At “Los Patios” (Danish) hotel on our street. Convento San Francisco, around the corner from our house Waiting for the ferry to cross Lake Cocibolca to Ometepe Island. Visiting with Martjin and Hendrix at Totoco Eco Lodge, a role model…
Disaster resilience. Ben’s multiple life chapters converge….
Doing a google search of Ben Sandzer-Bell could lead one to think there are at least three or four of these guys running around. Not so, this self concocted last name (combining both paternal figures) resulted in a unique last…
Tedx Managua…Ben presents CO2 Bambu amphibious housing!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10151403810960299.573900.404038470298&type=1 See our facebook entry to see pictures and commentary on TEDX Talks Managua. TEDX Managua was the natural follow up to our San Francisco Climate Reality gig with Al Gore. We can feel the centrifugal pull toward climate adaptation…
Celebrating friendship
About a month ago I (Peta) headed to Cincinnati to be with my best friend Lois for her birthday and accompanying party. I’m not really big on parties but Lois and I met when we were in our twenties, when…
Weekends in Granada
It’s not that unusual to encounter a stray horse around the corner from our house. Ben making friends A carrot treat goes a long way… Convento San Francisco a block away from our house Peta in “tourist” mode in front…
BIg win for CO2 Bambu
It is an arduous climb, trying to launch not only a business but a full fledged bamboo industry in Nicaragua. This past week, however, we got a shot in the arm thanks to the World Bank. Following CO2 Bambu’s timely…
Combining work and play!
Team GIgante and team CO2 converge on a design. We like having meetings at the beach! One of our favorite beaches in Nicaragua is Gigante Beach where friends of ours have a restaurant and a big vision for coastal development…
4+8=12 It’s a full house!
I guess it runs in the family. Once again our house was filled to capacity with adopted stray animals. The first of these was a very skinny, pathetic, skin and bones puppy which was abandoned on the corner lot. We…