My dad's contact in Gaviotas has a son exactly my age, Ricardo. He speaks English e very well, so for the next week, he was my guide to this amazing place. The first thing he pointed me was all the fantastic technology that had been invented there. That was why my dad was there and could see why he was excited. They have thes great windmills to generate power and solar panels to heat water. They even use cow dung to power their hospital Ricardo told me that they produce 70% of all their own energy and food, and they produce very little waste. The trees they planted more than compensate for any greenhouse gases they emit. What's more, the technology they've developed here is used in several other places in Central and South America, and they don't charge a peso. It's free for everyone