Haiti
as the New Atlantis
Rising from the sea washed clean and
rejuvenated
by Deep Ocean Water of a 'lavalas' environmentally sustainable
development.
Haiti is the leeward half of
a trade wind island in the Caribean; once known as the fabled
island Hispaniola, discovered by Columbus in 1492. Through the
centuries sailing ships have been swept past this island through
the Windward passage between Haiti and Cuba on their way to the
Western Caribean and the Gulf of Mexico. A dangerous and difficult
tack was required to make entry into the Gulf and reach Port au
Prince or South of the Island to reach the anchorage of the Baie
des Cayes. Politically and economically isolated as the nation of
liberated slaves in a world whose economy and culture was based on
slavery, the nation was deprived of the accessability provided by
steam, by cable and by the industrial revolution. Under the heel of
despots this deprivation continued until the return of the
democratically elected government. Were it not so this beautiful
demi-island would probably have developed as the Oahu of the
Caribean.
At long last, and in the face of overwhelming obstacle,
the nation now has a government dedicated to the well being of its
people. The technological revolution which was denied may now be a
blessing in disguise for no nation can rise above the squalor of a
Western world imposed environmental slum and reach its true
potential unless there is development which is environmentally and
culturally sustainable. One resource which has been identified as
one of the first, if not the first, of the worlds natural energy
resources is deep ocean water . If this is
so, then Haiti is blessed as no other nation is blessed with a
resource in close proximity to the entire coast of this uniquely
configured state. Superimposed on this conventional map of Haiti is
the 1000 meter isobath (this will not be found in any other
commercially available map). At this depth the water is cold and
pure and rich in nutrients and environmentally replenished by the
waters of the Arctic.
The
appropriate development of this resource will gurantee the cultural
and environmental pre-eminence of a New Atlantis in a nation which.
from its very foundation was dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal and that they are endowed by their creator
with the Common Heritage of certain
inalienable rights and among these rights are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
The pilot project for this new world was generated on Friday the
26th of May by the staff of the Haitian cabinet and was endorsed,
if not blessed, on Friday the 27th of May by Father Adrienne, the
spiritual leader of the movement which liberated the nation from a
century of tyranny.
The project designed by nature and the needs of survival is
immediately describeable and its name shall be called SAINT-MARC MARINE DEVELOPMENT CENTER PILOT
PROJECT and its technology and philosophy shall be drawn
from the Common Heritage of Humanity.
This description together with the description of other projects
that meet the Okamura Craven challenge will appear in a paper to be
presented to the UJNR facilities panel in September. Watch here as
the paper unfolds. As trustees of the Common Heritage, each and
every reader of this page will want to contribute ideas,
resources, elements of your lives, your fortunes and your sacred
honor. If they are sent to the
Common Heritage Corp they will be displayed (edited for
civility) for all the world to see.