Blog Entries tagged 'development'

On Pyramids and Pura Vida

tom@puebloverde.org — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0100

The greatest force in the universe is the power of compound interest--Einstein

Call it Blowback.'

I recently read a piece on US foreign policy where an analyst used the term to describe what's happening in the Middle East. He boiled it down to the nitty gritty.

After more than a half-century of treating a whole [...]

Surfing the Crash

tom@puebloverde.org — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Two riders were approaching, and the wind begins to howl.....

The howling winds of February visited many parts of Guanacaste with a level of damage that made you sit up and take note. One neighbor lost a temporary house. Branches and whole trees were down everywhere and green mangoes literally carpeted the yards and streets. In the next town an elderly gent had his morning routine interrupted when the outhouse blew away from around the throne.

For me it has been a windfall of sort [...]

Why I Became a Developer

tom@puebloverde.org — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem

Last month I recounted a lifelong odyssey of environmental learning that led to putting down roots in Guanacaste. (Environmentalist to developer-an Eco-logical Progression, The Howler.......) The surprise in store was the speed at which the sprawling development I thought I had [...]