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Environment:
At our accommodation, comfort meets effortless sustainability. Here guests can enjoy the rare luxury of knowing that the beauty they see goes further than grass deep. The hotel’s many natural treats are sure to enhance our guests’ experience of green living. An awareness of our interconnectedness within nature is shown in our practices which include permaculture, worm farming, recycling program, use of biodegradable products, biodegradable guest room amenities and gray water purification irrigation system.
We use organic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers - such as compost from the restaurant waste. Native plants, which make up 50% of the plant life in our landscape, not only preserve local character, but also provide food and shelter for the local animal population. We transformed our old pool into a living aquatic system with shallow areas for herons, egrets and other wading birds plus deeper areas amongst vegetation for protecting fish and turtles from predation.
Our project Arribadas of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle is a non-profit initiative to help the MINAE (Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy) promote environmental conservation and keep the Ostional Natural Wildlife Reserve clean. Building on the government’s recent efforts to improve the sea turtles’ habitat (which includes a successful policy to curtail the widespread poaching of turtle eggs, which are prized in the region for their aphrodisiac qualities,) the project is guided by the belief that education is a requisite for change. We promote plastic recycling by placing bins & transferring the waste to the plastic recycling center (the income this generates is allocated to the local school).
We participate in beach clearing days. Guests can participate by volunteering with the Tortuguitas Program to oversee baby turtles as they hatch and protect them from predators as they make their way to the ocean, or by making a donation.
By participating in our Plant a Tree project, you and our gardening staff will plant a tree of a species endemic to the region, in a specific MINAE (the Costa Rican Ministry of Environment and Energy) designated location nearby.
There is a serious problem with the positioning of electrical lines in Nosara. As a result of lines being close together, Howler monkeys are electrocuted when they try to use these power lines to access habitat that has been isolated by roads or cleared land. The result is not only the death of howlers but also orphaned monkey young. We are working with The Refugio de Animales, other local businesses and the electric company to raise funds for re-wiring Nosara and to rehabilitate the orphans.
Community:
Donations to the community’s schools and library are constantly made. We also support local farmers by buying and designing our menu around the locally available products. And rather than bringing in already skilled hotel workers from elsewhere, we hire and train 90% of our staff from the surrounding area.
Our project Turning Hope into Reality is an effort to improve the school’s infrastructure, equipment, and learning aids while addressing the issues of sustainable practice and environmental awareness. Our staff create the opportunity for mentorships; their skill sets include language, computer and maintenance skills, which they would share with students as volunteers.
We are grateful to the people of Nosara for welcoming us here. As all of our lives and futures are intrinsically connected, we want to be positive members of the local community.
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