Brown Nose, Green Thumb

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alphabotsoup — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:54:13 -0400

sustainable-sam: The Beauty of Bacteria Designers habitually...

alphabotsoup — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:32:53 -0500

The Beauty of Bacteria

Designers habitually copy nature. The examples pile up faster than beetle species and include things like Antonio Gaudí’s soaring architecture, William Morris’s floral wallpaper and George Nakashima’s rough wood tables. Cutting-edge technology takes away nothing from nature-inspired designs, but instead enhances them. In 2006, the Dutch designer Joris Laarman introduced a chair modeled by computer along the principles of bone tissue development, so that the parts of the chair subjected to the greatest stress were thickest, while those subjected to the least amount of stress were carved away. The result was an efficient use of material and a spectacular form.

But bio design is not about merely taking cues from organic structures and operations. It’s about harnessing the machinery of the natural world to perform as nature does: storing and converting energy, producing oxygen, neutralizing poisons and disposing wastes in life-sustaining ways.

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HermannView: Poison for all earth's residents: the GMO revolution

alphabotsoup — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:01:13 -0500

HermannView: Poison for all earth's residents: the GMO revolution:

hermannview:

In a dusty book written in 1969 by Jack Wood I had picked up in an outdoor book sale, the Introduction to Neo-Colonialism had an interesting statement wrote, neo-colonialism is “a strategy of imperialism” which strives to “continue the economic exploitation of the Third World.” Instead of…

nprfreshair: archiemcphee: From the Department of Awesome...

alphabotsoup — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:42:41 -0500

nprfreshair:

archiemcphee:

From the Department of Awesome Anthropomorphic Foodstuffs come these wonderful photos taken by a farmer in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, who unearthed a daikon radish that strongly resembles a figure swinging its arms and running for its life. It looks like it would be right at home as a creature in a Miyazaki film.

The imaginative farmer, who goes by the twitter handle @konsai_umemama, decided that such a fantastic vegetable deserves a more interesting fate than ending up on someone’s plate. And so they’ve set about placing the radish in a variety of humourous situations and then taking these great photos.

[via Spoon & Tamago]

Happy Monday, Internet! We salute you with this anthropomorphic radish running for its life. Or getting ready to dance the day away? You decide.

—Yowei

sustainable-sam: Preserving Herbs for Best Flavor

alphabotsoup — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:48:57 -0400

sustainable-sam:

Preserving Herbs for Best Flavor

did-you-kno: Source

alphabotsoup — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:55:46 -0400

did-you-kno:

Source

Industrialization

alphabotsoup — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:50:03 -0400

Industrialization

Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Falon

alphabotsoup — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:07:34 -0400

Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Falon

brandef: forest garden

alphabotsoup — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:09:01 -0400

brandef:

forest garden

the apocalypse.

alphabotsoup — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:39:21 -0400

the apocalypse.

brandef: Infertility Georgia guide stone. No wifi in...

alphabotsoup — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:19:35 -0400

brandef:

Infertility Georgia guide stone. No wifi in Switzerland ba nk

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alphabotsoup — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 06:10:15 -0400

mrsevilgenius11: great way to keep no fuss herbs and easy take...

alphabotsoup — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:58:59 -0400

mrsevilgenius11:

great way to keep no fuss herbs and easy take home low maintenance project to do with kids to get them interested in the garden

c0quettes-temporary: Live Moss Carpet is a soft grass carpet...

alphabotsoup — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:56:01 -0400

c0quettes-temporary:

Live Moss Carpet is a soft grass carpet that thrives from the few drops of water you leave behind when stepping out of the shower or bath.

I dig the fuck outta this.

dailyresillience: iggymogo: A trellised Italian Tree Tomato.

alphabotsoup — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:14:28 -0400

dailyresillience:

iggymogo:

A trellised Italian Tree Tomato.

hildekitten: justinsbeach: How to make a pond in a small pot...

alphabotsoup — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:33:46 -0400

hildekitten:

justinsbeach:

How to make a pond in a small pot or bucket

“Espalier is a technique for shaping trees in two dimensions,...

alphabotsoup — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:36:17 -0400

“Espalier is a technique for shaping trees in two dimensions, for growing flat trees. The method has roots in the middle ages. It comes in handy where planting space is limited, like in a medieval castle courtyard.”
… from Super Eco. www.supereco.com/news/2009/03/03/espalier-an-apple-tree/

banliyo: Permaculture principles by MrGluSniffer on Flickr.

alphabotsoup — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:23:19 -0400

banliyo:

Permaculture principles by MrGluSniffer on Flickr.

brandef: propaedeuticist: Circular Urbanism bread leisure...

alphabotsoup — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:51:49 -0400

Novo Sibirsk

Hamadan Iran

sun city arizona

nahalal israel

palmanova italy

brandef:

propaedeuticist:

Circular Urbanism

bread leisure sinenergee

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alphabotsoup — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:52:36 -0400