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News & Ideas
Calendar of
Events
Resources
and Video
Community Newsletter
Shorefast Community Newsletter Summer 2018 (PDF) (2018)
Retelling: A Conversation with Zita Cobb
Zita Cobb in conversation with Joel R. Burton, a PhD Candidate in English at Western University (2017)
And Nowhere Else | Fogo Island: Fogo Island Shop
The Fogo Island shop is an exercise in the preservation of culture through artistry and entrepreneurship (2017)
McGill University Honourary Doctorate
Zita Cobb honourary doctorate acceptance speech at McGill University, Montreal (2016)
Fogo Island Inn - Escape from the numbing uniformity of modern times
Fogo Island Inn is a refuge, on an island, off an island, on one of the four corners of the Earth (2015)
D3 Conference
Zita Cobb presentation at D3 conference in Toronto (2014)
CBC Ideas with Paul Kennedy – Back To the Future In Fogo
CBC Ideas host Paul Kennedy takes a tour of Fogo Island with Zita Cobb (2013)
Outport Journey at UNB Pond Deshpande
Zita Cobb's presentation at the Social Enterprise Development Dialogue (2013)
Community Newsletter
Shorefast Community Newsletter Summer/Fall 2017 (PDF) (2017)
University of British Columbia
Zita Cobb presentation at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver (2017)
Hand. Line. Cod.
National Film Board (NFB) film highlighting Fogo Island Fish, and the connection between the people of Fogo Island and the cod (2016)
PURE Life Experiences Conference
Zita Cobb presentation at PURE Life Experiences; major hospitality conference in Marrakech, Morocco (2015)
Strange & Familiar: Architecture on Fogo Island
Documentary highlighting Shorefast’s contemporary buildings on Fogo Island, designed by architect Todd Saunders (2014)
Carleton University Convocation Address
Zita Cobb received an honourary doctorate from Carleton University and gave the convocation address (2013)
Zita Cobb Keynote 2013 Adventure Travel World Summit
A featured presentation at the Adventure Travel World Summit held by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (2013)
The Way Forward: Fogo Island Shorefast Foundation: Zita Cobb
Zita Cobb delivers a talk at TEDxFortTownshend (2012)
Reading list
Non-Fiction
Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher
Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson
Culture in a Liquid Modern World by Zygmunt Bauman
The Necessary Revolution by Peter Senge
Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
Toward Sustainable Communities by Mark Roseland
This is Water by David Foster Wallace
Cod by Mark Kurlansky
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin
Resilience by Andrew Zolli
Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara by Tim Robinson
The Solution Revolution by William D. Eggers & Paul MacMillan
The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew B. Crawford
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
A Guide for the Perplexed by E. F. Schumacher
Fiction
A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland
The Possibility of an Island by Michel Rouellebecq
February by Lisa Moore
Hard Light by Michael Crummey
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
The Navigator of New York by Wayne Johnston
Salka Valka by Halldor Laxness
The Big Why by Michael Winter
Sweetland by Michael Crummey
The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Wayfinders by Wade Davis
By The Rivers of Brooklyn by Trudy Morgan-Cole
Press
Globe & Mail: Report on Business
Last Word: Zita Cobb (PDF) (2018)
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
Sustainable Tourism for Development on Fogo Island (2017)
Globe & Mail
A Label to Show Where the Money Goes (PDF) (2017)
Carleton University
Reimagining Fogo Island: Zita Cobb's Inspirational Journey (2017)
The Gazette
Geology on the Edge: Fogo Island’s geologist-in-residence program big draw for alumni (2016)
Chronicle Herald
Big questions of human progress play out in small places (2014)
The Telegraph
Fogo Island, Canada: Tales of the Unexpected (2014)
Monocle
Entrepreneurship (video) (2013)
Horizons
For the love of place (PDF) (2018)
CBC News
'For all of us': Zita Cobb of Fogo Island Inn accepts Order of Canada honour (2017)
Lewisporte Pilot
Society of United Fishermen's Hall on Barr'd Island back to life (2016)
Global/West Block
The Big Idea: Canada’s rural areas are in decline, one woman has a solution (2014)
Globe & Mail
What we can learn from the 10 biggest wins and losses of the year (item #9) (2013)
Monocle
Architecture & Art (video) (2013)
Fast Company
How Multimillionaire Zita Cobb Plans to Turn Tiny Canadian Island Into an Arts Mecca (2012)
Fogo Island Inn
Travel + Leisure
The Top 100 Hotels in the World (#12) (2017)
Newsweek
Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island (2014)
Forbes
Fogo Island Inn Puts Newfoundland on the Luxury Map (2014)
The New York Times
Bloomberg Pursuits
This Is The Most Remote And Magical Hotel On Earth (2016)
Forbes
Why A Tiny Canadian Island Should Be Your Next Vacation Destination (2014)
New York Times Magazine
The Possibility of an Island (2012)
The Woodshop on Fogo Island
Dezeen
Fogo Island Shop uses "nutrition labelling" to reveal true cost of making its furniture (2017)
Azure Magazine
Canada 150: 30 Canadian Product Designers Leading the Charge (2017)
Vogue
Holt Renfrew
Uncrate Canada: Crafting a Future (2017)
Vogue
The Ultimate Hotel Souvenir: Home Décor (2017)
Azure Magazine
Fogo Island Arts
These articles feature the success of recent Gallery installations and artist residencies, which have been highlighted in prominent art publications.
Art in America
Augustas Serapinas: In the Studio (2017)
Mousse Magazine
Wilfrid Almendra “Light Boiled Like Liquid Soap” at Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island (2016)
Fogo Island Fish
100km Food Blog
Canadian Fish for Canadians – Introducing Fogo Island Fish (2017)
CBC News
CBC News: How Toronto chefs got hooked on fish from Fogo Island (2016)
Ottawa Citizen
A Newfoundland fish story that's delicious and inspiring (2016)
New Ocean Ethic
CBC News
"Prepared for a Petrol Spill: Fogo Island Fish Harvesters Trained to Deploy Oil Boom" (2016)
CBC News
Cod pot fishing method a hit with Fogo Island fishermen, chefs (2014)
The Gander Beacon
The Pilot
End Of Plastic Grocery Bags On Fogo Island (2015)
Canadian Geographic
Saving Fogo and Change Islands (2014)
The Pilot
New Ocean Ethic; Citizen science on the horizon (2014)
The Pilot
Canada Ocean Lecture Series (2014)
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