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Extreme gardening
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1 Nov 09
The Sahara Forest Project proposes to reverse desertification and turn arid regions into resources of food, fresh water and clean energy.
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Cement garden
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1 Nov 09
CMG Landscape Architecture’s Crack Gardens transform existing concrete slabs through hostile takeover.
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Farm with a view
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1 Nov 09
Growing food inside apartments is a challenge, but within reach with Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray's Window Farms.
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Channel O lucky packet
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1 Nov 09
The new magazine Coco Joe has been conceived as a brand extension for Channel O by Peet Pienaar and design studio The President.
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Leapfrog rising sea levels
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1 Nov 09
Lilypad by architect Vincent Callebaut is a floating ecopolis for climate refugees in 2100.
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Body pharming
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1 Nov 09
Michael Burton’s design projects predict a future scenario where people grow and produce clinical and pharmaceutical products on the body.
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Barrel o’ rain
Design News
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1 Nov 09
Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel.
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Social farmwork
Design News
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1 Nov 09
Hyperlocavore.com is a yardsharing social networking site launched by Liz McLellan.
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Growth and death
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1 Nov 09
Artist Philip Ross’s work explores humanity’s relationship with plants.
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Cereal assemblage
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1 Nov 09
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Sascha Pohflepp examined the potential of synthetic biology to be used to grow products.
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Jelly fishfarm
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1 Nov 09
Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project.
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Farm footprint
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1 Nov 09
The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps.
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Pocketful of posies
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1 Nov 09
Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants.
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Crop artist
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1 Nov 09
Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009.
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Mould robots
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1 Nov 09
Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould.
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Dust to dust
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1 Nov 09
Sietch Nevada, by Matsys design studio, projects water-banking as the fundamental factor in future urban infrastructure.
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Flower power
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1 Nov 09
Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says.
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Molecular meat
Design News
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1 Nov 09
Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish.
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SMS with fish
Design News
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1 Nov 09
Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes.
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Rain harvesting
Design News
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1 Nov 09
The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use.
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Farm in a box
Design News
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1 Nov 09
The self-watering, self-feeding, weed-resistant EarthBox is a portable, reusable, maintenance-free, organic gardening system.
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Communal pods
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1 Nov 09
The Eco-pod proposes to stimulate the economy and ecology of downtown Boston through the installation of a temporary vertical algae...
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Grown tables
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1 Nov 09
A tree is a product of its specific time and place.
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Victimless meat
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1 Nov 09
Marije Vogelzang’s Faked Meat started as a reaction to meat substitutes.
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