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What are Aquaponics & Sustainability? According to the EPA, Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions


  1. What are Aquaponics & Sustainability?

  2. According to the EPA, “Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.”

  3. So... Sustainability

  4. Examples of Sustainability

  5. And...

  6. Aquaponics! “A system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water.

  7. So...

  8. How is Aquaponics Sustainable? “Aquaponics embodies sustainability by creating a closed loop system that recycles materials between aquaculture and hydroponics while minimizing losses in the system’s energy flow.”

  9. Examples of Aquaponics Systems

  10. Examples of Aquaponics Systems

  11. Examples of Aquaponics Systems

  12. How does aquaponics work?

  13. The Nitrogen Cycle

  14. So, Waste = Food!

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