Archive for 'Biochar'

Aquaponics Performative Sculpture

These images show a sculpture called, “See Me, Eat Me, Smell Me, Feed Me,” an equilibrated aquaponics system. The plants use carbon dioxide produced as the fish respire (breaking down the sugars in their food and oxidizing the carbon-carbon bonds) to produce oxygen (which is subsequently added to the water using an electric bubbler to [...]

Terra Preta

Biochar is the practice of charcoal burial. Originally called “Terra Preta” by ancient amazon basin peoples, biochar makes soil richer and the process of making it stores carbon in the soil forever (it’s actually one of the only processes that is carbon-negative, reducing greenhouse gas emissions for all of us). find out more at: http://re-char.com

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