November 11, 2013
As a lover of sustainable design, gardening, and environmentally friendly practices, I am always excited about projects that aim to reducing landfill by recycling, repurposing, and upcycling trash into useful and decorative wares.
Anu Tandon Vieira from The Retyrement Plan… Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Art, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: garden sculpture, kickstarter, landfills, recycled materials, repurposed tires, repurposed trash, Retrash book, sustainable design, upcycled for the garden, upcycling
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May 8, 2013
Plants that gleam, alien-like, could be the next source of sustainable natural lighting–no electricity required.
Bioluminescent tree via NextNature.
Inspired by fireflies and aquatic bioluminescence, a team of Stanford University PhDs are creating living, glowing plants inside a California lab. … Read More...
Category: Creating
Tags: bioluminescence, botany, futurism, futuristic plants, glow0in-the-dark plants, glowing bacteria, glowing plants, kickstarter, luminescent plants, sustainable lighting
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April 10, 2013
Modern Sprout is a simple new compact, self-sustaining, and stylish hydroponic windowsill planter system launching today on Kickstarter by Sarah Burrows and Nick Behr, a Chicago couple whose passion for food, cooking, and interest in where their food comes from … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Indoor Gardening, Reclaimed & Recycled, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture
Tags: indoor gardens, indoor hydroponics, kickstarter, solar power, solar powered indoor garden, solar-powered hydroponic system, urban gardens, windowsill planter
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January 11, 2013
Money may not grow on trees, but you can grow money. They look almost like real pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters…but this money actually grows into something when you spend it.
Seed Money are hand-illustrated and letterpress printed “coins” embedded … Read More...
Category: Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Guerilla Gardening!, Herb Gardens, Urban Agriculture
Tags: guerrilla gardening, kickstarter, planted paper, seed money, seed paper, urban gardening
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January 5, 2013
Update 3/2021: This business is no longer in operation, but as it was one of the first of its kind, I encourage you to read further:
When industrial designer Ben Green and grower Tyler Nevers saw a need for supplying … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Reclaimed & Recycled, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: compact hydroponic gardens, farm shop, food system, gourmet mushrooms, greenhouses, hydroponic vertical gardens, Hydroponics, kickstarter, lean-to greenhouses, oyster mushrooms, radiant heat, reclaimed containers, shiitake, shipping containers, solar water heaters, Urban Agriculture, urban farm, urban farm shop, urban farming, urban food, urban hydroponic gardening, water reservoirs
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