Results containing 'sustainability'
Date: 4/15/2015
How do you ruin a marine paradise? According to The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) it’s simple: start dredging for phosphate and dumping the residue back in the...
Date: 2/23/2015
Tres Santos is a multimillion-dollar, 1,000-acre community planned for the historical Todos Santos fishing village north of Cabo San Lucas. The project is set to start construction this summer with completion of the first phase scheduled for fall...
Date: 3/3/2014
Los Cabos has long been known as a place of stunning natural beauty, and when it comes to beach resorts, golf, fishing and partying, Cabo San Lucas has been on the cutting edge for years. Cabo is a popular destination, and a lot of money is spent here. However, Cabo isn’t...
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Date: 8/30/2013
Todos Santos is a small artist, fishing and agricultural village about 40 minutes north of Cabo San Lucas via Federal Highway 19. Todos Santos was named one of Mexico’s Pueblos Mágicos (Magical Towns) in 2006. A new mega project called “Playa Santos” has been proposed just south of Todos Santos. The project is presented by a Mexican real estate development corporation called MIRA, a subsidiary of the Colorado-based real estate investment firm Black Creek Group.
The land acquired by MIRA and Black Creek Group totals 414 hectares (1,025 acres) and spans both the west side of Highway 19 to the coastline, including...
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Date: 5/27/2013
With an alarming 38 % of the children in Baja California identified with child obesity, the western state of the Republic of Mexico, is moving rapidly with sweeping changes to help radically reduce those high numbers which rank the country as the nation with the highest rate of child obesity in the world. Earlier this year, the Senate of Mexico approved a reform to help in its fight against child obesity. The proposed changes were submitted by the general secretary of the national union of education workers, Rafael Ochoa Guzman.
The most glaring change in the reform is at the elementary school...
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Date: 3/19/2013
The Sheraton Hacienda del Mar Resort/Hotel will be host of a three day Innovators Symposium, occurring May 15-18, 2013. The gala event is the Executive Symposium for Innovators in Coastal Development. A bilingual gathering in Los Cabos, Mexico that will bring together 150 innovators currently involved in designing, financing, constructing and operating socially and environmentally sustainable coastal tourism developments.
The festivities and idea are the brainchild of the organization, CREST; The Center for Responsible Travel. An non-profit agency with offices in both Washington, DC and at Stanford University; which hosted the first innovators symposium in 2010 at their Palo Alto, California campus...
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Date: 12/21/2012
“Is water in Cabo safe to drink from the tap or filter?” – Almost everyone coming to Cabo.
For the longest of time, dating back to the 1970's, 80's and 90's, one of the most commonly asked questions about Mexico has been whether the country's tap water was safe. American, Canadian and European concerns on whether the water in Mexico was safe enough to use while brushing their teeth or more specifically; if the water was safe enough to drink.
That all important health issue regarding the quality of tap water in Cabo San Lucas is still being questioned even as the country...
Date: 1/29/2014
Cabo is more than just beaches and sun and there is a strong Green movement in the...