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Before getting to wear a ceremonial cap and gown, each fourth-year student at EARTH University must successfully present their graduation project. With the culmination of a full year of academic research under faculty mentorship, each project seeks to solve a real-world challenge. Continue reading to learn about three of these efforts, each focused on generating […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, EARTH University staff, faculty, and students began adapting to an ever-changing “new normal”. Dozens of our office professionals started working from home, our faculty modified every course to be taught virtually, the staff of our commercial banana farm began following increasingly rigorous protocols, and our students got accustomed

In the late 1980s, when EARTH University acquired the land now home to our Guácimo Campus (Limón, Costa Rica), we inherited a tired and degraded conventional banana plantation from the previous owner. We were disturbed by the effects of soil mistreatment and indifference to biodiversity. That was clearly not the way to do business.  

In 2017, EARTH University began an ambitiously comprehensive strategic-planning initiative. Faculty, administrators, donors, students, graduates, and staff added their voices to the high-level discussions. We asked one question again and again: How can EARTH generate more impact in the world? At that time, EARTH had earned a reputation for its 30-year educational leadership as well as global recognition for its

Born in the highlands of Quetzaltenango, Oscar Arreola (’93, Guatemala) attended a military academy for three years. Although young, he felt certain he did not want to continue into combat training.   When EARTH University faculty members Daniel Sherrard and Germán Vargas arrived at his school to talk about the University, Oscar knew immediately that

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a wave of uncertainty around the world – further destabilizing global health, ecological sustainability, food security, and economic conditions. To ensure the well-being of our faculty, student body, and staff, EARTH University has implemented a series of rigorous protocols to be followed at all times within our two campuses in

When Josefa Pereira learns that a new student will soon arrive at her home, she covers the entire place with tags – each spelling out an object’s name in Spanish. Her guests have their roots in either African or Caribbean countries, most have never before ventured away from their birth communities, and their mother tongue

In the early 1970s, Yolanda Kakabadse was unfamiliar with the meaning of “conservation”. Investigating the term as a young woman, she discovered the beaches of Ecuador being piled high with garbage; lush forests being razed to the ground; once-marvelous rivers being defiled, their flows broken. She began to understand that the nature she had loved

Amid this global pandemic, we have become more aware of the need to take care of ourselves and others, both physically and mentally. Since ancient times, humans have made use of medicinal plants to alleviate ailments of all kinds. Taking into account this age-old knowledge, we built an ethnobotanical garden in 1991 at EARTH University,