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Sunday, April 18, 2010
2 yrs ago, we decided, "We should be living like this everyday."
After two years of wishing, hoping, dreaming, planning and talking and talking and talking... Today is the day I really felt the full impact of the move that we are making.
I mean, this is REALLY happening!
We are really quitting our jobs, selling our possesions and heading off into the great unknown of the Central American jungle... In two months! Everything in our lives since we met has been leading up to this moment. We'd made the leap of faith, started opening our minds to the possibility of a completely different way of life and started educating ourselves on ways to survive independent of "the system."
Our quest for knowledge led us to urban permaculture farms in Silverlake, desert oasis' in the Mojave and earthbag building villages tucked away behind suburban jungles. Each step of the journey was like a confirmation from the universe gently urging us on. Don't turn back now. Just keep on keepin' on the road that you chose... The universe, orrrrrr Michael Jackson. Who's to say, really?
And today... Today we started searching for land in Costa Rica. I'd been avoiding this step, because it's the step that requires the one thing we don't have - 100% of the capital. All my life it seems that cashflow has stood between me and the splendor of my imagination. But not today. Today I saw that a dream that seemed completely beyond our reach individually, is more than feasible when we join forces with other earth-keepers.
I started working up the numbers for a Core Collective (7+ dedicated founding members) to see where we really stand financially and to give potential members an idea of what the investment might be:
LAND SPECS
LOCATION | WEB ADDRESS | SIZE/COST | ADDITIONAL INFO |
Lake Arenal, Costa Rica | 28.2 acres for $155K | $15K each for 10 members | |
Near San Jose, Costa Rica | 22.2 ACRES for $85K | $8.5K each for 10 members | |
Nicoya Pennisula, Costa Rica | 141 acres for $395K | $39.5K each for 10 members | |
La Cangreja, Costa Rica | 47 acres for $90K | $9K for 10 members | |
Osa Penninsula, Costa Rica | 40 acres for $185K | $18.5K for 10 members | |
Hojanja, Costa Rica | 128 acres for $676K neg. | ||
San Gerardo de Dota, Cartago, Costa Rica | 514 acres for $395K | $39.5 for 10ppl $13K for 30 families |
I will continue updating this information, so check back often!
Peace and Wellness, Family.
Here we go!
3 comments:
wow, these properties are amazing. i particularly like the ones with mountain views! i'm going to show these to bob and get back to you!
hey sister! yeah. i'm looking forward to bouncing some of this stuff off of you guys as far as location. i've been comparing cost and property tax info today.
Hello Refugee,
here is writing Manuel. My spiritual research for a better and natural live broth me to your vision about a natural communitie in costa rica.
I am a worker for and with natur. My main skills are the cultivation of hearbs and the individual work with natur materials to save trees and bring the mind of stresses people to a healty place. I am good equiped for stayin in a forest without comfort for a time to build natual living strucktures out of nothing just nature. I will arrive in Costa Rica this spring time. I lived in a communitie in netherland and like to help for this projekt in costa rica. Is your vision still runnig? Do you have news from this spots there?
best greeting Manuel G. M.
botanix@gmx.de
j
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