Creating Food Security For Everyone

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ShareTweetSunday 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 public land near the municipal buildings and in front of [...]

Nearly Everything In The Pot Came From Our Farm

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ShareTweetI 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 [...]

Easter Sunday Celebration At Osa Mountain Village

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ShareTweetEaster 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 wanted to attend was welcome. It was a christian, [...]

Resource Sharing Centers at Osa Mountain Village & Serenity Gardens

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ShareTweetResource 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 share them, everyone benefits with more items available to use, less stuff cluttering up [...]

Butterfly Paradise Of Osa Experience

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ShareTweetButterfly 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 Butterfly Paradise, one of the largest butterfly enclosures [...]

Water Slide Open For Residents

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ShareTweetThe 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 completed before the slide will be opening [...]

Costa Rica Tops The Happy Planet Index

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ShareTweetHappy 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 July of 2010. He explains why the Happy [...]

Geodesic Dome Home

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ShareTweetGeodesic 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 the video below. Geodesic Dome Homes Have [...]

Food Security

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ShareTweetWhat 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 are not paranoid (although I love [...]

Conscious Community In The Making

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ShareTweetWhat 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 resources for all. The Conscious Community Wave Conscious communities are popping up all over the world as people [...]