We started in 2014 as 2 persons, simply gathering together inspired by the same vision of life and by the desire to collaborate making sinergies with others to create a better world.
We act so to be the change that we wish to see all around us and we invite others to join, share., develop their own ideas for personal and sustainable development and then create their own life project.
We dispose of 18 acres of beautiful land, facing the amazing Caribbean sea, in an unspoiled location, with optimal weather conditions all year round and a big potential.
We are up to create:
An intentional community focusing on social innovation
A productive center for self-sustainability and creativity
A permaculture demonstration sight
A didattic farm based on best practices for the production of organic food and high-quality dairy
A centre for continuous learning in many disciplines of human knowledge
A training center on natural building, permaculture, energetic sustainability etc…
A center for personal development and applied social permaculture
An “open sky” Art museum of contemporary and natural art
An incubator for local small businesses
A center for creativity and artistic residencies
An “home” for many people from all around the world wishing to collaborate in making the dream of a fair society coming true
A peaceful, affordable and fulfilling life style as a Transition Group
An example of coliving and coworking with people from Jamaica and from everywhere
An active part of the local network of community driven tourism
A research center on Sustainability in partnership with Universities and other independent researchers
A flexible knot in the global network of social innovators, cultural developer, change agents, creative people, digital nomads, artists and hactivists that are implementing new lifestyles through collaborative economy for an ethic and more satisfying life.
Launch of the “Welcoming Vbes Guest House and cultural center”
Creation of website and social media tools organisation of trips with the guests to Music festivals around the Island and cultural events organisation of experiencial activites in the community, such as night fishing with simpel lines and hooks from the coast, pick up and roasting of the traditional bread fruit, cooking seminars on traditional jamaican cuisine with local girls as teachers, cooking seminars of international cuisine with guests as teachers, creation of “Collective Operas” of Art, such as Simbolic Christmas decoration with home made materials, excursion in the nature to pick up interesting materials (seeds, branches, leaves, fruits ) to create organic jewelry workshops, launch of the “ International Creative afternoons”, in which people gather together and paint, sculpt “saltdough” etc..
Realisation of the first “artistic Residence” with the internationally known artist Severstet Sakar, which created several pieces of art in the the common spaces of the guest house as part of her projects held also in Turkey and New York of “engaging art for the collectivity”
start of a collaboration with the Caijan Art Gallery, identified as a relevant cultural attractor of Treasure Beach. The Caijan Art Gallery has been created by Mr John Deer, a Jamaican Rastafari Architect and Handcratfsmen, active since 20 years in bulding in Treasure Beach a point of interest for the preservation of the History of Jamaica and the building of a collective cultural idendity.
The partnership between The Caijan Art Gallery and Welcoming Vies has then given birth to the project of creating a weekend of Open Days with special events in order to celebrate the 20 years of the activity.
Welcoming Vibes arranged the logistic and the concept, the refresment and the buffet, the communication and the animation of the event, to which many people participated. This also became the beginning of a long term partnership aimed to build the eco village on the property where the Art Gallery is already located, in order to enhance what already existing and to improve and realize new sinergies.
Definition of a Strategic Planning to define the forms of the collaboration on different aspects and to assign functions and goals to different partsof the property with a common design thinking procedure.
Individuation of priorities for the foundation of the JAMADDA PERMA CULTURAL PARL and study of possible tecniques for building and definition of the best Cost/benefit approach.