FLORENCE, ITALY – Thanks to the greenhouse Floating Jellyfish, Florence and Tuscany were ranked second among the five finalists in the world of the United Nations award Unece Ideas for Change Award.
The Jellyfish Barge modular floating greenhouse for intensive cultivation, is able to purify sea water by using solar energy. It consists of a wooden base floating on recycled plastic drums, supporting a glass greenhouse with solar panels, which provide the low energy required to power the fans and pumps. This system represents a solution for producing food next to the final consumer without consuming land, energy and fresh water.
The Jellyfish Barge will be presented in Florence, Italy, during Expo 2015. In the year of the 70th anniversary of the UN, Member States will adopt and ambitious and action-oriented Post-2015 Development Agenda with sustainable development goals, in New York in September. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is on the front line to give its contribution.
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