EARTH Stories

“Corn, as a basic ingredient, comes with many stories. The legend says that the Chorotega people come from maize kernels and that an indigenous woman running through the middle of the cornfield was pricked by a thorn, and drops of her blood fell on the crop, thus painting the maize in different colors.”

To build a house, one must first clear the land, dig the necessary holes and ditches, and lay the foundation. Then, the floor is installed, the walls are raised, and the roof is added. Esmeralda Chaves, with her own two hands, built the house in which she lives. She did it all by herself out of necessity – but also out of an understanding that anything is possible when you are driven to achieve it…

During the pandemic, our La Flor Campus has been bustling with new projects, thanks to collaborations between EARTH and small sugarcane, hay, and cattle businesses of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Our educational curriculum, teaching tools, and academic spaces are continually updated to ensure students and faculty are prepared to tackle global challenges. Our Center for Geomatics and Remote Detection is making this possible by collaborating on innovative research projects with AgritecGEO and Agricenter Life-Rid.

Each year, we mount a global search to identify the most promising young people and bring them to our Guácimo Campus. How do we do it? In this interview, we speak with EARTH’s Director of Admissions to discuss the process and reflect on the lessons learned during the past year…

Before hearing their names announced in victory, Victoria Akwamaa (’22, Ghana), Mastercard Foundation Scholar Winfred Alfred Nziku (’23, Tanzania), and Tennyson Nkhoma (’23, Malawi), a Whitney McMillan scholar, had harnessed their boundless creativity and invested nine months in intensive collaboration across timezones to develop solutions to pressing socioenvironmental issues…

The partnership between RENAC and EARTH has enabled dozens of Latin Americans to become highly trained on the use of renewable energies. Learn about the program from Valeria Bravo, one of the graduates of our Especialización en Energías Renovables.

Thanks to funding from USAID/ASHA, we are opening a new residence hall – one that stands out for its modern design and award-winning sustainable construction…

Jenni García Quiceno (Colombia), José Antonio Balcárcel Milián (Guatemala), and César Velásquez Sánchez (Guatemala), Class of 2021 completed two Graduation Projects characterized by ingenuity, creativity, and meticulous work with incredible results.