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Check out this new concept home by Cradle 2 Cradle. It has a photosynthetic, phototropic spinach skin surface and a vegetated roof system that filters storm water in. Keep reading for its full uber-sustainable features list.
The spinach house has:
- A vertical core with super-conductive photosynthetic plasma that generates 200% more voltage than ordinary solar cells.
- The spinach protein shell of the house grows over time, generating enough electricity to power the neighbors' homes, too.
- The vegeted roof collects storm water and filters it. Non-potable water goes to a septic tank below the home, and then feeds the garden.
- Soy-foam wall panels keep heat in.
- Reconstituted concrete with striated polymer mesh reinforcement helps keep the open floor plan intact.
- Walls can be moved around easily to accommodate growing families and renovations.
- The unique contours of the building increase wind speed overhead, generating more power.
- Hot air flows out of the house through the core stack ventilation tower.
- Waste is collected and re-purposed as a fertilizer for the garden. Images by Cradle 2 Cradle 
Comments
It is what it is, and that's all that it is.
insert popeye joke here
@theintrepidspacemanspiff: I thought I just did!
@Frozen-Tex: damn! too quick for me tex.
I'm strong to da finich
cauz I livez in spinach
I'm Popeye da eco-green man!
Sweet Jeebus, that house looks like an aircraft carrier.
Or a HeliCarrier!!!
Nick Fury, stop living large on taxpayers' expense!!!
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