by Chuhan Zhou | Aug 1, 2021 | Eco-Features, PURA VIDA: LIVING CR
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]As Costa Rica pursues ambitious waste management solutions on a vast nationwide scale, one grassroots composting collection project in Tamarindo is setting an impressive example for other communities to make a...
by Staff | Aug 22, 2020 | Eco-Features, Travel & Adventure
Reforesting Costa Rica The Fonafifo Program In the early parts of the 20th century, more than 75% of Costa Rica was forest. Stretching from ocean to ocean, it was a remarkable mix of tropical forests with trees hundreds of years old. The hardwoods were the first to...
by Staff | Aug 22, 2020 | Eco-Features, Travel & Adventure
[uxgallery id=”5″] “They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a...
by Staff | Jul 1, 2020 | Eco-Features
The Ocean’s Rainforest To paraphrase an old adage, “As go the coral reefs, so goes the planet.” Although they represent only about one ten-thousandth of the ocean floor (0.01%), coral reefs are essential for the existence of about one-quarter of sea...
by Marynes Fernandez | Jun 1, 2020 | Eco-Features
[vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_column_text] An Exercise in Awareness (Spanish below) At a glance, we see the world is changing quickly. The question is, how much are we consciously contributing to these changes? Social interactions,...
by Staff | May 2, 2020 | Eco-Features
Costa Rican Sea Hero and Shark Champion Given Costa Rica’s global reputation as an environmentally progressive country, this contrary track record may seem shocking: as recently as 2004, it was the largest exporter of shark products, including 8,000 tons of shark...
