{"id":1884,"date":"2013-05-07T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2013-05-06T12:51:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T16:51:34","slug":"could-glowing-plants-replace-the-city-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/05\/07\/could-glowing-plants-replace-the-city-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Could glowing plants replace the city lights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the first step in sustainable natural lighting.<\/p>\n<p>A team of scientists have genetically engineered glow-plants with bioluminescent bacteria. When the sunsets, the plants turn a radioactive green, lighting up the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the group is on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/antonyevans\/glowing-plants-natural-lighting-with-no-electricit?ref=search\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a> asking for\u00a0 donations. If they reach their latest goal of $400,000\u00a0 they are promising glowing roses to donators.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/article\/2013-05\/replace-your-lights-these-crazy-genetically-engineered-glow-plants\" target=\"_blank\">Popular Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><em><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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