Overview

The Process of Creating Our Eco-Bottles (The Different Cycles)

Through the process of creating our eco-bottles, we started off with thinking about what would make our bottle very healthy and successful. Through our thought process and research on the cycles of nitrogen, carbon, and water, we came with the following plans. Initially, for our nitrogen cycle, we did not understand this concept very well and thought that the nitrogen cycle could be maintained by the bacteria that was in our compost. During the reconstruction of our eco-bottle, we discovered that growing fava beans would help sustain this cycle due to the plants ability to nourish the soil with nitrogen as it grows. For our carbon cycle, we put a lot of thought into the different organism and plant interactions, so we were able to maintain the plant life living in the eco-bottle. The plants consumed the carbon created by the waste products from organisms and turned it into oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Lastly, we made our water cycle. This cycle was fairly easy to make and maintain, for we put a string that connected from the base of the bottle (where all the water was) to the top of the, going through the whole bottle. The string was a very successful method that supported the water flow, it allowed the water to travel through the cotton string, nourishing the ecosystems with water. Though the top mini ecosystem did not experience more of a dryer environment, since the water flow took longer to get to the top of the bottle.