We place environmental education at the centre of our work because it is one of the most important tools in our toolkit for addressing the interconnected ecological and social challenges of our times.
As highlighted by UNESCO, “Education, in short, is humanity’s best hope and most effective means in the quest to achieve sustainable development.”
In July, FCEA celebrated two very important anniversaries: the one-year anniversary of our women-run tree nursery, Bellota, and the five-year anniversary of the Children’s Forest of Coto Brus! We also extended the reach of the Children's Forest with a morning…
Environmental education is at the core of everything we do, and our three main pillars of work are forest landscape restoration, birds and gender.And speaking of education, I’m back in (online) class!Thanks to one of the former owners of Finca…
Our very exciting news is that the Canadian non-profit Finca Cantaros Environmental Association is now a registered Canadian charity. Among its other activities, it will be supporting many of the impactful programs of the Asociación Ambiental Finca Cantaros such as…
Last month I talked about the “Birds” pillar of FCEA’s work, and this month the focus is our “Forest Landscape Restoration” pillar! You might notice something is slightly different: we changed the name of this pillar from “Forest Restoration” to"Forest…
Happy 90th birthday to one of the most inspirational women of our times! I have looked up to Dr. Jane Goodall since I was a little girl, and although there is a saying that goes “never meet your heroes,” I…
This month’s blog is all about the “Birds” pillar of FCEA’s work! We have a lot to celebrate in this area. Since the founding of the organization in 2020, we have wanted to resume the bird banding that took place…
In honour of International Women’s Day (March 8), I am excited to announce that Gender is now an official pillar of Finca Cántaros Environmental Association’s work, along with Forest Restoration and Birds. We use these three themes as the main…
Microorganisms of the mountainAs part of our Women Committed to the Earth program, we have learned how to prepare inoculates that are used in our organic composts to apply in our forest restoration projects. These microorganisms of the mountain (MM),…
A photo worth more than a thousand wordsThey say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I would argue that this one is worth at least two thousand.Yes, I’m biased—that’s my daughter Lucy in the photo. However, allow me…
https://vimeo.com/900399100?share=copyHappy New Year from Finca Cántaros Environmental Association!As last year drew to a close, a collective sense of despair over the state of our world seemed to set in. With global temperatures soaring and horrific wars raging, many people I…
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