Environment

New Talamanca Stores Should Avoid Using Plastic Straws to Obtain the Municipal Patent

New businesses in Talamanca must commit to the prohibition of the use of plastic straws in order to obtain the municipal patent. The Municipal Council of that canton approved last January, unanimously, a motion to fight to declare itself free...

Costa Rica Increases its Levels of Glass Recycling and Recovery

In this year 2019 it has been established that Costa Rica, is in second place of all Central American countries with regards to recovery and recycle of glass, that is, it contributes with 14% of the total glass that...

Sea Sponges: Key Biological Organisms in Combating the Climate Crisis

A group of Spanish researchers, from the Center for Advanced Studies in Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), found that sea sponges retain about 48 million tons of silicon per year in the oceans, which contributes to mitigating the greenhouse effect and global...

Puerto Viejo Community Rejects Construction of a Berth on the Marine Platform

The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) has awarded the company NÁUTICA JJ S.A. the construction of a 75-meter long berth on the marine platform of Puerto Viejo, Limón, a project valued at ¢ 415 million. Local tourism and environmental...

School in Platanar de San Carlos Evacuated Due to Fumigation in Nearby Pineapple Plantation

In Platanar de Florencia de San Carlos, 21 students, their teachers, and even the principal of "La Ceiba" school were transferred to the local medical center and to the San Carlos Hospital. The "Bella Vista" pineapple company allegedly fumigated...

Environmentalists Celebrate Expiration of the Last Trawling License in Costa Rica

Last Friday, August 16th, 2019, the last license for semi-industrial trawling shrimp fishing granted in the country, which generated satisfaction in the environmental sector, expired. The permission given by the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Incopesca), was...

Pre-Conference on Climate Change Will Talk About Moratorium on the Pineapple Expansion

The United Nations (UN) has pointed to agribusiness as responsible for aggravating the Climate Crisis, mainly due to the impacts resulting from the change in land use, that is, deforestation. Meanwhile, in Costa Rica, the environmental crime product of the...

Green Initiative Proposes Reforesting the GAM to Combat Climate Change

Not long ago, San José was a wild city. Interwoven with the novelty of urban and natural green, the rich biodiversity is quickly being lost, experts warn. "Biodiver-City" is an initiative that through the reforestation and protection of the biological...

High Vibrational Living and Why You Need To Consider It

High vibrational living!? You may have heard this buzz word around the water cooler lately and wondered to yourself, what does it mean? Google, Siri help define this. As one begins to find a quest to define high vibrational living,...

Volunteers Will Collect Waste and Reforest the Shore of Arenal Lake

A group of volunteers from San Carlos organizations plan to carry out a campaign of waste cleaning and reforestation of some sectors of Arenal Lake, in La Fortuna de San Carlos. That activity will be done next Saturday, August 24th,...
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When Wellness Begins at Home

By Nidia Zúñiga Pérez Costa Rica has become well known as a place for wellness. People come here to enjoy nature,...