Take a look at our new friend Rod Rylander’s latest project. He’s moving to Costa Rica today to co-found the International Center for Sustainability. They plan to have a month long gathering every year in January.
The main point, as I understand it, is to show the people of Central America and other developing regions that they don’t need and should not want our idiotic American consumerist lifestyle. Developing countries are in a good position to take advantage of technologies that make sense to improve their standard of living and learn what to avoid from our mistakes.
Rod is the right guy for the job. He’s been experimenting with and teaching methods of sustainable living for 30 years. Until today, he’s been living very comfortably in a small hand-built house in North Carolina.
His total housing expenses have been about $40 per month including taxes and community fees ($0 per month for utilities). I’ll show you how he did it when I get back.
In the meantime consider the Costa Rica gathering in January. They are accepting presenters as well as participants.
