Lapa Rios Looks to Become CNeutral

On November 7, 2007, we at Lapa Rios attended one of Costa Rica's first meetings to discuss the planning and implementation of the CNeutral certification, a branding scheme that would award businesses, public sectors and other organizations for their work in calculating, reducing and compensating their green house gas emissions. Overall, it was a very exciting meeting, filled with new ideas and enthusiasm. In fact, Costa Rica as a country plans to be completely carbon neutral by the year 2021.

We, Lapa Rios Ecolodge, and Harmony Hotel of Nosara (both under the management of Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality) were the first organizations in all of Costa Rica to submit reports, showing just how fanatic we are for sustainability and ecotourism. While Costa Rica's committee for climate change still has not decided on details for the reporting process, we at Lapa Rios plan to stay stay informed and proactive. Continue to check this blog for more information and news to come...