Posts Tagged ‘guatemala’

Papr’s view: Why we’re focusing on developing sustainable causes

By John on May 4, 2011 | Category: Blog | Tags: 75234, adbongo, adbongo inc, advertising, aquaponics, architecture, austin, best, brand, business accelerator, business development leadership, business development strategy, cause business incubator, cause marketing, consulting, cool, corporate social responsibility, dallas, earthship, economic development, executive firms, financial system, fun, good, graphic design, green, green advertising agency, guatemala, just cause, lightworkers, marketing, new economy, organic advertising, organic business consultants, organic business development, papr, paradigm shift, people, pioneer, planet, preparedness, profit, public relations companies, recommended, self sustaining homes, small business development program, sustainable building, sustainable business framework, sustainable incubator, top, triple bottom line, waste management, zero waste | No Comments

As Adbongo was being formed in 2006, the world wide financial system was about to collapse. Up until then, cause marketing and green business practices were seen as little more than a gimmick by the rest of the business world. After the dust from the crash of 2008 had begun to clear, it soon came to light that sustainable business’, operating under the “triple bottom line (people, planet, profit),” were continuing to move along and prosper. While many big business’ had been running on an empty tank, over the speed limit while looking at the map upside-down, sustainable business’ had been borrowing lightly, anchoring themselves solidly in their local communities, poised for the unexpected. Apparently it pays to do right. Read more …

AFRETLAIN, A PROJECT TO REAWAKEN THE MAYA SPIRIT

By John on March 9, 2011 | Category: Blog,News | Tags: 2012, adbongo, afretlain, branding, business approach to permaculture, business development strategy, cause business incubator, cause marketing, chiul, city planning, civil war, community, corporate social responsibility, creator, culture, dallas, eagle and condor, earthship, education center, god, green advertising agency, green projects, guatemala, indigenous, local leadership, mayans, organic business consulting, public relations companies, pyramids, quiche, school building, small business development program, spirituality, sustainability, sustainable, texas | No Comments

We have accepted our first international incubator project.

MISSION:

The global healing of the society of Chiul, and the rebirth of the heart of each inhabitant to create unity within the community and Guatemala.

VISION:

Chiul is a healthy, abundant, sustainable, safe and awakened society. Each inhabitant has access to an education that not only awakens their natural intelligence but also their spiritual intelligence and thus activates their specific gift to the world and their Mayan knowledge. The inhabitants of Chiul live well from the products of their gifts and talents, sharing them with the whole world. All people globally have a specific field in which to use their gift through the project Afretlain Maya in Chiul. Read more …

The scoop on satellite Earthship office

By John on October 10, 2010 | Category: News | Tags: adbongo, branding, business consulting firms, business development advisor, business development manager, business development services, business incubator, cause marketing, consultants, csr, dallas, entreprenuers, executive firms, green advertising agency, green builders, guatemala, john bush, michael reynolds, organic business development, sustainable business development, texas | No Comments

At the beginning of October, Adbongo’s John Bush tripped down south to tropical storm beleaguered Central America to finalize office plans with celebrity architect and earthship inventor, Michael Reynolds. Read more …

Announcing Plans to build a net-zero Earthship

By John on August 26, 2010 | Category: Blog,News | Tags: 0 carbon, austin, biotecture, builder, business consulting firms, business development, business development advisor, business development leadership, business development manager, Dallas guerilla marketing, dallas pr, earth homes, earthships, eco building, eco friendly house, executive firm, green builder, green buildings, grow your own food, guatemala, john bush, lake atitlan, leed, michael reynolds, nm, rain catching, rammed earth, retaining wall, sustainability, taos, water | 1 Comment

A few months ago, Adbongo announced plans to build an Earthship satellite office on our secret lair mountaintop property in Central America. Now, we’ve prepped the land, built the retaining wall, planted fruit trees (to add to the banana, coffee, jacote and papaya trees which were already there). It’s time to design and build.