Garden Pool (SO COOL!)

"Our family feels that food is the currency of the future."

These are the words of Dennis McClung, the founder and creator of Garden Pool, a non-profit organization that teaches people how to transform a pool, yes, those cement holes normally filled with chlorinated water, into a garden that yields produce 365 days a year!


I would try to explain this amazing process, but you have to see it for yourself.

Original design sketch
gardenpool.org

Terms to know:
Symbiosis - an interdependent relationship between two organisms living together
Self-sufficient - needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially with regard to the production of food
Aquaponics - a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water
Solar power - power obtained by harnessing the energy of the sun's rays
Biosphere - the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms

If I ever move into a house with an empty pool, and it is located in a good climate, I am DEFINITELY doing this. :)

More,
Gourmanda

Learn more at 
http://gardenpool.org/