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Haiti ~ moving from observer to actor
Move over Brad Pitt, it’s my turn for the lime light. OK, maybe a bit of an overstatement, but it is somewhat of an odd situation, when you are not the glitzy type, to be trailed by a journalist day…
CO2 Bambu in the news – #2
EcoAméricas Entrepreneur sees bamboo boost for Haiti AGranada, Nicaragua rmed with sacks of bamboo seeds, Ben Sandzer-Bell arrived in post-earthquake Haiti earlier this year with a plan to offer an eco-friendly way to bring housing to the estimated 1.5 million…
CO2 Bambu in the news – #1
Bambú, una opción al déficit habitacional * Proyectos que contribuyen con la economía, el medioambiente y la generación de empleos Tania Goussen Acevedo Casa de bambú construida e instalada en Nicaragua. REPRODUCCION TANIA GOUSSEN / END Una nueva y moderna…
Nicaraguan ER experience…
I won’t bore you with the details of why I had to go to the ER .. Lets just say that intense pain in the region of where I think my kidneys reside, in conjunction with a google search on…
Abuzz with a first Haiti-bound container in a few days
I I II wanted to wait until our first container was ready to ship before I made my next trip to Haiti. Yet I need to see…
Flowers and paintbrushes in bloom
Before the paint brush, there was the petal. It is a garden in explosive bloom of orange, yellow, blue, purple and white that brought Peta back to her canvas. And thus it is with the artistic soul – just as…
VIva la Revolucion!
July 19 – today Nicaragua celebrates the revolution, i.e. overthrow of the much hated Somoza reign 31 years ago. The “Frente”, or front, the Sandinista movement that waged a highly popular grass-root revolutionary movement in the 80’s succeeded in ousting…