EARTH University Touts Carbon Neutrality
Earth University, in the Caribbean-slope town of Guácimo, declared itself carbon neutral in a recent statement that included a detailed assessment of the university’s carbon “budget.”
The university emits 1,154 tons of carbon dioxide each year, but thanks to its efforts to reforest and recuperate secondary forests on its properties, the campus absorbs as much as 16,324 tons a year.
“The figures show that we not only balance our carbon, we surpass it,” said Daniel Sherrard, of the university, in the statement.
The university promotes the use of alternative energy sources, helps reforest land adjacent to its campus, and encourages the use of electric cars and bicycles.
EARTH University is a private, nonprofit institution founded in 1990 and dedicated to education, protection and research in the area of tropical agriculture.
The university’s announcement is part of a trend toward carbon-neutrality in the country. Last month, President Oscar Arias announced his intentions to make Costa Rica the world’s first carbon neutral country (TT,May 18).
You may be interested

How 6 Exotic Animals in Costa Rica Got Their Names
The Tico Times - March 7, 2021When it comes to pointing out animals, some people in Costa Rican can be extremely unspecific. Sometimes it seems that…

Slothy Sunday: Restrictions are lifted, now what? See sloths, what else!
Mariana Diaz / Toucan Rescue Ranch - March 7, 2021This is officially the first week we are all allowed to drive again on both days of the weekend, how…

Sloths in Costa Rica: 11 Little Known Facts
The Tico Times - March 7, 2021Since they were first described by naturalists in the 1700s, sloths have been misunderstood. Early scientists described the slow-moving beasts…