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Turn an old incandescent light bulb into a little green grow house By Cyrus Ahmadi-Moghadam

The incandescent light bulb is the ultimate symbol of wasted energy. Since I don’t use them anymore, I wanted to transform them into something green rather than throwing them away. This project was inspired by an ad I saw in Popular Science (June 2008).

Warning: This Instructable requires working with glass and broken pieces of glass. Proper hand and eye protection should be worn.

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Figure A: Our finished light bulb greenhouse, planted ...

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