We’ve had about 30 draft submissions to our Sink or Swim contest. Contestants now have until Dec 5th to submit their final revisions to us at sinkorswim@seasteading.org. Until then, we’d like to encourage everyone to join the discussion over at … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Governing Seasteads: An Outline of the Options – by Brad Taylor
TSI has published its first research paper on seastead governance. Written by economics intern and Thousand Nations author Brad Taylor, the paper covers a range of topics from policy models to structures of governance. From the paper’s introduction:read more
Have a Jazzy Thanksgiving on a Mexican Riviera Beach
Playa Mamitas in Playa del Carmen, site of the Riviera Maya Jazz FestivalThanksgiving is a lovely family holiday, but sometimes, it’s nice to do something a little different. Why not think about spending this Thanksgiving in the Mexican Riviera? It’d … Continue reading
Oregon Beaches That Allow Bonfires
Cape Blanco State ParkLast week, Sebastien Tobler wrote blogged about Los Angeles beaches that allows bonfires. Being from Southern California, I got very reminiscent of my bonfire days in San Diego. It’s just such a lovely thing to do year-round. … Continue reading
Top Five Places for Winter Surfing (Coastal Living)
Black’s Beach in San Diego Those of us who haven’t yet learned how to surf (like me) often think that the best time of year to surf is summer. For me, part of the problem stems from the movie The … Continue reading
Atlantic Beach, Florida Finally Approves New Dog Park
Playing Pooches at La PlayaAbout two weeks ago, the City Commission of Atlantic Beach finally approved plans for a dog park. The funny thing about this is that dog owners have been using this park for months now already. The … Continue reading
It’s Warming Up on Australia’s Beaches
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, most of us have stored away our summer clothes for good (unless you live in ridiculous Southern California — last week was very warm.) However, in the Southern Hemisphere, the weather is now very late … Continue reading
Storms rage
Safe and sound, a Seal pup on the Farnes Grey Seal pup on Brownsman Woodcock – one of several moving through todayTuesday 9th November comments: Its been an epic day as the storm raged and the sea boiled, whilst the … Continue reading
Fright night…
Staple Island with a difference… (Graeme Duncan) Keeping pup safe – a mother on Brownsman with Longstone in background (Graeme Duncan) Monday 8th November comments: If you’ve seen the forecast, you know what is happening. For those who haven’t, look … Continue reading
Deer Island
Florida’s island market presents many excellent opportunities to purchase a tropical island within the confines of American Laws, which are often more friendly toward ownership and development than other island regions.One of the newest island to come on the market … Continue reading
Islands Under a Million
Today marks the first in a series of islands I will be featuring of islands under a million dollars. The first island is Helena Island located in prestigious Muskoka Ontario. The private 1.25 acre island  with wind swept white pines, … Continue reading
Low Impact Island Rental
Luxist recently featured Eustatia Island on their website. An amazing 26-acre private estate, Eustatia Island is lovated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). This remote, environmentally friendly island property is situated near the North Sound of Virgin Gorda and one of only … Continue reading
Kiwi Knights
Earlier this year (2010), two guys from New Zealand set out on a hike. Okay, not unusual for “Kiwis”. They seem to like hiking. But, this trek is somewhat unique as it follows the path of the Templar Knights which … Continue reading
Teaching the Rich in Moscow
Moscow – Souvenirs by Sabrina KammeierI was met by two large security guards and asked to walk to the house. I did some teaching at a mega rich Russian family a few weeks ago. A driver collected me and drove … Continue reading
Love & Paella
Love & Paella was “done birthed” by Sarah Gonski (her words) while she and her husband (The Mister) spent a summer traveling around Africa in 2008. After returning home, it did not take long to hatch a new travel plan … Continue reading
Partying with oldies
In Granada the overnight temperature got down to about 1 degree and I was the coldest I’ve ever been My sleeping bag was super cheap and is not very warm. My toes were so cold and numb that I thought … Continue reading
14 Nov Port Macquarie
well we arrived in Port Macquarie to broken sunshine and was intrigued seems this is meant to be one of the most popular tourist destinations on the NSW coast and evidence of the convict history……..although the first night was dedicated … Continue reading
Rajasthan Continued….
Thursday 28 OctoberWe leave Jaisalmer this morning and head out through the dusty desert towards Jodhpur a city of approximately 500000 inhabitants. The desert I see from the road is a lot different to the desert in Morocco the Indian … Continue reading
Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie
well we left the colourful mix of the Byron Bay culture and laidback village ambience behind and arrived in Coffs Harbour were we were picked up by the hostel and taken to this amazing look out over the bay mind … Continue reading
Cape Tribulation and Daintree Rainforest
Well I spent the last few days in Cape Tribulation with the Contiki Tour. It was pretty cool. We stayed in a resort in the Daintree Rainforest It was absolutely beautiful. We went on a few more hikes through the … Continue reading