Osa Mountain Village http://omvcostarica.info Life's Journey... Reinvented Among Friends Thu, 16 May 2013 21:57:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Omvcostaricainfohttp://feedburner.google.com Nearly Everything In The Pot Came From Our Farm http://omvcostarica.info/nearly-everything-in-the-pot-came-from-our-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nearly-everything-in-the-pot-came-from-our-farm http://omvcostarica.info/nearly-everything-in-the-pot-came-from-our-farm/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:39:51 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6998 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 [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/resort-community/new-registration/feed/ 0 Easter Sunday Celebration At Osa Mountain Village http://omvcostarica.info/easter-sunday-celebration-at-osa-mountain-village/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easter-sunday-celebration-at-osa-mountain-village http://omvcostarica.info/easter-sunday-celebration-at-osa-mountain-village/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:06:38 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6838 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 wanted to attend was welcome. It was a christian, [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/easter-sunday-celebration-at-osa-mountain-village/feed/ 0 Resource Sharing Centers at Osa Mountain Village & Serenity Gardens http://omvcostarica.info/resource-sharing-centers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resource-sharing-centers http://omvcostarica.info/resource-sharing-centers/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:36:55 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6818 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 share them, everyone benefits with more items available to use, less stuff cluttering up [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/resource-sharing-centers/feed/ 0 Butterfly Paradise Of Osa Experience http://omvcostarica.info/butterfly-paradise-of-osa-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=butterfly-paradise-of-osa-experience http://omvcostarica.info/butterfly-paradise-of-osa-experience/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:34:06 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6766 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 Butterfly Paradise, one of the largest butterfly enclosures [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/water-slide-open-for-residents/feed/ 0 Costa Rica Tops The Happy Planet Index http://omvcostarica.info/costa-rica-tops-the-happy-planet-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=costa-rica-tops-the-happy-planet-index http://omvcostarica.info/costa-rica-tops-the-happy-planet-index/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:03:44 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6733 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 July of 2010. He explains why the Happy [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/costa-rica-tops-the-happy-planet-index/feed/ 0 World Institute for Sustainability & Ecology http://omvcostarica.info/the-osa-mountain-village-property/world-institute-for-sustainability-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-institute-for-sustainability-education http://omvcostarica.info/the-osa-mountain-village-property/world-institute-for-sustainability-education/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:28:24 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?page_id=637 Osa Mountain Village’s success thus far has been firmly based on the utilization of permaculture principles 24/7 here on site. Everything that we do is directed towards building a totally sustainable, fully functional, food producing resort community. With that said, when we first started planning our community… and then began to market and build our [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/the-osa-mountain-village-property/world-institute-for-sustainability-education/feed/ 0 Geodesic Dome Home http://omvcostarica.info/geodesic-dome-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geodesic-dome-home http://omvcostarica.info/geodesic-dome-home/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:31:48 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6707 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 the video below. Geodesic Dome Homes Have [...]

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]]> http://omvcostarica.info/geodesic-dome-home/feed/ 0 Food Security http://omvcostarica.info/food-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-security http://omvcostarica.info/food-security/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:03:43 +0000 admin http://omvcostarica.info/?p=6701 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 are not paranoid (although I love [...]

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