Environment

By Shane BrennanImagine a 12-day excursion down to Costa Rica where you could find not only beautiful beaches, but also college credit awaiting your arrival.This is the vision of three University students heading the Entrepreneurial Renewable Energy Project, a...

In Costa Rica, coffee growers have been forced to plant at higher and higher altitudes in recent years; this fall's crop in Columbia is expected to be down substantially due to heavy rainfall. July's harvest was down by nearly...

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will take part with 25 other heads of state, including U.S. President Barack Obama, on Sept. 22 for a climate change summit at the United Nations in New York City.The U.N. Secretariat selected Arias...

Does the Model Central American Country Live Up to its Big Green Reputation, Particularly When It Comes to Climate Control? Everyone needs something to believe in, and for many Latin American progressives, that something for years has been Costa...

Sandpoint Middle School eighth-grade student Devan Fitzpatrick has a pretty good idea what profession she wants to pursue when she is older. But just to be sure, she thought she should investigate it a little further, so she signed...

University of Costa Rica scientists discovered a new species of frog in a mountainous region of their country. The frog is about 2 cm. in length and lives in the Altamira-Valle de Silencio area at an altitude of around...

SAN JOSÉ, IPS) - The Diquís dam, the largest hydroelectric project in Central America, is worrying indigenous communities because Costa Rica’s state power company has excluded them from the decision-making process, in spite of international treaties that stipulate that...

Costa Rican cities are starting to see yellow recycling containers. The goal – to capture plastic bottles, newspapers, aluminum cans and paper cartons.Costa Rica's waste management plans are expected to improve dramatically over the next year, providing new opportunities...

One year and a continent apart, two very different communities embarked on two very similar yet revolutionary ecosystem marketing schemes.by Alice KennyNew York City and the Costa Rican Paradise of Heredia each embarked on pioneering efforts to harvest the...

Liberia, Costa Rica » Sailing down Costa Rica's Tempisque River on an eco-tour, I watched a crocodile devour a bass with one gulp. It took only a few seconds. The croc's head emerged from the muddy waters near the...