An inventory of urban and suburban sustainable ideas and the people behind them. Disobeying the suburban aesthetic laws for common sense, locavorism, human footprint reduction. Escaping consumerism by saving seeds, making your own honey, compost, houses etc....

Cooperative roots garden extension

This garden was started by a A. , an active member of co-op roots. The landlord rents out the land for a bilboard and let wead take over untill A. offered to farm the land. The garden is always open and used by whoever feel inspired.
Ce jardin a ete comenecer par A. un membre de Cooperative roots. Le proprietaire de cette parcelle de terrain le loue a un panneau publicitaire, et jusqu'a la venue d'A. laiser pousser les "mauvaises herbes". A a offert de commencer un potager ouvert a tous et utiliser par beaucoup de voisins.

Sheet mulching with waxy cardboard to suffocate weeds in the paths of the garden, the cardboard will then be covered with mulch from a local arborist.
Les sols des villes sont tres pauvres et compact. A la fois pour nourir le sol et suffoquer les mauvaises herbes, le sol est couvert de carton, puis de copeaux de bois venant d'un arboriste local

Cooperative roots



Edibles growing everywhere. The gray water system was installed by Dig Coop(http://dig.coop/Site_2/Home.html). The water goes through numerous filters, including sand/bacteria filled underground cisterns. In this image the water is going though the plant wall, to get oxygene. The cleane water goes back into the house and is used to flush and wash laundry!
Le jardin est entierement domestique et le potager s'epand dans tout les coins. Un systeme de recuperation d'eau usee. Les eaux sont filtrees par le mur de plantes et canalisee en direction des arbres du jardin.


Compost and lived in cabins
Compost et des cabanes contruites et habitees dans le jardin.


Rain water catching cistern. Water heating system that runs throughout the floors of the house, outdoor kitchen with solar panels on the roof, in the middle of the farmed garden.
Citerne qui recupere l'eau de pluie. Systeme de chaufage a eau qui passe a travers les sols.



Salvage construction suply fro future projects. And the chickens.
Stockage de materiaux de construction recycles. Et le poulailler

Dry and worm compost




Lasagna technique

Testing heat in dry compost, checking on worms, dry compost

Furniture







Bathtubs turned into worm bins, used as benches.
Pedestals covered with used fabric used as seats and table.

Arbors and climers





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