Pimu Vision & Regeneration Projects Action Plan
Below is a rough sketch outlining future visions which I plan to implement over time while living on this beautiful island of Pimu (Catalina).
Farming & Community Gardens
Designated zones for planting edible food crops using permaculture ethics and practices which will be tended & maintained by community volunteers.
Locations: Avalon, Two Harbors, Pebbly Beach, Descanso, Interpretive center, horse stables, vacant golf course plots, middle ranch, front-side harbor/bay camps.
Benefits:
- Providing local community & businesses with fresh, organic, and local produce.
- Create strong community resilience, sustainability, independence, and social connection.
- Draw of tourists inspired by the beauty and benefit of eco-conscious practices.
1st phase implementation: Utilize horse stable land with 1 year lease to experiment and obtain yields.
Water
Gather all leftover water from plastic bottles at local restaurants and fill into designated vessels to be used in the watering of community garden(s).
- Create rainwater catchment systems.
- Build 'Warka' water towers
Resources
- Mainland/world permaculture community
- Gaia U
- Permaculture surveyors, community workshops, presentations, and facilitators (Connor, Bill Roley, Bay Area friends, etc)
- Inspired hearts and minds
- Pimu community
Cafe Pimu
A cafe/juice bar focused on providing a daily all organic, healthy, and sustainably maintained food/meal option also acting as an art space, relaxation zone, and conscious community gathering hub.
Benefits:
- Organic & as much as possible locally sourced ingredients bringing health benefits,
- community gathering space
- expressive arts zone = community strengthening
- tourist draw
Pimuventures
Guided eco-treks and group journeys through the interior of Catalina Island. Journeyers pack light as communal tent camping will be transported and assembled at given rest sites. Another option provided for more rigorous journeyers will pack in own food and camp essentials.
- Survival skills, nature connection, ceremony, and rites of passage opportunities
- Integration of information and stories regarding indigenous peoples and their ways of connection and living on Pimu (Catalina)
- Education on local and native species of flora and fauna.
- The peace of nature coupled with the comfort of amenities along with practical assistance and loving presence of guides and facilitators
- Kids programs - Inward Bound - Pimu Wilderness education
Recording Studio + Artists & Musicians Health Retreat, Creative Hub, & Regeneration Center
Private retreat facility for artists and musicians to get healthy8, hone craft, record music, and rest within their essential nature. A place to BE.
- Recording studio rental
- Home/property rental
- Workshops - Song writing, recording, jamming, painting, ceremony, rites of passage, detox, yoga, qi gong, exercise, dance space, massage, body-work, permaculture education, garden therapy, and sustainable regeneration.
Digiphon
I designed and created this output packet using the mahara site on my macbook air. All mind-maps and visual queues (except for photos) were written by hand and photographed with my iphone, then uploaded onto my computer, then to facebook, and pulled as images from my profile onto the given template blocks within mahara.
Learning Journal Entry
May 31st 2015 - Misty Boat Ride to Mainland - Scheduling opportunities & challenges
Feeling overwhelmed with the process of scheduling - various factors creating challenge. Wanting to feel a clear sense of structure and direction for the year ahead and the coming weeks. Meeting my mothers' wish of completing gaia in a timley manner while having a steady job and fulfilling my artistic commitment to finishing my record. Wanting to successfully divide my focus in the coming weeks between Gaia (LIPD completion), band practice, and supporting my parents. Hannah going to the mainland by the 9th or 10th, her flight is on the 11th... Would be easier on my schedule if I didn't need to take her to LAX but feeling guilty about abandoning that plan. Kupa (-now former-band drummer) leaves on the 14th. If I didn't leave the island I could help set up a ride for him. If not I would come back to the mainland on the 13th, take him to the airport, maybe stay the night at the Ark and then back to Pimu...
Annotated Resource Review
Output Packet References
Simha Bode's Capstone LIPD
http://icaafs.earth/view/view.php?id=6036&showmore=1
Nicole Vosper's MSc LIPD