A volunteer group, the Vicinos Naccion, has created and implemented a beach cleaning and protection education group for the three beaches of Ballena National Park: Playa Uvita, Playa Colonia, and Playa Pinuelas ecosystems.
When friends in the United States ask us about our life in Costa Rica, they often ask: “What do you do there? Aren’t you bored? How do you spend your time?”
It’s Saturday, when people have more time to read. A puff piece with a serious title in the New York Times is the most popular article in America’s leading newspaper today. Its title? “How Meditation May Change the Brain.” It’s written by the “skeptic” wife of a man who spent 10 days over the holidays [...]
By Rodgers Bestgen, Atenas. I find it hard to fathom how a high volume readership publication like AM Costa Rica could be so irresponsible reporting on the world terrorism situation and its possible effect on Costa Rica; See “World terrorism Fears Likely to Reverberate here” (http://www.amcostarica.com/100410.htm#31) What are you guys trying to do anyway? Needlessly scare [...]
The school is a not for profit project, serving Kinder-12th grade, which according to its website has a mission to, “create a bilingual educational setting…where students learn, explore, and grow with respect and attention to the environment, diversity and social aspects that exist around us.”
Where did man go wrong? The question sounds anachronistic in more ways than one. It’s a right question in general though, and a good starting point. Why is it important? Because core insights into the causes of why man is destroying the earth and humanity may make the remedy clear. Indeed, to my mind insight [...]
Belief systems are the bane of humankind. Usually belief systems are the foundation of religions. But atheism can be a belief system as well. Truth be told, there are two kinds of atheism—hard atheism, and soft atheism. The former is a belief system; the latter is an attitude. The basic ingredient of a belief system [...]
The Tropical Agricultural Research and Training opened a citrus germplasm bank in order to strengthen this variety of plants against various pests and diseases.
Unless you love snow and ice or the dramatic variation of four seasons, there is bound to be a Costa Rican region that will feel like paradise to you.
Exports to the United States rose 24.1% in 2010, according to figures provided by the Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER).
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