FAQ
- Who are we?
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Gulf Saver Solutions is a joint initiative of the not-for-profit, Restore the Earth Foundation Inc. and Gulf Coast not-for-profit environmental organizations.
Gulf Savers, is a CALL TO ACTION to protect and restore the Gulf Coast shoreline wetlands and barrier islands currently being destroyed and threatened by the oil spill from the Deep Water Horizon catastrophe, the worst environmental disaster in North American history.
- What are we doing to restore the Gulf Coast Wetlands?
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Gulf Savers, and its partners, are raising funds through your donations to provide Gulf Saver Bags and required funding for community based volunteers to take immediate action in protecting and preventing additional damage to threatened Gulf Coast ecosystems and begin remediation and restoration of ecosystems already destroyed.
The Gulf Saver Bags are filled with humus made from natural oil-eating micro organisms and nutrients to ensure maximum plant growth and survivability.
- What is a Gulf Saver Bag?
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A Gulf Saver Bag is a remediation solution that is adapted for Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration. Gulf Saver Bags assist and accelerate nature's efforts to heal and restore the Gulf Coast ecosystems.
The Gulf Saver Bag is a package of native marsh grass plants that are delivered to the ecosystem with its own supply of totally natural nutrients and billions of oil eating micro-organisms to support, feed and protect the marsh grasses promoting survival and growth, restoring the ecosystems and habitats.
Environmental restoration bags similar to Gulf Saver Bags have been used successfully to restore major river banks and shorelines following other environmental disasters since 1993.
- What is in a Gulf Saver Bag?
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A Gulf Saver Bag is a US Army Corps of Engineers standard biodegradable "burlap (sand) bag", that is filled with an all natural humus mix rather than sand. (weight and size adapted for easy handling by volunteers)
The humus inside the Gulf Saver Bag is a mixture of all natural organic nutrients that support maximum plant growth and survivability. Included in the humus mixture is billions of all-natural oil eating microorganisms, already being used by nature, to support as well as protect plants from potential toxins.
The plants "plugged" into the Gulf Saver Bag are native marsh plants that are vital to protecting, holding together, and restoring the ecosystems that are essential to the Gulf Coast.
The biodegradable Gulf Saver Bags decompose and continue to provide additional food for the marsh plants as they thrive and grow.
- How are the Gulf Saver Bags different than other methods for cleaning up the Gulf?
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The Gulf Saver Bag is just one solution — a totally natural solution that immediately protects, restores, supports and delivers the vital native marsh plants to the ecosystems.
Gulf Saver Bags provide a "jump start" to assist nature in accelerating the healing process to bring back balance to Gulf Coast ecosystems.
- How will the Gulf Saver Bags get to the sites?
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To begin delivering Gulf Saver Bags to critical sites, we are working with The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and its group of 25,000 registered volunteers, to transport the Gulf Saver Bags by work boats, barges, airboats and shallow draft boats. The volunteers will be involved every step of the delivery of Gulf Saver protection and restoration.
There are over 150 miles of threatened delicate shoreline wetlands, barrier islands and beaches on the Gulf Coast.