#floating garden

[moneyisnobject]

"Symbiosis"

Kurt Merki Jr

[demartinidesigns]

Floating Gardens

Spreading across the lake are patches of rich farming soil seemingly floating on the water, surrounded at the edges with reed-thin willows that rustle their trimmed branches in the wind. Find this map at: Roll20 Marketplace | Map Directory

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[solarpunks]

Floating Garden Cleans As It Grows In One of Most Polluted Waterways In US

The Gowanus Canal in New York City is notorious for being one of the most polluted waterways in the U.S. Imagine everyone’s surprise when, three weeks ago, an oasis of pure greenery sprouted atop the surface of the river.

Not only is this improbable garden a breathtaking sight on the brackish water, but it is also cleaning the stream as it blooms.

The project, called GrowOnUs, is an experiment in “floating infrastructure” that utilizes a process called phytoremediation to tidy up the murky canal. Over 30 different kinds of plants act as sponges to purify, desalinate, and mitigate the chemicals affecting the waterway.

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GrowOnUs, ideally, will deliver a positive change in shoreline protection, wildlife activity, and financial income for the city. It could also become the next wave in locally-grown food.

“We have pioneered floating landscapes, we now want to learn what can make these floating structures financially sustainable” said Balmori in a press release. “Dr. Michael Balick at the New York Botanical Garden suggested we grow herbs, low maintenance crops.”

“In a few years NYC restaurants may be serving meals and drinks infused with herbs [and fruits] grown on one of these islands.”

(via Floating Garden Cleans As It Grows In The Most Polluted Waterway in US)

Diana Balmori Explains GrowOnUs Water-Cleaning Garden on Gowanus

Taking the plunge into the toxic Gowanus Canal: Lenny Speregen and John D'Aquino at TEDxGowanus

[travelless]

Quiet sunrise

[tiaopaisai]

Arriver en vélo au bord du lac Inle, traverser le lac en bateau à moteur avec nos vélos, reprendre une pirogue à rame et faire le tour du village et des jardins flottants (slowly), laisser les vélos sur l'embarcadère et aller boire un jus de lime et un yogourt au café en traversant avec la pirogue gratuite. Retraverser en pirogue et repartir en vélo.

[artinbuildings]

The Verge spent an afternoon on Art-in-Buildings alum Mary Mattingly's floating garden, Swale!

"The floating garden is also more accessible than community gardens and rooftop gardens, Mattingly says. On Swale, anyone can board the barge and pick whatever they want, from strawberries and blackberries to kale, lettuce, and chamomile. Most of the city dwellers who visit the floating food forest have never foraged before, says Brittany Gallahan, a college student at the University of Virginia, and Swale’s intern for the summer. They don’t even know where to start. “They’re a little starstruck,” says Gallahan."

- THIS FOOD FOREST ON A BARGE IN NEW YORK FLOATS THE IDEA OF FRESH FOOD FOR CITIES

[moneyisnobject]

3deluxe’s Eden Superyacht

Its first zero-carbon yacht available for sale as an NFT was recently launched on the SuperWorld auction platform. The superyacht was on display virtually in the Port of Monaco, setting sail in the metaverse during this year’s edition of the popular Monaco Yacht Show. Looking like a floating garden of Eden, the yacht concept VY-0yachtc1, as 3deluxe calls it, is envisioned as a 360-ft (110 m) vessel that packs two electric motors (1 MW each) and has a cruising speed of up to 12 knots. 

This digital asset that is worth millions of dollars is an emission-free superyacht that uses hydrogen-powered fuel cells. It also has 470 sq m (5,050 sq ft) of solar panels that are used to power the desalination system, lighting, and air conditioning system on the yacht.

[liporynica2]

admiration for floating gardens