Green building in the mountains of Colombia…my adventures in building an eco-resort from the ground up (Step 1: building a “mud hut”) By: Vicky Betancourt

Monday, July 20th, 2009

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Architecture and green building have been passions of mine all of my life.  I’m a trained architect and have been involved in the US Green Building Council for years. Hence, it’s personally exciting for me as Coneybeare enters the green building and renewable energy spheres…

Armenia, Colombia is truly my second home. I lived in Colombia for many years before I moved to southern California and I return there as often as I can. Most recently, I’ve been manifesting my lifelong dream of building an eco-resort from scratch in a town deep in the mountains of Colombia, called Armenia.

While my architecture knowledge is being tested in this endeavor, I also had the chance to brush up on my green building skills by attending a mud-structure course in Portland, Oregon earlier this summer. I will continue to keep you abreast of developments in the green building and renewable energy industries while I share my personal process with this eco-resort.  More later….