Nature & Life
This issue we look at two companies which have taken eco-friendly to an extremely high level.
By Alia Babapulle
Aesthetically Attractive… and Affordable
Green Magic Homes is a way of living in harmony with nature. It is a revolutionary pre-fabricated modular building system which makes homes in fibre-reinforced composites with smooth surfaces, washable walls, rounded corners, high strength, natural illumination and endless design possibilities.
The company’s kits include: doors and windows made of treated pine, oak or fir, galvanised steel screws, elastomer for sealing component flaps together, packing and assembly manual. They are shipped ready to be installed.
Some parts of this technology are manufactured in fibre cement board, which are joined to the FRP modules with nylon ties and sealed with elastomer. They also offer custom designs for a small fee in addition to their customary products.
The homes are heated using an eco-bio method, therefore not harming the planet. Only three months after launching their commercial operations, they have seven countries signed for distribution: Canada, Brazil, Israel, Chile, the Dominican Republic and Italy. Five additional countries will be included shortly.
This is a particularly good and affordable solution for many countries, as well as being aesthetically pleasing.
Have Your Fish … And Eat It Too
If you like fish – due to their calming and beautiful to look at – then this company is offering you an excellent option. You can have your fish and eat what grows on top of the aquarium as well. The Grove Ecosystem is very simple: it’s an intelligent indoor garden which can grow anywhere in a house and uses fish, microbes and plants in concert to produce natural food in a space the size of a small bookshelf.
The fish food is the input and the plants are the output, while the microbes make the magic happen in between. This growing technique is called aquaponics and it is already used by greenhouses around the world to meet growing global demand for sustainably grown produce. The result is fresh food and clean tanks.
The system grows plants 50 to 75 per cent faster and, double the density, is more productive than normal gardening. It also uses a negligible amount of electricity to power the system.
www.grovelabs.io
