<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9d2c37a6-eadf-4216-999a-8dbbbb003e24/96F2FB09-8701-4099-906F-5C577859BBF1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.inhabitat.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/BBA55C6A-1FD2-4054-A5E5-A903922F9984" alt="Mathieu Lehanneur, Mathieu Lehanneur aquarium, Mathieu Lehanneur living river plant aquarium, indoor gardening, indoor ecosystem, urban gardening, indoor fish aquarium, indoor hydroponic systems, natural air filters, natural water purifying, river21.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P><STRONG><A href="http://www.mathieulehanneur.com/" target="new">Mathieu Lehanneur</A></STRONG> is known for his modernist designs that have a ecological purpose. We previously wrote about <A href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/03/bel-air-mini-mobile-greenhouse/" target="new">living air filter</A> that uses plants to naturally purify the air in a neat little capsule. And now, this French designer has another amazing installation that brings the benefits of nature indoors into a self contained living local river ecosystem. This aquarium is not only an interesting home décor piece, but also a fish hatchery and vegetable garden. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/E17F92E1-2429-4ADF-81F8-ACFF22CFA312" alt="Mathieu Lehanneur, Mathieu Lehanneur aquarium, Mathieu Lehanneur living river plant aquarium, indoor gardening, indoor ecosystem, urban gardening, indoor fish aquarium, indoor hydroponic systems, natural air filters, natural water purifying, river11.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><P>This version of hydroponics uses a refrigerated aquarium as a hatchery for freshwater fish, while vegetables grow on top in glass pods. The vegetables use the water from the fish tank, extract nutrients, filtering and <A href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/13/design-for-the-other-90-lifestraw/" target="new">purifying the water</A> for the fish to reuse and develop. For those who don’t have the outdoor space to grow their own food, this may be an effective solution to the local food dilemma.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/23/local-river-plant-aquarium-by-mathieu-lehanneur/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/282F31DF-7B49-45F2-B722-65B075DF8043" alt="Mathieu Lehanneur, Mathieu Lehanneur aquarium, Mathieu Lehanneur living river plant aquarium, indoor gardening, indoor ecosystem, urban gardening, indoor fish aquarium, indoor hydroponic systems, natural air filters, natural water purifying, river31.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/96F2FB09-8701-4099-906F-5C577859BBF1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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