Biodegradable Tent Replenishes The Soil

Music festivals and other large-scale public activities are often prone to large amounts of waste that increases our ecological footprint. In an effort to reduce this and concurrently provide an easy-to-assemble yet sturdy tent, artist and green advocate Vanessa Harden and her colleagues at Do The Green, in partnership with origami artist Mark Bolitho, designed a biodegradable tent that can be mounted before a festival and decompose into the soil afterward. Gizmag reports:

The tent itself is made from cardboard, and coated in beeswax to protect from damp and rain, though Vanessa has also trialled corn-based cellophane. The wrapper is made of biodegradable cellophane and can also be used for extra waterproofing. Biodegradable potato pegs gave more stability, and the prototype was also embedded with seeds from local farmers to replenish the soil and leave a greener space after decomposition.

Mark Bolitho

[via Gizmag]