Costa Rica is a special place. The dense Rainforest climate and untainted landscapes provide visitors and residents alike with a pure and uninhabited experience. Over the past 100 years, vast deforestation and environmental mishaps have forever altered how many places in this region function and thrive, Costa Rica is trying to change this. As a country, Costa Rica has made a commitment to becoming a sustainable and environmentally viable place to live, learn and love.
Many social programs and initiatives have taken place to bring the country to a stable and sustainable level, my favorite of which is within Canopy studies. I watched a TED talk given by Nalini Nadkarni about the topic of Canopies. Nalini is an advocate, author and educator who spent her life devoted to the appreciation and understanding of our need and use of trees and more specifically, Canopy growth. I focused not only on her talk, but on a community named Finca Bellavista on the island. Finca is a tree house community which is built within the canopies of Costa Rica. They are commited to being 100% self sufficient and off the grid, all while having a very comfortable and enjoyable living experience. They use zip lines as transportation, rainwater as hydration and nature as it’s cradle. I have posted a promotional video that Finca Bellavista has posted for our viewing pleasure.
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wowsers, I want to live there. Spencer, anyway CCV has a costa rican field trip in the budget?
i really like the sloths in the video.
I went to the Finca Bellavista Site and for 55,000$ you can buy a "pre-infrastructure parcel" and build you own tree house paradise. anyone what to go in on one?
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