The Water Pod

December 23, 2009 148 Comments

This is really cool. The Water Pod is a barge floating around New York City where a handful of artists work and live completely autonomously. That is, they filter their own water, grow their own food, and barter for anything else they might need with services or other goods. The residents of the Water Pod are testing an alternative to land for people to live on in the event that we need to start living elsewhere – whether it be through floods caused through climate change, glacial melting, or anything else. As they float around the city, they dock and visitors can board to learn about their mission and inner workings. If a visitor wants to learn how to make their own water purification system, the Water Pod can teach that. If a visitor wants to learn about composting…ditto. A really interesting blend of art, education, and science.

148 Comments to “The Water Pod”
  1. [..YouTube..] I would grow loots of pot. Sell that and buy myself something normal to eat.

  2. Brulluhman says:

    [..YouTube..] I would grow loots of pot. Sell that and buy myself something normal to eat.

  3. Brulluhman says:

    [..YouTube..] I would grow loots of pot. Sell that and buy myself something normal to eat.

  4. Brulluhman says:

    [..YouTube..] I would grow loots of pot. Sell that and buy myself something normal to eat.

  5. Brulluhman says:

    [..YouTube..] I would grow loots of pot. Sell that and buy myself something normal to eat.

  6. Aleksy101 says:

    [..YouTube..] wow this is really interesting… i have seen some bigger projects such as the lilly pad project…… you should check that out… and Cuba after the fall of the soviet goverment pretty much ripped up the city and grew pretty much everything….. so I dont think it should be to difficult to do it on a boat….. however if you do succeed… I’m sure the gov. will want to “TAX” you somehow……. jajajajaj they seem to be good at taxing everything …….. cheers and good luck

  7. Aleksy101 says:

    [..YouTube..] wow this is really interesting… i have seen some bigger projects such as the lilly pad project…… you should check that out… and Cuba after the fall of the soviet goverment pretty much ripped up the city and grew pretty much everything….. so I dont think it should be to difficult to do it on a boat….. however if you do succeed… I’m sure the gov. will want to “TAX” you somehow……. jajajajaj they seem to be good at taxing everything …….. cheers and good luck

  8. Aleksy101 says:

    [..YouTube..] wow this is really interesting… i have seen some bigger projects such as the lilly pad project…… you should check that out… and Cuba after the fall of the soviet goverment pretty much ripped up the city and grew pretty much everything….. so I dont think it should be to difficult to do it on a boat….. however if you do succeed… I’m sure the gov. will want to “TAX” you somehow……. jajajajaj they seem to be good at taxing everything …….. cheers and good luck

  9. Aleksy101 says:

    [..YouTube..] wow this is really interesting… i have seen some bigger projects such as the lilly pad project…… you should check that out… and Cuba after the fall of the soviet goverment pretty much ripped up the city and grew pretty much everything….. so I dont think it should be to difficult to do it on a boat….. however if you do succeed… I’m sure the gov. will want to “TAX” you somehow……. jajajajaj they seem to be good at taxing everything …….. cheers and good luck

  10. Aleksy101 says:

    [..YouTube..] wow this is really interesting… i have seen some bigger projects such as the lilly pad project…… you should check that out… and Cuba after the fall of the soviet goverment pretty much ripped up the city and grew pretty much everything….. so I dont think it should be to difficult to do it on a boat….. however if you do succeed… I’m sure the gov. will want to “TAX” you somehow……. jajajajaj they seem to be good at taxing everything …….. cheers and good luck

  11. [..YouTube..] She took the movie “water world” to serious!

  12. [..YouTube..] She took the movie “water world” to serious!

  13. [..YouTube..] She took the movie “water world” to serious!

  14. [..YouTube..] She took the movie “water world” to serious!

  15. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] send an environmentalist to france and have her argue something wrong about eating meat so you can figure out how to pollute less, got over vegetarianism while trying to get college degree

  16. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] send an environmentalist to france and have her argue something wrong about eating meat so you can figure out how to pollute less, got over vegetarianism while trying to get college degree

  17. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] send an environmentalist to france and have her argue something wrong about eating meat so you can figure out how to pollute less, got over vegetarianism while trying to get college degree

  18. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] send an environmentalist to france and have her argue something wrong about eating meat so you can figure out how to pollute less, got over vegetarianism while trying to get college degree

  19. stramdrang says:

    send an environmentalist to france and have her argue something wrong about eating meat so you can figure out how to pollute less, got over vegetarianism while trying to get college degree

  20. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] where’s the trained butcher who will not freak about killing a chicken so they can think a little more clearly lol

  21. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] where’s the trained butcher who will not freak about killing a chicken so they can think a little more clearly lol

  22. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] where’s the trained butcher who will not freak about killing a chicken so they can think a little more clearly lol

  23. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] where’s the trained butcher who will not freak about killing a chicken so they can think a little more clearly lol

  24. stramdrang says:

    where’s the trained butcher who will not freak about killing a chicken so they can think a little more clearly lol

  25. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] don’t people only have to live on water in the movies? we’re not running out of land any time soon?

  26. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] don’t people only have to live on water in the movies? we’re not running out of land any time soon?

  27. stramdrang says:

    [..YouTube..] don’t people only have to live on water in the movies? we’re not running out of land any time soon?

  28. [..YouTube..] lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  29. [..YouTube..] lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  30. [..YouTube..] lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  31. [..YouTube..] lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  32. [..YouTube..] lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  33. lol@ 1:15 a hydroponic system used for legal vegetation

  34. bille2588 says:

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  35. bille2588 says:

    [..YouTube..] I look at the sat views of the ice caps every week and they are not melting. Also NY had the coolest summer since 1929. Read something besides Al Gores book. Try Unstoppable global warming every 1500 years, The deniers, Eco Freaks, Climate of Extremes. This names a few. Please do your homework before you challenge me, I studied Global warming for the last 4 years. I have read all sides of the issue and it is all about control and money. We need to be Americans not D or R.

  36. bille2588 says:

    [..YouTube..] I look at the sat views of the ice caps every week and they are not melting. Also NY had the coolest summer since 1929. Read something besides Al Gores book. Try Unstoppable global warming every 1500 years, The deniers, Eco Freaks, Climate of Extremes. This names a few. Please do your homework before you challenge me, I studied Global warming for the last 4 years. I have read all sides of the issue and it is all about control and money. We need to be Americans not D or R.

  37. bille2588 says:

    [..YouTube..] I look at the sat views of the ice caps every week and they are not melting. Also NY had the coolest summer since 1929. Read something besides Al Gores book. Try Unstoppable global warming every 1500 years, The deniers, Eco Freaks, Climate of Extremes. This names a few. Please do your homework before you challenge me, I studied Global warming for the last 4 years. I have read all sides of the issue and it is all about control and money. We need to be Americans not D or R.

  38. bille2588 says:

    I look at the sat views of the ice caps every week and they are not melting. Also NY had the coolest summer since 1929. Read something besides Al Gores book. Try Unstoppable global warming every 1500 years, The deniers, Eco Freaks, Climate of Extremes. This names a few. Please do your homework before you challenge me, I studied Global warming for the last 4 years. I have read all sides of the issue and it is all about control and money. We need to be Americans not D or R.

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  46. [..YouTube..] You are delightful when you are not doing politcal stuff. Neat idea too, we could all be more self sufficient in our daily lives if we really tried.

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