ilitate travel over rough roads. For others, outsidethe most wasteful nation in the world, life is a lot different. Their lives seem simple whenjuxtaposed over ours, yet they prove to be genius using not a quarter of a million dollareducation, but good old common sense.Another important step these villagers are taking is the complete removal ofozone damaging pesticides like Methyl Bromide. They have done this by growing theirvegetables and herbs hydroponically. Hydroponic growing is essentially gardeningminus the soil, roots are immersed in water and produce perfectly ripened products. Bygardening in this manner the need for pesticides is erased. This is indoor gardening thatwe could all learn to master because of its simplicity, yet a trip to the local corner storewill produce the same end result. If we are to overcome the ecological damage we havealready done we need drastic changes which include all forms of organic gardening. And since photosynthesis is the process which changes CO2 to breathable oxygen themore green plants there are the better off we are.This project began in 1971 by Paolo Lugari and, a handful of Bogota engineersand soil chemists...to try to make an unlivable place livable.4 The village, called lasGaviotas, Lugari reasoned could be a starting point towards changing the pattern ofecological existence. Little did Lugari know that one of the hottest topics for the year1998, but 27 years later, would be the scientific communities, and NASAs interest in thepopulation of Mars. Lugaris project didnt set out to change the standards of the waypopular culture operates, instead he set out to improve the living conditions of poorvillagers in an empty savanna in a third-world country using the materials at hand and alarge dose of practicality and common sense. If one has ever visited a country outsideof the major power yielding countries (i.e.. the UK, Japan) then Lugaris quest becomesever so obvious, clean malaria-...
