Environmental 
The Octuri Wind Powered Yacht/Plane(0)
Put this on the list of things that every wealthy island owner should have. Designer Yelken Octuri has created a flying yacht for Omani princes Aziz, Dawood and Hashim. The flying yacht was designed to allow the princes to enjoy sailing along the Omani coastline. Four masts retract to become wings as the yacht turns [...]
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Floating Island Pool
On islands like Manhattan space comes at a premium and often large recreational centres like public swimming pools are the first things to be sacrificed. However if everything goes “swimmingly” Manhattan could soon become home to one of the worlds first floating swimming pools. Part swimming pool, part man made island, this floating pool concept [...]
Portable Solar Powered Boat
This could all be possible if the Solar Powered Catamaran pictured here is built. The boat which seats four is adorned with a sheet of solar cells that provide enough power to propel the boat through the water. In addition when done the boat can be folded up and stored into the average sized rooftop [...]
Richard Branson Wants to Save the Lemurs
Anyone who is familiar with Lemurs knows they are probably one of the cutest creatures in the animal kingdom. However, sadly they are also one of the most endangered.
Billionaire Richard Branson says he wants to use one of his private Caribbean islands to help save an endangered species of African primate.
The British entrepreneur plans [...]
Prince William and Kate Middleton: Private Island Honeymoon?
Now that the Royal Wedding is over, people are speculating where the newly weds are planning on going for their honey moon.
Some have reported that the couple will jet off to Mustique the ultra exclusive island community in the Grenadines. However more recent reports suggest that the couple will enjoy their honey moon in [...]
NOAH: A Floating Home for New Orleans
After the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, designers and engineers began working together to developa plan to keep the residents of the Big Easy safe during times of flooding. One idea being proposed is a giant floating building called NOAH, which stands for New Orleans Arcology Habitat.
The habitat boasts 20,000 residential units as well as 3 hotels and 500 [...]
Floating eco-village for Haiti
After the tragic earthquake in Haiti last year many engineers and designers are looking for ways to prevent this disaster from happening again. One amazing alternative housing concept that has been proposed comes from world famous architect Vincent Callebaut. His coral reef design is a floating housing concept designed to house up to 1,000 Haitian families. Built [...]
Island Treetop Villas
Many island owners are looking at ways to make their islands more sustainable and environmentally friendly. One way island owners achieve this is through the integration of their architecture into the natural landscape.
Mandarin Oriental has taken this approach to the next level on their new island resort in the Turks and Caicos. The 8 villas in [...]
Underwater Skyscrapers to Clean the Ocean
If there is anything that iritates island dwellers more than privacy intrusions its water pollution! Fortunately new technology is being developed to help clean up the oceans and make the water safer for both islanders and mainlanders!
Serbian designers have recently proposed a series of giant underwater skyscrapers that would be tasked with cleaning up the Great [...]
Luxurious Environmentally Friendly Resorts
Traveling environmentally friendly no longer means camping in a forest with a compostable toilet, not that there is anything wrong with that. These days there are literally limitless opportunities for the island adventurer looking for luxury without negatively impacting the environment.
Fiji is the latest local to hop of the environmentally friendly resort bandwagon.
New for 2010 [...]