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“Building on land destroys habitats. Building on the ocean creates habitats. You can’t be an environmentalist if you live in land.” — Rüdiger Koch, Lead Engineer of Ocean Builders, a company that builds seasteads. With the collapse of the cruise ship industry, there is an opportunity to develop a new form of human habitation, oneRead more

This World Water Day, join seasteading enthusiasts from around the world to discuss unique solutions to climate change problems. Once a month, we will host an online discussion on a topic related to seasteading. Seasteading is living on environmentally restorative floating islands with some degree of political autonomy. The term comes from homesteading, which meansRead more

Join the Seasteading Institute for a virtual group discussion of the book Eat Like a Fish by Bren Smith. 

Once a month, we will host a free, online discussion on a topic related to seasteading.

Seasteading is living on environmentally restorative floating islands with some degree of political autonomy.

This March, The Seasteading Institute will be competing for a $25,000 donation in the Miles For Meaning event on the Kilter app. Meet your fitness goals and support seasteading at the same time!

Emil Ekvardt from Great.com interviewed Joe Quirk, President of The Seasteading Institute as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…‘ podcast. This series is an antidote to negative news stories that aims to shed light on organizations and experts whose work is making a positive impact on the world. Successful societies: a virtuous circle Could readilyRead more

With a two-person staff and dozens of devoted volunteers, we accomplished a decade’s worth of milestones in 2020, and we plan to achieve a lot more in 2021. In the plan “Seastead Flag to Free the World” I explain how we are forging the legal framework so that more than two-thirds of this planet becomesRead more

Topic for our January meeting: Games that teach us about Seasteading Join seasteading enthusiasts from around the world to discuss games that teach us about seasteading. Once a month, we will host a free, online discussion on a topic related to seasteading. Seasteading is living on environmentally restorative floating islands with some degree of politicalRead more

The epic story of the First Seasteaders has closed one chapter and opened a new one. The roadblocks encountered by our friends at Ocean Builders have strengthened our conviction that the world needs seasteading immediately. Today we planned to release Rüdiger Koch’s paper, revealing his plan to convert the cruise ship he co-owns with ChadRead more

New topic for our December meeting: Algae Join seasteading enthusiasts from around the world to discuss algae and its many uses. Once a month, we will host an online discussion on a topic related to seasteading. Seasteading is living on environmentally restorative floating islands with some degree of political autonomy. The term comes from homesteading,Read more