James of Olas and Eric of Hartwood talk about the Paradise that Tulum is with Ralph Lauren Magazine ” Once a hippie hideaway, Tulum has emerged as a destination for the fashionable to decompress and spiritually recharge “s we enter Hartwood, an open-air restaurant located, as its website says, “on the jungle side [...]
Tulum is building a new recycling depot!
This is the best news we have had all year. A committee of concerned and influential citizens have come together to build a new recycling depot in Tulum! The struggle for recycling plastics, paper and more is now over, the final sustainable practice that Tulum has long been waiting for! The ground will be broken [...]
Is it the end of the world as we know it? and do we feel fine?
This REM song has been in our heads all day…did they know something that we did not? Is today really the end of the world? According to our neighbors here in Tulum, Mexico, a mayan community and home to the Tulum ruins, the world is not ending today, but it is the birth of [...]
More sustainable tour options in Tulum – Catamaran tours
We love finding great people who do great things. Fernando, the owner of a catamaran in Tulum is one of those people, building interesting tours in Tulum that sustain the beauty and delicate eco-system that visitors find in Tulum. As a marine archeologist and trained boat cpatain, Fernando found his calling as a young boy [...]
New sustainable travel options in Tulum at Casa de las Olas!
The new bikes are in! Casa de las Olas has added another dimension to their sustainable living practices by adding bikes as an option for guests! No more rental cars needed to cruise around and check out restaurants, the Tulum Ruins or travel to Cesiak. If you are up for a bit of a slow [...]
OH! Food Workshop was a great success! Eric Werner rocked it!
November 29 to December 5, 2012 marked the first OH! Food Workshop, a sustainable class in cooking with Hartwood Restaurant Chef and his more than capable staff, at Casa de las Olas and of course, Hartwood Restaurant. The 5 night stay at Casa de las Olas provided guests with a fine example of sustainable building [...]
Sustainable and ingenius – Nature makes more music
Our trees make music every day, the waves make even more. When you add the wind you get a natural symphony that lulls you to sleep or just keeps you occupied on the beach. What we have not tried yet is a manipulation of natural sounds to create yet another dimension to sustainable music. This [...]
Mayan Monday – a great description of Mexico and its gifts
We stumbled up a wonderful statement from the Tourism Board of Mexico, describing all things that we love about Mexico and the Riviera Maya. We already know all of this, and with our little piece of paradise, share what we know in Tulum. What we love about this description is the eloquence, the pointed descriptions [...]
Mayan Monday – The secret to Copal and the many uses of this tree resin
During a dinner at a local restaurant that uses copal to keep the mosquitos away, a visitor asked what copal was and where it came from. Our answer, embarrassingly, was incomplete. ‘It is a natural resin that keeps mosquitos away’. (eyes rolled and forks went into the plates of food) This prompted an investigation of [...]
Smart phone apps for sustainability education and measurement
Now this is fun! There are some great sustainable education and measurement apps that can be downloaded to your smartphone. Seriously! and are enjoying them. Sustainability is one of those words that many people use but they are not sure really what it means or entails. If you are deeply rooted into sustainable movement, you [...]
