Tag: Environment
What Steps Have The Costa Rican Population Taken To Counter Climate Change?
Climate Change is an issue that today generates a direct impact on citizens, this includes their buying...
The “Silly Bird” (Pájaro Bobo), A Colorful Bird with Unique Song and Beautiful Tail
The so-called “Silly bird” (Pájaro Bobo) belongs to the Momotidae bird family. In Costa Rica, this family...
Jerhy Rivera: another Costa Rican Indigenous Leader Assassinated
After less than a year of the indigenous environmental leader Sergio Rojas having been killed, Costa Rica...
Is Mankind Destroying Planet Earth?
Disasters are natural or human-made events that negatively affect daily life, industry, environment, etc., often leading to permanent changes in human societies...
Costa Rica: A Country Dedicated to Environmental Conservation
Pollution control and natural resource management have allowed Costa Rica to be the 3rd nation in the world that best conserves the...
Get to Know Carara National Park, a Lush Tropical Paradise with an Amazing Abundance...
Carara is located in the transitional zone between the dry and wet forests of the Pacific region....
Have You Visited the Volcán Poás National Park?
Those tourists who seek to encounter volcanoes firsthand and up-close should come to Costa Rica as their...
Palo Verde National Park: A Birdwatchers' Heaven in Guanacaste
Located along the banks of the Tempisque River, Palo Verde National Park is one of the best...
The Balance of Nature: How Delicate Is It?
The balance of nature may be disturbed by various causes. Events such as cataclysms are geological phenomena that alter the conditions of...
Have you Explored Río Térraba? It is Costa Rica's Largest River
The Térraba River, located in the southern Región Brunca in Costa Rica, is the largest in the country
“Catarata De La Paz”: A Breathtaking Natural Wonder in Alajuela
We cannot always have a month or even a week of vacation. However, a nature excursion outside the city to break the...
Discover the Most Attractive Mirador of Costa Rica
They say that from above everything looks better perhaps, that is why many of us love the mirador
Discover 3 Amazing Places for Hiking in Costa Rica
Without a doubt, Costa Rica has spectacular natural landscapes, which are best discovered with a good walk
Imagine Costa Rica with no Mountains; Now Let's Celebrate International Mountain Day
Mountains are actually extremely important (they do have their own holiday!) and integral to life on our planet for human beings, animals, plants —pretty much the entire global ecosystem. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the body responsible for organizing this worldwide commemoration
Meet Jennifer Leigh Smith And Community Carbon Trees-Costa Rica
In our country there are people focused on doing much good to those around them and to their natural surroundings
Use of Agrochemicals Impacts Bee Populations in Costa Rica!
To public opinion, in general; to the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and his cabinet staff in particular…
eFlora App: The New Partner for Environmental and Tourism Education
To know precisely the name and other characteristics of the different species of national trees, there is a new digital support tool:...
Use of Herbicides in Public Places Triggers Alert for Health Affectation
The Ministry of Health alerts the population for the serious affectation of health that can cause the use of herbicides registered as...
Municipality Installed 160 Bicycle Racks in San José’s Public Spaces
With the objective of facilitating urban cycling and so that the users of the bike path have a safe place for their...
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.
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,...
Recycling Plastics in Costa Rica: A Challenge to Be Met
Costa Rica discards 564 tons of plastic daily, which, instead of being used for recycling, are accumulated in landfills or left in the environment....
Do You Know Why Mosquitoes Always Choose You?
When summer comes, mosquitoes arrive. Nothing ruins a perfect evening than its buzzing, which warns that a mosquito is looking for hot food. There...
Did You Know that Bats Are Actually Our Farmers’ Allies?
The false belief that all bats suck the blood of animals and people has led people to kill them. But it turns out that...
Exploring Pachamama: One of Costa Rica’s Largest Spiritual Eco-Communities
It’s clear from the moment you step foot inside Pachamama’s 500-acre jungle oasis, you are entering a unique, contemplative space, built with intent for...
Airplane Stelae Affect Climate More than Their CO2 Emissions
Airplanes, with their noise, their consumption of huge amounts of fuel and their emissions, are one of the human creations that most alter the...
Inside Look at Tambor Bay Turtles – How local citizens banded together to...
The residents of Tambor never dreamed they had a secret treasure on their beaches arriving year after year. A group of curious, nature-loving residents...
Let’s Take Care of Our Beaches, Avoid Marine Pollution
Costa Rica is a wonderful ecological paradise, but we all have to be on the alert for avoiding environmental problems that affect its eco-health....
Terremoto! What Is Going On ln Costa Rica?
No matter how jaded one can be, when the earth shakes, and shakes hard like it did this Sunday at the border between Costa...
Arduous Way of Costa Rica to Go beyond Its Fame of Sustainable Country
An advertising postcard of Costa Rica shows a privileged country for substantial -intense rains- water and rivers, hydroelectric development benefited from allowing...
Amphibian Decrease Associated with Pollution and Climate Change, according to the UCR
Diseases, environmental pollution, habitat loss, and climate change point to being the main cause of the decline of these animals, says an...
Costa Rica’s Geo Thermal Convection Dome as a Wonder of the World
Every country has its characteristic; the richness that makes it special or authentic. In this sense, Costa Rica is very fortunate to...
Guanacaste Would Be the 1st Province to Eliminate the Use of Straws and Plastic...
The beautiful province of Guanacaste could eliminate the use and commercialization of straws and plastic bags, very soon. The initiative was born...
Rice Factory Discontinues Pesticides by Inaugurating Its Own Bio-Lab
The Costa Rican rice producer "Grupo Pelón" opened its bio-lab on Friday (yesterday) with which it will create its own natural products...
Guanacaste Communities Had Picnics to Clean and Save the Rivers
On Sunday, March 10th, 2019, a group of students, an organization, and the municipality of Guanacaste made picnics and activities in the...
Envision Festival’s Eco Crew is Still Collecting Trash Left by Unregulated Merchants
Playa Hermosa Beach, Costa Rica: On Saturday, March 9th 2019, Founders of Envision Festival, the event's green team and a crew of...
Costa Rica’s Aspires In Becoming Latin America’s First Nation to Completely Eliminate Fossil Fuels
The government of President Carlos Alvarado launched last month of February a plan to eliminate the use of fossil fuels by 2050 with which...
President Carlos Alvarado Will Hold a Work Tour in the United States from March...
From March 10th to 15th, 2019, President Carlos Alvarado will participate in a work tour in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Seattle. There, he...
An Inmediate Investigation Is Demanded On Numerous Irregularities Going On In “Parque Manuel Antonio”
The deputy president of the Tourism Commission, Carmen Chan requested that an investigation is opened on the management and operation of the “Parque Manuel...
How to Manage Garbage Properly
Did you know that a considerable part of what you dump can be recycled? Many items that can have a secondary use often end...
