After living in our loft for less than a week, we opened the front door of our studio and gallery to the public. This exhibition of the “Stray Dogs of Nicaragua” marks an important chapter in our lives. We lived…
Hitting the ground running… in Chicago
So it was not quite a straight line between the time when we decided, while we were living in Spain, that we were bound for Chicago. We stretched out our return into with 6 flights (from Spain to Portugal, to…
2014 ~ a full year of nomadic lifestyle
January ~ Granada, Nicaragua, where we wrap up our 5 year social / environmental impact business, CO2 Bambu. We built 150 homes, created 200 jobs and changed Nicaragua’s mindset and legislation relative to bamboo forestry and bamboo housing. Ometepe Island retains all…
New adventure on our Green Global Trek ~ Full Tilt to Southeast Asia…
We have lived in Nicaragua (land of the “never boring” and sometimes strange) now for six years, and recently returned for closure on our work here. We have spent the last three months living in Viet Nam and now are ready to…
Living bi-nationally. Creating a South-South success story between Nicaragua and Viet Nam.
There is no better scenario for us than when our passion is our work and our work is our passion. This is why CO2 Bambu is such a valuable life/work vehicle for us. We want to have impact and have…
Some last vignettes of our life in Nicaragua ~ before we launch our Asia adventure
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…
Shani’s solo visit to Nicaragua.
We recently had the pleasure of a visit from Shani, who recently turned 16. (My sister Dina’s daughter, my niece.) She has been to Nicaragua once before, but this was her first time visiting solo, travelling alone. We all had an…