waste collection and coastal housing politics through the implementation of a 13,000 ft long breakwater with oysters planted along it. Each oyster planted is capable of filtering 50 gallons per day, removing all pollutants and toxins to create a cleaner harbor. The reproductive shimmy of the bivalves attracts many marine species, fostering significant ecosystem growth. Pete Malinowski, from the Billion Oyster Project, states that of the millions of oyster spawn that become babies, hardly any survive due to the lack of surfaces to settle on. Therefore, the implementation of reef will enhance the likelihood of oyster’s survival. This concept of using oysters to fight climate change in coastal towns, “oyster-tecture”, was introduced in 2010 by landscape architect Kate Orff. Orff and her team created soft infrastructure made from fuzzy rope that allows for the seeding of oysters along points of the harbor. Living Breakwaters was awarded the Rebuild By Design grant in 2014 and was implemented by the New York State Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. This grant additionally includes an on-shore building, the “water-hub, to host community activities near the breakwater. Simultaneously, NY Rising, the state’s civic rebuilding process, matched this federally funding initiative with the Tottenville Dune and Coastal Dune Plantings project The breakwaters will strengthen the vegetated dune system, providing protection to the beachside community in Tottenville by tempering beach erosion. Additionally, northern and eastern expansion of Living Breakwaters is expected along Staten Island at Lemon Creek and Great Kills. As a result, Living Breakwaters provides educational opportunities for Tottenville youth, and overall economic growth for the town. Breakwater armour units As design wave heights get larger, rubble mound breakwaters require larger armour units to resist the wave forces. These armour units can be formed of concrete or natural rock. The largest standard grading for rock armour units given in CIRIA 683 "The Rock Manual" is 10–15 tonnes. Larger gradings may be available, but the ultimate size is limited in practice by the natural fracture properties of locally available rock. Shaped concrete armour units (such as Dolos, Xbloc, Tetrapod, etc.) can be provided in up to approximately 40 tonnes (e.g. Jorf Lasfar, Morocco), before they become vulnerable to damage under self weight, wave impact and thermal cracking of the complex shapes during casting/curing. Where the very largest armour units are required for the most exposed locations in very deep water, armour units are most often formed of