Hallo liebe
Leute.
So it
really is about time to put up some beef about the project. Just so you dont think its all just surfing
and all. After all, its almost 9hours
of each of Julias workdays, and a bit of off-and-on for me, although i am currently
more working on expanding my filming adventures here. For starters, here are some videostills
from the documentary i made about the project:
Opening Shot, Local Fisher Doodes, die welt, Marc Writing, Fisherman On
The Way To Rivermouth, Writing Kit, Captured Dynamite Fisher, Ju as
International Agent, Darwin Filming, Kids In Dibut
Baler Area, Riverfishing, Flying Fish Captured, Young Mangroves, Cemento
Reef´s Beach, Ju Telling Us..., Romantic Snorkeling For The Camera, Carabao
(the type of cow from the end-scene of ApocalypseNow)
Community Organizer Jimi at Work, Fisherman Impression, Kids, Barrio
Chiefs Campaigning, Evening Mood In Dibut, Summary With Feet, Jimi´s Teaching,
Fisherman Paying Attention
So there
you go, ..the second from the bottom on the right explains the elements of the
project:
Community
Organizing means
that trainers and teachers go to the local fisher communities and tell them
again and again how fucking everything up around them is not the most clever
idea, if they want to keep fishing succesfully, and getting them to be active
and strong together. Strongly
simplified. Ju will hate me.
Coral
reef assesment is
all the diving stuff you see above, diving, writing down and filming what there
is to see, and then repeating the same thing again after a while to see how its
changing. I wish i had already had a
scuba-diving license at the time of taking this footage, because filming while
snokeling is not that easy..... Oh and
the two people diving hand in hand are ju and me of course, with the
camera fixed to some corals. Carefully
of course.
Reef and
Mangrove rehab. Planting new plants and establishing
protected areas, for the locals to take care of.
Alternative
livelihood. Offering alternatives to the fishermen,
because there are simply too many of them.
Farming, Tourism, err... working as DJs, ...rocket science...etc.
Information
Campaign. Letting everybody know what is going
on/wrong, and what exactly we are trying to do, to get support and be understood.
Yesterday
we moved into our own building (which is about five minutes from the famous
reef break of baler, a surfspot from where you will get photos as soon as the
"autumn" swells really start coming in) and Ju and I now have our own
office to work from. Good. Ah damn. I really dont feel that inspired to
write today, just enjoy the photos, please, and excuse me until next time....
We are
well, and sending good vibes....
Take care
of yourselfes!
Boring: