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Guanacaste school selected as finalist in global water competition

The NiƱos del Sol School in Playas del Coco, a beach town in the northwestern Costa Rican province of Guanacaste, has been chosen as a finalist in the Grades of Green Spring 2018 Water Challenge.

The program is a global competition in which 136 student leaders at 40 schools from across the world design new ways to lead water conservation and water quality efforts in 33 cities and eight countries,Ā Grades of Green told The Tico Times in an email.

The kids at NiƱos del Sol designed an innovative student-built graywater filtration system that seeks to clean water that drains from sinks, fountains and other sources. The system allows the water to be used safely in the school garden, thereby reducing the schoolā€™s water footprint.

In addition, kids at the alternative school are educating their community about the everyday actions that residents can carry out to save water, from taking shorter showers to eating less meat.

For more information, visit the school website or the NiƱos del Sol project page at Grades of Green.

NiƱos del Sol School
Courtesy of Joshua P. Wittman

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