Last week London-based GrowUp unveiled their small urban farm, which produces sustainable vegetables and fish through vertical gardening and aquaponics. After successfully raising over £16,000 ...

Shipping containers may seem like a sustainable construction material, but are they actually eco-friendly? Many people don't want a heavily-used container — and the energy bills are through the ...

How to grow a salad in a very large box. Steve McLeod and Lori Medlin don’t take credit for the idea of aquaponic shipping containers. McLeod remembers hearing about them 30 years ago. “There ...

People’s heads aren’t the only places you can live rent-free. An enterprising Scottish woman is bypassing extortionate housing costs by living rent-free in a shipping container — where her ...

Following a £16,500 Kickstarter campaign, they first converted a shipping container into a mini commercial aquaponics farm called GrowUp Box, perched on the rooftop of an east London shopping centre.

The container was loaded onto the Malaysia-bound vessel and the ship started its journey on January 11 from Chittagong, reaching Port Klang in Malaysia on January 17, the day he was discovered.

In addition to expansion, the Teaching Garden is in the process of building a solar-powered aquaponics system designed by Harbor School students and housed inside a shipping container.

Alternative Living Spaces specializes in turning shipping containers into livable spaces, such as one-bedroom homes. The standard 40-foot long shipping container home comes with a bedroom ...

A 15-year-old Bangladesh boy accidentally locked himself inside a shipping container while playing hide-and-seek. He was found six days later in another country.

The state’s only shipping container service will close in October after Port of Portland officials say a deal with a third party operator fell through. Officials say that lease would have been a ...

Long-distance stray: Cat stows away in shipping container from China to Minnesota for three-week journey ‘We’ve seen a lot over the years, but this was truly a first,’ the animal control team.

The two shipping containers, which are recycled and repurposed, are stacked and connected by a series of pipes. The water feeds plants growing in the top container which includes everything from ...