Fixed Earth Innovations – Better Microbes for a Cleaner Tomorrow

FIXED EARTH INNOVATIONS

Better Microbes for a Cleaner Tomorrow

PFAS BIOREMEDIATION

We believe that no challenge is too difficult. That is why in 2019 we started working to identify microbes capable of degrading perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). We have been making rapid advances in this field and are excited to help solve this global challenge. Click below to review our white paper on PFAS bioremediation technology.

PFAS Whitepaper

REBUILDING ECOSYSTEMS

We use microscopic tools to do everything from removing difficult pollution all the way to enhancing the growth of forests and improving water quality. Click below to learn more about the tools we use and the results we deliver.

What We Do

With operations in Western Canada and the US Great Lakes region, Fixed Earth provides custom microbial solutions to impossible problems in environmental restoration and remediation, tailoring its technologies based on client needs. We combine our ability to isolate site-specific microbes with other existing technologies to provide the best possible solution to any challenge.

Fixed Earth Innovations was founded in late 2019 with the goal of developing technologies to improve the world around us. Our team is well versed in the industry and shares a common vison of running the business right and doing the best job possible. While we are still a young company, some of our technologies have been under development for over a decade.

Remediation

The heart of our business is remediating pollution; the more difficult the pollutant the harder we work to solve it. Currently, we can remediate hydrocarbons, salinity, sulfolane, and PFAS, with active research into metals and other challenging pollutants in situ.

Ecosystem Restoration

Ecosystem restoration starts from the ground and builds up. Our technologies introduce all levels of life to a site: from soil microbes, to mosses and lichen, all the way to trees. Fixed Earth is constantly looking for innovative techniques to initiate more diversity on sites in easy to apply methods.

Agriculture

Our entry into the agriculture market is fresh, however, many of our standard ecosystem restoration tools simultaneously enhance crop growth and yields. To start, our focus areas include turf, landscaping, berry farming, and trees in urban settings.

Client Driven Research

Facing every hurdle confronting industry today is not possible alone. Working directly with clients to identify and create lab-tested solutions to their unique environmental challenges is a major driver of our business.

Organics

Organic pollutants are commonly encountered by us and comprise the bulk of our experience. Fixed Earth’s microbial library is adept at remediating hydrocarbons, sulfolane, and DIPA, with promising research into a diverse array of herbicides.

Halogenated Organics

Halogenated compounds are some of the most toxic and persistent pollutants known. Several microbes in our arsenal are proven to degrade fluorinated compounds, including PFAS. Our lab is additionally researching bioremediation of PERC, dioxins, and PCBs.

Salinity

In situ remediation of salinity can be accomplished through electrokinetics; drawing ions from soil and groundwater. Fixed Earth specializes in development of additives to enhance removal of ions from soil through geochemical processes, and has strong relations with companies who deploy electrokinetic solutions.

Inorganics

Inorganic ions, such as metals dissolved in surface and groundwater, present unique remediation challenges. The microbes Fixed Earth utilizes are capable of biotransforming chromium, arsenic, and selenium into less toxic forms. Our current research in this area focuses on complex inorganic pollution, including acid drainage.

Soil Microbes

Rebuilding ecosystems starts below the surface. The key to ensuring long-term viability of any restored ecological environment depends on having the right soil biota. To restore soil health, Fixed Earth tailors microbial deployment on a site-specific basis.

Moss & Lichen

Moss and lichen are a frequently overlooked, but vital, part of ecosystems. Our team has stabilized growth of these organisms in a lab setting for a prolonged amount of time, permitting straightforward transportation and introduction of them to restoration sites.

Plants

Restoring natural processes on a site largely depends on establishing the right plant varieties. In many cases, merely sowing agronomic grasses will not provide long-term success. For this reason, Fixed Earth have progressive techniques to quickly and easily populate diverse native species on sites.

Trees

The final component to restoring a site is the foundation of vertical structures: shrubs and trees are critical elements to a functioning ecosystem. However, traditional methods for transplanting are costly, with a high rate of mortality. Reducing price and strengthening resiliency are continuously evolving and ongoing objectives for us, where we’ve obtained much advancement.

Problem Formulation

Step one is working as close as possible with our client to identify the challenges they face, while consulting industrial partners in a similar field to secure the most comprehensive understanding of the situation.

Brainstorming

Once a clear picture of the situation is achieved, our team begins researching solutions; which can result in a simple variation to existing technology, or a completely new idea. Our team will consider multiple solutions and may even lab test more than one of them.

Lab Testing

When a practical solution based in solid principles presents itself, a series of lab experiments is designed to test it; generating qualitative and quantitative data to confirm, or refute, the efficacy of our solution. Depending on the results, we may revise and try again.

Field Deployment

After successful lab trials, we examine, then select, appropriate sites with our client for field trials of the solution. The first several field implementations of any new project require a greater degree monitoring and data collection, to ensure everything is progressing according to plan. All pertinent information is shared with the client to grant confidence in using the solution elsewhere.

Timothy Repas

President

Tim is responsible for the overall vison and direction of the company. He can usually be found where he is most at home: In the lab working to develop new solutions or brainstorming with other experts in the environmental industry.

Daniel Lanman

Executive Vice President

Daniel is responsible for long-term forecasting and decision making. He provides oversight on the fine-print and the efficacy of the company's legal and administrative structure.

Andrea Forrest

Finance

Andrea has been working in the financial industry for nearly 20 years and manages the commercial accounting requirements of the company. When she is not working she can usually be found enjoying the outdoors.

Dr. Olufemi Osidele

Senior Advisor

Dr. Osidele currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Fixed Earth Innovations and is the Senior Regulatory Advisor at Cimbria Capital.

Noah Sabich

Senior Advisor

Mr. Sabich is a partner and founding member at Cimbria Capital, and Senior Advisor at Fixed Earth Innovations.

WELCOME TO FIXED EARTH

Better Microbes for a Cleaner Tomorrow

THINKING SMALL TO OVERCOME BIG CHALLENGES

We have four focus areas:

SOIL AND WATER REMEDIATION

ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION

How we work with you:

CLIENT DRIVEN RESEARCH

MEET US

Passionate about improving the world around us.

CONTACT US

Let us know how we can help you solve the challenges you face.