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title: Operation Life Raft 350, Maldives
date: 2009-11-05T01:27:18Z
modified: 2009-11-05T01:27:18Z
permalink: "https://350.org/operation-life-raft-350-maldives/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "Look behind these young people--that's a raft made entirely of plastic bottles:And will it float?"
wpid: 13805
author: Bill McKibben
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Look behind these young people–that’s a raft made entirely of plastic bottles:![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4043207038_afe224dbf9.jpg)

And will it float?

![](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/4043208546_faf22e10b3.jpg)