702, 2013
Colors of Costa Rica
Beautiful lizard at our front door.
402, 2013
2701, 2013
How we got here
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- To the NY airport.
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- Arriving in Costa Rica…
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- Where there are many butterflies.
2501, 2013
We discovered yet another waterfall
We recently discovered yet another stunning waterfall while exploring the jungle on our land. Take a look:
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- another waterfall
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- just gorgeous
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- Shallow swimming holes for little ones.
Besides what’s in these pictures, there are also some bigger swimming holes with fun spots for the whole family – which is why it’s been nicknamed “Cascada la Familia”.
1301, 2013
When I am working on a problem…
When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
— Buckminster Fuller
1301, 2013
1201, 2013
Some pictures of Raices del Sol
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- What you see when you first come in.
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- eco-home
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- jungle forest
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- More picture perfect forest.
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- One of the orange trees.
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- The “famous” waterfall on our land: Cascada la Famosa.
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- View of La Cangreja national park from one of our mountain tops.
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- yet another waterfall
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- another picture of the “famous” waterfall
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- It seems no picture could ever do it justice…
501, 2013
Etymology of permaculture
wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture#Etymology
The term permaculture (as a systematic method) was first coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s. The word “permaculture” originally referred to “permanent agriculture” but was expanded to stand also for “permanent culture,” as it was seen that social aspects were integral to a truly sustainable system. Inspired by Fukuoka natural farming philosophy, Mollison has described permaculture as “a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than premature and thoughtless labor; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single project system.”
501, 2013
Thirst for knowledge and greed for explanation…
Thirst for knowledge and greed for explanation never lead to a thinking inquiry (transformational inquiry). Curiosity is always the concealed arrogance of a self consciousness that banks on a self invented rationality.
— From Heidegger’s On the Way to Language