Blog Entries tagged 'ecological'

Panning for Gold in the Baby Boom

tom@puebloverde.org — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100

"The hunt begins for the foreign retiree"-Headline, La Republica

In mid-February, at the national level, Costa Rica launched a high profile initiative. To the fanfare of articles in national papers, a special government edict, web articles and enthusiastic reverberations through the real estate blogosphere, a plan was unveiled to promote retirement communities for some of the 60 million baby boomers who are starting to sail off into their golden [...]

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 [...]

Rx for the Malaise of Development

tom@puebloverde.org — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Learning to think like a watershed

Admit it. Rumors can be a great source of local information.

As soon as the fancy hotel in Papagayo was closed for soiling its own nest, the Gold Coast Grapevine served up a tasty and hilarious morsel last week. It seems that the recent closure was temporary. They [...]