Green Daily

How do you take a man-made island and turn it into something other than an environmental abomination? Well, you could ask Brad and Angelina, but their experiment had negative peer reviews. So, that leaves San Francisco's proposal to turn 'Treasure Island' into a sustainable city.

Mega-development firm -- Lennar Corp -- is currently promoting a plan to turn the unnatural island into a car-less and eco-friendly experiment -- including 5,500 housing units, green restaurants, and parks. Initially built for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the 365-acre island has since been the site of a Naval base, decommissioned 11 years ago. Now, if San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approves, the island could be home to as many as 13,500 people.

Plans for the self-sustaining city include: a 60-story high rise -- named "Treasure Island Tower" -- an organic farm, a wind farm, tidal marsh park lands, and a "small footprint" water treatment facility. The would-be city will also require that commercial buildings meet LEED silver standards, and that all government agencies use zero-emissions vehicles.

[via Triple Pundit]