Cultural WealthAbundance for the People and their Land!

Presentation for Anahola, Kauai Community on Sustainable Development

Meaning of Culture…

• The arts of culture, the blossoms of our tree, are reflections of our abundance and are easy to marginalized by monetary based exchanges BUT should not supersedes the true representation of culture.

Bali’s Initiative (2008-2016)

Tri Hita Karana Philosophy – People to People, people to land, people to god… it’s about people!

Going back to the Basic – People FIRST!

Regenerative development that is dynamic for its generations.

Effective and AFFECTIVE!

Marginalized Problem Comparing APPLES to ORANGES! Cultures and communities world wide are

being marginalized by ‘passive solutions’ (monetary based); rather than ‘active solutions’ (cultural/Community based) to preserve the “natural way” of life.

* Natural way = Native Intelligence from people who knows and work with the land and its people.

Comparing Apple & Oranges

‘Sustainable’ Solutions……for Economics, Social and Environmental

SO the questions are:

What is DYNAMIC? (forces and properties)

What is REGENERATIVE?