Wow! We had a wonderfully FULL house for about five weeks…. People coming and staying, with some occasional overlapping as well. Here’s a list of friends/family over a five week period: MonicaLolo the capuchin monkeyCharoBrookNikkiRasa and KrisGili and Maya After a…
While putting up some of my dog paintings at a local hotel in Granada, Ben and I were introduced to the hotels’ latest “acquisition”… a baby capuchin monkey. Somehow the sight of a baby monkey on a leash and in…
CO2 Bambu’s social and environmental impact is not limited to building social housing. Nicaragua has a huge deficit in schools, specifically in rural areas where schools are often so far from pockets of population, that children face very long distances…
CO2 Bambu was recently awarded a contract to build a small eco lodge on the outskirts of Granada. The trend for rural tourism in Nicaragua is clear and bamboo has a role to play in support of this eco friendly…
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After months of deploying field construction teams in five indigenous communities of the Atlantic North Autonomous Region (RAAN) near Bilwi, CO2 Bambu is proud to announce that the process of handing over the homes to beneficiaries has been completed. At…
Recently we were lucky enough in Granada to have Paul (from Seattle), walk in to PURE.. (our gym/yoga/spa center) and offer a workshop in Acroyoga. Acroyoga is a combination of yoga and acrobatics. It requires trust as well as focus. I jumped (literally)…
Much as we love living in Nicaragua, the one drawback has been the limited range of gastronomy in Nicaragua, in the past. As a family of foodies, we have high standards and have a history of family cooking competitions. So…