Environmental 
People Powered Water Purification(0)
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New technology is making islands more accessible than they have ever been. One new technology that is particularly intriguing is portable water filtration. One of the newest devices on the market is SteriPEN’s new Sidewinder portable water filter. This ingenious produc utilizes a crank-powered bacteria-killing UV light to create a full [...]
Exquisite Eco Villas!
The Indonesian Island of Bali has long caputred the imagination of the World. Recently there has been an explosion of eco friendly resorts. One resort that has been getting a lot of attention is Alila Villas Uluwatu a majestic resort located on the sloping hills in Bali’s Uluwatu region on the Southern Bukit Peninsula of the [...]
Spiral Island Rises Again
Over the last several years I have wrote about Spiral Island, Reishee Sowa’s private island constructed out of a quarter of a million used pop bottles. Unfortunately the island was destroyed by a hurricane in 2007 and was forced to start over from scratch.
Fast forward to the present and Reishee has become Rishi (and sometimes Richie) and his [...]
Futuristic Floating City
If global warming continues and scientists predictions are correct are many of our children and great grand children may find themselves living on self-sustaining floating island cities.
One of the newest floating islands is a complex proposed by the Shimzu corporation. This completely self sufficient floating ecotopia that is covered in vegetation, generates its own power, grows [...]
Hawaii Sized Plastic Island
Probably one of the most bold island development proposals I have seen in a long time a group of architects from the Netherlands have proposed a crazy idea to take all the plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean and recycle it into a floating island the size of Hawaii.
Climate refugees would be able to move there [...]
Floating Islands in the Maldives
A low lying island nation, the Maldives is at the front line in the fight against global warming. Already facing damage from rising sea levels, the Maldives is facing a grim future if action is not taken immediately.
Refusing to go gently into the good night, Maldives is fighting back with plans to build a series [...]
Affordable-Portable Water Filtration
Planning a trip to a remote Private Island and concerned about access to potable drinking water. If so there are some great products out there to make islands even more habitable. One of the most interesting portable water filters is the Water Bobble.
Selling for just $9.95 US these BPA free portable water bottles are made [...]
The Gyre: An Upside Down Floating Skyscrapper
I remember when a simple floating building was the avant guard of design. Now engineers are pushing the limits with even more outrageous designs. Can you imagine living in a high-rise apartment building where the 360 degree views are of fish and saltwater?
Although still just a concept, this upside-down, underwater eco-skyscraper (say that five times [...]
Eco Turbine Island City
Could a combination between man made islands and wind turbines be the next tourist destination in Norway. Turbinism tourism could be the next “hot” thing in eco friendly travel is a Turbine City is ever built. Developed by On Office the project would house a posh hotel, swanky spa and culturally-stimulating museum right inside the [...]
Fregate Island Seychelles
The Seychelles off the coast of Africa is magical place, beautiful scenery, combined with almost prehistoric flora and fauna make this a popular tourist destination. I recently came across an aritlce in the Financial times that highlights the magic and luxuriousness of the Seychelles. The author discovers how at great expense Fregate island is being [...]