January 25, 2011





spiral island is an artificial island made of garbage by  Rishi Sowa.He is an artist, musician and environmentalist.. The material used in this island is plastic bottles carpets and bags. The first spiral  island was located in the Caribbean cost of Mexico.He started building it in 1998 but it was destroyed in 2005 on it's encounter with Hurricane Emily. Nevertheless, half  of it's material was discovered floating nearby.

Spiral island ii


Sowa built a new island near Cancun and opened it for tours in 2008.. The new island is about 66 ft.(20 metres ) in diameters. It took 100.000 bottles to complete this island. Some plants and mangroves  are growing on it.  It encompasses solar panels. solar-powered waterfall , house and beaches.


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