond of from their time teaching together at Hogwarts. Airey was a bit straight laced, right? Compared to himself, Paul thought so.

They were speaking in the evening, so Paul had grabbed some foods eaten, listened to other people talk, and was ready for his little moment with Airey. Many people, from both the ministry and elsewhere, were in attendance. So he had worn a very new and classy PONCHO CARDIGAN for the occasion.

They were introduced, and Paul shot a glance at Airey before stepping up to speak. "Good evening everyone. I hope....people ate and had a merry time before listening to our dry conversation about terraforming and...greenhouse gases," he chuckled a little. "Thankfully neither Airey Flamsteed or myself are dry speakers." He paused a little. "Today we'll be speaking about a field we did back in..." he looked back at Airey, "In 2088, was it? We were granted a plot of land by who was the Department Head of Environment at the time, Emmalee Quinn--feisty redheaded lady for any of you who remember--" he laughed again. "It had been desolated by pollution and the soil lacked very basic nutrients to provide life for plants or animals. The ecosystem in the area was... for lack of a better word, dead." He paused again and cleared his throat, took a sip of water, etc. "So we decided to do a couple of things to help. My part of the whole process was introducing some plants into the area that would hopefully help put nutrients back into the soil. The students had to use a spell, cibus revelio, to test to see what that particular patch of soil needed most." Another sip of water.

He had brought pictures, too, to show. But that wasn't what he was talking about currently, no. "They collected the dirt in little beakers, poured a solution into it, and if it turned blue, they had to plant a grafted tree. The trees we had grafted in class back at Hogwarts -- those trees would put soil back into the dirt. So if the spot was lacking nitrogen, turning the solution blue, THAT is where a tree went." He took a deep breath. Merlin.

"There were also nitrogen rich areas....and cabbages are simple little plants that suck nitrogen from soil. If the solution turned yellow when the soil was tested, the students were to plant some cabbage in that spot. It was easy enough, and it allowed them to get some hands on work in the field with helping our land." Paul smiled. "I am definitely leaving some things out. So...I'll hand things over to Mr. Airey Flamsteed, and...we'll talk about how this land is now."

OH OH OH!

"Here is what the land looked like before we arrived!" He held up the picture.

06-24-2017, 06:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
kayquilz Granian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 21,189 Hogwarts RPG Name: Roman Gellar Slytherin Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arden Toros Gryffindor Graduated x4 x1	A Poop * k8 * The small break from being at Hogwarts was welcome. The stress from IMPs and...other various things had him need this break, and while it was for a conference where he was giving a talk, he supposed this was welcome enough. The conference was for something he found profoundly important. The upmost of importance, really. And he would be talking with none other than Airey Flamsteed, someone who, while they had differences, he was fond of from their time teaching together at Hogwarts. Airey was a bit straight laced, right? Compared to himself, Paul thought so. They were speaking in the evening, so Paul had grabbed some foods eaten, listened to other people talk, and was ready for his little moment with Airey. Many people, from both the ministry and elsewhere, were in attendance. So he had worn a very new and classy PONCHO CARDIGAN for the occasion. They were introduced, and Paul shot a glance at Airey before stepping up to speak. "Good evening everyone. I hope....people ate and had a merry time before listening to our dry conversation about terraforming and...greenhouse gases," he chuckled a little. "Thankfully neither Airey Flamsteed or myself are dry speakers." He paused a little. "Today we'll be speaking about a field we did back in..." he looked back at Airey, "In 2088, was it? We were granted a plot of land by who was the Department Head of Environment at the time, Emmalee Quinn--feisty redheaded lady for any of you who remember--" he laughed again. "It had been desolated by pollution and the soil lacked very basic nutrients to provide life for plants or animals. The ecosystem in the area was... for lack of a better word, dead." He paused again and cleared his throat, took a sip of water, etc. "So we decided to do a couple of things to help. My part of the whole process was introducing some plants into the area that would hopefully help put nutrients back into the soil. The students had to use a spell, cibus revelio, to test to see what that particular patch of soil needed most." Another sip of water. He had brought pictures, too, to show. But that wasn't what he was talking about currently, no. "They collected the dirt in little beakers, poured a solution into it, and if it turned blue, they had to plant a grafted tree. The trees we had grafted in class back at Hogwarts -- those trees would put soil back into the dirt. So if the spot was lacking nitrogen, turning the solution blue, THAT is where a tree went." He took a deep breath. Merlin. "There were also nitrogen rich areas....and cabbages are simple little plants that suck nitrogen from soil. If the solution turned yellow when the soil was tested, the students were to plant some cabbage in that spot. It was easy enough, and it allowed them to get some hands on work in the field with helping our land." Paul smiled. "I am definitely leaving some things out. So...I'll hand things over to Mr. Airey Flamsteed, and...we'll talk about how this land is now." OH OH OH! "Here is what the land looked like before we arrived!" He held up the picture. __________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough." Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin