Thanks from ❤️

I am grateful to life and Casa Pampa for letting me be part of all the wonderful projects that are organized and concretized every day with the work and effort of each member.

My name is Marina, I am a traveler from the interior of the province of Buenos Aires, Chacabuco, who 4 years ago decided to explore and discover new places in our beautiful world. That was how I arrived in Costa Rica, Santa Teresa and I was lucky to be part of Casa Pampa.

I approached in order to grow and learn how to help those who give up part of their time every day for this common cause of living in a better and greener world. Not only did I fulfill my goal but I also take with me the coolest learning, the simplest actions and above all the desire to continue taking care of our planet and infecting so many to join in helping.

The days in the garden, the events, the cleaning of beaches and each meeting joining forces so that together we can be stronger and stronger. It is now the change, it is now the time ... It is the day today, we cannot wait any longer !!! 

We are the change so that we can continue to enjoy a better and cleaner world. As in the garden, I chose to continue sowing seeds so that in each harvest we are more and better. For many more achievements !!! 

Thanks from ❤️

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Estoy agradecida a la vida y a Casa Pampa por dejarme ser parte de todos los proyectos maravillosos que día a día se van organizando y concretando con el trabajo y esfuerzo de cada integrante. 

Mi nombre es Marina, soy una viajera del interior de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Chacabuco, que hace ya 4 años decidió explorar y conocer nuevos lugares de nuestro hermoso mundo. Fue así como llegué a Costa Rica, Santa Teresa y tuve la suerte de formar parte de Casa Pampa.

Me acerqué con el objetivo de crecer y aprender cómo así también ayudar a los que día a día entregan parte de su tiempo por esta causa común de vivir en mundo mejor y más verde. No solo cumplí mi objetivo sino que además me llevo conmigo el aprendizaje más lindo, las acciones más simples y sobre todo las ganas de seguir cuidando nuestro planeta y contagiar a tantos a que se sumen a ayudar.

Los días en la huerta, los eventos, las limpiezas de playas y cada encuentro uniendo fuerzas para que en conjunto podamos ser más y más fuertes. Es ahora el cambio, es ahora el momento... Es hoy el día, no podemos esperar más!!!

Somos nosotros el cambio para que podamos seguir disfrutando de un mundo mejor y más limpio. Así como en la huerta, elegí seguir sembrando semillas para que en cada cosecha seamos más y mejores. 

Por muchos logros más!!! Gracias de ❤️ 

🌱"Cabuya Educational Center" Agroecology Communal Garden 🌱

Under a slight intermittent rain, we officially started the activities in the Agroecology communal Garden "Cabuya Educational Center".

On the first day of work, the young students put their hands on the ground, with the guidance of biologist Maria Teresa Cerdas Rojas, the director of the institution Professor Sonia Álvarez Castro, Professor Rolando Fajardo Gómez and the volunteers of Casa Pampa.

We use the seedlings and organic fertilizer produced in the communal garden of Santa Teresa with dedication and effort of the students of Proyecto Cam.

Our work as a collective materializes in joint actions of environmental education with emphasis on waste management and especially the composting of organic waste in households and schools and its use for the implementation of orchards Agro-ecological.

The Waste For Food Project is a tool that seeks to enhance the value of the school's Organic garden as a pedagogical space and encourages young people to develop a critical and transformative spirit in our relationship with nature and food.

The most decisive factor for the successful project is the linkage and promotion of community interaction.

It is our objective that this space should become an area to carry out awareness-raising activities that will generate new sustainable links between the community and the environment.

We invite the neighbours and tourists to participate in the next day of volunteer work where we will design the garden, considering the principles of permaculture and begin the construction of the community composting area.

We are waiting for you on Thursday, June 27th at 9am at the Cabuya Educational Center!

"Centro Educativo Cabuya" Agroecología Jardín Comunal 🌱

Bajo una ligera lluvia intermitente, iniciamos oficialmente las actividades en el Jardín Comunal Agroecología "Centro Educativo Cabuya".

En el primer día de trabajo, los jóvenes estudiantes pusieron sus manos en el suelo, con la dirección de la bióloga María Teresa Cerdas Rojas, la directora de la institución la profesora Sonia Alvarez Castro, la profesora Rolando Fajardo Gómez y los voluntarios de Casa Pampa.

Utilizamos las plántulas y fertilizantes orgánicos producidos en el jardín comunal de Santa Teresa con dedicación y esfuerzo de los alumnos de Proyecto Cam.

Nuestro trabajo como colectivo se materializa en acciones conjuntas de educación ambiental con énfasis en la gestión de residuos y especialmente en el compostaje de residuos orgánicos en hogares y escuelas y su uso para la implantación de huertos agroecológicos.

El Proyecto Residuos para Alimentos es una herramienta que busca potenciar el valor del huerto orgánico de la escuela como espacio pedagógico y anima a los jóvenes a desarrollar un espíritu crítico y transformador en nuestra relación con la naturaleza y la alimentación.

El factor más decisivo para el proyecto exitoso es la vinculación y promoción de la interacción comunitaria.

Nuestro objetivo es que este espacio se convierta en un espacio para llevar a cabo actividades de sensibilización que generen nuevos vínculos sostenibles entre la comunidad y el medio ambiente.

Invitamos a los vecinos y turistas a participar en el siguiente día de trabajo voluntario donde diseñaremos el jardín, considerando los principios de la Permacultura y comenzar la construcción de la zona de compostaje comunitario.

¡Te esperamos el jueves 27 de junio a las 9 AM en el Centro Educativo Cabuya!

Green Dreamers

Italian, 37, passionate about my Pit bulls, keen on nature and travel, I am always learning and trying to get the most of each experience. My name is Maria and I´ve been volunteering with Casa Pampa for 3 weeks with the project “Santa Teresa Community Garden”.

I left my job as Project Manager to start my personal project: find an alternative way of living, closer to nature with less needs and in a more sustainable way. I was looking for a project in the environment field, and in particular with permaculture. I wanted to contribute to protect the environment, learn how to recycle in a smaller scale as individual, share my thoughts and ideas with people who had the same concerns as me.  

At Casa Pampa I found exactly what I was looking for: open-minded people, passionate about their job and eager to share their knowledge. I had the chance to meet other volunteers, make new friends and learn from their experiences too. Each one of us is here for a reason and sometimes you discover you are here for the same reason.

We work at the horticulture site, the so-called “Santa Teresa Community Garden”. The aim is to create a vegetable garden at disposal of the community, where people can learn to grow vegetables in a sustainable way, by using compost and just nature, without pesticides and in a simpler, more natural way.

This site works also as support of the recycling process. We receive organic waste from restaurants and we use it for making the compost. We also do beach cleaning; we separate what we collect and we give it to recycling centers.

I learn something new every day: how to seed, transplant, how to make the compost at home, what can be recycled and be used for new purposes. Creativity is our guide and everyone is free to express her/himself. I also love our brainstorming time. We just sit together and we chat at the shadow of the garden. We try to figure out how we can improve things and do a better job for the community and it's a very powerful moment, where you feel like one team of superheroes ☺

I am very proud of the results we achieved, even if the path is still long and there is a lot to do. But we don't give up, we are dreamers and warriors and we already work to achieve the next step for a better greener future!

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Permaculture Forum and Organic Horticulture for self sufficiency in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Actividades Compost Club Agosto 2017.

Charla abierta de Permacultura y Huerta Orgánica para autoabastecimiento
Fecha: Jueves 17 Agosto l 3 PM l Lugar: Huerta Liceo Santa Teresa
Capacitación Teórico-Practica

"Adopción del compostaje enfocado en el sector gastronómico y hotelero". Un espacio para compartir experiencias y consejos
Fecha: Jueves 24 de Agosto l Hora:2 PM l
Lugar: Hotel Flor Blanca l Cupo máximo: 15 personas*
*Solicitamos a los interesados inscribirse con anticipación.

Damos un especial agradecimiento al Hotel Flor Blanca por todo el apoyo en el desarrollo de las actividades del COMPOST CLUB.

Queda abierta la invitación para los interesados que desean contribuir en la organización de los futuros eventos.

Las actividades son libres y gratuitas.

Los esperamos!

Activities Compost Club August 2017.

Open Permaculture Forum and Organic Horticulture for self-sufficiency

Date: August 24th | Time: 3 PM | Place:Horticulture site Liceo Santa Teresa

Theory & Practical Class

Adoption of Composting for Restaurants and Hotel Business
Date: Thursday, August 24th | Time: 2 PM| Place: Hotel Flor Blanca | Maximum Capacity: 15 people *

* If you are willing to attend, please register in advance.

We give special thanks to Hotel Flor Blanca for all the support in the development of the activities of the COMPOST CLUB.
The invitation remains open for those interested who wish to contribute to the Organization of future events.

The activities are open to the public and free.

See you there!!

About sustainable living

Before anyone wrote books about environmental issues, farmers began to realize that agricultural crops depleted the soil, unaware that crop rotation was the way to maintain the land.

The need for a sustainable development became more apparent as cities began to grow and resources began to diminish in quantity and value. In the early 1800s, some people began to develop personal lifestyles that were conservative and took into account environmental issues.

Considering environmental issues, sustainable living is simply a lifestyle that attempts to use renewable products and to take as little from the earth as is humanly possible. The concept of reducing our carbon footprint in the world is the more modern way of looking at sustainable living because the world realizes that humans have not used resources wisely.

The three factors in maintaining a sustainable development and lowering the carbon footprint that are most crucial are energy consumption, transportation, and diet.

In terms of housing, sustainable homes are built in such a way that they use few non renewable resources, do not require much energy to run, and cause little or no damage to the surrounding environment. A sustainable home should be constructed from materials that have been produced in an environmentally friendly manner. For example, a house might be built from straw bales, adobe, or reclaimed stone or brick. Many homeowners pursue sustainable living by making their homes as low energy as possible, either by making sure that they have very high energy efficiency or by producing their own power from the sun or wind.