What is an environmentalist? Can I call myself an environmentalist?
June 5th was World Environment Day. On June 15th, Costa Rica will celebrate its National Day of the Tree. Finca Cántaros Environmental Association has designated June as the “month […]
Theme of the Month on our Social Media: Environmental Education!
Let me describe two scenes for you, and then I want you to choose the one that you think best represents environmental education: 1. A group of children are gathered around […]
Theme of the month: migration!
In March 2020, the start of the seasonal migration of hundreds of warblers, tanagers and other Neotropical migratory songbirds was poignant and bittersweet for me. With the pandemic dramatically transforming […]
Finca Cántaros and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)
We are 11 days in to this much-anticipated new year. A year that is NOT 2020. And a year that kicks off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). How […]
2021 is upon us! And so is the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Are you looking forward to 2021? Maybe you share the dominant collective feeling about this exceptionally strange year with thousands, captured by the catchy Avenue Beat song: “f**k 2020… I am […]
Interview with “Las Dueñas”
I sat down to an interview with Portuguese aunt and niece Isabel and Ana Gomes da Silva one sunny day when they came to Finca Cántaros to deliver an aromatic […]
Plastics Pollution & Solutions
The last time I went surfing I broke my “paw,” also known as the fourth finger on my right hand. The nickname arose not from the absurd ball-shaped bandage it […]
Ever heard of a Helmet-headed Lizard?
Ever heard of a Helmet-headed Lizard? Me neither, until it was registered as a new species at Finca Cántaros! Our wildlife manager/“in-house biologist” David Rodríguez went out a’wandering one night, and […]
Interview with Cholo, owner of Mercado Viriteca, Sabalito (Part II)
When and why did you open Mercado Viriteca? Four years ago, the existing business in this location was about to close because it wasn’t working with just the sale of […]
Condos at Cántaros
When Gail Hull made the tough decision to put Finca Cántaros on the market, she worried about a potential buyer tearing down her beloved forest to build condominiums. Our serendipitous […]
