Tuesday, August 9, 2016

City Agriculture - August 9, 2016

Handy-pods:  wetland plants to filter human waste in floating villages
http://inhabitat.com/floating-toilets-filter-human-waste-in-cambodia-naturally-via-wetland-plants/

SF Golden Bridge School redesigned for urban farming for grades K-8

Seattle’s Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands - 20,000 pounds of fresh food, 5000 meals, and training for 3,600 Rainier Valley residents per year.

Top 10 USA cities for urban farming (Boston is #2)

NYC’s tallest green wall

A green freeway proposal for LA

Guangzhou’s Parc Central

Jet Blue’s potato farm at JFK Airport
24 minute video tour:  https://youtu.be/kYtfKG4rXw4

Infinite Green sculpture in Wroclaw, Poland

NYC’s Swale floating food forest now in operation

Turin, Italy mayor proposes a vegetarian city

LIAR Living Architecture
"This project will develop blocks able to extract resources from sunlight, waste water and air. The bricks are able to fit together and create ‘bioreactor walls’ which could then be incorporated in housing, public buildings and office spaces.”
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/news/2016/07/liarlivingarchitecture/

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