Environment

The War Against Plastics (1)

From way up above, our planet looks like a blue marble. Its name, Earth, is a misnomer indeed. It should be called Aqua or something like that, as the blue color comes from the water that covers more than...

Fuego Volcano of Guatemala Sudden Eruption on Sunday

The Fuego volcano of Guatemala erupted on Sunday afternoon, leaving at least 31 dead, buried neighborhoods, and ash columns over 6,000 meters high. The National Coordination Office for Disasters (Conred) reported that after the eruption of the volcano, rivers of...

Volunteer Neighbors Will Clean the Tibás Canton

It all began with a group of neighbors who organized themselves through social media. They worried about the amount of trash they saw on the streets, that despite the work done by the Municipality of Tibás, some people were...

Let’s Talk Turtles

Today is World Turtle Day! This annual celebration was created in 2000, by the American Tortoise Rescue group (ATR) and it is now popular around the world. Its purpose is to generate awareness, admiration, and respect, as well as...

Fifco Aspires to Be the First “Positive Water” Company in Costa Rica

Florida Ice and Farm Company (Fifco), through its Florida Bebidas division, became the 1st company to be "Neutral Water" in Central America in 2012, by efficiently using this resource to produce its products. Having this goal fulfilled, although ambitious, is...

Total Energy Waste Solutions Announces New Solid Waste Energy Park

Costa Rica is committed to achieving total environmental sustainability by 2021. True to this goal, about 95% of the country's energy needs are covered by renewable sources. Some issues persist, though. The Central American country, like many others around...

Carlos Alvarado Announced a Ban on Fossil Fuels in Costa Rica

Last Wednesday, May 16th, 2018, Costa Rica’s new president Carlos Alvarado announced a ban on the use of fossil fuels, according to Telesur TV news report. During his 2nd official speech, at the “Plaza de la Democracia” in San José,...

Costa Rica Recycles Only 6.6% of Its Daily Residues

Every day, Costa Ricans generate 4,000 tons of ordinary waste. Of this amount, 1,000 tons are deposited in rivers, vacant lots, and public roads. In this sense, 6.6% (264 tons) barely arrives at the collection centers to be processed. Although...

No Bees, No Agriculture

The pollinating action of bees is proven to be crucial for the plants' flora cycle. This importance is pointed out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), calculating that more than 70% of the 100...

Let´s give our planet a hand

Earth Day: Raising Environmental Awareness In a corner of the Milky Way a blue planet orbits a yellow dwarf sun. Home to several billion human beings, plants and animals, it has often been compared to a spaceship. Her name is...
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