With changing sea level, many islands will be submerged in the not so distant future. How will this affect our island concept? Will the tide of humanity simply encompass the individual, like rising waters reclaim long-identified and well-described island paradises? In reality the islands will still exist as land masses, but will simply not be visible above the water level. Will we need to redefine “islands?” Or “individuality”? With more and more people, it will be increasingly difficult to stand out as a unique individual, but does this mean we must give up our individual identity, or move in different strata? Does globalism in a sense force us to come to terms with our immediate surroundings, where we might make a significant difference by our actions, and in so doing, learn to explore the underwater terrain, the islands that lie beneath the surface?