Spiral Island - An artificial island June 18, 2009
Old news but interesting and very inspiring just the same.
Spiral Island I was a floating artificial island in a lagoon near Puerto Aventuras, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. It was built by the British eco-pioneer Richart Sowa starting in 1998; he filled nets with empty discarded plastic bottles to support a structure of plywood and bamboo, on which he poured sand and planted numerous plants, including mangroves. Unfortunately it was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005.
The original island sported a two-story house, a solar oven, a self-composting toilet, and three beaches. He used some 250,000 bottles for the 66ft (20 m) by 54 ft (16 m) structure. The mangroves were planted to help keep the island cool, and some of them rose up to 15 ft (5 m) high.
It certainly beats a house in London for me.
Al - zoozoo2
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