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Floating Wind Turbines

Floating Wind Turbine

Floating Wind Turbine

“This innovative solution solves a lot of the existing problems with mining wind energy, avoiding the hazardous carbon footprint standard turbines leave behind when built initially, producing more energy and universally being more versatile. The MARS Turbine will be commercially available early 2011, and they are also currently working on a backpack-sized version for charging your iPad on your next Yosemite backcountry adventure.”

Floating Wind Turbines

Farming Fish and Vegetables

Farming Fish and Vegetables

“Aquaponics — a combination of aquaculture, or fish cultivation, and  hydroponics, or water-based planting — utilizes a symbiotic relationship  between fish and plants. Fish waste provides nutrients for the plants,  which in turn filter the water in which the fish live. Cuttings from  plant are composted to create food for worms, which provide food for the  fish, completing the cycle.”

Aquaponics at the N.Y. Times

The Yellow River Corpse Fishers

The Yellow River Corpse Fishers

The Yellow River Corpse Fishers

“From his perch on an overhang above the Yellow River, Wei Jinpeng pointed to a fisherman’s cove below and began counting his latest catch. He stopped after six, and guessed that perhaps a dozen human corpses were bobbing in the murky waters.”

The Yellow River Corpse Fishers

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