All Articles Tagged With 2015 Costa Rica
Costa Rica to the Coast
We’ve had a great time our last few days at Rancho Mastatal, between horseback rides to waterfalls, practical classes in fermentation, food prep, and natural building, and small group time learning skills with the farm apprentices everyone is happy and exhausted. This evening we take on the farm team in an ultimate frisbee match before… Read More
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Rancho Mastatal
We arrived at Rancho Mastatal on Wednesday night and have been having a great time here ever since. Mastatal is an amazing permaculture farm and educational community. We received a tour of the farm the first day and got to try lots of interesting fruits that grow here on the property. Later we hiked through… Read More
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Cloud Forests and Quetzals
Two days ago we arrived at Paraiso Quetzal, a cloud forest lodge high in the Costa Rican mountains. On our way we stopped at a flower export company to see an example of a less sustainable company and think critically about their economic, social, and environmental incentives and effects. Everyone was happy to arrive at… Read More
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Scientist for the Day in Costa Rica
Here’s a blog post from the Costa Rica crew: 7/4 – Happy 4th of July! Today we were researcher for a day. We studied the biodiversity of the rainforest. We broke up into three groups to study the plant life in plots we marked out. We gave them cool names like Lou Ellen or Hong… Read More
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Welcome to Chilamate
Welcome to Chilamate! The Bridge to the Future crew has been thoroughly enjoying their time at the Chilamate Rainforest Ecological Retreat. Each experience-rich day begins as we wake to the cries of the nearby howler monkeys. Every day brings new adventures for all of the students, and our time together is filled with learning as… Read More
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Rancho Margot
The Costa Rica crew spent the day at Rancho Margot! Some of the crew started the day off with some rainforest yoga. After a pinto de gallo breakfast we kayaked in the Lago Arenal. Later in the day we returned to the ranch and milked the cows. The crew then took a tour of the… Read More
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Welcome Costa Rica Session II
Hey Bridge to the Future 9-dayers! Kiska and Remy here at staff training in Miami! We’re having a great time getting ready for our awesome adventure in Costa Rica! We’re especially excited to swap these ice cream bars for frozen chocolate covered bananas (available in tiendas across the country). Remy will meet you at the… Read More
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Welcome Costa Rica Bridge to the Future 2015
Hola Aventurer@s! Kiska and Robbie here at staff training in Miami! We’re super psyched to see you on Sunday at the start of our epic adventure! We’re especially excited about spending time at Rancho Mastatal after talking about it at training today. Be sure to check out the Rancho Margot video from CNN’s Next List… Read More
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