EARTH News

Guácimo, Costa Rica — Today EARTH University inaugurates its 29th academic year, opening its doors to a new class of 113 changemakers. For the second time in its history, the University has assembled a cohort with more women than men – 57 to 56, respectively – helping the Institution take another step toward its goal […]

In summer 2017, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) contributed $700,000 to EARTH University. The support will help co-fund campus infrastructure improvement projects. The contribution also puts in motion ASHA XII and ASHA XIII, which include the replacement of high-voltage transformers and electrical connections in staff residences […]

As 2017 draws to a close, we would like to recognize the many businesses and institutions that partnered with us to help themselves adopt planetary protection strategies, including carbon neutrality, into their operations. In the past year, EARTH University’s Carbon Neutral Unit verified 29 entities in industries such as automotive, agro-industrial and banking, among others. […]

This month, Happy Network and SDR srl became the first European businesses verified as C-neutral by EARTH University’s Carbon Neutral Unit. The verification bid was led by Tomaso De Nicolò y Alberto Zicari, two engineers from Bari, Italy, who visited EARTH’s Guácimo campus in April for training on the subject. Their work was supervised by […]

San José, Costa Rica — EARTH University’s exportation-quality bananas now can be purchased in 10 Walmart and 22 Más x Menos megastores throughout Costa Rica. EARTH bananas remain available in other Costa Rican retailers – including Auto Mercado, AMPM and Fresh Market locations – in addition to their sale on EARTH’s campus in Guácimo. Internationally, […]