Green Magic Homes is probably one of the most viral sustainable (hobbit) homes on the internet. With hundreds of images and video popping up still since it launch many years ago, see Treehugger, Metro and many more. But many of these articles featured nothing more than renders like these below… until we visited the first official factory of Green Magic Homes in Mexico some weeks ago. Read On…
On February 3rd, the headlines on the Playa Times newspaper exclaimed “Pesticide Free Vegetables Now by Subscription” and it was followed by the statement “Local Community Comes Together to Make an Impact”. Then on May 16th, I had to throw in the towel and declare that this project had failed. Read On…
Yesterday, March 18, 2016, I found myself walking over the limestone and concrete path towards the new village. It was the the official opening of the world’s first open source village in Playa del Carmen (Quintana Roo, Mexico). Phase one started with 12 homes and 34 apartments opening. We were not able to make the expected total of 88 homes that were (97%) sold but we got a long way in with only 12 months passing since the land was bought. Read On…
I’ve been searching for a new challenge something that comes after my current project finishes. I keep pushing myself to do something bigger that have an impact on how people interact online. I’m seeing that in my personal live that I’m looking for something less commercial and more impactful.
During my search I kept seeing that their amazing projects in our region and I talked to many people with passions in permaculture (food), architects (housing), solar, and I got fed-up. Now thanx to Enspiral’s well documented project I think I got a pretty clear idea on how to solve this, I call this Nexo (see video below).
A couple of months ago I started sharing my learnings about a alternative way to live and from that came our solar energy presentation that you can find here. But part of that learning was about existing projects that make an impact in our local community not only in energy but in food. Read On…
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When you really want to have an impact on the world, where do you start? I mean, it’s great that you improve the local community and have a social impact and wow it works great with investors to build a sustainable business. But what does it matter that a school in Mexico can find their way with 3D printing and print artificial limbs for disabled people when in 50 years oceans rise 7 meters or water, energy and food shortages might disrupt the way we live? Read On…