In the countdown to the much-awaited and carefully-prepared for climate summit to be held in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, ‘the United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty that, it is [...]

Costa Rica, a country with less than 5 million people between Panama and Nicaragua, was the top overall ranking of the combination of long and happy life with limited environmental degradation.
The country has a beautiful mixture inside a large diversity of species and has long been rid of its army. The merger of the ministries [...]

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution that calls for the ‘immediate and unconditional’ return of President Manuel Zelaya to Honduras as a ‘legitimate and constitutional’ move. The deposed President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, came to New York to address the UN General Assembly and ask for support from the international community regarding his return [...]

For at least five miles, one can witness different intertwining plants, trees, creepers, ferns, mosses, and orchids that seem to be in a perpetual struggle for light and life. A tiny hummingbird nest holds an egg about to hatch and a baby already born. Bats fluff their wings while under the shelter of a giant [...]

According to the latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly called swine flu, has infected nearly 10,000 people across 40 countries. To date, 79 people have died from this viral infection. In the preceding 24 hours alone, the count rose by 1,000 cases.
At the top of the list [...]

Costa Rica is a nation that is most famous for its nightclubs, tumultuous governments and of course, its great tropical vegetation. The country also has a lot of beautiful locales which are unexplored and are not part of the regular traveller’s itinerary. The Northern Guanacaste is one such place that is almost always ignored by [...]