Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World » aquaponics http://inhabitat.com Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:20:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Frisch vom Dach To Convert Former Berlin Malt Factory Into a Rooftop Aquaponics Farm! http://inhabitat.com/frisch-vom-dach-to-convert-former-berlin-malt-factory-into-a-rooftop-aquaponics-farm/ http://inhabitat.com/frisch-vom-dach-to-convert-former-berlin-malt-factory-into-a-rooftop-aquaponics-farm/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:00:11 +0000 Mark Boyer http://inhabitat.com/?p=332599 Frisch vom Dach, Berlin, germany, urban farming, urban agriculture, aquaponics, rooftop farm, sustainable food, adaptive reuse, upcycling, shipping containers,

Community gardens are already very popular in Berlin, but a group of agro-entrepreneurs is planning to take urban farming to the next level in the German capital. A team of three Berliners is planning to convert an enormous old malt factory in the city’s Schöneberg district into a rooftop farm that promises to be one of the most ambitious urban agriculture projects in the world. The Frisch vom Dach (“Fresh from the Roof”) project will be an aquaponics farm where both fish and vegetables are produced and distributed on-site.

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/frisch-vom-dach-to-convert-former-berlin-malt-factory-into-a-rooftop-aquaponics-farm/feed/ 0 “Growing Cities” Transform Your Furnishings Into Farms http://inhabitat.com/growing-cities-transform-your-furnishings-into-farms/ http://inhabitat.com/growing-cities-transform-your-furnishings-into-farms/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:22:46 +0000 Moe Beitiks http://inhabitat.com/?p=178705 sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics sustainable design, green design, Urban Farming, bench farm, growing cities, urban design, aquaponics


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]]> http://inhabitat.com/growing-cities-transform-your-furnishings-into-farms/feed/ 0 Philips Design’s ‘Food Probe’ Promotes Healthy Eating With 3 Concepts http://inhabitat.com/philips-design-food-probe/ http://inhabitat.com/philips-design-food-probe/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:00:55 +0000 Olivia Chen http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66049 Home Farming, Philips Design, urban farming, city farms, city food systems, futuristic food systems, healthy eating, food revolution, urban gardening, hydroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture, organic farming, design food revolutionHome Farming

Pesticides. Genetic-modification. Mistreated animals. It could just about kill anyone’s appetite to hear about all the horrible news about food production. Fortunately, the emerging food revolution focuses on both health and re-establishing the connection between people and the food they eat (making it harder to abuse our food sources). Designers are both leading and answering this shift in interest. Philips Design has begun an investigation called ‘Food Probe’ that looks at current social trends and how this may affect the way that people will eat in the future — and how this will manifest in design. Their investigation includes three parts: a self-contained farm for the kitchen, a nutrition farm and a high-tech cooking device.

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]]> http://inhabitat.com/philips-design-food-probe/feed/ 1 FARM FOUNTAIN: Eco-art Meets Aquaculture http://inhabitat.com/farm-fountain-by-amy-youngs-and-ken-rinaldo/ http://inhabitat.com/farm-fountain-by-amy-youngs-and-ken-rinaldo/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:01 +0000 Moe Beitiks http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/14/farm-fountain-by-amy-youngs-and-ken-rinaldo/ Farm Fountain, Amy Youngs, Ken Rinaldo, aquaculture farming, eco-art aquaculture, water installations, water recycling, indoor gardening, farmfountain1.jpg

Who doesn’t love a nice water installation? The bubbling and gurgling of things like fountains has an undeniably relaxing effect – and yet, there’s the nagging guilt that comes from running a pump for the sheer purpose of recirculating water. How much power does it draw? What’s the carbon footprint of your meditative state? What has that water feature done for you, aside from making that ridiculous noise? No so relaxing anymore. Fortunately, artists and Ken Rinaldo have devised a way to create guilt-free water pleasantries while producing food and providing oxygen. The Farm Fountain, which uses aquaponics to fertilize plants with the waste produced by fish, is a bubbly oasis of greenery and aquaculture.


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