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August 3, 2016 by mirjam

Could you live 100% sustainably off the water?

If so, then a Major Television Production Company is looking for you!

Do you have the skill sets and knowledge of what it would take to live 100% sustainably off the water? Are you interested in actually trying to do so for an extended period of time? If so, we want to hear from you!

A Major Television Production Company is searching for people who want to live 100% off of the ocean. They want to find people who are PASSIONATE about developing new ways for mankind to sustainably live off of the ocean long term.

For more information about the project and to speak with the casting producer, please email sarah.moore@riotcreative.com with your contact information, a photo and a brief description of yourself.

Image: spatial concept Markerwadden by Blue21

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May 31, 2016 by mirjam

Blue Revolution Brainstorm #1!

What does the blue revolution mean to you? And what could you do to accelerate it? We talk about these questions on a daily basis, but last week we invited our expert network of water pioneers to brainstorm together with us – in real life.

Together we came up with multiple ideas – varying from rethinking our own eco-system to building a proof of concept in the Netherlands. Also, several challenges were identified, like current legislation, being the first to take the risk and people’s perception towards floating and towards change.

Opportunities predominated the brainstorm though. Like how floating development can offer low costs solutions for the urban poor and stimulate the local economy of land-based cities. For example by creating short stay floating co-work spaces, eco tourism facilities and inspiring icons to celebrate the history of crazy-Dutch-water-engineering.

So what’s next? We all can’t wait to work out a business case on a floating development project we can work on together – with as much (international) water pioneers as possible. This will be the subject of our next brainstorm so we will keep you posted.

In the meantime, if you have a great idea to accelerate the blue revolution, feel free to leave us a message. Or get inspired first by this video-message by Joe Quirk, Communications Director at Seasteading and aquapreneur at heart, who thinks we should build a floating Venice of the Dutch…(!)