Two weeks of intense work around a dream problemic: to go from the inn in an idyllic setting to an “eco-spot”. Two weeks of sharing and exchange with wonderful people. Two inspiring weeks when Hopineo will settle a little more into reality, where we will refine, if not the direction, the path …
[2nd part: successful work, happy people]
Many and varied activites
[one_half]We feel at home. In addition to the work to be done as part of the Hopineo mission, we try our best to help in the daily activities. But it is not easy to get into the kitchen of a Chef or integrate into an operational organization without disturbing it.
[/one_half] [one_half_last]So it’s little by little that we go to the butcher, that Justine takes the bar when the service is a little heated, that we give a helping hand to get out and get in the geese (they are in an open fields all day) …
[/one_half_last] [box type=”note” ]Upon arrival, Marie-Rose told us that the program would be intense: 1st day, a festival of scarecrows in Meyrals, 2nd evening with the Aborigines! (really !!?) 4th day, seminar with with dinner in the troglodyte fort (no kidding ???); 6th day, tracking in the forest with Francis (JeSuisLaPiste) and our new buddies Bundjalung Kunjiel as guest star (huge!) 2nd week: treasure hunt on the domain organized by one of the local tourist boards (a first!) …
[/box] [one_half]We do not get bored one minute, not one second. That is to say, Mahery was once in the pool. Justine not even once!
These two weeks have been an opportunity to meet Liliane
Mahery’s mother who takes pictures of events happening and of the parents of Marie-Rose in front of their newly restored mill.
[/one_half_last]« Collective intelligence coupled with a situation intelligence »
[one_half]In the objectives of Marie-Rose and Serge, there’s also the development of an activity capable of hosting the 9th generation on the domain:
[/one_half] [one_half_last]Vivien, their son, and his companion Alexandra. They arrive the day before departure to attend our restitutions, a collaborative work with the owners.
[/one_half_last] [box type=”note” ]We present the strategy and action plan to 3 years to make the domain an “eco-spot”: a place to live and a great place for responsible tourism.
[/box] [one_half]The powerpoint document is 36 pages; the attention of our guests is complete. It includes a definition of identity and vision of the domain, the wording of the offer, the marketing plan, the necessary arrangements and conceivable partnerships with other structures previously encountered on our Tour de France …
In a second step, Justine presents to Serge the textbooks she has developed to build straw house, ecological bathroom, wooden hut
[/one_half] [one_half_last]phytopurification system, or work on accessibility … It includes every time two options: build it yourseld or use of providers; each time there are examples and contacts to go have a look not too far what is done and how.
Throughout our work, La Rhonie and elsewhere, we develop expertise on many subjects, by means of research, to see what is around and formalization.[/one_half_last] [box type=”note” ]Put it all online, synthesize and integrate them to the “Hopineo tool”, it is what Marie-Rose has defined as a form of collective intelligence. The fact spreading these teachings, choose and adjust them according to each individual case we meet, this is what Marie-Rose calls “the situation intelligence.”[/box] [one_half]
Before leaving, we focus on one of our recommendations for La Rhonie: produce an event that would bring together a handful of structures in responsible tourism, to, on the one hand, work together on one or more common themes, and secondly, open the doors to the public for one weekend a form of ephemeral eco-tourism amusement park , where each structure presents
[/one_half] [one_half_last]and implements its own specificity. In short, we democratize a number of specific tourism activities to those who do not have the opportunity to travel and create a relevant connection between structures that work together specific. A kind of ecotourism festival that would be repeated year after year in a different structure … A Hopineo festival?
[/one_half_last] [box type=”note” ]We will push the idea, submit it to other structures and, who knows, maybe we’ll leave a few months later to Africa to contribute to the development of this event. Isn’t it a good, relevant and useful way to conclude this work in France?
[/box] [one_half]Some already has some answers 😉. Us, we will ripen all that … as far as the positioning of future Hopinoers by the way; but that’s another story …
[/one_half] [one_half_last]Thank you to Mary-Rose, Serge and everyone else that we crossed for those two weeks; undoubtedly one of the highlights of the first 6 weeks of the Hopineo Tour (but in fact every encounter is a high point …).[/one_half_last]
[box type=”note” ]Thank you for all they inspire us and for the richness of our exchanges. Life is Beautiful! We have all four feet in and are happy.[/box]
See you, hopefully sometime in March for the implementation of the probable first Hopineo festival. And if not, anyway, see you soon! equipped with our new mascot, the mini-Justine …
