{"id":41790,"date":"2022-06-01T09:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=30697"},"modified":"2022-06-01T09:10:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:10:04","slug":"floating-island-made-of-plastic-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/culture\/floating-island-made-of-plastic-bottles\/","title":{"rendered":"Floating island made of plastic bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/islandmain-e1455494259404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/islandmain-e1455494259404.jpg\" alt=\"islandmain\" width=\"800\" height=\"299\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0Joyxee Island near Cancun, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>It has a three-story house, hot tub and internet connection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/island-kitchen1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30704 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/island-kitchen1-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The island kitchen has flowing water and electricity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Created by artist\/architect\/clever man Richart Sowa, the entire island floats on over 100,000 plastic bottles.<\/p>\n<p>He has even managed to get plants to take root in imported earth, adding to the structures stability and strength, as well as offering opportunities for agriculture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30705\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/islandpic1-e1455495436692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/islandpic1-e1455495436692.jpg\" alt=\"This floats on over 100,000 plastic bottles\u2026 the average combined yearly soda consumption of three American 6th graders.\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This floats on over 100,000 plastic bottles\u2026 the average combined yearly soda consumption of three American 6th graders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The island is obviously extremely eco-friendly, but it is the creativity, coupled with the artistic passion that truly gives this island its unique personality.<\/p>\n<p>*Make sure to catch the part about how he figured out a natural air-conditioning system. Brilliant.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Island made from plastic bottles by Richart Sowa\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GnLhWpy_nqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cable Guy - Waterworld\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJL9M5uAJSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is\u00a0Joyxee Island near Cancun, Mexico. It has a three-story house, hot tub and internet connection. Created by artist\/architect\/clever man Richart Sowa, the entire island floats on over 100,000 plastic bottles. He has even managed to get plants to take root in imported earth, adding to the structures stability and strength, as well as offering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[1048,3443,3894,5959,7989],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}