Environment

Carbon-based fuels, there's nothing more harmful to our planet than that. Carbon energy comes from a time when people didn't think that the earth would receive any damage. While heavy industrialized countries look away from the peril, Costa Rica...

Costa Rica is known in the last decades for its advances in environmental awareness. The country has had great numbers in green technology since its promise to be in 2021 the first carbon neutral nation worldwide. Achieving 299 days...

Science bases itself in evolution, and evolution brings development to society, whether is human or not. When we think of science, we think of Europe, Asia or North America. Costa Rica isn't exactly the name that comes to mind...

Few know it but Osa Peninsula concentrates the largest amount of gold in Costa Rica –especially in Corcovado National Park- which attracts a considerable number of local artisan miners. Yet even mining is prohibited within the Corcovado’s limits, its...

The Central American country is among the 15 finalists of the National Geographic World Legacy Awards. NatGeo gives these to honor the companies, organizations and destinations that lead the way in the best practices on tourism.The Cayuga Collection destination...

Degradation of the product lasts 18 months; plastic lasts 20 years or more. Researchers consider using new material to make new products.Plastic used in the country’s production of bananas would reach a length of approximately thirty-nine (39) times around...

Thousands of foreigners from a wide variety of countries have chosen Costa Rica as the best place to retire.  Certainly the world-class health system, the amazing biodiversity and sheer beauty, the well-designed infrastructure, the special visa application for retirees,...

Even though U.S. President-elect Trump appears to be taking the States on an environmental backslide, other countries are stepping up to protect their own environments and their natural resources. Slovenia, a small eastern European country, has just become the...

Countries all around the world are banning GM foods and products, the pesticides used to grow them, or placing severe restrictions on their use. In fact, people all over the world are organizing mass demonstrations, and resisting the biotech...

All around the world, different countries are considering the question of whether to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, as well as the growing of hemp for industrial uses. There have been any number of reports and studies to gain...