Projects & concepts
Beautiful ideas, on solid ground.
The Purpose Quest collects the projects and concepts I am working on. Each one starts with careful research, aims to be beautiful, and stays honest about what is still open.
Featured exploration
The beauty and ingenuity of agroecology
How soil, water, plants and animals work together in Costa Rica’s dry and humid tropics, and why the most sophisticated systems are often the most beautiful.
~90%
less soil erosion when crops grow under mulch instead of after burning
< 10 years
for soils under regrowing tropical forest to reach 90% of old-growth levels
Dec–May
native trees in flower through the dry season
Explorations
What I am exploring
Approach
How the work is done
- 01
Research before decisions
Every figure comes with a source and a confidence rating. Estimates are shown as estimates.
- 02
Beauty is a goal
The most beautiful elements should also be the most useful ones. Function and delight are designed together.
- 03
Open questions stay open
What is not known yet is written down as an open question, not filled with something that merely sounds right.