construct an island out of plastic debris

TreeHugger readers will know of the Pacific Gyre, the “island of garbage twice the size of Texas” slowly spinning in the ocean. Like everything in life, it can be seen as a serious problem, or an opportunity. Michael Barton, in his graduating thesis at the University of British Columbia, proposes to gather it together for “the construction of a synthetic land commodity.” He won an award of Excellence from in the Annual Canadian Architect Awards for “The Enthalpy of Empty Space.” …

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barton-island

Good idea.

2 thoughts on “construct an island out of plastic debris

  1. Can’t wait to read the Legal Studies dissertation coming out soon on how to deal with littering in the new “synthetic land commodity”.

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