Costa Rica Has Joined Earth Hour on March 23rd
The World Wildlife Federation (WWF) created an event, Earth Hour, which aims to help raise public awareness about the need to act on the climate change crisis. The event will be held on March 23rd at 8:30 pm for one hour. Costa Rica has signed up to join the global cause. In 2012, Earth Hour […]
A Community Comes Together to Help a Family
Dicter Mendoza, an ice cream vendor in Esperanza, and his family were awakened by a storm and heavy winds tearing through their home. He stated to the Tico Times “The first [part of the house] fell, then the others came soon after. When we got up there was nothing; no walls, no kitchen, everything was scattered.” […]
General Rainforest Facts
As the rainforest in Costa Rica is one of the most important ecosystems we have in the world, and it’s home to an astonishing 5% of the entire world’s animal population, we thought it’d be nice to brush up on our rainforest facts. Fact # 1: All of the world’s rainforests combined are home to […]
$3 Million Granted by World Bank to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions in Costa Rica
$3 million dollars will be received by Costa Rica to help further develop local projects that are being done to help Costa Rica reduce carbon emissions. These projects are being done through the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR), which is a global alliance that was created by the World Bank in an effort to provide […]
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