Sustainable Futures - Design Build Education in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Incredible team of teachers, staff, and mentors, wonderful host families, excellent projects, new friends...sustainable futures for everyone involved.  This is an amazing program and I suggest looking into it or asking about it if you're considering architecture, landscape design, or urban planning and want a unique and fulfilling experience with real-world projects abroad in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica: 100% Renewable Energy-Sourced Electricity in 2015!

Costa Rica has been run entirely on renewable energy so far this calendar year.  A combination of hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass have all contributed to the electrical power supplied to the small nation and the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) also attibutes this year's great start to some large storms that dropped lots of rain to power their hydrolic plants.

100% renewable energy and still going strong...the rest of the world should take note!

Take a look at the full article here.