The residents of Marou, Fiji and the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) invite you to design a permanent destination artwork that will supply clean and reliable electricity and drinking water to the coastal village’s 67 households, support tourism, and help to build a sustainable future for generations.

Two winning teams will each be provided with a stipend of $100,000 USD to advance their design proposal and build a functioning prototype of their idea in Fiji.

A publication, exhibitions held in partnership with the Fiji Arts Council, and a program of community engagement events will communicate the innovative outcomes throughout Fiji and around the world, inspiring the public about the beauty and wealth of possibilities of a world beyond carbon while demonstrating creative adaptations to a rapidly shifting climate.

Energy and Climate in Fiji

Having contributed insignificantly to global greenhouse gas emissions, island nations such as Fiji nevertheless find themselves today on the front lines of climate change. Meanwhile, a reliance on expensive imported fuel oil offers an economic opportunity for rapid decarbonization through renewable deployment and electrification. Once complete, this transition has the potential to free up more than half of the export earnings of the country, which are currently spent on the importation of fuel.

While access to the sun’s energy in Fiji is strong, the implementation of solar power generation presents significant challenges, including aesthetics and land use.

For a nation where land is a precious (and vanishing) resource, practical design solutions for renewable energy installations that share land with other uses such as cultural destinations, farms, public spaces, and habitats can be designed to increase the potential for a 100% renewable island economy. These new energy system designs can also consider how their aesthetic manifestation can support and enhance the beautiful landscapes that bring millions of people to visit each year from around the world.

While electricity is a pressing need in Marou Village, also of critical importance is ensuring reliable access to freshwater. As global temperatures rise there is increasing variability and volatility in precipitation patterns. Rainy seasons bring severe flooding while dry seasons are even drier. LAGI 2025 Fiji is therefore seeking innovative solutions that can integrate regenerative energy and water systems.

Whether you are a professional designer, university professor, student, artist, or anyone passionate about designing for a better world, your participation in LAGI 2025 Fiji will help to advance the evolution of climate adaptation design and destination land art.

The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has been working in communities around the world since 2010 to leverage the power of art and design to accelerate the global response to climate change.

Please find further details on the official website.

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It’s free to enter.