notes from the sustainability forum 25/5/08
Sustainability forum 28/5/08
More trash bins around the island
Water tap by toilets to be turned off for the dry season
-efficient water use for toothbrushing
More candles/lanterns
Pigs-tie rope to food and water bucket for easy retrieval
Food chute
New pen for when pigs grow up
Stewards in charge of particular areas/tasks
Everyone is assigned a position
“As much or as little as you want” but everyone is still expected to clean up after themselves
Possible positions
-dinning area, fire pit, kitchen area, grand bure, vale, new vale, fun house, family bure, rake leaves, collect fire wood, chickens, pigs, watering in the garden, compost, recycling, food logging, tool shed, showers
daily projects/tasks
-stay after morning meeting to organize into groups
Create a duties board-something fun and creative to make it less school like
More attention on water conservation
Build new showers
Capturing grey water
More seating around campfire
-get large drift wood from other side of island
Saltwater washing/toothbrushing counter with mirror
More big hammocks
Organize climbing one of the peaks for sunset/sunrise
More alternatives for evening activities
-entertainment crew
Advertise when the kitchen crew will be harvesting
People arrive with specific skills which aren’t discovered.
-how can we support people to use their skills for the benefit of the community?
-pre arrival survey: people not likely to be interested until they arrive
-survey on island
Internet research
No way to index information on the website
Wiki-Ram will help
People don’t always know how their skill/interests can fit in
Ex. Paul will be writing the history of Fiji and Vorovoro
Sit down meeting as part of the tour
-will help people integrate
-more of a formal greeting
More of an emphasis on getting to know each other during island forums
Setting up more opportunities for people who have a hard time taking the initiative to get involved on their own
Isa isa practice once or twice every night
Meke information to be put on other side of Isa isa board
Comments
hey ben, thanks for this! it’s best to put these results up on the forum instead of as a blog, since there will be lots of responses, and it’s easier to track. i’ll go ahead and do that tonight, since i know it can be hard to access the web from the island. and then i’ll post responses…
Excellent report Ben, and agree with Kaz about the greater access on the forum.
Hey Ben! What a list :) Good luck with your job – hope it’s going well.
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