Floating Dining Room Sets Sail on 1,672 Bottle Raft in Vancouver

If fine green dining floats your boat then you wont want to miss this incredible pop-up restaurant in Vancouver that recently set sail upon a raft made from <b>1,672</b> 2-Liter plastic bottles! The elegant dining room in Vancouver has a two-fold mission -- to increase awareness about the prevalence of plastic in our oceans, and to positively affect the sustainable seafood chain. Brought to you by the <a href="http://www.schooloffishfoundation.org/oaa.html" target="_blank">School of Fish Foundation</a> and catered by <a href="http://www.crestaurant.com/community.cfm" target="_blank">C Restaurant</a>, the Plastic Dining Room is serving a nightly six-course sustainable seafood menu. Moored at the <a href="http://www.fcyc.com/">False Creek Yacht Club</a>, the restaurant features a plastic bottle construction reminiscent of the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/26/plastiki-concludes-8000-mile-journey-in-sydney-australia/" target="_blank">Plastiki</a>, however it's taking a decidedly more elegant path to sustaining the seas through fine china, crystal glassware, and wine pairings.

Located at the False Creek Yacht Club, the Plastic Dining Room is moored amongst all the other yachts and sailboats and near the C Restaurant, which provides the catering.

Hosted by the School of Fish Foundation and C Restaurant, the elegant floating dining room was designed to bring about awareness of plastic pollution in our oceans and sustainable seafood.

The dining room is serving sustainably-sourced six course meals and wine pairings throughout the end of September.

The menu is designed by C Restaurant, which is located nearby, and it changes depending on what is available and sustainable. Organic and biodynamic wine pairings are included in the cost of the meal.

The floating raft was constructed off-site and is made from reclaimed pinewood.

Hoisted into the water, the little raft floats amongst all the other fancy yachts and seats twelve people each night.

1,675 plastic 2-liter bottles are used to provide flotation for the raft.

Shannon Ronalds and a marine engineer calculated how many bottles would be necessary to keep the raft afloat.

The floor is mostly wood, but a small clear section in the center reveals the plastic bottles below.

While diners are seated at the table they can look down at their feet to see the bottles.

Installation of the plastic bottles in the raft.

The floating plastic dining room represents the issue of our oceans becoming a collecting ground for discarded plastic; one of the many threats to our seafood supplies.

All materials going into and coming out of this floating dining room will be renewable, recycled, reclaimed and/or repurposed.

Front elevation of the plastic floating dining room.

Side elevation of the plastic floating dining room.

The founder of the School of Fish Foundation, Shannon Ronalds, is working to create a positive impact on the seafood industry by educating chefs about sustainable seafood. He had a vision to build the floating dining room and new that plastic 2-Liter bottles could be used as flotation. With the help of a marine engineer and Goodweather Design, they drew up plans for a dining room that floats using 1,672 bottles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/elegant-floating-plastic-dining-room-in-vancouver/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

The founder of the School of Fish Foundation, Shannon Ronalds, is working to create a positive impact on the seafood industry by educating chefs about sustainable seafood. He had a vision to build the floating dining room and new that plastic 2-Liter bottles could be used as flotation. With the help of a marine engineer and Goodweather Design, they drew up plans for a dining room that floats using 1,672 bottles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/elegant-floating-plastic-dining-room-in-vancouver/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

The founder of the School of Fish Foundation, Shannon Ronalds, is working to create a positive impact on the seafood industry by educating chefs about sustainable seafood. He had a vision to build the floating dining room and new that plastic 2-Liter bottles could be used as flotation. With the help of a marine engineer and Goodweather Design, they drew up plans for a dining room that floats using 1,672 bottles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/elegant-floating-plastic-dining-room-in-vancouver/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

The founder of the School of Fish Foundation, Shannon Ronalds, is working to create a positive impact on the seafood industry by educating chefs about sustainable seafood. He had a vision to build the floating dining room and new that plastic 2-Liter bottles could be used as flotation. With the help of a marine engineer and Goodweather Design, they drew up plans for a dining room that floats using 1,672 bottles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/elegant-floating-plastic-dining-room-in-vancouver/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

The founder of the School of Fish Foundation, Shannon Ronalds, is working to create a positive impact on the seafood industry by educating chefs about sustainable seafood. He had a vision to build the floating dining room and new that plastic 2-Liter bottles could be used as flotation. With the help of a marine engineer and Goodweather Design, they drew up plans for a dining room that floats using 1,672 bottles....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/elegant-floating-plastic-dining-room-in-vancouver/'>READ ARTICLE</a>