Welcome to The Azolla Foundation
Azolla is a unique plant that can help reduce man-made climate change and provide biofertilizer, livestock feed, food and renewable energy anywhere in the world.
The Azolla Foundation was set up by Azolla Biosystems Ltd founders Alexandra and Jonathan Bujak to provide a platform for sharing information about azolla and its contribution to new technologies such as space exploration and planetary colonization.
Alexandra Bujak did her degree in Environmental Science, focusing her dissertation on optimum harvesting times of azolla’s yield to maximize CO2 sequestration. She now works closely with smallholder farmers, building networks on both a community and global scale to increase farmers’ environmental sustainability and profitability.
Dr Jonathan Bujak is a palaeontologist who has spent 40 years studying climate change in the Arctic. He was involved with the only two expeditions to core sediments beneath the North Pole – the 1979 Lomonosov Ridge Experiment (LOREX) and the 2004 Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) which discovered the 50 million year old Arctic Azolla Event.
Their book ‘The Azolla Story’ was published as an ebook in December 2020. For more information visit ‘The Azolla Story’.
We hope that you will share our enthusiasm for this remarkable plant and help us find new ways to work with it to benefit mankind and the other species that share our beautiful planet.
Please contact us by email at jonathan@theazollafoundation.org. You can also visit the Azolla Foundation on its Facebook page:
Azolla Foundation Founders
Dr. Jonathan Bujak
Dr Jonathan Bujak is a palaeontologist with more than 100 scientific publications. He was a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada, Petro-Canada International Aid Corporation and Bujak Research International, setting up labs and training geologists around the world. He has led palaeontological expeditions into the interior of South America and was involved with the only two geological expeditions to the North Pole: the 1979 Lomonosov Ridge Experiment (LOREX) and the 2004 Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) that discovered the Arctic Azolla Event described in this book.
Talking Points
AZOLLA INTERESTS: Azolla as a deep-past climate influence (Azolla Event), azolla in agriculture, biofuel, water purification, space exploration and life support, carbon sequestration and environmental remediation / environmental justice
LOCATION: Blackpool, United Kingdom
AFFILIATIONS: Canadian Association of Palynologists Founding Member, The Azolla Foundation Founder, Azolla Biosystems Ltd CEO, Bujak Research International CEO
EDUCATION: Sheffield University PhD Palaeontology/palynology, Sheffield University BSc hons, Geology
SKILLS: Atmospheric Sciences , Geological and Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Plant Sciences, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Management, Sustainability Strategy
Meet Lexy Bujak
Alexandra Bujak is an environmental scientist who has undertaken extensive research on azolla and its ability to help us weather a Perfect Storm that we face today. She co-founded the Azolla Foundation and Azolla Biosystems Ltd with her father, Jonathan, to provide information and develop azolla’s potential as a CO2 sequester, biofertilizer, livestock feed, food and biofuel. Alexandra administers the Foundation and works closely with organizations like Azolla Institute of Vietnam and Hope for Ebola Orphans Sierra Leone to help feed millions of people as our population grows by a billion every twelve years.
Talking Points
AZOLLA INTERESTS: Azolla as a deep-past climate influence (Azolla Event), Azolla in agriculture, biofuel, water purification, space exploration and life support, carbon sequestration and environmental remediation / environmental justice
LOCATION: Blackpool, United Kingdom
AFFILIATIONS: Azolla Biosystems CEO/Founder
EDUCATION: The University of Manchester BSc Environmental Science Hons
SKILLS: Biological Sciences , Geological and Earth Sciences, Soil Science and Agronomy , Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Management, Sustainability Strategy
WEBSITES: theazollafoundation.org, azollabiosystems.co.uk