Taking sustainable practices home!

In an effort to extend the sustainable practices that employees at Lapa Rios learn at home to the general community, we are starting to give out a monthly award which is part of the sustainability contest. The idea is to give a little award (such as a bulb light, biodegradable soap gallon or recycled paper) to a person who shows a lot of interest in our sustainability practices. The objective is to start sustainable practices in our employee’s houses so that the concept of sustainability trickles down to our community. Lets hope this helps!

English classes for everyone!!!

The Lapa Rios staff is coming back to the classrooms! Today we are starting English classes and we have 31 students total (meaning that half of our employees are going to study English). The classes are free twice a week for three months, including everyone from our housekeepers to our guides!! Pura vida muchachos!!!

Blue Flag in Carbonera School!

The Blue Flag Certification is a project that works towards cleaner beaches, communities and schools in Costa Rica, and in the Carbonera School we have begun working to achieve this award. It looks like we are ahead in many projects that the school needs for Blue flag, for example we are already recycling, we are starting a “vivero” with 126 trees and the area is always clean, but we have a lot of work…and we are ready to start!

We will keep you updated on how this goes…

Good bye Katie!!!!

We had a farewell party to Katie last week. She worked as a Food & Beverage manager for thirteen years. She thought us, to does not matter what, we should keep a positive attitude, always smiling and have fun. She left so many memories in our souls and her contribution to the community and the forest is invaluable. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU TONS KATIE!!!!!!!.