Environment
Municipality Takes Advantage from the Heights of Buildings in San José
The Municipality of San José started the construction of green roofs, thus becoming the first municipality to break into this field. A proof of this, it is the one installed at the top of the Central Hotel, located on...
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Environment
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...
Culture & Lifestyle
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,...
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Fundación SMA as Support Network for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Costa Rica
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a genetic and hereditary disease characterized by a loss of muscle strength due to...