Aquaponics Workshop @ Festival of Cools

What is Aquaponics?

The Aquaponic Gardening Community describes aquaponics as "the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, recirculating ecosystem utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish waste to plant nutrients. This is an environmentally, friendly, natural food-growing method that harnesses the best attributes of aquaculture and hydroponics, without the need to discard any water or filtrate or add chemical fertilizer."

The Mediamatic Aquaponics team is currently building an urban oasis based on this ecofriendly system. Find out more here.

Building the 4-story aquaponics tower

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Tijdens de Aquaponics workshop op het Transnatural festival worden de laatste handelingen verricht aan de Aquaponics toren.

What will you learn?

We start the day with an introduction to aquaponics and a crash course in biology. Next, guided by our trainers, you will learn how to build a vertical aquaponics farm from scratch. By the end of the day you will know exactly how to build your own system at home, and how the eco-system of the fish tank and grow beds works.

More information

The workshop takes place at Green Metropole's New Energy Docks on Wednesday October 10, from 10.00 to 18.00. (Click here for directions.) Tickets are €120,- ex VAT. Freelancers, students, employees of cultural institutions and/or institutions with an ANBI-status receive a 30% discount. Reduced tickets are €84,03 ex VAT. You can buy one or more tickets by clicking the 'Buy a ticket'-button at the top of this page. Questions, or wondering if your institution qualifies for the reduced workshop fee? Please e-mail or call her at: 020-6389901.

NRC Next

Read an article NRC Next wrote about our aquaponics project (in Dutch).