Global Studies

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"Costa Rica is undeniably a nature-lovers'paradise: home to moss-draped cloud forest, rainforest wilderness, remote turtle-nesting beaches and volcanic peaks."

Video - "Home to more biodiversity than either Europe or North America, Costa Rica has shown the world how to benefit from the environment without destroying it."

Information on travel advisories, required immunizations, visa information, and where to go for help within the country.

"Here, visitors enjoy lovely tropical beaches, grand adventures, the wonders of nature, and scintillating culture; all the necessary components of an ideal vacation. No wonder, thousands have made Costa Rica their top travel choice!"

Students studying Spanish at Hebron Academy visit Costa Rica for an engaging, challenging cultural adventure.

Come with us as we travel across Costa Rica and see it like you've never seen it before. Full High Resolution 1080p, full HD stereo sound. Stunning wildlife, landscapes, towns and places.

Leslie Howle helps save the wild animals illegally kept as pets in Costa Rica. In her neighborhood alone, she estimates over half of all households are in possession of an animal taken from the jungle.

The Rescue Center is dedicated to protect and help endangered Costa Rican wildlife indigenous to our beautiful country. First and foremost, our goal is to ensure the welfare of injured animals and help them recover from their physical and psychological wounds.

Thousands of parrots, monkeys, iguanas, toucans, turtles and other rainforest animals are kept as exotic pets in Costa Rica, a practice putting some species at risk, according to experts.

Costa Rica’s biodiversity is the pride of the world – but it also attracts plenty of less than savory individuals and cartels who want to use Costa Rica’s wildlife for their own gain. Wildlife trafficking – the removal of animals from the wild and selling them on – is a big problem for Costa Rica’s native species.

Rancho Mastatal is an education center, working permaculture farm, lodge and community rooted in environmental sustainability, meaningful, place-based livelihoods, and caring relationships.

In this fast world, the resources are limited but everyone should get in an equal portion. It is possible i many people work together to protect the nature and develop a sustainable world. So it’s high time for us find solutions in order to live more sustainable lives. Good thing is that Permaculture centers are popping up all over the world to meet these needs. Over the last year, I’ve visited many Permaculture centers and talked with many educators and ecologists about the best places to learn about sustainability and Permaculture in Costa Rica.

VerdEnergia Pacifica is a cooperatively-owned permaculture community and reforestation project located in the rural mountains of Puriscal, Costa Rica.

The Monkey Farm is in its infancy, (started in December of 2013) but is in the process of becoming an organic self-sufficient farm where volunteers from all over the world come and live at the farm and grow the food to feed themselves using permaculture methods, care for the farm animals which in turn provide food for them (eggs, milk, meat), and care for the monkeys and wildlife that we will rescue.

The Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) is located on a Permaculture demonstration site in The Channon NSW, and is headed by Geoff & Nadia Lawton. We specialize in education & training worldwide. We also provide daily Permaculture news and information via permaculturenews.org. The Permaculture Research Institute is a not-for-profit organisation, limited by guarantee.

La Ecovilla is an outstanding success, even in a slow market, because of our permaculture gardens, fiber-optic internet, amazing drinking water and community-owned alternative school. For detailed information on the availability of our Lots and Homes, click here or get in touch now if you are interested.

Costa Rica has been making remarkable progress in sustainable development, the country remains committed to coping with fragility and vulnerability that threaten national capacity to build a resilient future for all. The country is facing new challenges arising in addition to the persistent gaps in society.

The Partnerships for SDGs online platform is United Nations’ global registry of voluntary commitments and multi-stakeholder partnerships made in support of sustainable development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The Partnerships for SDGs platform also facilitates the sharing knowledge and expertise among multi-stakeholder SDG-related partnerships and voluntary commitments, and for providing periodic updates on their progress.

If you plan to teach English in Costa Rica, you arguably chose the best option in Central America. Not only does it have countless job opportunities, but the country is beautiful and easy for Westerners to acclimate to. This post helps you to find a job to teach English in Costa Rica and build a happy life.

The government of Costa Rica has created an Alliance for Bilingualism that will support its strategy to improve the standard of English teaching in the country, an area a government press release defined “a national priority.”

The Tico Times, founded in 1956, is a source of independent, unique and quality journalism in Costa Rica and Central America. We connect communities and cultures throughout Costa Rica, as well as people around the world who are interested in our country and region. We are working to build a sustainable, ethical and environmentally responsible media organization.

CostaRica.Org & My Costa Rica is an international team of travel professionals located in both the USA and Costa Rica. My Costa Rica is a local tour operator located in San Jose, Costa Rica. We are accredited by the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) & Chamber (CANATUR) and are members of the Better Business Bureau. In order to improve our services even further, we opened our travel agency, CostaRica.Org, in Colorado in 2019. Since we began operations in 2004, we have helped thousands of people plan their vacations to tropical paradise. We’d love the opportunity to help you with your vacations as well!