French Polynesia. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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A plan to respond to climate change by building a city of floating islands in the South Pacific is moving forward, with the government of French Polynesia agreeing to consider hosting the islands in a tropical lagoon.
But the project has critics in French Polynesia and beyond…
Read Full Article, The New York Times (01-27-2017)
Projet d’île flottante : mise à l’eau prévue en 2018; Tahiti Infos (01-16-2017)
Vendredi 13 janvier, un protocole d’accord a été signé entre le gouvernement polynésien et le Seasteading Institute. Les études de faisabilité ont commencé. L’organisation prévoit de lancer son prototype dans un an…
Le protocole d’accord entre le pays et Seasteading Institute dévoilé; La dépêche de Tahiti (01-26-2017)
Vendredi 13 janvier, un protocole d’accord a été signé entre le gouvernement polynésien et le Seasteading Institute. Les études de faisabilité ont commencé. L’organisation prévoit de lancer son prototype dans un an…
What Happens to a Coral Reef When an Island is Built on Top? the Washington Post (07-11-2015)
Floating Cities: Strategies of Adaptation And Long-Lasting Anticipation ? Science Daily (09-02-2011)
Climate change is redefining the rules by which we live and at a pace we never expected. Because of rising sea level, several areas of the globe are in danger of vanishing from the map, disappearing under water. Society must adapt and maybe, one day, live in floating houses. Emerging designs and technologies promote the concept of living with natural flooding instead of resisting it …
Waterworld: Cities of the future?
Is This Our Future? Greenpeace (08-2012)
Try and imagine what it would be like to wake up one day, look outside the window and discover that your home has disappeared…
Dubai’s Staggering Growth; NASA (03-17-2013)
Floating Gardens; IRIN (06-16-2013)
This Floating Food Barge Is Nourishing Communities For Free; Huffington Green (08-24-2016)
