<![CDATA[io9: Domed City]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Domed City]]> http://io9.com/tag/domed city http://io9.com/tag/domed city <![CDATA[A domed city that holds an entire biosphere]]> What would you get if you combined Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, a botanical garden, and the amusement-park atmosphere of Epcot Center? By our computations, you'd wind up with the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.
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]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5809296&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment]]> On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million plants and increase the UK's crop of green vegetables by 15%. Called Thanet Earth, the project will be a series of 7 connected grenhouses with a relatively small carbon footprint. And nothing grown inside Thanet Earth will ever touch soil. More »
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