Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Your Own Private Floating Paradise





In 1998, artist and environmentalist Richie Sowa decided to move to a deserted tropical island. When he couldn't find an island that suited him, he simply made one of his own. Using thousands of empty plastic water bottles, he created a floating paradise complete with "a two-story house, solar oven, self-composting toilet and multiple beaches." Several years later, the original island was destroyed by a hurricane, but Richie's already at work on a new one.

Read more here, and watch the amazing video below.


11 comments:

Hazel said...

First comment! (I think.)

SAME ANANYMOUS said...

how does he do that?

Jin Ai said...

OMG I want one!! That guy's a genius.

Maddi said...

he did that using water bottles?!?!
that dude's AMAZING!

Anonymous said...

W. O. W. LOL.

Kitty said...

That is amazing. How DID he make all that?

udon'tneed2knowmyname said...

do you mean to tell me that that floating thing is made out of WATER BOTTLES?! That is insane!! What the heck? OMG, that is remarkable. Goodness gravy, people have WAY too much time on their hands. am i bothered?

Lara said...

cool.....the guy is English, isnt he???? He's a bit wierd, tho.

Anonymous said...

That ia amazing i have to visit. also when are you going to write a new book I visit this webstite every day I am a one of you

Anonymous said...

Im taking an environmental research and we just finished a unit on bottled water. I told my science teacher and she thought it was one of the coolest things that she had ever heard.

Anonymous said...

I want one! That is so awesome! I don't think the Mxican government should try to take it as 'their property'