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"  Paradise for some is a five-star resort with Tiki Tinis delivered poolside. Not so for L.A. designer Jesse Kamm. Three and a half years ago while surfing in Panama with her husband, the two looked to the shore and spotted cattle grazing on the remote island of Carenero, part of the Bocas del Toro archipelago. Within six months, the couple plus their friends and family had purchased 33 acres of lush waterside property and started planning what will soon be Punta Carenero, a green residential community, where owners are more likely to find kingfishers and wild heliconia plants than cashmere throws and high heels. &amp;quot;Everybody&amp;#039;s going to live off the grid,&amp;quot; Kamm says, explaining how each home will be solar-powered and have rainwater cisterns. &amp;quot;We all leave tracks, but I want to impact the world as little as possible.&amp;quot; Back in California, the 32-year-old former model designs effortlessly chic dresses from natural cottons and washed silks, which she then hand-dyes with her own romantic prints, such as spring&amp;#039;s bows and buttons. Even there, she drives a Mercedes fueled by waste vegetable oil, which she uses to drop off all local store deliveries. This summer, Kamm plans to get back to Panama to work on her own tropical pole house. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s one market where you go to get your can of corn, toothpaste, rubber boots,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know how my next collection is going to happen, but I&amp;#039;m following my instincts, and right now they&amp;#039;re saying I need to go down there and build myself a house.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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