UN Sustainable Development Goals Addressed
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Goal 2: Zero Hunger
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Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
2016 Global Design Challenge Finalist
This design concept was developed by participants in the Institute’s Global Design Challenge. The descriptions below are from the team’s competition entry materials.
Location: Zvolen, Slovakia
Team members: Zuzana Tončíková
Innovation Details
The BIOCultivator is a self-sustaining system to help city-dwellers grow their own organic food, right on their balconies. The BIOCultivator design was inspired by the ability of some lizard species living in arid areas to collect water and moisture with their skin. Zvolen, Slovakia bio-cultivator.com
This team also participated in a European Union Horizons 2020 grant for €10 million that aims to demonstrate and test innovations that close water loops, feed the soil, and promote local economies. Read more about the initiative here.
