This short TED video is an amazing and inspirational example of open-source community-driven DIY (do-it-yourself)  innovation and co-creation in gardening. If you live in an apartment, window farming makes great use of the sun’s productive energy.

Britta Riley designs and builds urban farms and other participatory artworks that explore the city. She is an artist and technologist who makes crowd sourced R&D solutions for environmental issues. Her company, Windowfarms.org was named one of the top 100 businesses to watch in 2010 by Entrepreneur Magazine. Windowfarms makes vertical hydroponic platforms for growing food in city windows, designed in conjunction with a online citizen science web platform for with over 16,000 community members worldwide.

To learn more:  windowfarms.org
Britta’s Network:  our.windowfarms.org