Weaving Ecosystems of Impact
- Feb 15
- 4 min read
Regenerative projects and features in the Caribbean
We’re excited to share One Regeneration's first newsletter for the year, designed to keep you connected, informed, and inspired. Below, you’ll find upcoming opportunities, work in the field, and ways to stay engaged.
Summary of this issue:
Opportunities this quarter
Work in the field across the Caribbean
Feature: Breadfruit's regenerative potential
Support: Source Farm's Hurricane Relief Fund
Upcoming Opportunties
We have begun a season of service in Jamaica from February to April 2026, followed by Colombia and Trinidad until the end of June 2026. Interested in connecting with us this year? Reply to this email to join us in the field! We're eager to connect.
Managing Water: Permaculture Strategies in the Tropics
Jamaica | April 8 and 9, 2026
These two one-day workshops explore how to design for both flood and drought, calculate rainwater catchment potential, and map out simple harvesting systems that fit common sites. We’ll explore natural ways to use and filter wastewater on-site, and how to regenerate soils so they store more water while resisting erosion. Organized by the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM),
Interested in joining?
New Project: Designing with Deaf Communities
Still in development
We’re developing a new project that opens pathways for Deaf people to participate in Permaculture and Natural Building in the Caribbean. We’re still in the development phase. This project is for Deaf people who are interested in land-based work along with hearing people who want to learn and use Sign Language in their ecological practice. One element we're envisioning is a blend of learning spaces and on-site projects that use Sign Language.
If this resonates with you, reach out—we’re forming the project team now.
Natural Plastering Opportunity in Jamaica
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
We're in the final phases of plastering a bathroom with a compost toilet at Durga's Den in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. This project features experimental clay paints using nopal cactus juice, exterior lime plastering and interior clay plasters. If you're interested in joining us, reach out. We plan to be on-site for most of March, 2026. This is an excellent practice and learning opportunity.
Work in the Field
During the 2025 season we embarked on many fruitful projects in Jamaica and Trinidad. Check them out below
Sea Moss as a Regenerative Food: We started a short project with Kee Farms focusing on promoting regeneratively cultivated sea moss and its potential in our food system. We've supported Kee Farms with team training and advice in the past. This year we visited their sea moss farm, created educational materials for their projects, and staged a pop-up at a local market showcasing scrumptious sea moss food products. Check out our video and photos.
Natural Building in the city: We staged a lovely 2-Day natural building course with The Sugar Cane Collective at Cafe Rosa in Kingston, Jamaica last November. We introduced the basic technmiques in making cob, bricks, mortar and plastering. The students constructed a mini rocket stove as their project.
YouTube Tutorials: We have officially launched our natural building YouTube tutorial series!
Constructing a Micro-Dam from Earthbags
In progress (Jamaica)
Success story! Students designed this small dam and we built it! The Omi Devi is an evolving project to collect and direct spring water to an organic post-harvesting center at the GWG Conservancy. After many trials, water is now flowing about 1.5 kilometers to main buildings of the 370+ acre estate.
We recently reinforced the earthbags with new buttresses and steel rebar and even turned one buttress into a bench for seating! It stood up to the floods of the recent hurricane. Even though the Omi Devi still has a way to go before it is complete, we are happy with where it stands today.
Rocket Stoves!
Rocket Stoves!
The rocket (Trinidad), (Pocket rocket (Jamaica), The Forever Flame (Trinidad), Big Red (Jamaica)
Each of the rocket stoves is made from a mix of clay, sand, and fiber (i.e. coconut coir, straw) and are uniquely designed for each space. Our team has enjoyed creating new functional ways to embellish each stove. Check out the linked video on our Instagram showcasing a breadfruit roasting on Big Red!
Interested in making one? Reach out to start a conversation.
Something of Value
WHY BREADFRUIT?
Breadfruit is emerging as a powerful solution for building regenerative and resilient food systems, especially in regions like the Caribbean where dependence on imported foods has undermined local food sovereignty. Grown on long-living, low-maintenance trees, breadfruit produces abundant harvests year after year—without the need for industrial farming inputs.
When integrated into agroforestry systems, it helps restore ecosystems while strengthening local economies and improving access to nutritious food. |
Last year we concluded our Breadfruit as a Regenerative Food Project, which included educating people about breadfruit, staging the breadfruit mastermind, distributing breadfruit flour, and launching the breadfruit collection, which is an open source collection of recipes using breadfruit flour.
Something Worth Supporting
GWG Hurricane Relief
Hurricane Melissa made her way through Jamaica on October 28, 2025, and devastated the west of Jamaica. The Source Farm is collecting donations to aid in disaster relief and education. Mobilize with us
Reach out and reconnect! Even if its just a hello, we love hearing from you!
If you want to get more involved, let us know, we now have space on our team.
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