CEF Master Plan by Whole Systems Design, LLC

The Island School & Cape Eleuthera Institute Master Plan, 2008

years of

E ducation and S ustainability 1998 - 2018

Table of Contents Abridged version

CONTEXT

Global Bahamas Project Summary

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UNDER SEPARATE COVER

Utilities Plan Revegetation Plan Phasing Plan Master Plan Illustrative Master Plan & Cross Sections Campus Map

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ANALYSIS

Campus Base Map Utilities Wind Use Zones Flood Prone Areas

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PLANNING SCHEMATICS

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The Island School Schematics Faculty Housing Schematics Dining Center Schematics Operations Schematics Cape Eleuthera Institute Schematics

IV MASTER PLAN Phasing Plan Master Plan Revegetation Plan Illustrative Master Plan Illustrative Cross Sections

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Vision 2020

Sustainable Systems Development Building Design Food Self-Sufficiency Restoration

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T HE LARGEST GROUP OF ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, the

Bahamian archipelago is composed of more than 900 islands and cays laying in the easterly trade winds. Home to the world’s deepest limestone deposits and spread over 11,400 square kilometers, the Bahamian islands have accumulated at the edge of deep abyssal plains creating a seemingly endless land-sea edge environment.

E LEUTHERA, GREEK FOR “FREEDOM,” lies 60 miles east of Nassau and

Current Is.

stretches more than 100 miles north to south. The original population of Taino people rapidly declined after European landfall in the 15th century. While sailing for Spain, Christopher Columbus made his first North American landfall on San Salvador, an island south of Eleuthera. Since then, the island has had a history of farming pineapple, vegetables, dairy, and beef. The Bahamas was subsequently controlled by the British for The Glass Window more than two centuries after which they achieved independence in 1973. The construction of large sawmills in the 19th Gregory Town century allowed for the almost complete deforestation of the island’s 90 foot mahogany and teak hardwood canopy, leaving the majority of the island covered with the early successional forest typical throughout the island today. Eleuthera’s marine ecology, especially its coral reefs, are also experiencing rapid decline due to both local and global influence. The nation is now a parliamentary Governor’s Harbour democracy with a population of 300,000.

Savannah Sound

Tarpum Bay

Rock Sound

Powell Point

T EMPERATURE VARIATIONS IN THE BAHAMAS

are minimal due to the buffering effect of the surrounding sea, with average daytime air temperatures ranging from 80˚ to 90˚F. The subtropical dry climate is dominated by easterly trade winds for a majority of the year with a monsoonal weather pattern bringing 15 - 35” of rain to the islands, mostly in the summer and autumn months. Accumulating from millions of years of sedimentary deposition, the island’s highest point lays less than 200’ above sea level and the nation contains no surface fresh water.

Deep Creek

In the 20th century Eleuthera became home to major international resorts, many of which Windermere Is. were closed in the 1990’s. Today many new resort developments are under construction on the island. The administrative capital of Eleuthera is Governor’s Harbour, located in Central Eleuthera. Other major settlements include Rock Sound, Harbour Island, Gregory Town, and Tarpum Bay.

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Global Context

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The Island Of Eleuthera stretches approximately 110 miles from north to south. Situated at the far southwestern tip of the island, The Island School and Institute campus is situated 5 miles from the small settlement of Deep Creek (pop. approximately 300). Eleuthera has three districts—north, central, and south—and according to the 2000 census has approximately 8,000 residents. South Eleuthera is very rural and in the wake of large resort closings, unemployment is between 50% and 85%. Electricity is distributed to these settlements from a diesel power plant in Rock Sound. Many residents obtain water from shallow wells that access reliable aquifers and energy intensive reverse osmosis plants.

Bannerman Town 2 day solo site on Lighthouse Beach Lighthouse Point

The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute campus comprises Cow Point, the most eastward peninsula in several artificially-created land masses. The site was donated by the D.P. Fox Ventures, owner of the Cape Eleuthera Resort which purchased about 5,000 acres of Cape Eleuthera after the former resort closed. The Island School site was originally created in the early 1970’s by developers preparing for oceanfront houses that were never built, with dredging of the sea floor and filling adjacent areas to make boat-accessible peninsulas. Existing soil conditions on the site are dredge trailings consisting of limestone gravel with little to no organic matter, making revegetation extremely challenging

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Local Context

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These systems, coupled with a dedicated faculty and staff have:

Context: 1998 - 2008

The Master Plan

FOR 10 YEARS THE CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION HAS LIVED OUT THE MAXIM: ALL EDUCATION IS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

This master planning process aims to be as innovative as the organizations that are collaborating, and it is crafted to serve as a bridge between the Foundation’s first and second decade of development. The Plan serves as:

On its 18-acre South Eleuthera campus in The Bahamas, The Island School challenges young people to make a difference at the intersection of culture and environment.

• A graphic summary of accomplishments to date

The way students live at The Island School is both context and textbook for how to live well. The realization of that ideal is in the form of cutting-edge natural resource systems: solar and wind electricity, biodiesel fuel, biological wastewater treatment, organic food production and ecological restoration projects. The campus has now served 20 semesters and hosted many other programs and events in the past decade. To fulfill the promise of student energy having an impact on sustainable development, two other organizations have grown on site: the Cape Eleuthera Institute and Cape Systems. With this expansion of mission, the campus is called on to support over 100 people. We are now standing at a watershed moment between past and future – a maturation period in which both maintenance and momentum must be balanced. This institutional effort to plan the future expansion of the campus ensures that growth in place and programs will connect past accomplishments with a clear vision for the future.

• A graphic summary of future projects for the second decade

• Educated 20 Island School semester classes, graduating over 800 high school students

• Engaged the Bahamian Government and global leaders in economic development from numerous countries in a multi-year dialogue on issues of coastal development

• Captured all of its own drinking water, totaling 150,000 gallons of storage capacity

Many families and foundations have generously supported the Cape Eleuthera Foundation in its trajectory as a critically-needed model of sustainable living. The regional and global impact of the models at Cape Eleuthera is maximized when the sustainable systems are optimized and communicated clearly.

• Developed the largest renewable electricity system in the country with roughly 65 kilowatts of wind and solar generation capacity

• Established sustainable food production processes using aquaponics and aquaculture, as well as raising pigs and other farm animals

Cape Eleuthera Foundation History

• Constructed five buildings that have employed pioneering green building techniques including Australian pine timber use, lightweight poured concrete roofs, cordwood masonry, and earthbag construction

The Cape Eleuthera Foundation began as the Cape Eleuthera Marine Conservation Project in 1996 when Chris and Pam Maxey built the initial the framework for a school and research station at Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Their relationships with D.P. Fox Ventures of Michigan, The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, and several generous donors who wanted to make a difference in the islands made it possible for construction to begin. The first Island School class was launched in spring 1999, and the community outreach program expanded into the Deep Creek Middle School for residents of the local community in 2001. The Cape Eleuthera Institute, which focuses on tropical marine and terrestrial research and ecological restoration, was launched in 2003, and built in 2005. In 2005 Cape Systems responded to the requests from the business and development communities in The Bahamas and the greater Caribbean for practical advice on transferring the models on campus to fit their needs.

(1) maintain and improve existing infrastructure and programs (2) communicate past accomplishments in facility innovations (3) develop new systems that not only keep pace with, but provide leadership in regenerative land and sea resource strategies around the world. In order to squarely meet this challenge, it has engaged a master planning process that analyzes the existing campus, plans its future growth, helps communicate past accomplishments, and articulates future projects.

• Served approximately 192,000 meals

• Limited carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere via soil development, reef development terrestrial plant growth, substituting petroleum energy sources, and purchasing carbon credits

• Prevented the release of over 300,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by burning biodiesel instead of petroleum diesel

The mission of the Cape Eleuthera Foundation is to: “Provide charitable funding support for place-based education, scientific research, community leadership, and sustainable technologies in order to move toward a more livable future on the island of Eleuthera and in coastal communities throughout the world. The Foundation supports the activities of The Island School, the Deep Creek Middle School, and the Cape Eleuthera Institute and is a registered 501(c)3, nonprofit organization in the United States.”

In August 2007 a master planning charette was hosted at the campus and attended by major stakeholders along with planners from Whole Systems Design, LLC. During this four day event, past challenges and accomplishments were explored along with future goals. Primary objectives for the next 10 years of development were identified: GREATEST PROGRESS

The First Decade

In less than 10 years, investment in a small pioneering school has energized a family of organizations that are now serving as examples to the world of best practices in land and sea development. Since 1998 the facility has implemented, tested, and innovated the following land and sea development strategies:

The Second Decade With these accomplishments to look back on, the organization endeavors to continue and improve upon all existing systems. The following list of primary goals for the next 10 years emerged (see appendices for a comprehensive list):

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Renewable energies: biodiesel, solar photovoltaics, solar hot water, wind

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Water conservation and wastewater treatment

• Solar and wind electricity production

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Ecological restoration research and development; mangrove and reefs

• Biological wastewater treatment with constructed wetland systems

• Become a net carbon sink by 2020

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Aquaculture and aquaponics

• Biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil

• Become a net electricity and fuel source by 2015

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Architectural systems development; innovative concrete and timber use

• Solar water heating and distribution

• Process all biological nutrients generated on site by 2010

• Entrepreneurial funding model established

• Produce 20% of its occupant’s calories by 2015

GREATEST CHALLENGES

• Aquaponic freshwater fish

• Stabilize coastline and rebuild reefs in surrounding waters by 2015

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Storage and maintenance of systems

• Saltwater aquaculture

• Develop a full nursery and supply food plants to island residents by 2012

Coastal stabilization

• Permaculture perennial crop and animal systems production

• Vegetate all unused barren areas with multi-functional plants by 2009.

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‘Faculty livability’; privacy, housing, campus beautification

• Green building

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Solid waste recycling; metals, glass, cellulose, human ‘waste’

• Coastline stabilization and coral reef restoration

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Food production, soil building, and revegetation

• Mangrove restoration

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• Produced 80,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel from waste vegetable oil

• A resource of materials for fundraising, web site, and other communications

Today, the Cape Eleuthera Foundation is driving efforts within its supported entities to:

• The Island School models place-based learning through immersion in natural and cultural communities

• A guiding framework for the continued development of The Island School and the Cape Eleuthera Institute campus

• Water catchment and conservation

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After a decade of growth, the increasingly diverse audience and broadening influence of the projects at Cape Eleuthera pose many new opportunities and challenges. With a careful assessment of the past and plan for the future, we present an ever more compelling example of a livable future for residents of Eleuthera and coastal communities everywhere. P.O. Box 5910 Princeton, NJ 08543, 609.620.6700

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Project Summary

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Utilities Map Key

Print reduced in size from 24x36” sheet. This map to be used on site by facilities personnel. Not to be used for construction. Confirm all locations on ground before digging. Last updated 12/05/08.

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Rising to only 12 ft above sea level at the highest point on campus, shelter from significant winds is provided by buildings and vegetation, with limited protection coming from existing changes in grade. The most significant windbreak on campus is the hedge of casuarina trees stretching from the mangrove swamp to the entry drive northwest of the woodshop. This barrier, along with protection afforded by the sand berm dramatically optimizes growing conditions in leeward areas of the farm.

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Wind Exposure Easterly trade winds dominate the entire Bahamian Archipelago with winds averaging a powerful 12.1 Km/h (5.44 m/s) year round.

Winds offer relief on sweltering summer days and insect relief in buggy periods. Steady and strong trade winds offer exceptional power generation capacity - some of the best in the world. Easterly winds blowing across the warm Atlantic also deposit salt on all exposed surfaces. This combination of moderate to heavy winds and hot salt-saturated air create major maintenance and structural design challenges. Hurricanes and tropical storms pose a less predictable and more complex challenge. These late summer and autumn storms can blow winds up to 320 km/hour (89 m/s) across the campus from any direction. The island of Eleuthera has seen four major hurricanes since 1998. The most severe event was in the Island School’s first year when category 5 Hurricane Floyd passed directly over South Eleuthera with winds reaching more than 300 km/hour.

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SUMMARY Heavy, salt-laden winds and the acute wind events of hurricanes and tropical storms require unusually durable mechanical and biological systems. Careful locating of these systems and of their composition is of primary importance to the success of the overall project. Maximizing existing wind-protected areas while developing additional wind protection is crucial. At the same time, areas such as sleeping and social spaces should be designed to capture slight breezes for comfort. This potentially competing need to simultaneously buffer and harness winds serves as an organizing framework for the wind-related design aspects of all developments in these plans. Information on wind roses is derived from a Governor’s Harbour monitoring station located 150 feet above sea level. Data provided by Cape Systems.

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Wind Analysis

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Favorite and well used outdoor spaces include the dining hall deck, the trellised area between the wastewater gardens, Boys’ Dorm deck, faculty deck and the lee of Kinship Hall. These spaces offer a variety of elements such as ocean views, shade, places to sit, significant vegetation, and semi-private nooks.

A loading dock for food and wastes lies at the end of Cow Point, requiring maximum vehicular penetration of The Island School campus and conflicting uses of food and refuse. Reducing loading dock functions to dining-related needs and centralizing recycling and dump-trash closer to the core of campus will minimize traffic deep into the campus and eliminate the conflicting use. The propane tank 60’ west of the loading dock requires screening to improve the strong viewshed corridor between the faculty office and the dining center.

Zones of Use

A crucial part of the Island School entry experience and a potentially high-value zone, this large under-utilized, windswept area separates the three nodes of use on The Island School campus. Windbreaks will aid the establishment of large trees and other vegetation. Comprising the middle of The Island School site, appropriate use of this area will establish an inspiring entry experience and serve to connect the main campus peninsula with the farm, faculty housing and work areas.

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With excellent access to the road, farm, and existing management facilities this large area has the potential to house a large work yard. The dimensions of the work yard are easily manipulated through tree clearing and removal of material from the berm. Screening the yard from the view and security issues must be addressed in the design.

The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute’s 18-acre campus supports a broad spectrum of uses. Activities range from studying, sleeping, eating, swimming and biking, to carpentry, animal care, writing, gardening, boating and reef ball construction. When such diverse uses are compatible, such as academics and aquaponics, there is the opportunity for synergy. When uses are less compatible, such as reading and construction, there is a need for more optimal sitting of uses, programming of uses, spatial definition, or all three. Siting spaces to maximize compatibility and synergy is crucial to meeting the diverse needs and uses of campus inhabitants, especially as the campus continues to develop its infrastructure. SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS Areas of greatest compatibility currently include:

Acute problem area

This graphic represents existing spaces and their relative use value and degree of optimization.

Existing faculty housing at the “Fishbowl” conflicts with both dining and student dorms on either side. The corridors between these three buildings are primary sea views which offer sunrise experiences in The Island School core. Connecting the coastline with the core (an already under-utilized pattern on site) could be made much stronger by appropriate use of the corridors.The “Fishbowl” with its headland position, has potential for many other uses including faculty offices, medical facility, faculty lounge, reception, school store and gathering space.

The well loved Boys’ Dorm Beach is frequently used and could be optimized with simple structures to house sporting and cooking equipment. The boat dock area and the Cape Eleuthera Institute beach are also well used, but the remainder of the coast line is in need of immediate restoration and revegetation.

The newly constructed dorms and octagon have conflicting private and public use in tight quarters. Unvegetated corridors can be improved with vegetative and/or built elements.

• The center of The Island School peninsula, containing contiguous, relatively quiet space with spatial definition from open-air structures and vegetation.

Water pumping, light construction for research, and other utility activities in the hatchery negatively effect quieter, office uses of the administration building and the overall soundscape of the Cape Eleuthera Institute campus.

• The farm and maintenance areas at the southern end of The Island School campus. Areas of least compatibility currently include: • The “Fish Bowl” residential space surrounded by student-oriented space. • The mixture of research, office and student housing space on the Cape Eleuthera Institute campus without adequate spatial definition for privacy, quiet, and wind protection. PLANNING IMPLICATIONS Lack of spatial definition is a limiting factor to maximizing the compatibility of uses on campus. The highest density of diverse uses is currently possible in the center of The Island School campus where there has been the most significant vertical development of vegetation and built elements. Maximizing spatial definition will enable the campus to accommodate a higher density and diversity of use and will make such variations in use an asset rather than an inconvenience. Space-defining strategies include creating protected centers, view corridors, as well as visual and auditory boundaries with buildings and vegetation.

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Zones of Use

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Road crowning is necessary to reduce flooding from big storms and puddling from common rain events. This can be achieved with locally existing limestone gravel.

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Flood waters from the orchard and the road drain into the “cut,” but no adequate pathway exists for conveying storm water. Accommodation for these flood waters should be made with any new improvements to road or windbreak establishment, as undirected floodwaters damage the farm, roads, and function of the campus.

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Areas recently flooded Possible drainage route Focus area Major flooding of parts of the campus has occurred during tropical storms. Flooding from tropical storm Noel in fall 2007 left the orchard under several feet of water for multiple days, threatening the survival of many trees and plants. The Queen’s Highway also floods during such storms making routine or emergency access difficult. Puddling and minor flooding occur in other places across the campus causing aggravation and unsafe conditions. These problems should be remedied as redevelopment of the campus occurs. Note: A drainage plan should be completed before new construction grading is finalized as many future building sites must accommodate drainage functions.

Conveying flood waters into the mangrove is ideal due to close proximity and lack of existing infrastructure blocking access, but possible runoff from the biodiesel facility poses challenges to this scheme. A drainage ditch would need to be dug from the orchard to the mangrove.

Flood waters between the road and the mangrove must be addressed as improper grading leaves the road flooded after major rain events. Multiple drainage points through the high point between the road and mangrove should be considered.

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Flood Prone Areas

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1999-2002 Island

School Formed PHASE I

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2006 - 2008 Cape

Eleuthera Institute PHASE II Founded

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Housing Operations PHASE III & Expansion Biological Systems Developed

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Acre Regenerative Campus PHASE IV Fully Utilized

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The Cape Eleuthera Foundation initiated sustainable development on Eleuthera in 1999 with The Island School on Cow Point. Within two years the dredged-and-filled artificial gravel peninsula began to teem with life - 30 students, vegetation in the constructed wetlands, a young farm, and new reef life off the coast.

Four years after The Island School was founded, Kinship Hall - a new girl’s dorm, library and science lab - was constructed, along with additional faculty housing, to meet the growing needs of the organization.

The third phase of development saw the establishment of the Cape Eleuthera Institute, expanding the campus and the Foundation’s organizational scope and influence.

The campus is now positioned to meet additional capacity needs through the construction of several new buildings to house and host an increasingly large and diverse array of faculty and visiting scientists. Remaining unvegetated areas of the CEI Campus and the entrance area of the Island School Campus are also now ready to become a thriving coastal ecosystem as the Cape Eleuthera Foundation celebrates its anniversary.

P.O. Box 5910 Princeton, NJ 08543, 609.620.6700

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Agave (Century Plant) Bay cedar Darling plum scientific Fish poison tree Gumbo limbo Coastal Zone Jumbey Native sapodilly Strumpfia Ram's horn maritima Sapodilla Ambrosia hispida Screw pine Euphorbia mesembrianthefolia Sea grape Island School Campus Chrysobalanus icacoEntrance Seven year apple Caesalpinia bonduc Strong back Wild tamarind Uniola paniculata Spanish bayonet

Cakile lanceolata Ipomoea pes caprae

Scaevola plumieri Annona glabra Beefwood Caribbean thatch palm Thespesia populnea

Cinnecord Coconut Coastal Darling plumDune/ Windbreak Fish poison tree Five finger Strumpfia maritima Mahogany Argusia gnaphalodes Mastic Native sapodillyrosea/maritima Canalvalia Sapodilla Ipomoea pes caprae Sea grape Ambrosia hispida Silver thatch palm Euphorbia Strong back mesembrianthefolia Tamarind Chrysobalanus icaco White torch Conocarpus erectus Umbrella tree Cuscuta americana Royal poinciana

Coccoloba diversifolia Coccoloba uvifera Uniola paniculata Agave (Century Plant) Sesuvium portulacastrum Coconut Conocarpus Silver thatch palmsericea

Passiflora sp. Manilkara bahamense Passiflora edulis Manilkara sapota Coccoloba uvifera Tamarindus indica Carissa grandiflora Morus sp.

Reduce impact to the area a. Stop pedestrian and vehicle access b. Reduce wind disturbance by windbreaking when possible a. Run greywater under the surface in perforated pipe scientific b. Use constructed common wetlands Coastal Zone c. Mulch heavily with seaweed and soil (seaweed on top) Strumpfia maritima Bay cedar d. Water if needed Ambrosia hispida Coastal ragweed Euphorbia mesembrianthefolia

Cassia bahamensis Scaevola plumieri Erithalis fructicosa common Turnera ulmifolia Solanum bahamense Cassia keyensis Chrysobalanus icaco Bay cedar Caesalpinia bonduc Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Coastal ragweed Borrichia frutescens Coastal sedge Chiococca alba CocoBromelia plum sp.

Nicker bean Sea oats Constructed Wetlands Sea rocket Beach morning glory Coccoloba uvifera Conocarpus sericea Inkberry Plumeria alba Pond apple Colocasia esculenta Seaside Maho Hibiscus acetocella Musa sp. Canna generalis Ruellia brittoniana Helianthus debilis Bay Cyperus cedar planifolius Cymbopogon citratus Bay lavender Bougainvillea sp. Beach bean Rusella juncea

Beach morning glory Coastal ragweed Active Food Coastal spurge CocoCarica plum papaya Lysopersicon sp. Green buttonwood Lactuca Sativa Love vine Capsicum frutescens Pigeon plum Solanum melongena Sea grape Brassica oleracea Curcurbita pepo Sea oats Cajanus cajan Sea purslane Ipomoea batatas SilverCitrullus buttonwood lanatus

Gumbo limbo Jumbey Native sapodilly Ram's horn Sapodilla Screw pine Sea grape Seven year apple

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2. Secure moisture and nutrients to the area Plant List

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Caribbean thatch palm Musa sp. Night jasmine Cucumis melo Inland Windbreak Trees/Shrub Purple queen Daucus carota Spider lily Flame of the Agave sp.wood prob americana Agave (Century Plant) Oleander Strumpfia maritima Bay cedar Orchid tree Reynosia Darling plum Yellow elder septentrionalis Croton Piscidia piscipula Fish poison tree

Bursera simaruba Leucaena leucocephala CEI Campus bahamense Manilkara Pithecellobium guadalupense Manilkara sapota Pandanus undatus or sp. Coccoloba uvifera Casasia clusiifolia

Native passionflower Native sapodilly Passionflower Sapodilla Sea grape Tamarind Natal Plum Mulberry

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Acacia choriophylla Cocos nucifera Reynosia septentrionalis Piscidia piscipula Tabebuia bahamensis Manilkara bahamense Pithecellobium guadalupense Manilkara sapota Pandanus undatus or sp. Coccoloba uvifera Coccoloba uvifera Cocothrinax argentata Eugenia axillaris Amyris elemifera Lysiloma latisiliquum

Chrysobalanus icaco Coco plum Bahama senna 3. Caesalpinia Plant the area bonduc Nicker bean Black inkberry a. Plant the area according to its exposure Uniola paniculata Sea oats Cakile lanceolata regime as illustrated Sea rocket Blacktorch by the plans herein. These scientific common Ipomoea pes caprae Beach morning glory range from the most hardy plants in the coastal Buttercups Scaevola plumieri Inkberry least applehardy in the active food zone Cankerberry Multi-FunctionAnnona glabra zone to thePond Thespesia populnea Seaside Maho Cassia Coco plum Coastal Dune/ Windbreak Acacia choriophylla Cinnecord Nicker bean Strumpfia maritima Bay cedar Cocos nucifera Argusia gnaphalodes Coconut Rockbush Bay lavender Hardy Edible Canalvalia rosea/maritima Beach bean Sea ox-eye daisy Natal Plum Reynosia septentrionalis Darling plum Ipomoea pes caprae Beach morning glory Snowberry SCALE: 1" = 30'-0" Malpighia punicifolia Coastal ragweed Piscidia piscipulaAmbrosia hispida Fish poison tree Chrysobalanus icaco Euphorbia mesembrianthefolia Coastal spurge Wild bromeliad

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Sea grape Silver buttonwood Frangipani Elephant's ear Hibiscus Bananas Cana lilly Ruellia Beach sunflower Coastal sedge Lemon grass Bougainvillea Firecracker

Papaya Tomatoes Salad greens Goat peppers Eggplant Cabbage Pumpkin Pigeon peas Sweet potatoes Watermelon Bananas Cantaloup Carrots

Chrysobalanus icaco Coco plum Tabebuia bahamensis Five finger Conocarpus erectus Green buttonwood Manilkara bahamense Native Cuscuta americana Love vine sapodilly Coccoloba diversifolia Pigeon plum Pithecellobium guadalupense Ram's Coccoloba uvifera Sea grape horn Uniola paniculata Sea oats Manilkara sapotaSesuvium portulacastrum Sapodilla Sea purslane Conocarpus sericea Silver buttonwood Pandanus undatus or sp. Screw pine Inland Windbreak Trees/ShrubSea grape Coccoloba uvifera Coccoloba uvifera Sea Agave sp. prob americana Agave grape (Century Plant) Strumpfia maritima Bay cedar Cocothrinax argentata Silver thatch palm Reynosia septentrionalis Darling plum Piscidia piscipula Fish poison tree Eugenia axillaris Bursera simaruba White stopper Gumbo limbo Leucaena leucocephala Jumbey Amyris elemifera Manilkara bahamense White torch Native sapodilly Pithecellobium guadalupense Ram's horn Lysiloma latisiliquum Wild tamarind

The most immediate needs for revegetation require mulching, planting, watering and nutrifying all areas not to be impacted by future development. This area includes most of CEI campus and Island School campus except for construction areasBarbados around future building footprints and heavy access cherry Coco plum thereto. These areas should be staked with metal stakes and 1. Reduce impact to the area Passiflora sp. Native passionflower a. Stopwandering pedestrian and vehicle between to discourage byaccess vehicles or Manilkara bahamense flagged Nativein sapodilly b. Reduce wind disturbance by windbreaking Passiflora edulis Passionflower when possible people into these zones. Construction workers must be Manilkara sapota Sapodilla Coccoloba uvifera Sea grape informed of these areas and non-usage of revegetation areas 2. Secure moisture and nutrients to the area Tamarindus indica Tamarind a. Run greywater under the surface in enforced. organized building Carissa grandiflora Natal Plum This will require highly perforated pipe Morus sp. Mulberry b. Use constructed wetlands materials staging and possibly staging in heavy-use areas not c. Mulch heavily with seaweed and soil (seaweed on top) adjacent to the building area. Defining all access ways at the Low Hedge Windbreak d. Water if needed outset, as has been done3.on Plant thetheISarea campus in the past 6 years, Cassia bahamensis Bahama senna Scaevola plumieri Black inkberry a. Plant the area according to its exposure is the most important precursor to revegetation. All areas not Erithalis fructicosa Blacktorch regime as illustrated by the plans herein. These insideButtercups these flagged off areas arerange to from be the planted andin the coastal most hardy plants Turnera ulmifolia zone to the least hardy in the active food zone Solanum bahamense Cankerberry maintained for revegetation. Berms should be constructed Cassia keyensis Cassia Chrysobalanus icaco Coco plum before revegetation commences. The primary strategies for Caesalpinia bonduc Nicker bean Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus Rockbush revegetation are similar to what has been used with success Borrichia frutescens Sea ox-eye daisy in theSnowberry past: Chiococca alba

Manilkara sapota Sapodilla Pandanus undatus or sp. Screw pine Coccoloba uvifera Sea grape Casasia clusiifolia Seven year apple Bromelia sp. Bourreria ovata Strong back Lysiloma latisiliquum Wild tamarind Beach bean, a pioneer species for revegetation of exposed sites Beach bean, a pioneer species revegetation of exposed sites Constructed Wetlands Yucca aloifolia Spanish for bayonet

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Malpighia punicifolia Mid Story - Canopy Chrysobalanus icaco Guapira discolor Passiflora sp. Thrinax radiata Manilkara bahamense Acacia choriophylla Cocos nucifera Passiflora edulis Reynosia septentrionalis piscipula Manilkara sapota Piscidia Tabebuia bahamensis microphylla Coccoloba uviferaSwietania Mastichodendron foetidissumum Tamarindus indicaManilkara bahamense Manilkara sapota Coccoloba uvifera Carissa grandiflora Cocothrinax argentata Morus sp. Bourreria ovata Tamarindus indica Amyris elemifera Schefflera actinophylla Delonix regia

Barbados cherry Coco plum Beefwood passionflower Native Caribbean thatch palm Native Cinnecord sapodilly Coconut Passionflower Darling plum Fish poison tree Sapodilla Five finger Mahogany Sea grape Mastic Native sapodilly Tamarind Sapodilla Sea grapePlum Natal Silver thatch palm Mulberry Strong back

Coccoloba uvifera Conocarpus sericea Plumeria alba Colocasia esculenta Hibiscus acetocella Musa sp. Canna generalis Ruellia brittoniana Helianthus debilis Cyperus planifolius Cymbopogon citratus Bougainvillea sp. Rusella juncea

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Tamarind White torch Umbrella tree Royal poinciana

Carica papaya Lysopersicon sp. Lactuca Sativa Capsicum frutescens Solanum melongena Accent Tree/Shrub Brassica oleracea Curcurbita pepo Agave sp. prob americana Agave (Century Plant) Cajanus cajan Cocos nucifera Coconut Ipomoea batatas Cocothrinax argentata Silver thatch palm Citrullus lanatus Thrinax radiata Caribbean thatch palm Musa sp. Passion fruit, delicious pioneer hedge enhancing the Island School Passion fruit, aa delicious pioneer Cestrum nocturnum Night hedge jasmine that is enhancing the Island Cucumis melo Campus by offering windbreaks, soil-building, and food yields. Tradescantia pallidaoffering windbreaks, Purple queen soil-building and food values School Campus, Daucus carota Hymenocallis arenicola Spider lily Ixora macrothyrsa Flame of the wood Nerium oleander Oleander Bauhunua purpurea Orchid tree Tacoma stans Yellow elder Croton discolor Croton

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Sea grape Silver buttonwood Frangipani Elephant's ear Hibiscus Bananas Cana lilly Ruellia Beach sunflower Coastal sedge Lemon grass Bougainvillea Firecracker

Reduce impact to the area a. Stop pedestrian and vehicle access b. Reduce wind disturbance by windbreaking when possible

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Plant the area a. Plant the area according to its exposure regime as illustrated by the plans herein. These range from the most hardy plants in the coastal zone to the least hardy in the active food zone

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Accent Tree/Shrub Constructed Wetlands Agave sp. prob americana Coccoloba uvifera Cocos nucifera Conocarpus sericea Cocothrinax argentata Plumeriaradiata alba Thrinax Colocasianocturnum esculenta Cestrum Hibiscus acetocella Tradescantia pallida Musa sp. Hymenocallis arenicola Cannamacrothyrsa generalis Ixora Ruellia brittoniana Nerium oleander Helianthus debilis Bauhunua purpurea Cyperus stans planifolius Tacoma Cymbopogon Croton discolorcitratus Bougainvillea sp. Rusella juncea

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S u s ta i n a b l e S y s t e m s D e v e l op m e n t Overview The most influential and inspiring aspect of our programs is the way we live on the 18-acre campus of The Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute. One of our founding tenets is that we stay connected to place and have reverence for our surroundings. Our buildings are more than just spaces for teaching, experimenting, sleeping, and working. The systems we use connect students, faculty, staff, and visitors to place. As we strive to become the most ecologicallyfriendly education and research facility in the world, we are compelled to seek innovative solutions to restoring a balance between the built and natural environments. The environment and development are not viewed to be at odds but are recognized to be dependent on each other.

Solar We are committed to capturing solar energy, a free and abundant resource, for electricity and hot water production. When we overproduce electricity, we share with local community, and at night we depend on local production.

Waste Management All waste on Eleuthera currently goes to open pit landfills, where it is burned and buried. Waste is just a resource in the wrong place, there is no such thing as waste in nature. We are working to be a zero waste campus towards the ideal that everything that comes onto our campus must be processed on-site or prepared for transport to a recycler. This includes human waste, plastic, paper, metal, old computer parts, byproducts from biodiesel manufacturing, building material scraps, old vehicles, food scraps, used motor oil, glass and yard waste. With no existing facilities on the island of

Biodiesel In addition to keeping waste vegetable oil out of the environment, and reducing foreign currency drains for importing petroleum products, biodiesel reduces the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, helping to mitigate our contribution to global warming.

Energy The Island School is creating a trend away from polluting, expensive, imported energy sources. The Bahamas is well endowed with natural resources, and our systems work to harness their unique qualities. Ultimately, this is not about solar panels, wind turbines and efficient buildings; it is about preserving culture, environment, community, and true wealth. We serve as a model to prove that a small island nation can be self-sufficient, and where 100% of the energy is generated locally from clean, renewable sources.

We will continue to make biodiesel on our campus from the large quantities of used cooking oil produced by cruise ships and restaurants on Eleuthera.

Eleuthera, it is up to us to create new infrastructure. We will strive to find solutions that get something valuable from our “out-of-place resources” like those that we have with biodiesel coming from waste cooking oil.

Green Building

The Bahamas burns 27,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day to make electricity, all of it from outside of the country. To pay foreigners for their oil, The Bahamas sends out 10% of the nation’s GDP annually. This is a substantial drain on foreign reserves, especially considering that most of the power contained in these petroleum imports is wasted in production, transmission and inefficient end uses of electricity. Furthermore, the pollution caused by diesel power plants amounts to over 1.5 billion pounds of carbon emissions on an annual basis in a region that stands to lose a great deal from rising sea levels. The initial cost of renewable energy can seem high, but 90% of its lifetime costs are paid on the first day of operation. The inverse is true of diesel powered electricity, which will cost little upfront but will be an expense for its entire life. Additionally, while cost is an important driver, many elements of modern construction are not chosen on a cost basis alone – they are reflections of our best intentions, aesthetic preferences, environmental ethics, and our social and political agendas.

Green building aims to increase the efficiency with which buildings use resourcesenergy, water, and materials-while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building’s lifecycle. We do this through better design, construction, operation, and maintenance. We seek to achieve not only ecological but aesthetic harmony between a structure and its surrounding natural and built environment. Wherever possible, building materials should be extracted and manufactured locally to the building site to minimize the energy embedded in their transportation.

Wind In The Bahamas, we have the Northeasterly Winds, some of the most dependable winds on the planet. We will continue to investigate ways to integrate new wind technology that can be applied in coastal communities everywhere.

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It is our hope that each building we create helps those who experience it relate to the local environment. We take our design cues from our surroundings and are aiming for biomimicry: often nature has already modeled for us the simplest solutions that are the best fit and have least impact. Our planet has been patiently perfecting sustainability over time, and by looking carefully at the natural adaptations to this context, we can realize the most lasting and efficient solutions.

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Cape Eleuthera Foundation Goal

A reproducible model of sustainable building that translates to the greater Bahamian and Caribbean communities. Techniques model innovative design and material use creating dwellings and multi-use buildings which: • last for generations, requiring minimal maintenance • are easily prepared for and designed to be highly resistant to tropical storms, hurricanes and salt corrosion • increase comfort via passive cooling and ventilation • use locally available, minimally toxic materials • minimize negative effects on the environment in both production and operation • employ local community in construction and maintenance through vernacular, accessible techniques and technology

Concrete Vaults

The expansion of the Cape Eleuthera Institute marked a shift to concrete buildings constructed of vaulted forms designed for thermal efficiency and reduced concrete use. Concrete, a relatively locally-available material (from Nassau), with relatively low-impact (when delivery costs and overall lifecycle costs are included,) has proven to be effective. Time tested in the harsh seaside conditions, its lifespan is much longer than any other material in this region. The new vaulted concrete buildings that have been constructed include: • Cape Eleuthera Institute administration building • Cape Eleuthera Institute research labs • Cape Eleuthera Institute dorms

First Buildings:

The Island School’s first buildings were constructed using styles and materials common in the Bahamas featuring: • Cement block and poured concrete walls • Arsenic-based pressure treated lumber • Hipped roof lines with metal roofs

These buildings are successful models of durability, ease of construction, appropriate materials and affordability, yet have had negative user feedback for the following reasons. • poor ventilation without convective cooling • leaking vault junctures • loud, hard interiors • lack of shade, privacy, comfortable living space • window heights not coordinated with bed heights for cooling breeze optimization

Innovation and Improvement Cordwood Masonry with green living roof

In 1999 the cordwood masonry workshop with site-prepared lime mortar was constructed. This technique has proven to be a durable building method but extremely time consuming and labor intensive. The creation of the lime plaster requires a strenuous and lengthy mixing process and copious amounts of material, in addition to highly unconventional aesthetics creating limited appeal to the greater community.

Future Buildings

With fourteen major building projects, a wealth of information is available to complete and guide the design and construction of buildings on both sides of campus. Drawing on lessons learned and successful hot climate architectural strategies from around the world, the goal of a successful building model can be achieved. To meet the goals stated above, improvements should be made in areas of livability as well as low-tech climate buffering strategies such as: • More durable and cooler roofing material and design • Passive cooling and ventilation strategies within the building envelope and via fenestrations • Efficient active cooling and ventilation strategies

Casuarina Wood

Experiments with Casuarina equisetifolia as a replacement for both pressure treated and other imported wood began in 2001. Casuarina was used for timber framing the cordwood workshop, the cordwood wall infill for timber framing of the biodiesel lab, and initially for timber framing the school’s original water tower. After largely successful uses of the material in these applications casuarina was used in massive quantity for the mangrove boardwalk and various indoor furniture applications. While it is appearing to be highly durable and beautiful for interior use it is proving to be more vulnerable to rot that initially hoped. Today the boardwalk shows many signs of fungal growth on boards and joists positioned directly over the mangrove. The wood is extremely hard, has complex grain patterns, is difficult to work with and reduces tool life which results in a high hidden cost of use. It is, however, a readily available resource and has many practical uses especially as fuel wood. After another 5-10 years of research into the exterior applications of the wood in the biodiesel and cordwood shop, CEF should be able to determine whether the wood is suitable for indoor use only.

The cooling strategies shown in the diagram at right help to: • Convey cool air through the earth into the building • Remove hot air from the building via convection • Direct wind into leeward rooms via scoops and baffles integrated into wall and ceiling construction

Timber Frame

Constructed in 2004 and 2005 on the Cape Eleuthera Institurte campus, the single room octagon and the open 5000 ft² building employ timber frame construction consisting of reclaimed douglas fir and locally-harvested casuarina. These buildings have successfully served their purposes, but do not serve as an optimal model for sustainable construction on Eleuthera. Access to reclaimed wood and construction-grade timbers in the Bahamian archipelago has been extremely limited for the past 150 years, and is likely to increase in its cost-to-import in the future.

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These and other techniques can be incorporated into upcoming designs to improve the performance and quality of life in new buildings.

Earthbag and Concrete Construction

After preliminary trials with earthbags in 2001, in 2005 the Cape Eleuthera Institute expansion began with the Bahamas’ first institutional attempts at earthbag construction. Difficulties with both materials and construction technique limit the appeal. Further studies of this method should be considered, however they should not be relied upon for successful results.

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Hallig Lodge The purpose of the Hallig Research Lodge is to offer comfortable temporary housing and meeting space for scientists and special visitors to the Cape Eleuthera Institute.

Dissemination and sharing is critical to the Cape Eleuthera Foundation’s mission of creating change and movement toward a more livable future on the island of Eleuthera and in coastal communities around the world. The research we perform, the systems we use, the community we have created, and the relationships we have developed can be modeled in similar places to combat a number of growing social and environmental issues. For this reason, we want to be a beacon where leaders from business, government, and the independent sector can come together, be inspired by our place and come up with solutions for a more sustainable future. The Center for Sustainable Development at Cape Eleuthera Institute will be created to hold annual international conferences and regional gatherings on important topics related to self-sufficiency, conservation and enhancement, and systems thinking.

Who will use this space? • Professors instructing undergraduate and graduate level field courses. Sometimes the family members of the visiting professors

•The earth bag technology proved much slower than local cinderblocks for local labor. Using cinderblock and poured concrete, the designs were finished.

• Visiting scientists conducting research (usually groups of 2 - 4) • Visiting scientists on sabbatical (3 months - 8 months) • Board members and consultants (3 days – 2 weeks)

Some unexpected design limitations of the buildings were experienced:

• Potential donors and other VIPs, some conference participants

•Unlike the spaces at Island School campus, the relatively low, linear designs (and low window placement) did not allow outdoor views from indoor spaces except along one axis. •Air flow was compromised because of the linear alignment of the building, and lack of openings in the higher 50% of any structure. Given the humid environment and insects bothering occupants, not being able to take full advantage of natural wind and ventilation was a weakness.

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During construction (2003-2004) of the first such designed buildings, several adjustments were made:

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The existing vault-roof buildings on the Institute campus were designed with the idea to use as much local resource as possible. A construction material and building design pioneered by architect Nader Kahlili (http://www.calearth.org/) was chosen. This design has two basic elements:

• Long-term graduate students that can afford higher priced accommodations What are the basic design needs that must be met? • Mediterranean design (vaulted roofs, for example) to complement the rest of the buildings at Cape Eleuthera Institute

•There was not sufficient storage space designed into the building.

• Capitalize on oceanfront location and footprint (two stories, framing the ocean view from inside and outside)

•Because of the novel design, the areas where two vaults join at a common wall were more difficult for the contractor to completely seal, some water leaks are now needing repair.

• Six bedrooms with room for two twin beds or queen depending on configuration

• Flow between indoor and outdoor space, with spaces that bring people into interaction (common areas)

With these considerations, a new building on the Institute campus is being designed, to match the style, take advantage of footprint by considering building a second story (now that steel-reinforced poured concrete and concrete block are the materials of choice), and provide housing that is more private than the communal feel of the dormitory spaces already in place at the Institute.

• Indoor spaces that afford control over natural light vs shade • Outdoor spaces that provide shade • Window orientation & style to maximize ventilation/natural cooling & view

• Balancing: a) the communal aspects •for seminars, gatherings •social hangout and coffee/dessert kitchenette space b) with privacy •having bathrooms accessible only by walking through private bedroom space would be awkward; at least one 1/2 bath should be accessible without violating bedroom privacy •is there ample access to internet, water, food, quiet work/desk space to eliminate the need to travel elsewhere on campus for those things

• Storage closet for clothing, plus other gear and cleaning supplies; outdoor gear/ sandy shoe drop area. • Common spaces need to balance: gathering areas (seminars), kitchen, privacy.

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Aquaponics

Coastal Restoration Stabilizing and reclaiming our shoreline around campus will be an ongoing endeavor. When the original Cape Eleuthera Resort was constructed in the late 1960s, dredge tailings were dug up from the seafloor and backfilled out into the ocean, resulting in the campus platform. As it provides great views and ocean access, it also has a shifting coastal zone that is in need of reinforcement. Various storms have taken their toll eroding parts of the shoreline. By first stabilizing the coastline to prevent further erosion, and then reclaiming parts of the land, we can preserve the campus and model responsible techniques in the process. We have been placing rows of artificial reefs slightly offshore out in the water perpendicular to the shoreline. By slowing the currents, these concrete reefballs allow any suspended sand traveling in the water column to settle out on the seabed. They serve also as preferred fish and invertebrate habitat. The unique arrangement of reefballs in cells also traps any newly eroding soil and sediment. We will also place large concrete blocks along the immediate waterline to prevent storm waves from further eroding the land. The next step is reclaiming lost land by depositing material along our coastline. Our aim is to mimic the natural slope of a stable beach. We will replant native coastal vegetation and construct a seawall along the most vulnerable stretch.

Overview The Cape Eleuthera Foundation focuses on helping the community move to greater food and financial self-sufficiency by becoming a model for other developing world places that are energy and resource conscious, while at the same time using innovation for entrepreneurship.

Aquaculture The Cape Eleuthera Institute is the first research facility in The Bahamas to have successfully produced fingerlings of cultured marine fish. Research in offshore aquaculture began in 2004 to model a solution to the increasing pressures placed on local fish stocks, provide an alternative food source for the campus, and create an additional revenue source for our operations through sales to restaurants and resorts. Cobia was chosen as an ideal native species for the aquaculture project because of its excellent grow rate and high food-conversion ratio, making it a commercially viable.

Cobia broodstock

Fish rearing species include cobia and tilapia

Aquaculture is an important subject for coastal environments like The Bahamas as it provides a viable means of protecting wild fish stocks while still satisfying human demand for protein from the sea. The success of the cobia aquaculture project has potential for investors to come into The Bahamas to set up commercial operations, as well as show coastal communities that food self-sufficiency is not mutually exclusive to environmental conservation. In less than 10 years, investment in a small pioneering school has energized a family of organizations that are now serving as examples to the world of best practices in land and sea development. Since 1998 the facility has implemented, tested, and innovated the following land and sea development strategies: Aquaponics Permaculture

The Cape Eleuthera Institute began research in aquaponics in 2005 as a potential solution to the need for sustainable food production in The Bahamas. The goal of our aquaponics program is to create a model system that combines aquaculture and hydroponics which can be easily transferred to local communities, reducing the cost of food production and diminish negative impacts of slash and burn agriculture and over-fishing. Our proven success growing salad greens, basil, and other herbs in our aquaponics system in combination with successfully managing a tilapia brood stock prompts us to expand our system. Since the fish waste is food for the plants, and the plants in return scrub out the excess nutrient load keeping the freshwater clean for the fish, expanding our fish production means expanding our plant grow area. Students will continue to develop innovative ways to improve the overall sustainability of the system. The Institute will be able to accurately recommend and implement the most sustainable and cost-effective way to grow fish and plants in an aquaponics system in The Bahamas.

Students rolling reefballs into place

Permaculture Permaculture offers a way to utilize land resources that surround this marine environment for functional landscaping and food production. With intentional planning, native plants can be placed to protect the coastline and create microclimates for edible plant growth. Orchard expansion and experiments with practical and productive vegetable options in the farm help support our food selfsufficiency by decreasing our reliance on imports and adding diversity to our menus.

Students harvesting tilapia

The ultimate focus of permaculture is to supplement our other systems in developing a campus that is more food self-sufficient and providing functional and comfortable living space with shade, wind protection, and drinkable water. Constructing reefballs

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