by Franciny González Hidalgo | Nov 1, 2018 | Community Rural Tourism, Conservation |
In September of 2018 Sarapiqui became the first county in Costa Rica to be accredited as a sustainable tourist destination in all of Central America and the Caribbean. This came after a complex evaluation of sustainbility with the plan to continue improving in this...
by SCLC | Apr 20, 2015 | Community Rural Tourism, Conservation |
Last month Caitlin Marquis, a short term volunteer who came to work with the SCLC for four weeks this Spring, composed a four-page informational packet on the SCLC's reforestation activities. Here is a taste of what can be found in the downloads section of our...
by SCLC | Oct 20, 2012 | Community Rural Tourism |
Since this past January the SCLC has completed a large number of important community activities that contribute to our overarching objective of linking communities with conservation through education and ecotourism. In just two months, the SCLC has made some...
by SCLC | Sep 16, 2012 | Community Rural Tourism |
Anne Louise Carney escaped from Canada's cold winter to join us at the center to work in our garden and with local women in the community. One of the groups she worked with was the Las Morphas women’s group that meets at the center twice a week to work on their crafts...
by SCLC | Nov 3, 2009 | Community Rural Tourism |
This year the SCLC celebrated Halloween in Chilamate in true fashion with a local "fun-d-raiser"! On Saturday the 27th of October, children from different parts of town joined us in a small Halloween Fair with games such as face painting, mask creating and competion,...
by SCLC | Dec 15, 2008 | Community Rural Tourism |
What do yuca, organic coffee, and black pepper all have in common? They are all grown in the Sarapiquí region. And they were all for sale at the SCLC’s very first Agricultural Fair and Farmer’s Market. On Saturday December 6, the Center hosted a day-long event...
