Aquaponics is like hydroponics with poop for your green home. Aquaponic systems house plants in small pebbles or stone, but instead of a cocktail of nutrients, the water from your fish tank is pumped through the growing medium. Now your plants are cleaning the water while you fish are feeding your garden.
They’re big, beautiful and absolutely breathtaking. The eye-popping horticultural exhibits of the Montréal Botanical Gardens are back! Following a 10-year hiatus, the horticultural art exhibition, the Mosaïcultures Internationales 2013 is on at the Montréal Botanical Garden until September 29.
Behold the emerald ash borer; the diminutive little pest that has arborists in North America covering their ashes. The ash borer larva disrupt the flow of water and nutrients as they feed beneath the bark. Any tree infested will die in 2-3 years.
This amazing new green living trend in fashion enables you to charge your personal devices while strutting your stuff. A collaboration between fashionista Pauline van Dongen and solar ninja Gertjan Jongerden overseen by Christiaan Holland has produced a sleek dress and coat with fold out solar panels that will have you looking Mortal Kombat chic.
Green Living: A look at how green tourism destinations are enjoying greater recognition. Many hotels around the world are implementing green living policies which help to reduce the carbon footprint of your holiday.
A recent study conducted by a student from the University of Clemson placed a plastic turtle in the road to see how drivers would respond. Out of the 257 cars observed, 7 went out of their way to hit the turtle.
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