On the left, a healthy mixed species forest supports a range of plant and animal species while producing valuable timber crops. On the right, local children make the trees their playground.
The Guanacaste tree, which gave the region its name, is a majestic site as well as valued for timber.

Articles

Tom Peifer - Writer and agroecologist from California who founded El Centro Verde in 1996 Paraiso, Costa Rica

Nancy Jack Todd – Author and co-founder in 1969 with her husband and visionary ecological designer John Todd of the New Alchemy Institute.

Will Raap – Eco-entrepreneur and founder of Gardener’s Supply in 1983, the non-profit Intervale Center in 1987 and the non-profit Greening Paraiso in 2006.

Lester Brown - Author, agricultural economist and founder of the WorldWatch Institute in 1974

Thomas Friedman - Foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times and three time Pulitzer Prize winner for the newspaper. Also a noted author and speaker.
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