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John Todd, the venerable systems ecologist best known for his work on environmental remediation. In 1969 Todd founded the New Alchemy Institute and began to design microecosystems, self-contained plant communities inside greenhouses. Using them as small-scale prototypes for larger real-world projects, he revolutionized how we approach solving envir
... See moreDickson Despommier • The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
Inner-city abandoned lots could be easily converted to vertical-farm complexes, not only adding much-needed revenue to the city coffers, but also eliminating “food deserts.”
Dickson Despommier • The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
In the 1990s, he was active in promoting living wall gardens, which are vertical planting beds that grow vegetables without pesticides, weeding, or much labor. (Small versions are now sold in cooking supply stores, from companies such as AeroGarden.) Bergmann
Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
major pesticide, as of the summer of 2009.
Dickson Despommier • The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
This 318-acre highly successful commercial greenhouse complex is located in the middle of a barren portion of the Arizona desert. It drills deep into the rock for its water and recycles all of it. The only moisture that leaves the farm is in the form of tomatoes and cucumbers.
Dickson Despommier • The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
