Tribewanted: Vorovoro

Tribewanted: Live are weekend events which include a little bit of sustainable education, some adventurous action and a general tribe-like festival

The aim of Tribewanted: Live is to bring a bit of the Vorovoro experience closer to you. This is less about Fijian culture and island life and more about community experience adventurous travel and sustainable living.

Depending on the location Tribewanted: Live will mix some kind of educational workshop focusing on sustainability, some adventurous activities and a tribe living experience with good local food and drink.

Tribewanted: Live events are for groups of up to 30 in size and tribe members will organise shared travel and tents online pre-event and their stories and ideas post-event. Tribewanted will provide crew to co-ordinate each event and experts to lead workshops and activities but members will be expected to muck in with the cooking, projects as on Vorovoro.

What is Tribewanted: LIVE?
Tribewanted: LIVE are mini mobile Tribewanted events closer to you. The aim is have a fun weekend away from work, to learn something new about sustainable living that you can apply at home, and get outdoors.

How many places are their at Tribewanted: LIVE events?
It depends on the location and activities involved, but we expect it to be typically up to 30 people.

Who is Tribewanted: LIVE for?
Anyone. You don’t have to be Tribewanted: Vorovoro member to come along. Places sold on first come first served.

Will Tribewanted: LIVE events just be in the UK?
No. We will start with a couple of events here and see how they go.

What happens when I book my Tribewanted: LIVE place?
You will receive a receipt for payment and an email confirming your place on the event.

Do I have to bring a tent?
Yes, you do or your be sleeping under the stars. The alternative is to team up with other tribe members on the Tribewanted: LIVE forum to discuss travel and sleeping arrangments.

I’ve got more questions!
Send your questions to live@tribewanted.com, or join us in the Tribewanted Forums!

Tribewanted: LIVE Terms & Conditions

The purchaser of the places for Tribewanted: LIVE events can nominate who the places are for. Unlike Vorovoro places can be transferred to other people but not to other Tribewanted: LIVE events.

Places for Tribewanted: LIVE are non-refundable.

Tribewanted reserves the right to change the itinerary of Tribewanted: LIVE events.

From SMART PLANET

The Tribewanted project, begun in 2006, saw more than 1,400 people sign up to form an online and offline community on the Fijian island of Vorovoro, while BBC Two followed it in a multi-part documentary. The idea was to create a simple, sustainable village. Tomorrow, ‘Tribewanted: Live’ , a spin-off of the original project-cum-social-networking site, launches in Cornwall, bringing the island project closer to home.

This time around it’s just a weekend instead of an ongoing project, and it will be dedicated to teaching people about sustainable living. Co-founder Ben Keene says it’ll give people a chance to get away from their urban lives and see how sustainable living can be applied to them. “Tribewanted is all about learning from each other in a participatory way,” he says.

The weekend will be held at the home of James Strawbridge, best known for his environmentally friendly and sustainable exploits on the BBC TV programme It’s Not Easy Being Green. ‘Tribewanted: Live’ also includes a trip to SmartPlanet fave, the Eden Project .

It’s nice to see an event like this on home soil—Fiji was a bit far-flung, and Keene recognises that. “Many members have visited the island, helping build the communities there, but many are also well aware of the environmental cost of travelling to Fiji so we wanted to try and bring some of that experience closer to home,” he says.

Tribewanted is also celebrating winning Best Social Networking Site at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards, beating the likes of Myspace and Skins from E4. “It seems a bit ridiculous that something about living on an island wins a digital award,” says Ben. “But it shows social media isn’t all about numbers and how many friends you have. It’s about the depth of the network and the relationships people have built.”

The Tribewanted team hope the Cornwall event will be the first of many, with one in the Lake District planned at the end of June, and some further afield projects in Amsterdam and New Zealand in the pipeline.