http://clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/date/2008/6/1/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/date/2008/6/1/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/25EAB991-E76D-48D3-A835-ECB99123CA2C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/">einbar</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/pie-in-the-sky-the-worlds-first-edible-highrise-836350.html" title="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/pie-in-the-sky-the-worlds-first-edible-highrise-836350.html">www.independent.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Pie in the sky: The world's first edible high-rise</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/einbar/512/4C4F45A1-F4BD-4262-9D2F-E256F5B247CF.jpg" alt=" " /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Toronto scientist Gordon Graff has created plans for a 58-floor concept building ? the SkyFarm - which would grow crops in the heart of the city and could provide enough food for 35,000 people every day</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The potential of city-based farming could be vastly expanded if we extend upwards as well as using ground-level plots. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Of course, one major problem with growing produce on our roofs is the quantities of soil needed, which would add unfeasible amounts of weight. However, hydroponic technology – using nutrient-enriched water instead of soil – could be the solution. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Toronto scientist Gordon Graff has created plans for a 58-floor concept building – the SkyFarm – which would grow crops in the heart of the city and could provide enough food for 35,000 people every day. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Crops would be irrigated by water recycled through the building's hydroponic system and, with no soil, many diseases are ruled out – meaning no need for chemical pesticides. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/pie-in-the-sky-the-worlds-first-edible-highrise-836350.htmlSun, 01 Jun 2008 14:15:38 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7CA66852-0992-49D5-8555-191D36F62582/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/einbar/">einbar</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/al_gore_goes_op.php" title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/al_gore_goes_op.php">www.treehugger.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1><A href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/al_gore_goes_op.php">Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth To Be Staged As Opera</A></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/einbar/512/651AEC28-3497-4AA8-B224-EC486A25FC98.jpg" alt="la%20scala%20opera%20house%20to%20stage%20al%20gore%27s%20inconvenient%20truth%20picture.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The Associated Press is reporting that Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth is going to be staged as an opera. From lecture halls to film, okay we get it. From film to books, a natural transition. But opera? </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>According to AP, the Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli has been commissioned to produce an opera on Gore's international multiformat hit, for the 2011 season at the Milan opera house, La Scala. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/al_gore_goes_op.phpSun, 01 Jun 2008 14:05:33 GMT