WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 [Veronica] Hi everyone, I'm Veronica. 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:05.000 I'm a student leader with the Office of Student Volunteerism. 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Happy Earth Day! 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.000 In this video I'm going to show you 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.000 how you can reuse your glass bottles and turn them into water globes 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.000 and different ways of how you can make biodegradable planters. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:21.000 So a water globe is a self-watering system that can water your house plants, 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.000 and you can use it outdoors too, 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.000 but it does get hot outside, especially during summer, 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.000 so if you're going to use it outside, 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:32.000 I recommend providing some kind of insulation or protection from the heat. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 You can use a tinted one, you can paint over your bottle, 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.000 or you can just provide some kind of covering. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:42.000 So how a water globe works is basically, first you just fill this up with water, 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.000 then you turn it upside down and stick it into the soil, 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.500 and whenever the soil is dry, the soil becomes porous, 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:49.000 there's more air flow, 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.000 oxygen is released and that gas travels up into the bottle 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.000 and pushes the water out until the soil is no longer porous. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:08.000 ["Death Bed (Coffee)" cover by Paul Iballa] [Earnest Guitar Music] 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:22.000 I really like this method because, first of all, it's self-watering. It's automatic. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.000 You can go off on vacation 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.000 and it'll still water your plants for you as long as there's water, 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 and you can even use multiple bottles in one pot as long as it fits. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:37.000 Your only responsibility really is just to remember to refill the bottles. 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:42.000 The second reason why I like this method is because it just gives the right amount of water. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.000 Especially if you're a beginner worried about watering, 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.000 it can't really overwater or underwater. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.000 But if you do feel like it's giving off too much water, 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:56.000 you can readjust the position in the soil, so that's not giving off too much, 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.000 and also you can make a cap or put a cap on it 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.000 and just poke a hole through the cap. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.000 For the biodegradable planters, there are three different ways 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.000 that I'll show you in this video. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:11.000 You can make it out of orange peel. I use also egg shells and newspaper. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:23.000 ["Death Bed (Coffee)" cover by Paul Iballa] [Earnest Guitar Music] 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:35.000 ["Freal Luv" remake by Atiium] [Lively Electronic Music] 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:36.000 So that's all. I hope that you took away something from this video and that it has helped you 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:41.000 with your U.N. Sustainable Goal of Responsible Consumption and Production 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.000 as we can reduce our waste. 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.000 I wish you a Happy Earth Day, 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.000 and thank you for watching.