Time for another radically wild adventure in Puerto Rico and more to come. Here I enjoy a rainy day and cliff jump into a beautiful river Be sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and my website’s newsletter to be updated with follow me on everything radically wild
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Here I am singing a song about the trash in Puerto Rico, but can also be applied to the rest of the world. I incorporated the many signs I walked around with for the past 5 years throughout the beaches and rivers in Puerto Rico as I went on a mission to raise awareness. I became the guardian of the beaches and rivers. Click here to read more about that.
I have been living in the beautiful paradise that is Puerto Rico for the last 8 years. Click here to read why I moved here fromBrooklyn, NY.
For the past 5 years, I decided to be the guardian of the beaches and rivers of Puerto Rico. I was recently going to leave the island because I recently was shot at my face for defending this beautiful beach. But after finding this land, I have decided to stay in Puerto Rico to grow my food forest. Which you can read more about here.
A new chapter begins for me here in the beautiful paradise that is Puerto Rico as I was able to find the right land for me to create my vision of creating a sustainable food forest. Below you will find a video of a sneak peak on what is growing in my farm in Puerto Rico and what I plan on doing.
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In the beautiful paradise Puerto Rico The majority of the people Grow Garbage, not food as you would find garbage all over the roads and the beautiful beaches and rivers . Which is why for the past 5 years I have dedicated my time to walk around with signs and clean up the beaches and rivers as I decided to be the guardian of the beaches and rivers. Click here to read about that.
I have lived in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico for the last 8 years. Here we have such a beautiful paradise and sadly I find that the majority of the people do not love this beautiful island as most treat this l paradise as a landfill.
Even in the land I just acquired. In the following video, I rant about the garbage I found next to my land. I plan on replacing the garbage with fruit trees and flowers as I wrote here. It is a shame that many people in Puerto Rico choose to grow garbage instead of food. When 85 percent of the food is imported.
In this post I will write about a wonderful soul who donated his one and only solar panel off his roof to help me out with my new home.
I was finally able to get me a farm in beautiful Puerto Rico to grow the food forest that I have always wanted and continue to work with mother nature more profoundly. A place where I will grow many fruit trees and flowering trees for the birds, bees and butterfly. I found my sanctuary surrounded by a beautiful forest.
The farm came with a very old concrete home that needs repairs. It has no windows nor does it have doors. It has no electricity or water near the property. Which is what I wanted as I wanted to create something self sustainable and off the grid. My plan was to get a solar panel and catch rain water at a much later time.
After hurricane maria, I went about 8 months without electricity and I enjoyed it. It was a time to disconnect and connect to this beauty all around us. Hurricane maria was not destruction, it was a rebirth. But I will write more about that on another post.
I asked people who follow my facebook pages @radicallywild and @SalvajePR for donations of any used materials that they might have. It was great to see many people offering things to help me out.
One man quickly replied and offered me a solar panel, then a power saw, then plantains, even a screen for my door. At first I was very apprehensive after all the things I have dealt with from the many threats I have faced, slicing my car tires at the beach on three occasions and being shot in the face, all for being captain planet and speaking out about garbage.
I did know anything about him but I decided that I will meet this man at his home. I get to his home and he climbs over to his roof and removes his one and only panel off his roof and hands me it. Then hands me huge power saw. I was very surprised to say the least.
He tells me he is an artist and showed me his paintings which were very beautiful. He makes a living off his art. Which is why I found this to be incredible for someone to do what he just did. He did not even realize that he did was incredible, since as he told me, he is used to helping out others. He could have easily sold these items, but he decided to do something selfless. This is a soul who would take his shirt off his back to help another human being and that is something that we need more of in this world.
That is one great quality many of the people here in Puerto Rico have. They are very helpful. if you ask for directions on the side of a road, they will want to get on the hood of your car and guide you, either that or they start dancing pointing towards the way… Go straight, see a yellow rock, make a right then you will see a frog, if you see an iguana you went to far..
This is the type of mindset that we should cultivate in this egocentric society. Start cultivating values of respect and consideration for one another. Treat each other as the brothers and sisters that we are.
I am very thankful for this donation and the donation of others. Please visit his social media page on facebook @davilafinearts, see his beautiful artwork, the art that he paints with his heart.
If anyone would like to donate to obtain fruit trees and seeds to help with my project of creating a food forest.. Please visit this link. I also accept gift certificates from seed companies such as bakers creek.
For the last eight years I have lived in the beautiful paradise that is Puerto Rico. What a journey that I have been on. The road has led to this point in time where I was deciding to stay or leave, a decision I struggled with because I love this island. So much magic all in a condensed area. But the decision was made easy when I finally was able to obtain farm land to create my vision of creating a magical food forest filled with the abundance of life. In this post I will write more about my journey and the farm.
Initially I came with my savings to open a business here because I wanted to open up a beach bar / party place, being that I was a DJ and a bartender. You could read more on why I moved to PR here,
One day you open your eyes and decide to start changing your perception and perspectives because you become aware of these layers of conformity that we have conformed to. In the many beautiful places here in nature is where I found the self. Where I became aware of the mask that I chose to where, the cultural programmings.
I was not the person who I thought I was, I was only the facade. I became aware of the negative aspects of my being and I decided to start changing those aspects. To become the change the world needs. So my journey took me on another path, where I quit drinking alcohol, became a vegan and started to walk around with signs to raise awareness to the litter problem here on this paradise as I became captain planet.
I decided to be the guardian of the beaches and rivers that I went to. Which I did for the last 5 years as grew a profound connection to nature, thus why I grew a connection back to the self. I became radically wild.
I did a lot in the little time that I have been here. My journey nearly ended this past February as I was shot in the head for recording a family leaving garbage. That totally changed my perspectives on many things, namely leaving the island and seeing the rest of the world.
I was so close to leaving this beautiful island, but the beautiful rivers and beaches held me back as I did not want to leave this paradise as I felt that there was more for me to do. I always enjoyed growing food and flowers and felt that I was good at it. I attribute sticking my hands in the dirt to my growth, which is why always say I don’t grow plants. They have grown me.
After being shot. I had to retire from doing what I did for the beaches and rivers. I felt there was nothing left for me, but I still knew that I could work with mother nature in a larger capacity. I could be a tool to reforest and protect the land. I have a vision for a sustainable future. All I needed was some land.
I was able to get the land that I wanted in Puerto Rico, a magical place with a huge forest all around me. Very fertile land to grow all the things I would like to grow. I hope to create a model for others to get inspiration from.
The farm came with an old concrete home that is a fixer upper. Now I was always against having concrete anything. But it is a lovely home. Eventually I plan is to live in the forest on a bamboo tree house, among the trees and the creatures.
I plan to live off the grid and my goal is to be totally self sufficient. A wonderful soul, an artist donated his one and only solar panel to me. So I am on my way. I am accepting donations below so that I could get other items as well, such as a cistern for collecting rain water as there is no rain water or electricity on the property.
I continue to hope to inspire change with this next project that I am working on in my farm. Which came with a wonderful food forest already established. The farm has many avocado trees, breadfruit, Grapefruits, Coconuts, Guanabanas or Soursop, Noni, Quenapas, Guava, I believe mango as well.
I look to introduce many wonderful fruit and flowering trees. Here is a list of trees that I have in mind. Cinnamon, Jackfruit, Grummichama, cashews, cacao, vanilla,more mangos, tamarind, oranges galore of all types, lemon, lime, lychees, the list goes on and I have the space for it all.
I also look to grow lots of flowers and flowering trees, the birds, bees, bats, butterflies and other creatures need food as well. I hope to create a sanctuary habitat for them to all thrive in. When you look up from above , I want to see an array of colors. This farm will be my canvass and I will paint the art of my visions.
My plan to see the world will have to wait, but I hope to get this farm up and running with food so that I can travel the world and have a home to come back to. This farm will be my sanctuary. Where I look to continue to improving who I am in my enchanted forest.
Puerto Rico is such a paradise and I feel like the people have taken this island for granted. Many don’t realize what they have here. This island is paradise. The land is so fertile, yet many people don’t grow anything. 85 percent of the food is imported, which is a shame. But I look to become a tool and grow an abundance of food and again hope to inspire others to start doing the same.
In deciding to stay, I felt that Puerto Rico needed more people like myself, who wants to see change. I hoped to inspire that with my signs and with my messages that I post on social media and on this website.
I look forward to inspire more people by sharing more videos of my thoughts and from the farm as I will take you all on a journey of everything that takes place in the farm. So please subscribe to my youtube radicallywild and subscribe to my newsletter down below, where you will receive a monthly update on any new post.
If anyone would like to donate to my project to help pay for fruit trees and seeds. Visit this link. I also accept gift certificates from seed companies such as bakers creek. My email is jivanwild@gmail.com
¿Quién soy y qué he hecho? Mi nombre es Jivan y hace 9 años me mudé de Brooklyn NY a Puerto Rico, durante los últimos 6 años, me dediqué a convertirme en el guardián de las playas y ríos a medida que me cansaba de ver basura en todo este hermoso paraíso.
Comencé a caminar con carteles para crear conciencia sobre este problema. Me convertí en una valla publicitaria humana y llevé mis carteles a todas partes, incluso si había solo algunas personas, todo lo que necesitaba era una persona para leerlos. Hice esto casi todos los días. Había una playa de la que más me ocupaba y venía y colocaba mis carteles por toda la playa y observaba la playa para asegurarme de que nadie dejaran su basura y les recordaba a la gente que tomara su basura.
He sido amenazado muchas veces, puedes leer sobre una de las amenazas aquí, e incluso me dispararon en la cara por eso, que podría leerse aquí, casi convirtiéndome en un mártir de mi propia causa.
Desde que me dispararon, ya no camino con mis letreros, pero sigo limpiando las playas y los ríos cuando puedo. Quería irme de Puerto Rico después de todo lo que me pasó, pero tuve la oportunidad de quedarme presente cuando encontré la tierra de mis sueños y trabaja en mi visión que tenía por un tiempo, que se puede leer aquí. Esa visión es cultivar un enorme bosque de alimentos, ya que soy practicante de permacultura. Quiero crear un bosque de alimentos no solo para mi, para la comunidad, y para toda la vida silvestre mientras busco crear un santuario para los pájaros, las abejas y las mariposas.
Estoy seguro de que inspiré a muchas personas con lo que he hecho y espero seguir inspirando más mientras busco hacer videos de mi granja que muestren el progreso y compartan mis perspectivas sobre cómo vivo. Mi misión en la limpieza de ríos y playas aún no ha terminado. Hay un pequeño arroyo junto a mi tierra que está lleno de grandes cantidades de basura. Así que planeo limpiarlo diariamente y hacer videos que muestren el progreso. También tengo planes para crear estaciones de colillas de cigarrillos en las playas y ríos, incluso colocando mis letreros en diferentes lugares.
Este terreno tiene una casa que necesita urgentemente reparación, no tiene ventanas ni puertas, necesito ayuda para conseguir materiales para el hogar, como pintura, barriles de lluvia, ya que no hay agua en la propiedad, algunas herramientas para jardinería, iluminación de seguridad solar y / o paneles solares ya que no hay electricidad. También necesito semillas para comenzar a cultivar alimentos.
Ser capitán planeta era mi trabajo, pero también hice giras para ganar dinero, pero después de que me dispararon, ya no podía hacer giras ya que estoy traumatizado cuando desarrollé TEPT (PTSD). Ahora que tengo esta casa, puedo tener la paz que he estado buscando. A través de mi misión por mi causa, no gané ni un centavo, pero hice lo que hice desde el corazón, por lo que pido ayuda desde el corazón. Soy como una organización sin fines de lucro, solo un ejército de un solo hombre en una misión para cambiar el mundo. Si alguien se ha sentido inspirado por lo que hago o me gustan las cosas que publico aquí o en las redes sociales y quisiera apoyar lo que he hecho y lo que continuaré haciendo. Le agradecería mucho cualquier ayuda. Gracias
Prefiero que las personas donen cosas usadas que ya no necesitan, pero entiendo que no muchas personas tienen eso. Pero puede donar a mi paypal a través del siguiente formulario. Si tiene algún artículo para donar en Puerto Rico. Con mucho gusto lo aceptaría.
También acepto certificados de regalo para semillas de Bakers Creek. Enviar certificado de regalo a jivanwild@gmail.com
Gracias por el apoyo y todo el amor que muchas de las personas me han mostrado a lo largo de esta misión.
I just recently was able to acquired a wonderful piece of farm land in Puerto Rico. My goal is to create a sanctuary for the birds, bees and other creatures, so they have a peaceful place to be with an abundance of food available for them as I plan on growing a food forest. I plan on growing many flowering trees as well as many fruiting trees.
I want to create a symbiotic relationship with everything as nature intended. I need help obtaining fruit and flowering trees and shrubs. Also need help obtaining seeds. I will be sharing more videos and blogs on the progress of the farm and hope to share tips and advice. This will be my canvas, I just need the tools to create the art. Visit my channel as I already started videos. Link in the menu.
I need to get shade cloths so that I can build a propagation station. One of my goals is to propogate many flowers and plant them around the island, replacing the garbage found there.
I dedicated my time here in Puerto Rico on being the guardian of the beaches and rivers, which I go into detail below, I did not make money off of this. I actually spent most of my savings I came here with tfor my cause. but I also did tours to make money, but after being shot, I could not do tours anymore as I am traumatized as I developed PTSD. Now having this home I can have the peace that I have been seeking. Through my mission for my cause, I did not make a dime, but I did what I did from the heart and so I ask for help from the heart. I am like a non- profit organization , only just a one man army on a mission to change the world. If anyone has felt inspired by what I do or like the things I post on here or social media and would like to support what I have done and what I will continue to do. I would greatly appreciate it any help. Thanks
Who am I and what I have done, My name is Jivan and 9 years ago i moved from brooklyn NY, to puerto rico, during over the last 6 years, I dedicated myself to becoming the guardian of the beaches and rivers as I grew tired of seeing litter all over this beautiful paradise.
I started walking with signs to raise awareness to this problem. I became a human billboard and took my signs everywhere with me, even if there were a few people, all I needed was one person to read them. I did this almost everyday. There was one beach that I took care of the most. I would come and place my signs all over that beach and watched the beach to make sure no one left their trash and i would remind people to take their garbage.
I have been threatened many times, you can read about one of the threats here., and even shot at my face for it which could be read here, almost becoming a martyr to my own cause.
Ever since being shot, I no longer walk with my signs, but I still go cleaning the beaches and rivers when I can. I wanted to leave Puerto Rico after all that has happened to me, but an opportunity to stay presented itself as I found the land of my dreams and could work on my vision that I had for a while now, which could be read here and need your help for my vision.
I am sure I have inspired many people with what I have done and hope to continue inspiring more as I look to make videos from my farm showing the progress and sharing my perspectives on how I live. My mission in cleaning the rivers and beaches is not done yet. As I raise awareness through my social media accounts and continue to clean up the beaches and rivers.
I accept gift certificates for seeds from bakers creek. and strictly medicinal Send gift certificate to jivanwild@gmail.com
Thank you for the support and all the love many of the people have showed me throughout this mission.