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Final episode and party - TONIGHT! We’re back at SWAY BAR (near Holborn tube in central London) from 7pm for the screening of the 5th, and final, episode of ‘Paradise or Bust’ on Monday 18th Feb Here's the plan: Entry: Free / Pay Bar/ Foundation Fundraiser All Welcome For more information visit Tribewanted.com
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Discussing Paradise or Bust: Programme IV & the best of the weeks blogs 
From Ben in the UK: As the programme created lots of debate, I thought it would be helpful to put into context (from our perspective on Vorovoro) some of the stories that were followed in last Monday night’s documentary on BBC2. Visit Tribewanted.com for the discussion of the other issues and to share your thoughts!From Giles on Vorovoro: So logging onto the Tribewanted this morning was an interesting experience. It seems only fair to then try and address that from the perspective of those that are currently living on the island. Yesterday we had the Chief of Macuata (the province) and the Commissioner for the North come and visit the island. They weren’t invited, they asked to come and visit. Both of these men are notoriously difficult to track down in normal life but they wanted to come because of what they had heard about us in Fiji. Yes, in Fiji. They (in their own words) came to see if all the good things that they had heard were true. Yesterday was a great day, with kind words being exchanged, sharing a traditional kava ceremony, the Tribe Members performing traditional meke (local dance) to the visitors, and even a Tabua (whales tooth, the most prestigious gift in Fiji) being given to the tribe in recognition of what is happening here. These guys turned up, because they wanted to, no press, no fanfare, no publicity (which could have come with them), just because they had heard good things.
This week's BEST BLOGS |
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See what the tribe got up to over the Christmas period on Vorovoro
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Christy's Chief Blog: latest from Vorovoro 
The last 5 days have given us more sun than rain, in fact I could say that this is about as good as it gets, it has been beautiful. The mornings calm with little wind, a breeze in the afternoon and some showers usually being clear in the evening allowing us a tanoa outside; a million stars and Orion just overhead, the most visible of the constellations here. The waters are much more clear and the snorkeling gets better every day, this is VERY important to some of us! We started out the week with Monday’s 9’o clock organizational meeting and all of the men. A boat was prepared to go to cut bamboo on PuPu Apelli’s land, about a half hour boat ride from here. Up the river near Malau (where all the tanks are) about a quarter mile we pulled up on a beach and walked in. This is in the “dryer” part of the mangrove, near where the large logs were cut down for the Gran Bure. I thought that Mangroves were short trees growing at the water’s edge, thriving on the mix of salt and fresh water, but that is because I had never been inside such an old one, there must be trees 40’ high there. It was a sloppy walk in, in sticky ankle deep mud a good part of the time, I was thinking how much work it would be for the three who would be carrying the bamboo out. Luckily bamboo is light and it would be cut in to about 12’ lengths. While the wood was being cut Apelli led me into the bush to show me his ancestral land. Here cocoa had been planted during his lifetime, and a low cave in lava rock at that time served as their dwelling when they worked on the land. The cave dwelling once had been surrounded by decorative plants and orange trees, now only traces of this garden were there hardly visible. Apelli told me that at one time he had lived for three years straight here while farming the land. To see the area now you would think that nothing had been farmed there, the bush has reclaimed the land, the tall trees blocking the sun allowing nothing much to grow. An orange tree here, a cocoa there, but the rest has been swallowed up. Read the full article and share your thoughts at Tribewanted.com! |
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New island team member, Amy Briden 
"I first found out about Tribe Wanted early last year and have been fascinated with the projects progress ever since. Having gone along to tribal gatherings, met many inspired tribe members and continually followed the development on Vorovoro online, I was desperate to become more involved and applied for Tribe Manager. I have experienced many different countries and cultures, taken part on a marine conservation project in Madagascar as well as worked as a Project Coordinator organizing volunteer placements overseas. I am now lucky enough to start a new adventure in Fiji, working alongside the tribe team! I can’t wait to embrace the challenges and contributions that the Fijian people and tribe members will continue to bring and I am extremely excited to be part of this very worthwhile and exceptional project. Tribe Wanted is an incredible opportunity; not only is it encouraging cultural exchange and environmental awareness in Fiji, it is involving and educating people from all over the world; creating one big, global community! Really looking forward to the party tonight, see you then! Amy" |
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March Chief + New Accommodation Proposal Votes 
The vote for March Chief is open for one more week. Make your vote count now before it's too late! We have two applicants, so read their manifestos and make your voice heard: * Read Elaine's chief manifesto
For more information about being Chief, visit Tribewanted.com! Voting for the next block of Accommodation on Vorovoro is now open! View the original discussion about new accommodation on Vorovoro |
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Self-sufficiency report – January 2008 
From Giles on Vorovoro: Ok so after finally getting my head around the self sufficiency stats for jan here are the results. Food – 751.1 kg in total brought to the island (including produce created on island) (51 kilos sourced from Vorovoro and 699.15 kg from labasa) While this seems small we have to remember that Jan was a very wet and stormy month, meaning that the gardens were constantly underwater and fishing trips were limited. This % should go up as we approach the dry season Interesting though, 85% of the food we buy in comes from Fiji (7% from the island, 43% from labasa and about 35% from the rest of Fiji). This month we have started recording the food actually comes from – amazing we currently buy our salt from Germany! It’s fascinating to think that such simple things could come from so far away! This means we can now think more carefully about buying fiji only produce and hopefully push that percentage up. Waste – Total amount of 430.15 kilograms. We recycle 29% of our this off site, re use 29% of our waste (food waste going to the livestock) on the island, 33% is landfilled and a whopping 9% comes from the rubbish that washes up on the beach from Labasa! View the spreadsheet and share your thoughts at Tribewanted.com! |
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Tribal voice from the island - 15.02.2008 From Carol on Vorovoro: Here are the things that we discussed this week: 1. Use of Power Hut: 2. Videos from island every week, finding best way to do this. 3. “Inappropriate” music/films being brought to Voro. 4. More blogging from the island. 5. Salt/Pepper IN food, often too much for some. 6. Consistant care of snorkel equipment. 7. Shelving in all accomodation bures. 8. BLOGS from the island in a seperate spaceo on the home page so they don’t get bumped in a couple of hours time by other blogs. 9. Sorting out Tanoa Park View the discussion and add your thoughts at Tribewanted.com! |
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There is some important discussion going on in the forums this week, so pop on over and add your voice to these threads: 1. The evolving role of the Chief on the island - An open discussion about what the Chief's role on Vorovoro should be and whether this has changed from the early days of the project |
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Mark Bowness launches a new search for 3000 people... Have You Got The Nerve? Episode 3 of Paradise or Bust saw me move on from Tribewanted in order to launch other projects. Moving on from Tribewanted was a very difficult thing to do as I am very passionate about the project, about Fiji and about the tribe members. Nevertheless, after coming up with the concept for Tribewanted I knew that this project was in the capable hands of Ben and for me, a new vision was forming. When I had launched Tribewanted I started to receive e-mails from members of the public. People were emailing who had ideas for TV shows but did not know how to take them forward, people were emailing who wanted their own adventures, and others were emailing stating they had creative talent that they wanted to find an output for. It became apparent to me that there were every day ordinary people who had fantastic ideas for TV shows – the next Eastenders, the next X Factor or the next Dragon’ Den, but they did not know what to do with them. Have You Got The Nerve? TV was born. I am looking to bring together 3000 people who will become executive producers of a new breed of production company is launched and we develop TV programmes and online content. The executive producers will also share in the success of the company. For more information Have You Got The Nerve? |
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