permaculture

[Charles Knoles <charles@growfood.org>]

What an Intriguing idea!

This website http://www.lareau.org/pitc.html has some more useful 
information on it including a map and links to recent newspaper articles 
documenting the VERY tense situation between british police and the 
Pitcairn islanders.

 Apparently there is a 100% disease free bee hive industry there....



> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 03:42:39 -0700
> From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
> Subject: [permaculture] (fwd) Calling all Permaculture Designers:
>         Opportunity to create the world's first totally
>         'Permaculturally-Designed' Island...]
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> On 2 Jul 2003 20:00:12 -0700, in alt.permaculture peter_ward@skali.com
> (Peter Ward) wrote:
>
> Greetings all:  I need some advice & assistance from the world
> Permacultural Community.
>
> I'm currently negotiating with the Mayor of Pitcairn Island - Steve
> Christian - to transform Pitcairn Island (my ancestral homeland) into
> the world's first totally 'permaculturally-designed' Island.
>
> Pitcairn is still a British Colony, but the UK basically wants to shut
> the Island down (ie. the colony is "not economically viable") & sell
> the Pitcairn Islands (Pitcairn, Henderson, Oeno, Ducie) along with
> their accompanying 200 nm. exclusive economic zones to the French*
> (presumably so that the latter can test nuclear devices on a volcanic
> Island rather than an atoll).
>
> One possible way to save the Island & it's unique heritage, would be
> to transform it into the only 'holistic-permaculture-nation-state' on
> the Planet; not only to make it completely independent of the British
> Exchequer, but also to lay the foundations for a limited ecotourism
> industry which could possibly enable the Island to become totally
> self-sufficient at a relatively comfortable standard of living.
>
> Steve Christian is warm on the idea, but - being one of the most
> remote places on earth - "Permaculture", is a complete unknown to the
> Island community.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> So, what I need is some advice on the best way to introduce the key
> principles & concepts of Permaculture to the Pitcairn Islander
> community.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> All & any advice or suggestions on moving this Project (tentatively
> titled 'Biosphere3') forward, will be graciously appreciated.
>
> For those unfamiliar with Pitcairn, the following site provides useful
> links:
> http://www.escapeartist.com/pitcairn/pitcairn.htm
>
>
> * there are substantial deposits of manganese, iron, copper, gold,
> silver, and zinc, which have recently been discovered within the 200
> nautical-mile exclusive economic zone surrounding the Pitcairn Islands
> (Pitcairn, Henderson, Oeno, Ducie).
>
> cf: 'Convention on Maritime Boundaries between the Government of the
> French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
> Britain and Northern Ireland'
>
> http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/FRA-GBR1983MB.PDF
>
>
> --
> L.F.London
> lfl@intrex.net
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