Tribewanted: Vorovoro

Having left the island a few weeks ago now (and not loving the cold and the wet back in England), I thought I would blog with an update on the small-scale biogas system I completed just before my departure.

The project was plagued with difficulties in sourcing the proper …

Julia Stones, along with the many other jobs she has taken under her wing, has spent the last four months looking at improving the hygiene of the island’s facilities.

One of her concerns was that no hot water would mean that the dishes, pots and pans would be a …

From setting foot on Vorovoro almost four months ago to now I have seen and felt the importance that island sustainability and self-sufficiency has within the remit of the project.

In talking with tribe member Tania Potts”, it was decided that we could further improve the small sustainability hut …

A strange phenomenon is hitting Vorovoro of late.

The wild Vorovoro chickens have until now taken little or no interest in the succulent food we feed our chickens in the pens. But this has changed. Lids left open and feed storage boxes not properly secured has meant that the …

As the photo attached will illustrate, we could not have come closer to being right in the direct path of Hurricane Damon. Every possible effort was made to minimise loss of livestock and destruction to the gardens, but although we didn’t suffer a direct hit, heavy and prolonged rainfall has …