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  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Workshop: Aquaponics

    16
    Sep 2018
    - Learn to build Aquaponics

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
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  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Workshop: Aquaponics

    1
    Sep 2019
    - With Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Workshop: Aquaponics

    1
    Dec 2019
    - Learn to build Aquaponics

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Workshop: Aquaponics

    17
    Nov 2019
    - Learn to build Aquaponics

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Workshop: Aquaponics

    20
    Oct 2019
    - Learn to build Aquaponics

    Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the cultivation of vegetables and fish. It is one of the best ways to produce food in the city, because it hardly takes up any space.

  • Internship Aquaponics

    Help us to grow vegetables and fish in this ecologically sustainable system!

    As an intern aquaponics you are involved in designing, building and taking care of the systems. You also help with organising the workshops and organise the educational program for schools. We are...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Aquaponics Tour

    Aquaponics is a method of sustainable farming in which food can be produced within the city, made possible by the small amount of space the system needs. An ecosystem is essentially created from...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Raising Doubts

    Do you live your dream? Help with the creation of a flower infographic.

    Are you fundamentally lonely? Do you break taboos? Join us and start Raising Doubts (Twijfel Zaaien) in Amsterdam's newest hotspot: Dijkspark. Thirty questions about life and art lead you along...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...

  • Field Peas

    Growing field peas in an aquaponics greenhouse

    Although our shade cloth can cool the greenhouse on hot days, it is still nice to have some complete shade inside. We have created some extra shade by just using some string and field peas.

  • Mediamatic Biotoop Kevin Siedsma

    Help! My seeds aren't germinating!

    My time here at the aquaponics greenhouse  has been a touch and go learning experience. Let me elaborate by going into detail about my trials and tribulations setting up the nursery. So all you

  • Aquaponics Construction

    The siphon and grow lights

    Constructing aquaponics tanks is serious business. While we're working at Mediamatic Fabriek, we're acquiring loads of knowledge we can later share with people, enabling others to make their...

  • PH meter

    Brand new easy to use PH & Temp meter

    To ensure the right living conditions for our fish we need to measure the PH daily. The liquid tests are quite a hassle and they're not always that accurate. So we bought an electronic one.

  • Workspace Mediamatic

    Artists and designers working in the heart of Amsterdam

    Be part of the Biotoop and share a co-working space in the heart of Amsterdam. Mediamatic Biotoop is a registered creative workspace ( CAWA Broedplaats ), meaning that we offer reduced prices on...

  • Sussing out Mediamatic's 'Sister…

    The system is not working very well, a rebuild plan is drawn up.

    Since the Aquaponics project of Self-Sustaining Communities was started up last Spring, the system has wound down somewhat. It looks as though a complete rebuild may be needed to get the system...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kool Kabbage

    2018 - 2019

    2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
  • Exhibition: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Mediamatic Biotoop, NEMO Science Center, Oosterdok

    Het Parfum: the exhibition

    Smell the Future of Amsterdam

    After 360 years, the Navy Terrain opens up. We’ll get more space in the centre of Amsterdam. What can we do with this? There are many options, such as: Sports and Relaxation, Fancy Condos, Navy

  • Sending bugs to BGB Nijhof

    The procedure for sending samples to BGB Nijhof is as follows: Take a pest-infested leaf sample and place it in a clean Petri dish. If there is no Petri dish in the aquaponics greenhouse, get one...

  • fish feed

    comparison and optimization

    our efforts to optimize the fish feed for our catfish. Two different kinds of commercial fishfeed and our own homegrewn protein.

  • Workshop

    with new system design

    Mediamatic wanted an aquaponics system in their greenhouse office at the Fabriek, so during the workshop we built one upstairs. It's a new design, because the tower wouldn't fit underneath...

  • Get rich with aquaponics

    Successful plants in our aquaponics greenhouse

    Having an aquaponic system in an unheated greenhouse creates very specific conditions for plants. Some of the plants love it; others not so much. As many of the plants we have sowed have reached...
  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Those Oesterzwam bags

    Unknown here in the States

    At a presentation given by Jim Wheeler, founder of the Sonoma County Mycological Association ( of Northern California )

  • New nursery!

    Yesterday we built a new space for our small plants, we used recycled materials. The first nursery was not working very well because the environment was too cold for them. We installed a plastic...

  • Miniponics succes

    Many people want it at home

    After two days of workshops using the miniponics as a demonstration model, we can say it's a big succes.

  • Mensen willen weer hun eigen boontjes doppen

    Verslag van de 020-dag van de stadslandbouw in Amsterdam Noord

    Het is crisis in verschillende vormen. Bankencrisis, vastgoedcrisis, energiecrisis maar ook voedselcrisis. Afgelopen maanden zijn we overspoeld met voorbeelden daarvan. We eten niet wat we denken te...

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