Professor Troy Abel from Huxley College of the Environment and his students share their insights on ecological citizenship, political biogeography, and immersions in one of the most biologically intense places on the planet. Costa Rica is translated as rich coast, a name originating from Spanish conquistadors who mistakenly thought the land was filled with gold. Many now recognize that Costa Rica’s riches are more green than gold with more than 4 percent of the world’s estimated biodiversity. Costa Rica has universal health care, a longer life expectancy than the U.S., and no military. Only by expanding our attention to all of these facets can one begin to see “Ecotopia’s Prism,” or Costa Rica’s intersections of ecology, economy, and culture fostering and inhibiting sustainability.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Rain for 3 nights, 2 days

We finally got some sun back today. The rains came from an offshore tropical depression and reminded us that we were in a rainforest. Perhaps it was payback for our first day. We saw all four species of monkeys. Toucans, macaws, and herons. Bull sharks and crocodiles and even a large one chomping on a smaller croc in a scene worthy of animal planet. But we didn't find a tapir. It found us late on our first night. We had more tapirs yesterday and today, and an army ant column followed by a crew of birds to mop up. Three days to go.

Troy
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