• Everyone introduces why

Describing the reasons for
participating, the experiences brought
to the table, the expectations.

• El Hierro and the Blue Economy

Javier Morales and Gunter Pauli share how
they met, what they wanted to achieve, how
the work progressed and the problems that
had to be overcome.

• Meeting the Challenges

Young people saw no future, water remained scarce, no new jobs
generated, the economic model taught prescribed competing on cost.
The end of the island’s population was planned.

• Design an Ambitious Future

The elaboration of a portfolio of opportunities with a clear focus on the
needs of the communities triggered a series of economic activities – and
faced with lack of water and power with an out of date infrastructure
offered a chance of a lifetime: turn the island into an sustainable one,
self-sufficient in water, power and food!

• Design, Beauty and Greenhouses

A new actual initiative. How to transform the banana greenhouses of
El Hierro and the Canary Islands into new designs full of beauty and
made with bamboo.

• Visit the site of water and power

The design was made by the local engineers. Sons
and grandsons of those who emigrated returned to
take the leadership in a design that had never been
done and even secured a few patents.

• The Island’s Food Cluster

How the island went from a net importer of all
food to one that generates jobs, quality food and
income with what can be locally produced – even
organically.