Living in Punta Mona, Costa Rica since 1995, Stephen was inspired to make a positive impact on the planet started Costa Rican Adventures, an educational eco-tour company striving to raise environmental awareness.
Brooks identified the problems facing small farmers and communities in Central America and Costa Rica and wanted to present possible solutions. In 2003, Stephen founded the Sustainable Solutions Caravan, a mission-driven, nonprofit organization promoting sustainable living through the use of alternative fuels.
Caravanning through Central America, Brooks and his team touched millions of lives through personal contact, front-page newspaper articles and countless international news programs. In 2005, Stephen co-founded Kopali Organics, a company, which sources and develops sustainable, organic products from small farms and small farm cooperatives around the world and is distributed throughout the United States.
Translating his knowledge of alternative fuel into action, Stephen was the cofounder of the Conscious Goods Alliance, which traveled the country as an eco showroom featuring coconut floors, bamboo paneling, natural latex cushions covered in hemp, recycled paper countertops, an alcohol fueled stove and solar panels providing electricity.
The bus brought together fourteen conscious companies as sponsors, working together to promote "Conscious Capitalism." In 2006, Stephen envisioned and co-founded Kopali Communities, an ultra ecological developer and builder of planned communities in Costa Rica. The first project, Eco-Villa Kopali, is a 45-acre community featuring a slow sand filtered water supply system, "Living Systems" waste disposal, alternative energies and permaculture and organic food supplies.
In 2007 Stephen also founded the Tacotal Eco-Village, a Permaculture based community of 33 families, homesteading their way to a more sustainable future. The inhabitants feature artists, healers, builders, activists and farmers from 5 different countries. Stephen's passion lies in seeking more sustainable ways to live our daily lives without compromising quality of life.
He is also passionate about cooking and eating unusual and exotic foods and he specializes in tropical fruit trees.
