Water and Simple Living
The following us an updated version of an assignment submitted for my study in Writing the Zeitgeist at Curtin University. Live simply so that others may simply live – Gandhi.…
Commercial Aquaponics
The largest aquaponics facility in the world at: http://www.japan-aquaponics.com/largest-aquaponics-facility-in-the-world.html
Cycling and Aquaponics
It is important that before adding plants and fish to your newly aquaponics setup that you start it cycling. No, I don’t mean go and ride your bike, but you…
Plants and Aquaponics
Fish and plants are the main components of the aquaponics system. The growbed media provide the environment for the conversion of the ammonia produced by the fish, into nitrates that…
Mindfullness and Sustainable Living
Mindfulness can be the answer to many of the problems each one of us faces every day. So what is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of living in the here…
What do we mean by ‘sustainable’?
The dictionary provides lots of different definitions of this term. The meaning I am going to adopt is ” to supply with food and drink, or the necessities of life,…
Energy
It has been said that energy is the lifeblood of our civilisation. The rise of energy production has propelled our civilisation forward. As stated in another post, our civilisation is…
The Birth of My Aquaponics System
In a previous post, I outlined the reasons why I decided to use aquaponics for producing fresh food for us. In this post, I am going to provide a photo…
Starting With Aquaponics
Growing up on a dairy farm meant that we always had fresh milk, and Grandma used to have a wonderful vegetable garden using aged cow manure as a fertilizer and…
Food
Oxfam has stated that for the sixth time in the last 11 years, the world is going to consume more food than it produces. This is caused by unusual weather…
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