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    Saro drilling holes in the cage of IBC system1

    MM Aquaponics 1st builing weekend Day1
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  • The hypnotic loop of Aquaponics

    An inside view about saturday 21st meeting

    To watch the loop of the water flow in our small aquaponics system is hypnotic: first, the water is whisked up by the pump and makes its way between the clay pebbles until the whole grow bed is full.

  • 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...
  • Book: Sylvia Bernstein 11 Nov 2011

    Aquaponic Gardening

    A Step by Step Guide to Growing Fish and Vegetables Together

    Aquaponic Gardening is the definitive do-it-yourself home manual, focused on giving you all the tools you need to create your own aquaponic system and enjoy healthy, safe, fresh, and delicious food...

  • Internship Guerilla Gardening

    Help us influence an uncontrolled green space and grow plants in the public space around Mediamatic. If you have a green thumb and you want to contribute in the shaping of an urban garden and park area, Mediamatic is the perfect place for you.

    We are looking for people who are passionate about urban gardening. We have the opportunity to take care of a green parcel in the centre of Amsterdam, and we want it to be a valuable and beautiful...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Building Aquaponics Systems

    15
    Dec 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

    Building Aquaponics System

    17
    Nov 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.

  • Aquaponics Team

    Pleased to meet you

    These people have been building and nurturing our Aquaponics farm. A group of builders, farmers, teachers and designers. Do you want to join the group and learn how to build Aquaponics-systems, too?

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    2011–2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...

  • 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.

  • Vertical Farming Ikea-stijl

    Verslag van KamerVragen op 21 februari 2013

    ‘Boeren‘ in de stad, het is mogelijk en iedereen kan het. Dit werd gisteravond door Willem Velthoven van Mediamatic en John Apesos van Simbicity gedemonstreerd tijdens KamerVragen in de...

  • Our System

    Dijksgracht 6

    At the beginning of 2015 we started in our new location at the Dijksgracht nr. 6
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Nature needs Heroes: Building Aquaponics Systems

    26
    Oct 2019
    - with Saro van Cleynenbreugel

    Thanks to Timberland, you will able to join this workshop for € 12,50. Read more about the Nature needs Heroes campaign here . Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines the...

  • Iron Deficiency

    Deep red water, but healthy plants.

  • Fish, plant, rack

    Quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics

    Andy Gracie's work allows the electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic...

  • Big fish, big food

    We just learned something new! Lately our big fish (they're approaching 300 grams now) weren't eating very well, but we couldn't find a cause. Until we ordered new fish food for them.

  • Shit

    Better be safe than sorry

    For a few weeks now, tower 3 has been having troubles. The water looked cloudy, the fish weren't eating, in fact, they were gasping for air. We measured everything we could, but couldn't find...

  • 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

  • Farm Fountain, an unusual aquaponics system

    Art and science together for a better way of life

    Farm Fountain is a small ecosystem that allows you to have fresh food grown right at home.

  • Living Roof project

    If you can’t beat them, join them.

    Living Roof geeft een sterke verbetering van de leefkwaliteit van golfplaten hutten in Zuid-Afrikaanse townships. We presenteren in 2014 in Kaapstad (world design capital) een eerste ontwerp waarbij...

  • Miniponics

    Sustainable fish and plant farm for the living room

    This small aquaponics-installation looks good and is eco-friendly. Plants and fish are cultivated together and help each other survive. The Miniponics consists of not much more than a PET-bottle

  • A new system!

    Thanks to the workshop participants

    Last friday we built a new system. It's about time too, because the catfish are a little bit overstocked.

  • Structuring processes

    Backing up our assumptions

    Our oldest system has been running for one and a half years now and we've seen happening a lot to it in this time. Ebs and flows, births and deaths, seeds and fruits. To have this experience is...

  • Clean room report

    2014

    IN 2011 Mediamatic has built its first clean room for performing experiments with mycelia and other living organisms. In this article I attempt to make a brief survey on the different stages of the...

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