BENJAMIN KATZ'S BLOG
Notes from the Sunflower Hut: Update- The Dam, Green Club
The Dam
By the end of the day today, the filling of the Dam will be finished. We will then wait three weeks for the concrete to cure at which point the wooden box will be taken down, the pipes will be closed, and the reservoir will begin to fill. It has been a long project and many people have been involved in helping it to come about and I want to thank all of you. Tuesday marked the first day of mixing cement. It was an exciting occasion as Tui Mali came up to pour in the first …
Read More >>>Notes from the Sunflower Hut: Bula sia TRUE OFFSETS
Tags: Technology / Energy / Sustain / Partners / Global
When I was in Hawai this past September, I had the great fortune to meet a man named Jonny Dubowski. I was on the big island with my dad to inspect an access road to a piece of property that he had invested in. Jonny and his partners have started …
Read More >>>Notes from the Sunflower Hut: 2009-looking to the future
Tags: Tribe / Build / Waste / Technology / Fijian / Energy / Dream Foundation / Sustain / Transport / Fiji / Drink / Partners / Local / Global
As we look forward to the year to come and the uncertainty as to what will happen after September 1st there is a lot to be excited about. I hope to be able to deliver a more regular, more structured, and more statistically informative report every month or so over …
Read More >>>Notes from the Sunflower Hut: 2008, a year in review
Tags: Build / Waste / Technology / Energy / Dream Foundation / Sustain / Transport / Fiji / Drink
2008 has been an interesting year for Tribewanted. As we continue to find the balance between running a community project and running a business, we often take steps forward and steps back. It is a good feeling to look back and see that though there have been many ups and …
Read More >>>Notes from the Sunflower Hut: latest in Vorovoro's Sustainable Development
Tags: Tribe / Build / Waste / Fijian / Energy / Dream Foundation / Sustain / Fiji / Drink / Partners / Local / Global
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.-Edwin H. Friedman
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no …
Read More >>>Water Storage Vote!
Tags: Fiji
*Jim, Tui Mali, Pupu, and I hiked up above the waterfall this afternoon. Having presented Tui Mali with some grog on Tuesday and asking permission to develop part of the island outside of the lease, we were now on a mission to determine the best course of action. Pupu and …
Read More >>>Anouncing the Tribewanted University design challenge
Tuesday night, as I walked down the beach to my hut after the grog session I looked up at the crystal clear sky and found myself completely transfixed by the stars. I have been in many places with what must have been equally clear skies, but for some reason, that …
Read More >>>Water storage solution...
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Fiji / Drink
Water. The plants would be crying if they could spare the moisture to produce tears. Instead, they are just shriveling up. The plants, the garden, our food supply, is suffering because of the lack of water on the island. The problem is not that we don’t get enough rain. We …
Read More >>>Back on the island (a short update)
Well, I’ve been back about a week now and just about settled back into the unique rhythm of Fiji time. It’s been a month and the island is very much as I left it. Pupu and I put up the solar showers bags in the new showers today and they …
Read More >>>Water storage
Tags: Tribe / Build / Dream Foundation / Sustain / Fiji / Drink / Local
So, looks like the dry season is mostly behind us. As we take steps to prepare for the rainy season, we should also consider how our actions now will effect the island when the rains stop again. It would be great if the prospect of a water shortage never came …
Read More >>>The Green Club--calling all teachers--
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Sustain / Fiji / LocalThe green club, now long in remission, is planning to reassert itself in October. We have been thinking about a few options and I wanted to get some feed back from all of you. The first issue is where will the Gclub meet.
I think having the kids come …
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