{"id":2060,"date":"2006-04-25T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-25T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/04\/25\/dream-of-moving-to-an-island\/"},"modified":"2006-04-25T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-25T00:57:00","slug":"dream-of-moving-to-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/dream-of-moving-to-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream of Moving to an Island?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uh… yeah! Every second of every day! So this story at Springwise<\/a> definitely got my attention:<\/p>\n

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Launched last week by two young British entrepreneurs, tribewanted<\/a> is creating a global tribe that will develop a sustainable eco-community on an island in Fiji.<\/p>\n

In what seems like a hippie dream crossed with an episode of Survivor, tribewanted is looking for 5000 people from around the world to become part of a tribe that will not only exist online, but will also settle, 100 at a time, on ‘Adventure Island’. On the map, Adventure Island is known as Vorovoro, and is being leased to tribewanted by the local tribal chief. …<\/p>\n

Eco-friendliness is a keystone, and tribewanted has appointed a climate advisor to keep carbon accounts for the tribe\u2019s island life and offset them to make the venture climate neutral. In an interview with Mookychick<\/a>, founding ‘chief’ Mark James explains: ” I think that there is a growing interest from a generation to do something about their lives, the lives of those around them and to have a positive impact on the environment as they are aware of how generations before have messed up. Adventure Island represents all the passions and cravings of that generation.” <\/p>\n

As national borders fade, online tribes take shape, populated by people seeking a sense of belonging, of being part of something new. As a social experiment, Tribewanted could be fascinating. And being an entrepreneurial venture, tribewanted will let the world watch: besides its three membership options, the company also offers subscriptions to Tribal TV. For a one-off payment of GBP 10 \/ USD 18, subscribers will be able to follow the tribe as it creates a new utopia. Or recreates the Lord of the Flies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sounds idyllic in many ways, though the whole “Tribal TV” thing does make it sound like a version of Survivor, and “Adventure Island” sounds like a ride at Disney World. Still, despite the glitz, this does look like a sincere attempt to live out some of the concepts many of us have read about in the Ishmael series and Beyond Civilization — read the interview linked above to get a better picture of the chief’s vision. I may have to talk my wife into the buying in at the “Nomad” level — it would be fascinating to see this in action… not to mention getting away to Fiji for a week…<\/p>\n

Categories: tribal<\/a>, island<\/a>, ecological<\/a>, fiji<\/a>, ishmael<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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