Floating island of grass URMIA, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The Moving Grass or Chamli Gol is a unique natural tourist attraction in Takab, West Azerbaijan, according to the Mehr News Agency, who says This 100sqm moving island of grass is located on a small but deep pond (8-15m) that shifts directions with the wind or a particular thrust.
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This Article in Atlas Obscura about a 1970's Tycoon Robert Graham that tried to start his own island Nation to avoid taxes and regulation. Dlves into Blueseed's future-tech and is a fun read, By David Plotz.
Perhaps ancient floating island covered with trees was first recognized by the authorities this year when it began drifting across its lake and had to be managed by authorities.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/finnish_floating_island_finds_new_home/8144181
Haute Living just published this article about Dutch Docklands joining forces with Christies Real Estate to build private floating islands for the extremely wealthy, starting in the Maldives, and then Dubai and Miami.
I'd love to stop by their office in Miami and see how the demo project on a lake in the intracoastal waterway is coming along. MIT Magazine Covers a new design for a simple, passive solar powered water desalinator that might work well on the Floating Living Island.
http://news.mit.edu/2020/passive-solar-powered-water-desalination-0207 Broce and I have been talking for years about building the first floating living science island at sea. His passion and knowledge are evident in this awesome TED Talk called "Transition Water" "We've reported on these massive islands of garbage appearing on coasts in southern Belize for years now, but this one is the largest we've seen".Says News Belize article
Jenny Stevens article Life afloat: A visit to the Uros Floating Islands on Peru’s Lake Titicaca
British designer Thomas Heatherwick is proposing a floating island park for the Hudson River in New York except it isnt a floating island, its on stilts
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Captain Eric Wartenweiler Smith In the future, Roving Data Buoys as big as islands will sail autonomously through Archives
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