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Creating Food Security For Everyone

Sunday morning marked the beginning of what will hopefully be a long relationship between Osa Mountain Village and the local municipality. Over 50 people showed up to plant fruit trees in front of the local Hospital. Alberto Cole, the local mayor of Osa County, donated … [Read More...]

Nearly Everything In The Pot Came From Our Farm

I was walking by white beans in the local store the other day and decided to buy 2 bags to make some homemade white bean soup. When I got home I pulled out of the freezer the bag of pork ribs I received from the butchering of a pig we raised here on the property a short … [Read More...]

Food Security

What Does Food Security Mean To You? Food security is an important part of the Osa Mountain Village Resort plan for sustainability. It is a goal of the community to be able to feed everyone living here in the event of a massive breakdown in the world's systems. We … [Read More...]

Conscious Community In The Making

What is a conscious community? To summarize... a conscious community is people aligned together, leading by example to create a shift in mankind's consciousness towards building a civilization that allows living constructively, sustainably and peacefully with ample … [Read More...]

Two Years Living In Costa Rica… Pura Vida

How often do you stop what you're doing, look around and say to yourself, "Wow, this is my life!" It has now been two years living in Costa Rica for me and my wife and daughter, and I find myself appreciating this incredible country more every day. I spend most of my … [Read More...]

OMV Community News

Easter Sunday Celebration At Osa Mountain Village

Easter Sunday Festivities Make no mistake about it, we like to celebrate whenever we can at Osa Mountain Village. Easter is no exception either. Easter morning was started with an invitation by Wes Smith to his home for a short prayer service about Easter. Anyone that … [Read More...]

Resource Sharing Centers at Osa Mountain Village & Serenity Gardens

Resource Sharing Saves Money, Space & The Earth Expanding on the sustainable community concept, resource sharing centers will be built within Osa Mountain Village Resort and Serenity Gardens Eco Village. By pooling the communities resources into a place where all can … [Read More...]

Butterfly Paradise Of Osa Experience

Butterfly gardens are found throughout Costa Rica. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are big enclosures and some are small. What makes a butterfly garden enchanted is the work that goes into it by its caretaker(s). Dave Fishell is the man in charge of Osa … [Read More...]

Water Slide Open For Residents

The water slide which has been under construction for the past 6 months is nearing completion with over 50% of the slide done. Test runs have been taking place and the reports are in that the ride is nothing short of exhilarating. Another 200 meters remains to be … [Read More...]

Geodesic Dome Home

Geodesic dome home designs have been around for decades. They were especially popular in the 60's and 70's. John Sanders and Brando Mataya have erected the first dome home at Osa Mountain Village. The home is worthy of being in magazines as you will see when you watch … [Read More...]

Costa Rica News

Costa Rica Tops The Happy Planet Index

Happy Planet Index Gauges A Nations Success Costa Rica tops the Happy Planet index year after year. Here Nic Marks, a statistician, brings up some interesting questions about why we measure a nations success by its productivity in a talk he gave for TED Talk back in … [Read More...]

Sustainable Experiments In Paradise

Paradise: crystal clear water, blue sky, sandy beaches, lush vegetation. A generic image, certainly. Costa Rica, nestled in the heart of Central America, is just that – to the untrained eye. Who wouldn’t want to experience life in Costa Rica, if all that Costa Rica … [Read More...]

Why Should You Buy Locally? Because It Just Makes Cents…

When you see the statistics below you may wonder to yourself if the human race really is intelligent. Louanne Crosby sent this out in an email and I just had to post it for everyone to see. How did it get to be like this? This infographic pertains to the USA but the … [Read More...]

Costa Rica Rocked By 7.6 Earthquake September 5

Most residents of Costa Rica were already working when the earthquake hit the northwestern area of the country. Amazingly though, there was very little damage given the magnitude of the earthquake. This quake was a rolling one that was centered deep under the earth's … [Read More...]