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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.

David Alirekie is a Ugandan teacher who voluntarily supports East African students in their admission process to EARTH. He does whatever is necessary to help. For years, he has watched many young people become change leaders and believes that one day, the entire African continent will celebrate the work of our university.

Miguel Arrieta (’21, Costa Rica) studies the introduction of ducks and sheep into a regenerative organic agriculture system, thanks to funding from apparel brand Patagonia and guidance from EARTH faculty…