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SUMMARY:PHYTOREMEDIATION:  a workshop on making low tech, floating wat
 er remediation gardens out of trash
DESCRIPTION:Phytoremediation!\na workshop on making low tech, floating
  water remediation gardens out of trash\n\nPhytoremediation is the use
  of plants to pull pollutants from the environment and render them har
 mless. In polluted bodies of water, gardens of water plants can be att
 ached to buoyant structures, thus creating 'floating restoration devic
 es'.\n\nScott Kellog, co-founder of Albany's Radix Ecological Sustaina
 bility Center and co-author of the book Toolbox for Sustainable City L
 iving: A Do-it-Ourselves Guide, will lead the workshop. He will introd
 uce basic concepts in phytoremediation and some of the techniques for 
 applying these concepts to the remediation of polluted water (living m
 achines, constructed wetlands, etc).\n\nAfter an introduction, you wil
 l be lead in the construction of a mini 'floating trash island'. Made 
 out of construction debris and old soda bottles, the island will be pl
 anted with wetland plants, and then given the ultimate challenge; an i
 naugural float on the infamous Lavender Lake (aka Gowanus Canal).\n\nW
 hen: Saturday, September 11, 1 - 3pm\n\nWhere: Gowanus, Brooklyn (exac
 t location to be disclosed with RSVP)\n\nHow to register: Pre-registra
 tion is required and space is limited!\nRSVP to expeditiongowanus@gmai
 l.com.\n\nCost: Sliding scale donations accepted at the door, suggeste
 d $7.\n\nExpedition Gowanus is a series of workshops focused on DIY su
 stainability techniques that will culminate in the final design and in
 stallation stages for an off grid, regenerative, floating structure sc
 heduled to set sail on the Gowanus Canal this fall.\n\nFor more projec
 t information, or to be added to the email list of future Expedition G
 owanus events, emailexpeditiongowanus@gmail.com .\n\nFor more informat
 ion visit http://www.greenedgenyc.org/events/phytoremediation-a-worksh
 op
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LOCATION:Gowanu, Brooklyn
WEBSITE:http://expeditiongowanus.wordpress.com/
URL:http://expeditiongowanus.wordpress.com/
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ORGANIZER:Expedition Gowanus
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