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Workshop/Class
Phytoremediation: A Workshop on Making Low-Tech Floating Gardens Out of Trash
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Expedition Gowanus
- When
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Saturday Sep 11, 2010 (1–3pm)
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- Price
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$7 suggested donation
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“In Phytoremediation plants are used to pull pollutants from the environment and make them innocuous. One way of doing this is to create floating restoration devices, or gardens of water plants attached to structures buoyed in polluted bodies of water. Sounds like fun to us, but we're sure it's more complicated than sticking a houseplant on an old cereal box. But maybe not. Scott Kellog, co-founder of Albany's Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, guides you through the basic concepts and techniques of phytoremediation. Then you make your very own mini floating trash island with wetland plants, and sail it down the Lavendar Lake (aka Gowanus Canal). Save the date and some trash.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
Note:
Pre-registration is required and space is limited! RSVP to expeditiongowanus@gmail.com.
Expedition Gowanus is a series of workshops focused on DIY sustainability techniques that will culminate in the final design and installation stages for an off grid, regenerative, floating structure scheduled to set sail on the Gowanus Canal this fall.
- Expedition Gowanus
