If you are thinking a year ahead, sow a seed. If you are thinking ten years ahead, plant a tree. If you are thinking one hundred years ahead, educatate the people. Chinese proverb 500 BC We are once Leer más…
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A Different Kind Of Hike
We went on a very unique kind of hike with a group of students from Beacon High School, New York City. We decided to take our long time employee, Victor with us to learn a little about cultural history of Leer más…
March
We had two hikers who decided to have a little adventure and went off the trail. They were gone for two nights and three days lost in the forest. The police, Red Cross, the community and the Cloudbridge volunteers were all Leer más…
February 2011
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. — Nelson Henderson This month we improved our maintenance trail with the help of Hocking College from Ohio. The Leer más…
January 2011
People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world which cannot sustain people. — Bryce Nelson The new year started off with the annual board meeting. Genevieve was here to review the past year and help with Leer más…
December 2010
By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual, moral, and cultural regeneration. — E.F. Schumacher What Leer más…
November News
November was a very cloudy, wet month. There was record rainfall throughout the Central Valley and along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. While there were many landslides throughout the country the Cloudbridge Reserve sustained no damage. All of the tree planting has Leer más…
October Happenings
This time of year brings alot of rain to Costa Rica. We still managed to keep busy and take advantage of the sunny mornings before the clouds rolled in. Students from Claremont College in California are studying at the Firestone Reserve Leer más…
A Volunteer Report by Art Isbell and Inger Lidman
Art Isbell Inger Lidman Uppsala, Sweden and Honolulu, Hawaiʻi In preparation for an extended Costa Rica visit during the fall of 2009, we sought some outdoor volunteer work that we could perform during our visit. We had really enjoyed Leer más…
September News
Construction continued on the classroom in September. The framing is complete and we are now ready to install the electrical. Our thanks go out to John Titan from the Casa Mariposa and our three scouts from Poland who helped with Leer más…