Help build the Earthmob Outpost Hub Project 

Maayong adlaw Ka-Balangaw! Mahayag nga Kasing-kasing! 

As I'm writing this, the weather is in gloom with gentle rain—it’s the monsoon season. The sound of rain falling on the thatch roof must be like how the ant hears it when sheltered under the canopy of leaves. I've been living here in the coastal forest jungle of the Malkootha Creative Sanctuary—a small landscape where we are called to realize a dream of co-creating a space for creative and healing retreats. As Malkootha Custodians, we follow the inner calling to trust this ongoing process of collaborative creation, to manifest an intimate space where we hope to co-facilitate workshops that will be helpful for others who share this aspiration with us.

Since we started this land custodianship project early this year, we’ve been in bliss with inspiration, yet we know that our limited financial resources at this stage are not enough to meet the practical needs for development. Still, we rest in the process and allow the growing branches of support and care from our network of friends to nourish the cultivation of this space. And so, as another small step, we are launching this fundraising campaign to help build a co-working space on the property—a small hub that will serve as the basecamp for our work at Kuno.Earth and Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives, the two organizations we coordinate for groundwork related to environmental conservation and creative recovery workshops.

We are building a tiny hut so we can begin living in the forest jungle and continue cultivating the area. It’s a small paradise located above a jungle cliffside along the coastal fringe highway, overlooking the Sulu Sea, gifting us with daily sunset views in good weather. We support local folks to help with the building—in this way, it helps reciprocate the energy of communal work. I’ve lived in the most basic way here, and now with three adopted kittens—one of whom is a Miracle Kitten, whom I found almost lifeless and drenched in a puddle of rainwater one wild, stormy evening. I helped resuscitate her back to life, inspired by the mighty courage of her heart to live. She has gained a new life and brings inspiration to my days.

The complexity of the world’s chaos is silenced within the embrace of the forest jungle. I truly believe in the purpose of this little pocket of land, which can help enliven the spirit-vitality within us and awaken a renewed courage to live with meaning and purpose.

I hope you will take a moment to read through our letter and consider ways to help. Your kind support will go a long way. We believe in the multiplication of bliss—so please consider extending this letter to your circle of friends who may be moved to help us build this Earthmob Outpost.

More details hosted at: https://kapwakapawa.com

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KUNO.Earth (Tasmania, Australia)

Kuno is your platform to connect with nature, to share your love for nature, and through that love, to ensure for the protection of our Earth’s wild places. Kuno.Earth works on Panay Island in the Philippines and coordinated by Raz Salvarita.

www.kuno.earth

Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives, Inc. (Buruanga-Aklan, Philippines)

A  locally and independently organized creative initiative that facilitates creative recovery programs focused on gifted marginalized groups, local leaders, and youth in rural communities. It proudly spearheads the Panay Indie ProjeX, fostering resilience, expression, and grassroots empowerment through the arts.

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Raz Salvarita is a multidisciplinary artist, creative social action strategist, and trained environmental journalist with a degree in Mass Communication from Silliman University in the Philippines. He is well remembered for his bold performance art—most notably walking naked through the streets of Dumaguete in a call to “Save Balinsasayao Twin Lakes.” Actively engaged in local eco-social campaigns, he is also widely recognized within international creative artivism networks.

Beyond his artistic practice, Raz is dedicated to post-disaster creative recovery, sustainability education, and communal arts engagement through his non-profit, Baryo Balangaw Creative Initiatives, Inc., and as project coordinator for Kuno.Earth. He is based in the Malkootha Creative Convergence Zone, located along the coastal jungle fringe of Buruanga, Aklan on Panay Island, where he facilitates the Kapwá Kapawá practice of intentional metempsychosis in performance arts movement.

A fellow for Future Arts Leader by Creative Australia, a Salzburg Global Seminar alumnus, Prince Claus Fund CAREC awardee, and Cultural Vistas Climate Action Artist Residency fellow in Germany among others, Raz continues to push the boundaries of art and activism on a global scale.

www.razsalvarita.com

$1,800 - Construction materials (bamboo, repurposed wood, metal bars, roofing)

$700 - Cement, blocks, sand and gravel

$500 - Electrical wirings