Nicaragua was of course about bamboo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzNGsQ3A3zc&t=531s Over a period of 6 years, we built a bamboo housing industry in a country with a dramatic housing shortage, and a massive amount of construction grade bamboo… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_WPU43ScRc&t=6s Our home was…
Last entry from Nicaragua ~ July, 2013
Finally coming out from under an “update embargo” due to the delicate nature of discussions with CO2 Bambu shareholders, creditors, customers, partners and employees, but FINALLY we can share what’s up. So what’s up is a fundamental move along our…
CO2 Bambu and BuildOn looking to have impact in the RAAS (), Nicaragua
If 2011 and 2012 brought CO2 Bambu to the Autonomous Region of the Atlantic North (RAAN), 2013 will be the year that opens the path for a long term presence in the Autonomous Region of the Atlantic South. With the…
Cuba: Breaking the Rules ~ Transportation with the locals ~ Santa Lucia
While Camaguey is a beautiful city, we intend to spend time in nature during our vacation. The potential destinations from Camaguey are plentiful, but the logistical solutions are not. Within a couple of hours of Camaguey lies an archipelago of…
Lois and Steve visit us in Nicaragua
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…
Extreme contrast ~ From Cuba to Panama!
. The book ends of our Cuba trip was Panama. This part of the trip was bamboo-centric as we wanted to gain a sense of what is the current state of bamboo in Panama. Thanks to Gib, Co2…
Cuba – improvising a string of Casas Particulares “on the fly”.
We always face a trade off when planning a trip, between securing lodging in a foreign land, and staying flexible to shape our trips “on the fly”. We are notoriously bad at advanced planning, but this time, due to CO2…
You might wonder what I, Peta, have been doing while Ben was in Haiti…
Since adopting “Social Media” as my main focus of energy and effort for CO2 Bambu these days, I have been very busy indeed. I have helped to increase our friend base on facebook from around 600 to over 1,220 today.…