Members of Ocho Rios Braiders Association 1987

Replicas of Colombian pottery at National Museum

create a steady source of income
 Tower Isle Community Event
Workshop demonstrating Easter Egg decoration 1995
 “Orange Hall Foundation Band”
Young students perform their original works in 1992 using indigenous musical
instruments under Jamaica School of Music “Music in Education” certificate program
Circa 1830 Photographic Journal Publication
Adolphe Duperly & Sons
AROUND THE YEAR 1830, ADOLPHE TRAVELLED BY MULE AND OTHER
TRANSPORT TO MAKE PICTURES OF OLD JAMAICA. NOW HIS GREAT
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN CAN SEE HOW
JAMAICA LOOKED NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO.
 INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION ATTENDING OIDA INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SUMMER CONGRESS 2010 LEARNED ABOUT BLUE LAGOON
RESTORATION PROJECT
Daily Gleaner: JTB product rebranding budget 2010
1995 White Point Fishermen accept help with their work
developing their local fishing industry
Pier 21, Canada’s Immigration Museum presents iconic visual
arts, crafts and literature representing all countries of origin
At Blue Lagoon Summit in November, 2010,
“Jamaica’s Heritage, an untapped resource”
and many Jamaican books of art, culture,
geology & science were on display
 Jamaica National Heritage Trust
Executive Director: Mrs. Laleta Mattis Davis,
Key Note Speaker at BLR Summit 2010
Blue Lagoon Restoration Summit 2010
Attendance 78 Stake Holder Delegates
Blue Lagoon Restoration Summit 2010
Local Delegates and Stakeholders
 Phase I – Following my Passion
• Promoting & bringing awareness for preservation of
Jamaica’s Heritage, Culture and Environments
• Sharing my passion with like-minded people
• Searching for help from others
 SUSTAINABILITY, PRACTICAL IN ORIGIN
We reap from earth, sea and sky’s harvest
 In 2009, I found the Blue Lagoon beach had become a dump site for construction and human
waste, placing the greater marine environment under increasing threat from human impacts
from over-fishing, sporadic private coastal development, and pollution.

My Quest: Use historical Blue Lagoon as the “rallying point. The icon.
Clean-up BL marine habitat, educate, restore and promote sustainable
development supported by the local community, guided by JNHT and NEPA

This photograph was taken by Adrienne Joan Duperly, March 25,2009

Present…..Traditions Past...........Gather Future.....Generations

Blue Lagoon restoration has transitioned beyond

what a single person or a few people can do. It is
clear this project must operationalize the concept
of sustainable community development (SCD),
even on a small scale.
 FEBRUARY 04 2011
WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AND BUSY DAY AT BLUE LAGOON
OVER 80 VISITORS POURED IN BY BUS, BOAT OR ON FOOT
 OFF LIMITS MALE AND FEMALE PRIVATE BATHROOMS .
WE MUST SHOW MORE RESPECT FOR JAMAICA’S VISITORS AND
EACH HELP OTHER. FIXING OR CREATING NEW BATHROOMS
WILL IMPROVE GENERAL CONDITIONS AT BLUE LAGOON.
 BATHROOMS CAN BE RESTORED, REFITTED .
THERE IS A WATER DRUM BEHIND THE BATHROOMS. MAYBE A
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP CAN PIPE NEARBY SPRING WATER TO A STAND
PIPE. THERE IS ALSO A SEPTIC SYSTEM PRESENT.
 IF WE WORK TOGETHER RESTORING THESE BATHROOMS
AS A COMMUNITY PROJECT WE WILL RESOLVE A SERIOUS HEALTH
RISK SPECIFIC TO BLUE LAGOON’S ENVIRONMENT.
THE 1ST STEP TOWARD ACHEIVING SUTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IS
FOUND WORKING TOGETHER
.
IN FEBRUARY,2011 JNHT AND NEPA VISITORS FROM KINGSTON DON
LIFE JACKETS ON THEIR TRIP AROUND BLUE LAGOON.
 JNHT CLAUDIA ANTICIPATES TOURING BLUE LAGOON.
OUR SMILES TELLS US THAT EVERYONE FEELS THE SAME WAY 
JAMAICAN PATOIS : Fus MARCO vex. Den im sorry im trace off Miss
Adrienne afta she tell im she wan fi help mek tings betta ya so

ROUGH TRANSALATION: Marco was sorry he spoke roughly after Miss

Adrienne explains she wants to help make things better
FOR EVERYONE at Blue Lagoon
 JMHT AND NEPA GUESTS LISTEN WHILE GUIDE TIMOTHY EXPLAINS
MANGROVE TREE ROOT SYSTEMS ARE THE NURSERY FOR BABY FISH,
THE BRANCHES FOR NESTING EGRETS THE CANOPY , HOW FRESH
WATER SPRINGS COME FROM BLUE MOUNTAINS UNDERGROUND
AND ABOUT REMEDIAL PLANTS LIKE NONI FRUIT GROW AT BLUE
LAGOON.
 WE HAD AN INFORMATIVE RIDE ( TOO MANY OF US TO HAVE A
BAMBOO RAFT RIDE) LEARNING NEW FACTS ABOUT LAGOONS,
MARINE LIFE, PARROT FISH MAKE SAND, CORAL REEFS, ISLANDS AND
COASTLINE. IT WAS A GREAT DAY
WE SAW MARINE POLICE PATROLLING BLUE LAGOON AS WELL
 MOST MEMBERS OF THIS VIBRANT COASTAL COMMUNITY LIVE,
WORK, PLAY AND PRAY HERE, THEY WILL ALWAYS WELCOME YOU
AT BLUE LAGOON IN LUSH GREEN PORTLAND PARISH