Sunset at Playa Maderas
The dry season is over!
Every year we resolve to look for an opportunity to escape the dramatic heat which descends on Granada in May – the peak of the dry season. This year business priorities afforded us no such luxury, so here we are.…
Agora Partnerships blog post about CO2 Bambu
← The Big Picture: Entrepreneurs and Concerned CitizensAgora Entrepreneur: CO2 Bambu.May 2Posted by Agora PartnershipsWhat keeps Agora going are the powerful mission-driven entrepreneurs that bring business and social good together to create positive change. One such organization is CO2 Bambu.…
Article in “Green Entrepreneurs” about CO2 Bambu
Green EntrepreneursBridge Between Business and NGOs: Green Entrepreneur Builds Bamboo Homes, Jobs, and Environment19 April 2011 By Maryruth Belsey Priebe CO2Bambu is a green enterprise on steroids, trying to solve massive social and environmental problems and succeeding fairly well. Created…
CO2 Bambu: First house in Haiti complete!
First house complete, in Leogane. And warehouse contract signed. Next step: Vorb and his team will build up the warehouse, to get ready for Nica bamboo imports and SOGESOL customers.
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.…
Haiti.. CO2 Bambu’s first house under construction
There were three priorities for this trip to Haiti. Firstly, to hire and train a first team of CO2 Bambu assembly workers. Secondly, to build the Lutheran World Federation house to be a model bamboo house. And finally, to find…