Pollution Aspects Page

Pollution Aspects

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plants of the Biome

the water supply to the Biome

ventilation system

power use within the Biome

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scorched earth of the futureTheories and Predictions

Predictions of rising pollution levels pose real problems for the town gardens of the future.

Air, water and soil pollution would be paramount - at unbearable levels for all life.

In this appocalyptic future many plants will not be able to survive, those that do will diminish to low lying forms that have adapted to gather any moisture which comes within their reach, photosynthesising at night for less stress.

man-made controlled environmentHowever, in a man-made, controlled environment where the plants needs are catered for without external influence, it may be possible to sustain plant life and hence our own.

It is this vision that leads to the deduction that the whole garden would have to be enclosed in a BIOME. Any light, water and air entering this environment would be carefully monitored, filtered and distributed throughout the structure.

Solardome 4 - the basis for the BIOME


Our ecosystems are fragile .... this IS the future - BEWARE!


The BIOME-Dome was developed by Darren Rudge & Wayne Pope, City of Wolverhampton College, D.Ponton and Andrew Ball, for the BBC Gardeners World Live 2000, organised by The Royal Horticultural Society