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Costa Rica is Pura Verde Pura Verde means “Pure Green.” Welcome to Costa Rica, a world leader in progressive thinking about the environment and social issues. One of few countries without an army, our last president was also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and put the country on track to become the world first “carbon neutral” country. Costa Rica is one of the few countries that is gaining more forest than losing. Costa Rica is proving that being green pays – creating jobs and improving life. Democracy here means more than just voting at the ballot box. Every time you spend money, you vote for the type of world you want to live in. So vote with your dollars by supporting companies and individuals that engage in sustainable and ethical business practices. Pura-verde.com is dedicated to helping you make good choices by providing a list of everyone in Costa Rica who is working towards our goals of peace and sustainability.
Costa Rica is Pura Verde Pura Verde means “Pure Green.” Welcome to Costa Rica, a world leader in progressive thinking about the environment and social issues. One of few countries without an army, our last president was also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and put the country on track to become the world first “carbon neutral” country. Costa Rica is one of the few countries that is gaining more forest than losing. Costa Rica is proving that being green pays – creating jobs and improving life. Democracy here means more than just voting at the ballot box. Every time you spend money, you vote for the type of world you want to live in. So vote with your dollars by supporting companies and individuals that engage in sustainable and ethical business practices. Pura-verde.com is dedicated to helping you make good choices by providing a list of everyone in Costa Rica who is working towards our goals of peace and sustainability.
Costa Rica is Pura Verde Pura Verde means “Pure Green.” Welcome to Costa Rica, a world leader in progressive thinking about the environment and social issues. One of few countries without an army, our last president was also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and put the country on track to become the world first “carbon neutral” country. Costa Rica is one of the few countries that is gaining more forest than losing. Costa Rica is proving that being green pays – creating jobs and improving life. Democracy here means more than just voting at the ballot box. Every time you spend money, you vote for the type of world you want to live in. So vote with your dollars by supporting companies and individuals that engage in sustainable and ethical business practices. Pura-verde.com is dedicated to helping you make good choices by providing a list of everyone in Costa Rica who is working towards our goals of peace and sustainability.

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Pura Vida Sunsets Eco Villa

Anamaya Eco Resort

Geoff McCabe
Aug 9 |18:11

Anamaya - luxury yoga retreat center, detox center, and boutique hotel in Montezuma, Costa Rica

Anamaya is a beautiful boutique hotel and yoga retreat center high up on a cliff overlooking the jungles and unforgettable ocean views, in Montezuma, Costa Rica.
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The Green Building Seminar!

Geoff McCabe
Sep 23 |19:51

This year, the Green Building Seminar and Round-table took place at the University for Peace in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica.  A good portion of the Conference tackled Climate Change, which included a variety of lectures, panel discussions and workshops.  Among the assistants were students, policymakers, academics and members of business and NGO community.

Dr. Karl-Werner Schulte, HonRICS CRE, International Real Estate Business Schoo began the conference as well as set the pace of the event. The Round-table was hosted by Mr Sven Schulte, a UPeace graduate student himself.With the aid of many university, NGO and business experts, the whole event moved at a smooth pace. Tropisphere’s very own Geoff McCabe was a key note speaker there!

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Pura Verde Writers

  • Hodges Apellido
  • Geoff McCabe
  • Christina Sherman
  • Maria Castro
  • Sandy Astudillo
Hodges Apellido

Hodges Apellido
Associate Editor/Writer

Hodges lives in Montezuma, Costa Rica and runs and owns a graphic design company, Paraiso Publicidad. He’s also  a professor of music for the Sinem program of Costa Rica and a professional musician back in the United States.

Geoff with "Antie" the anteater at Rainsong Wildlife Sanctuary in Cabuya, Costa Rica

Geoffrey McCabe
Founder

Originally from Seattle, Geoff writes for a variety of online websites, blogs, and his own websites. He is currently CEO of Anamaya Yoga Retreat and Tropisphere Real Estate. He has a lovely four-year old daughter named Serafina, and lives in Montezuma, Costa Rica. He is passionate about green building and architecture, and has to eco-village projects (Pura Vida Sunsets and Solar Vistas.) He has a master’s degree in Physics from UCF in Orlando, Florida. He practices yoga whenever he can, and loves to cook healthy organic food. For eleven years, Geoff was involved in the fashion business. His greatest passion is fire dancing and he frequently performs throughout Costa Rica and with Cirko Vivo.

Christina Sherman

Christina Sherman
Associate Editor

Christina Sherman is president of Tropisphere Real Estate, and lives in Montezuma, Costa Rica.

Maria Castro

Mario Castro
Editor-in-Chief

Maria Castro was born in Costa Rica and now lives in Savannah Georgia, where she is a green consultant. Her personal website is GreenLifeSpace.com. Her mission is simple – make every home as healthy and as eco-friendly as possible. She strives to make your home healthy by eliminating toxic household chemicals, removing clutter, and replacing harmful agents with healthier, organic, more sustainable goods; her vision is to create a healthy, efficiently functioning home. In addition she focuses on giving guidance on reducing your household energy consumption, thereby helping reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by its manufacture.

Sandy Astudillo

Sandy Astudillo
Associate Editor

Sandy was born in Venezuela, and is an owner of Paraiso Publicidad in Costa Rica.