Thursday, February 13, 2020

City Agriculture - February 13, 2020

Sead microplanters - growing system using recycled plastic planters and chain link fence
https://www.plantseads.com
https://inhabitat.com/sead-pod-offers-grassroots-solution-to-air-pollution-and-global-warming/

Car Parks 2.0 - asphalt parking lots transformed into gardens and charging terminals for electric vehicles
https://www.studionab.fr/car-park-2-0
https://inhabitat.com/studio-nab-wants-to-rehab-parking-lots-into-energy-producing-urban-gardens/
Editorial Comment: Car Parks 3.0 said to be coming soon from Studio NAB

Smart Forest City for Cancun, Mexico "conceived to be completely food and energy self-sufficient"
https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/smart-forest-city-cancun/
https://inhabitat.com/first-smart-forest-city-in-mexico-will-be-100-food-and-energy-self-sufficient/

LIFE Hamburg, a new energy self-sufficient educational campus that will “reinvent learning” for 1,600 students scheduled to open 2023, the solar-powered sustainable building will feature a carbon dioxide-absorbing green facade and an organic rooftop garden
https://www.l-a-v-a.net/projects/life-hamburg/
https://inhabitat.com/lava-designs-carbon-neutral-life-hamburg-with-an-edible-green-roof/

Bangkok plans for miles of greenways
https://shmadesigns.com/work/10-kilometers/
https://inhabitat.com/shmas-bangkok-green-link-wants-to-add-over-30-miles-of-greenways-to-bangkok/

Largest green wall in Europe will absorb 8 tons of pollution per year
https://www.sheppardrobson.com/architecture/view/citicape-house
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/11/citicape-house-green-wall-architecture-sheppard-robson/
https://inhabitat.com/the-largest-green-wall-in-europe-will-absorb-8-tons-of-air-pollution-per-year/

Detroit’s urban agrihood
https://theheartysoul.com/first-sustainable-urban-agrihood/

Underground farm in Liverpool, UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/26/farming-of-the-future-rise-of-hydroponic-food-labs-thomas-myers
NB:  As long as it doesn’t displace the Cavern Club 

Pittsburgh’s urban gardens and gentrification
https://civileats.com/2019/12/06/pittsburgh-grows-urban-gardens-in-the-fight-against-gentrification/

Half of new indoor growers have no ag experience
http://www.fruitnet.com/fpj/article/180677/half-of-new-indoor-growers-have-no-ag-experience
Editorial Comment:  This is a result of treating everything as an Internet start-up in the go-goingest of the Tech Boom years and the boom/bust cycle of the capitalistic structure of our present market system.

Sherpa Light - a tunable light to grow anything
https://www.sherpaspace.co.kr/sherpa-light
https://www.sherpaspace.co.kr
https://inhabitat.com/sherpa-light-for-indoor-farming-wins-ces-2020-innovation-award/

Growing food in a refugee camp - mattresses as a grow medium
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-51466978/how-mattresses-could-solve-hunger

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