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by britta

NEW! How To: V3.0 MAMA w/participatory instructions (beta)

June 30, 2010 in Featured Post, How-Tos, Materials and Resources, Version 3.0 Modular Airlift Columns, Windowfarms Project News, energy consumption, environmental impact, kits by britta

* quieter
* easier to set up
* more elegant, but still do-able with recycled water bottles
* more plants for less electrical input (up to 32 plants on one air pump)
* modular, meaning you can have vegetative, fruiting, and flowering plants all in one system

and the participatory web guide routes your ideas, questions, sketches, discussion, & issues for R&D-I-Y while you build with the new FEEDBACK tab.

by britta

Windowfarms Kits- Give us your feedback?

March 5, 2010 in Materials and Resources, Seeking Advice, Windowfarms Project News, kits, questions by britta

We are almost there on kits, Folks. We would love your input on a couple of things.
For more about why we are making kits, read this.

Here’s how kits are looking.
You will choose between a 2-column or 4-column windowfarm. You WILL have to be able to screw at least 4 screws into your upper [...]

by britta

Interest in Installation help?

March 5, 2010 in Getting Started, Materials and Resources, Seeking Advice, Windowfarms Project News, kits, our mission, questions by britta

Another suggestion for an income stream to support the Windowfarms Project mission that would simultaneously provide local jobs and green collar training is a mobile installation crew.
I have gotten messages from at least ten individuals- including one senior citizen in Manhattan- requesting such a service.
We already have one awesome local highschool kid on [...]

by britta

Why kits?

March 5, 2010 in Windowfarms Project News, kits, our mission, questions by britta

Why are we making kits if this is an opensource hardware project?
Building your own windowfarm is always an option and enabling anyone who has more time than money to do this is the whole point. That is the “charitable” cause we are working for here at Windowfarms headquarters.
However, we are also trying to get [...]

by britta2

Latest Windowfarm Design at Brooklyn Windowfarms Headquarters

March 2, 2010 in Completed Window Farms, Plants, Windowfarms Project News, kits, posts with pitcures! by britta2

Check out this little video of the latest windowfarm design on our Youtube channel.
Kits will be a lot like this.