Clearly starting and maintaining a blog is not what I’m meant
to be doing, but here we go anyway… 2 flights and 8 hours after leaving the
busy urbanity, I lug my stuff out into the humid Costa Rican air. I’m finally
here and ready to spend the next 3 months getting to know this tropical
climate. There are 31 of us from all over the states, and we piled onto the bus
for our first trip to Atenas, our new home!
The campus is beautiful! 6 hectares of land hold a mix of
houses, a dormitory, an outdoor classroom, an organic orange and mango farm, a
chicken coop, and a pool among other things. The fall months are the rainy season
in Costa Rica, but how else would so much life thrive if it weren’t for it. Our
classes and the center in general follow a specific focus on sustainable living
and development. The center is Rainforest Alliance certified and the farm is
completely organic. The showers are cold; the food local; and our carbon
footprint is monitored everyday. We pledge to life a sustainable life while
here and help this country on its way to an impressive goal of reaching carbon neutrality
by 2021.
Life here is great. As the Ticos say, “Pura Vida”!
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