environminimalist:

Malthus, by Conceptual Devices  via lifeattractslife:

A synopsis: 

“As designers we give ideas a form and we transform them into things. We can’t certainly solve the world’s challenges, but what we can do is to create a concrete storytelling about them. A narrative. 

Malthus is one of these tales. It is an in-home aquaponics unit designed for the next generation kitchen or living room. It grows one meal a day: a portion of fish and a side salad. Aquaponics farming is a technique that combines the cultivation of fish with the growing of vegetables. The fish provides rich fertilizer for the plants and in return, the plants clean the water from the tank. The fish and the plants co-exist in a symbiotic relationship.”

A link to learn more: http://bit.ly/lI45av

Take away:

Emulating nature’s perfect recycling (making no true waste) needs to be our aim.

I just learned about aquaponics farming on NPR the other week!! I hope it becomes a mainstay in the future of agriculture.