My own island? Hmmm. #letsblogoff
Let’s Blog Off: You’re given an island. The only thing to consider is once you move there, you can’t leave. Who and what would you bring? What are the rules?
Plan B
Ok I can’t deal with being stuck anywhere forever. So you know what? I wouldn’t move there. I’d make it my escape pod for vacations, & a wildlife conservatory. It’d have a single story off the grid solar & wind powered shipping container complex of maybe 4 structures max. It’d have:
- rainwater collection w/ UV purification
- small desalinization doodad
- airstrip
- high speed internet connectivity
- garden / fruit trees
- observatory
- lap pool
- ping pong table
- skee ball machine
- basketball court
- guest housing
I’d let scientists & artists have retreats there as long as they were zero impact & contributed to the flourishing of all its natural systems.
I had trouble with this blogoff post. Who wouldn’t want a wide open vacation forever? Apparently, me!
Other than that – I’d be a periodic visitor, & try to leave it better than it was when I got there.
I wouldn’t want the island either! But, I found an island I did want and like you, I would want people passing through. I like your zero impact and contribution rules.
Becky – that’s what I think too… have a post that runs along these ideas. need to finish and post! thanks, you’ve encouraged me! cindy
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Actually, what you’re saying is not far wrong. My wife and I went to Kauai for our 25th wedding anniversary. We were there a week, and it was gorgeous. But we’ve from San Diego, which actually has more liveable space than this island, as it is populated only around the perimeter of the island. And after a while, there really wasn’t a hell of a lot to do! I suppose a beach rat (which we’re not) would have liked it more. Gorgeous place. But I doubt we’ll go again.
Yeah I think Joseph hit it: unless you were a beach addict or a totally dedicated transcendentalist, it’d be a less than ideal place to be permanently situated.