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Geography: New Athens

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New Athens New Athens is a thoroughly planned island city in the Adriatic Sea, with equidistant historic landmarks of Mainland Greece, the birthplace of democracy, and Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance. About 600,000 residents inhabit our city of mild winters and warm summers, typical of a Mediterranean climate. Our city includes an inviting, sandy coastline, with leafy green forests speckled throughout the central region of the island, while a magnificent volcano stands proudly near the northern coast. These features lend themselves to tourism, one of our city’s primary industries and sources of income. In addition to tourism, a large-scale, commercial aquaponics farming facility serves as a means of economic activity and growth, …show more content…

Carved into the side of this volcano is an amphitheater where events such as concerts, plays, and old movie screenings are held. Before this amphitheater was created, the volcano was essentially a mountain at the center of our island. Many people thought that all it did was take up space, so our city automation engineers decided to make it into a public space. They used high-pressure water jets and 3-D modeling software to carve out the amphitheater. The water doubled as both a carving tool and a cooling agent, and only a little was needed since it is reusable. The water was also taken from the nearby ocean and after it was used it was filtered of harmful minerals and put back, leaving little to no impact on the environment. This place gives citizens an opportunity to socialize and interact with each other while at these events. This amphitheater uses state of the art insulation technology to keep the seats and stage …show more content…

Our experts suggested Aquaponics. So, we converted an old, dilapidated warehouse -- an area beginning to see a rise in crime -- into an indoor aquaponics gardening facility. Aquaponics is a closed-loop system where fish waste (ammonia) is converted into nutrients and sent to plants that grow three times faster than soil-based systems. And plants pay for the nutrients by cleaning the water for the fish, resulting in both happy plants and happy fish. Furthermore, the fish can be eaten after the cycle, and the organic plants could be harvested. This method is also better because of land consumptions and time to grow. Up to four aquaponic plants can be grown in an area that could only fit one plant when dumped in regular soil. Plus, plants grow four times faster than traditional methods. This closed loop system allows us to get food without any negative pollutants. Rather than keep it just a farm to grow food products, we saw an opportunity to boost our island’s tourism by renovating the warehouse into an aquaponics aquarium. This way, tourists and locals alike can pay to walk through and see fish swimming around in enormous

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