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.
Program
We start the day with a tour through Biotoop Dijksgracht and the Aquaponics site. During the tour you'll get a thorough introduction to Aquaponics and a crash course in biology. After that, with our trainers' help, we will start to build the Aquaponics farm together. By the end of the day you will know exactly how to build your own system at home, and know everything about the ecosystem. You will also learn the basics of biology, plumbing and carpentry necessary for the Aquaponics system.
Information
Workshop: Building Aquaponics Systems
Sunday, 26th of January 10:00 - 15:00
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam
Tickets: Full price €95 | Student / Artist / Stadspas €70*
*We give a discount to students, artists and Stadspas holders. If this applies to you we will ask to verify. For questions, please send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl.
Attendance limited to 12 people. We maintain a minimum of 6 participants.
Please note that (unless everyone speaks Dutch) this workshop will be held in English.
