Paul F Burgueño

Costa Rica declared peace with nature

Yesterday I attended an interesting lunch with Oscar Arias Sánchez , President of the Republic of Costa Rica, in which we were asked to join the effort to bring his country to make our planet a better, greener and more eco-friendly environment.

Costa Rica abolished its army 60 years ago, which its president describes as a formal declaration of peace to the world. Now, this country has also decided to declare peace with nature:

• Last year, Costa Rica became the country with more trees per capita and per square kilometer in the world, by planting 5 million trees.
• In 2008, seven million are planting more trees.
• Costa Rica has been proposed as a country carbon neutral by 2021.
• Today, ask us to join in his efforts.

The speech (excellent, by the way) who gave the President Arias was moving and hopeful, but also highlighted the enormous barriers that European countries we will find in the race to save nature.

So, I wanted to dedicate this post to do my little call to fight for the environment ( Tips for caring for the environment , water saving tips ; Portal Environment )

Photos and organization of the event: New Economics Forum