Filming various homes in Sydney for the Urban Permaculture DVD with Geoff Lawton reveals just what a wealth of Permaculture innovation there truly is. We really need to praise Penny Pyett from Permaculture North for organizing some very special show gardens for us to visit this week. Penny...
Fish Pellets from Ca...
posted by Ecofilms
One of the main arguments against Aquaponics has always been that its unsustainable because the fish pellets people use are based on depleting reserves of ocean fish catch. Its a limited supply that is gradually disappearing from our oceans. If Aquaponics can help feed the planet, then where...
Ecofilms in Sydney
posted by Ecofilms
Ecofilms will be in Sydney this weekend and early next week filming Murray Hallam’s Sydney Aquaponics workshop next Sunday at the Casula Powerhouse in Liverpool. Murray as also agreed to appear at Permaculture North monthly meeting along with Geoff Lawton and Ecofilm’s Frank...
Aquaponics is an Eco...
posted by Ecofilms
We’ve had our Aquaponics system running continually now for over two years and the system has matured very well over that time. Wandering around the system this morning and taking a careful look at the details, the crevices between the hydroton -the clay ball pellets that make up the...
Aquaponics UK
posted by Ecofilms
An inspiring TED talk from Charlie Price from Aquaponics UK, as he explores the role aquaponics can play in providing food security in UK towns and cities. In this talk, Charlie shows how cities in the UK can combine aquaponics with many permaculture principles like chickens on the roof and...
Going Vertical with ...
posted by Ecofilms
If you decide to get into Aquaponics, sooner or later you are going to realize that your grow beds that you originally thought were too big to go into that tiny confined courtyard space have now made a liar of you. The plants are taking over the place and you are slowly running out of...
Do Fish Feel Pain?
posted by Ecofilms
Recently while moving some smaller Jade Perch into a larger tank stocked with a few bigger Barramundi, I noticed one of the larger Barramundi swallow the smaller Jade Perch so only the head was sticking out of it’s jaws. The Barramundi wasn’t large enough to eat the smaller fish...
Battery Backup in Aq...
posted by Ecofilms
One thing most people don’t take into account when running an aquaponics system is – power failure. It often strikes when people least expect it. Many experienced aquaponics people will tell you the following tale. Their system was running perfectly for over a year. The fish were...
Sydney Discovers Aqu...
posted by Ecofilms
Get ready Sydney as Aquaponics is about to rock your town! One Day only! The one day workshop with Dr Wilson Lennard, one of the world’s leading scientific experts on Aquaponics will be flanked by SBS-TV Gardening Guru Costa Georgiadis and our own Murray Hallam. You all know Murray...
DIY Aquaponics DVD N...
posted by Ecofilms
Just ripped open the first box of Murray Hallam’s DIY Aquaponics DVD carton box and I just wanted to inform everyone who has pre-ordered their copy (and the response has been phenomenal) that your orders will now commence shipping over the next few days! People in Australia will get...
Are you supplying en...
posted by Ecofilms
Getting lush green growth from your Aquaponics system should be easy. In most home systems it is, but how do you know that your plants are getting all the nutrients they need from the things you add into your aquaponics system? The plants may look okay but how can you tell for sure that they...
Aquaponics on ABC-TV
posted by Ecofilms
Australia’s premiere gardening show, ABCTV Gardening Australia will feature Murray Hallam and his Aquaponics garden this Saturday 26th February at 6.30pm. Veteran broadcaster Colin Campbell will interview Murray on the show getting him to explain the intricacies of growing vegetables in...
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