Could we be witnessing the beginnings of a green movement in Nicaragua real estate?

On a hillside a few kilometers south of San Juan del Sur on Nicaragua’s Pacfic coast, a green community, completely off-grid, is being born.

A team from Earthship Biotecture (gurus in green building from the US) and a local Nicaraguan crew have joined forces to build the first Nicaraguan Earthship - a house made out of all recycled materials that generates its own energy, recyles its own waste and harvests its own water.

A day-to-day property construction blog is being written and we are currently on Day 24.

If you are interested in the green movement or green real estate of any kind - this is something to watch. In the words of Dave Kniffen:

Developments happen everywhere, so we’ve made a choice on how we are going to develop. If we don’t do it this way, someone else will do it their way. Maybe our way helps the local community, instead of using them to help ourselves. Maybe our way is a little better for the environment than the conventional build. At the end of the day though, it’s a logical decision.

We live in a world, especially in Nicaragua, of limited resources. A sustainable home gives you total freedom and independence. The decision to build or live in an “off grid” home is not moral, it just makes sense. Who you rely on is who controls your life.

Create your own electricity, capture your own water, treat your own sewage, and grow your own food and then you are not talking about ideals of independence or freedom, you’re living them.

Read more about Dave’s vision for this green real estate community and help spread the word.