This is so amazing, imaginative and suggestive of the miracles that lie unseen before us.  Enjoy the visions it conjures up.(from the JCPA Insider)

Israel’s Plantware Creates Living Urban Jungle.  A group of young Israeli idealists have found a way to manipulate roots from trees such as figs, and to grow them into useful structures. The aim is to one day build the structures of homes from living trees - and save the planet at the same time. Currently the company has taken its patented methods and built park benches, playgrounds, streetlamps and gates - all from trees. To read more and see video footage visit Israel21c.org.