In 1971, four years after he designed a floating city, Buckminster Fuller wrote: “Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we’ve been ignorant of their value.” Land activity is responsible for most of the carbon emissions and the vast proportion of plastic in the sea. ButRead more
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The first small step to humanity’s future on the seas has been taken. Are you ready to make the leap and live free on the sea? In Episode 4, Chad and Nadia share what it’s like to live on the seastead and their hopes for the future. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) (Nadia mentions “Zero toRead more
The hits keep coming for our seasteaders, Chad and Nadia, as they work to lift the platform on to the spar. In Episode 3: Lifting the Stead, carefully made plans are demolished by uncooperative, underwater structures. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) Learn more about the first seastead at https://ocean.builders. Don’t miss any episodes in The FirstRead more
Making history is not always smooth sailing for The First Seasteaders, Chad and Nadia. In Episode 2: Raising the Spar, they face the challenges of towing out a 20-meter-long spar to international waters and making it stand upright. The spar supports the single-family apartment platform above the waves. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) Learn more aboutRead more
At the beginning of 2019, determined volunteers launched the first single-family seastead into international waters. Facing many obstacles, including the biggest storm to hit Thailand in nearly 60 years, these volunteers were not deterred from becoming The First Seateaders. In Episode I: Facing the Storm, we ask why these volunteers are so passionate about seasteading.Read more
When a wave hits an iceberg, seals sleeping on it rarely feel it move. Floating oil rigs operate on the same principle. The submerged pontoons that support these floating societies are so heavy, workers often play ping pong on the high seas.
The huge, non-obvious beneficiary of seasteading is the poor. – The Seasteading Institute Co-founder Patri Friedman
Time for seasteaders to strut. The expansion of seasteading in global consciousness has reached epic proportions in the last few months. Here are three developments to celebrate on our ten-year anniversary. Seasteads in the 2019 Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm The new trailer for one of the most popular video games in the worldRead more
Seasteading is not a plan for society but a platform for anybody to try their own plans for society.
Everything we enjoy about modern life was once considered utopian fantasy.