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.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Solo Bueno

A ti te quiero Costa Rica
More than any chica
So suave y rica with all your natural beauty
Estoy haciendo ojitos a ti

Here living the dream of Pura Vida
Makes me wish this could be my every dia
My body and soul would never be fria
And I know there is no other place I'd rather be a

Oh, Costa Rica you will be forever in my corazon
Long after my airplane and I have flown
I will remember all the gifts you have shown
And also how easy it is to live without internet or phone

Still young at the fresh age of twenty-one
I admit to having gladly met your gorgeous beaches and ron
Please know I have never had so much fun

On this adventure filled with plenty of tortilla chips,
Muddy hiking trips, cool pina colada sips,
Dolphin tail flips, and especially those lovely salsa dancing hips
While surviving all of mama tierras hardships
I've gained so many brand new friendships

Thank you and gracias for treating me tan bien
I do not know when, but one day we shall meet again
My beautiful tica friend!

This letter of my amor comes from my very being
And unlike this poem my love for you has no fin

Tuanis and Bold
Tu amigo G Gold

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