TUVALU 7 SEAS

TUVALU is a small Pacific Island nation confronting the real possibility of inundation from Climate Change induced sea-level rises. A group of concerned global citizens has formed to offer support to the Tuvalu people and to put forward ideas for sustainable future directions. One key solution suggests a possible relocation of the Tuvalu people - one that would not only celebrate and elevate Tuvaluan culture but would also offer exemplary community and urban design outcomes from which all other cultures could learn... It seems contradictory to suggest that if there is a solution to a long list of current global crises then it is probably to be found at the local scale. But all indications seem to point in that direction. Solutions to climate change, peak oil, financial crisis, food vulnerability and social dislocation can not be easily imposed from above because they rely on a change to individual behaviour.