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DESIGN   |  Comment

Living Walls Look Great, But What About Upkeep?

Not only effective in reducing energy use, a vertically scaled garden, or living wall injects a shot of green into gray urban streetscapes. Last week we wrote about North America's largest largest living wall, designed by Kari ...READ»

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Le Petit Prince Robot Grows Earth's Plants on Mars

Le Petit Prince robot is perhaps the least optimistic design to come around in a long time. Created by Martin Miklica, the greenhouse robot is "specially designed to help the future exploration and expanding population in the Mars" ...READ»

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GARDENING   |  Comment

Roll-Out Veg Mat Makes Gardening a Mindless Task

How many more people would start backyard gardens if they didn't have to spend time and energy on the set-up process? Probably a lot--at least, that's what designer Chris Chapman hopes to prove with his Roll-Out Veg ...READ»

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DNA BARCODE   |  Comment

"DNA Barcode" Could Protect Plants From Illegal Trade

Believe it or not, the illegal trade of endangered plant species is a big business. The illicit trade of animals is more well known than plants in part because the trade is easier to track. That's one reason behind a proposal to track ...READ»

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International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution

Let's not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world's medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also produces a ripple effect; for ...READ»

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Harvest Green's Vision of Vertical Urban Farming in Mixed-Use Buildings

Romses Architects' Harvest Green Project, a winning entry in Vancouver's "The 2030 Challenge," explores urban vertical farming in mixed-use buildings. The architecture firm envisions a building that contains ...READ»

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Scientists Developing iPhone App to Crowdsource Plant Research

A group of scientists and researchers from the Smithsonian, University of Maryland, and Columbia University is working on an iPhone application that turns budding scientists into valuable research contributors. The application ...READ»

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