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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.

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Eco Bloque Construction for Costa Rica

Geoff McCabe
Sep 12 |01:44

Eco Bloques in Costa Rica for green building construction

Wayne E Bird took the time to answer a few questions for Pura-Verde.com about his amazing eco-bloques, which are a long-awaited addition to the green building materials in Costa Rica. With this technology, builders nationwide will be able to build concrete-block style construction for cheaper as well as much more ecologically. The eco-bloques are made mostly from the dirt found onsite, using a machine imported by Mr Bird that uses high pressure to create them.

How did you get started with the Eco Bloques project and what was your motivation?

I was actually introduced to these products by a con man from the US. Long story but he professed to have exclusive rights to Costa Rica for Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB’s). He did not.

I knew this was a perfect product for Costa Rica and all of Latin America. Since then I have been on a mission to get these products approved for use in Costa Rica.

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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.