Today’s featured Harmony staff is Dennis. He’s originally from Limon, Costa Rica, and has worked at the Harmony Hotel for a while now – even pre-John and Susan. He says that the hotel has seen many great changes in the past couple of years.
I asked if he likes to surf. “No,” he said. He prefers soccer, or football, or whatever it’s called down there.
I was digging through my photos from Nosara and found this one, taken from the plane. It looks like smoke columns billowing out of the middle of forest land.
Does any one have any idea what this is? A forest fire? A factory hidden under the canopy of trees?
That looks like an awful lot of smoke there..
Harmony guest DJ Spooky has a track on the Yoko Ono album that came out last week. The album is called Yes, I’m A Witch, and the track is called “Rising.”
“This is just a quick email about a project I’m really happy about. I’ve been a big Yoko Ono fan for years, and this is a mini project we put together a while ago,” Paul wrote.
One of the highlights of my visit was a culinary one – definitely worth a stop especially if you are travelling over-road to Liberia – this seemingly ageless spot for local food was really special, locals also call it the tortilla factory. It is in Santa Cruz and you will have to ask the locals how to get there, you sorta drive through town and its on the far end just after the main bit with the shops ends. They had a number of stews, some veggies, and the most amazing fresh baked tortillas. The women there made us plates with lots of variety so we could try it all and it was simple, tasty and filled with good vibes – happy eating.
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In honor of Presidents’ Day, Treehugger asks readers: Which US president has been the best conservationist?
You can even vote in their online poll.
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Why did sea life fail to form in the artificial reefs created by used tires? The Associated Press asked some scientists about it:
“No one can say with certainty why the idea does not work, but one problem is that unlike large ships that have been sunk for reefs, tires are too light. They can be swept away by the tides and powerful storms before marine life has a chance to attach. Some scientists also believe the rubber leaches toxins.”
(Photo from Anastasia Walsh/Sun Sentinel, via Associated Press)
Lee Hirsch, the director of Amandla!, brought up an interesting idea over dinner at La Luna (Paul’s favorite restaurant in Nosara).
“Remember the debt clock?†he asked. He was talking about that giant odometer-like LED display that hung out for years in New York City that kept a minute-to-minute tally on the increasing national debt. “We need something like that for global warming,†Lee says. “What would be the best way to dramatize global warming on a streetcorner in New York?â€
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