Eco Friendly Costa Rica

When it comes to the earth’s eco-system, Costa Rica cares – as they should considering Costa Rica contains almost 6% of the entire world’s biodiversity. Costa Rica is a leading country in sustainability, reforestation, alternative fuels, and eco-friendly tourism.

The desire to protect their environment may not be a new one – in fact, in 1828, the government was told to "to fight for the conservation and reforestation of mountains and plantations. Still, new surges of eco-friendly thought are creating a largely sustainable country.

Energy and Sustainability

In 2013, Costa Rica was named No. 2 in environmental sustainability (the No. 1 spot went to Switzerland.) From then, they only grew. As of 2015, Costa Rica has been running only on renewable energy sources. Hydroelectric power and wind power are two of the commonly used power systems throughout the country. The country’s hope is to be fully carbon neutral in a few years.

Reforestation

When it comes to reforestation, Costa Rica knows where it has been and where it is going. Over 65 years ago, Costa Rica was ¾ forest. But by 1983, the country had lost nearly half of that forestland. Farming and logging pursuits were mostly to blame for the loss of trees.

But Costa Rica is determined to gain back what it has lost. The government is now paying landowners to reforest their land – with a goal to eventually have 60% of the country forested.

Land Conservation

Over ¼ of Costa Rica is considered protected land. These areas are being carefully preserved. Within this land you will find volcanoes, lakes, mountains, and islands. Beyond the government’s work, many individual organizations have chosen portions of the country to focus their conservation efforts. For example, the Osa Conservation is a non-profit focused on conserving the biodiversity on the Osa Peninsula.

Eco – Friendly travel

A country that values its biodiversity, environment, and climate as much as Costa Rica realizes that tourism must match its sustainability value system. Their domestic airline, NatureAir, has been carbon neutral for over a decade. You can also find sustainable shuttle bus services in the country. The Rainforest Alliance is giving tour leaders and hotel staff lessons on sustainability as well.

Eco-friendly travel includes eco-friendly lodging. A few popular sustainable resorts/hotel in Costa Rica are:

- El Silencio Lodge & Spa

- Finca Rosa Blanca

- Lapa Rios Ecolodge

- Tabacon Resort and Hot Springs

- Kura Designs Villas

For more information on “Best Family-Friendly Eco-Tours in Costa Rica” contact Roberto at roberto@bluemoonproperty.com

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Laurel and Tony,
The both of you were fantastic with us throughout the property search and purchase process. As we had mentioned, two other attempts to find thorough, attentive, responsive agents to work with in Tamarindo were failures. I expect that we are more work to deal with than many others as we asked a lot of thorough and analytical questions and expected responses to all of them. You two never failed to deliver. The organization and execution of our condo shopping trip in January was excellent and the fact that you two devoted 2 full days to us, around our schedule, to get this deal done was key to our success. The selection of properties that Laurel planned out, including a few places above and below our target zone helped us to refine our interests. We truly appreciated your interest in our success. This could easily have been very stressful for us, and yet, it wasn’t. Thank you very much.
As a side note, when we walked into the Coldwell Banker office randomly with no appointment in November had we not found your office staff patient and accommodating from the start we would have simply walked on to the next agency. Your staff deserves special mention for getting us interested in the agency to begin with.
We will give you some advance notice before we make our first trip down so that we can plan to get together for lunch or dinner. We are tentatively planning on somewhere in the last 2 weeks of May, as soon as our son gets out of school for the summer.

Dan Batliner, Costa Rica

We are- UNHAPPILY- home safe. Would much rather be back in Tamarindo. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING you did to make our stay a joy ! We look very much forward to seeing you on our next trip to Costa Rica. PURA VIDA !

Steve Perry, Costa Rica

We had so much fun at Buena Vista. Thanks for arranging that with Memo.
I also want to say many thanks for all that you have done. We have enjoyed Costa Rica and I have found you so helpful with everything and a pleasure to deal with that it was a very stress free vacation. When I do come back here hopefully you will still be doing what what you do.
Our last couple of days will be spent enjoying the sunshine and eating at great restaurants. Sincerely,

Tara, Kevin and Roy., Costa Rica

While my computer is still running here, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for your help during our stay.
When we first came to your office, we were in dire straights and in desperate need of assistance. Andrea was extremely compassionate, spoke with candor, and had a "can do attitude" that was of immense help.
In addition, Andrea has put us in contact with Steve, with whom we are working, preparing to view a little property that might be just what we are looking for at this particular time.
In addition, having gotten to know Andrea personally as well as professionally has been our great pleasure. I wanted to let you know what a tremendous asset she is to your company. She is a great treasure -- a one in a million.

Tina Parker, Costa Rica

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