kiribati

(June 30, 2008 1: 49: 00 AM CDT) there are no animals worth mentioning on kiribati, apart from birds and fishes. the main land-dwelling animals on the islands are pigs, rats, and stray dogs. otoh, these 'animal friends' would certainly be more than willing to live in such structures. apart from that, these designs are probably more adequate for those multi-millionaires who can afford a helicopter lift to their appartment, as i don't see any space for aeroplane runways or harbour basins. implementing this idea in a country like kiribati is roughly as realistic as property development in the slums of lagos, or gentrification in magnitogorsk.

New Kiribati 2008

(July 3, 2008 2: 19: 00 AM CDT) i'd probably take no. 5, and replace the lilypad by any kind of cruise liner. foreign shipping agencies nowadays employ roughly one quarter of the i-kiribati workforce, thus already being the second largest employer after the government.

New Kiribati 2008

We are talking about REAL people and as a kiribati girl it's hurtful to think that the world thinks of us a lab rats for impractical ideas when we need a real solution and we need one now.

New Kiribati 2008

i don't see the i-kiribati becoming stateless either, they will probably end up in some council housing scheme in brisbane, or as taiwanese or PRC citizens. there will be many countries on the pacific rim which would willingly trade the responsibility for ~100 000 extra citizens for fishing grounds the size of india.

New Kiribati 2008