Be the Guardian of Nature our planet needs

THIRD NATIONAL EDITION: We are inviting young people ages 4-15 who live in Costa Rica, as well as schools to participate.

DATES: From July 18 to September 18, 2022

PRIZES: Composters, laptops, Guardians books, art kits, and an environmental empowerment workshop for ALL participants. There are additional prizes for schools including desks from the Dos Pinos Recycling program, among others.

"With My Guardian Challenge we invite children and their families to move from words to action and together assume more sustainable practices from home that translate into well-being for communities throughout Costa Rica," said Jessica Sheffield Zamora. Executive Director of Guardians of Nature.

A story of kindness and courage, of evolution and transformation about the change (internal and external) that we want to see within ourselves, our homes, in our communities, and on our planet. 🌱🌎

This story will change the way in which children view the problems of solid waste, and introduces the concept of circularity of nature and its essence is based on values. The first thousand copies are being donated to the children of Nosara's public schools (thanks to the support of community members!).

Thanks to everyone who signed up for our campaign to plant 1,000 trees for Nosara, in collaboration with the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity, Municipality of Nicoya, Del Mar Academy, Costas Verdes, and the Nosara Hardware Store we strengthened the initiative of Green Nicoya.

Nosara lost its forests in the 1950s and 1960s due to ranching, but we managed to get them back. Today we are losing them again due to accelerated urban development. This change can be irreversible if we do not do something about it. With concrete actions, we will be able to reverse this trajectory and continue to be a model community that strives to live in harmony with its environment.

Selina Nosara, Olas Verdes, Harmony Hotel, Hotel Boutique Lagarta Lodge,The Gilded Iguana, and Nosara Hardware Store, are our partners and allies of the private sector for the initiative: “Regenerative Schools: The Transformative Heart of community". They support and provide human, technical, and financial resources to the 8 schools in the Nosara district, to turn them into a model of sustainable and regenerative development.

#Festival / ONE EARTH 🌎

We coordinated the Environmental Festival for Del Mar Academy 2022 with the theme: ONE EARTH. This event had a main purpose: the reconnection with each other and with nature.

Are you interested in continuing to learn about environmental topics? Dont miss the Webinars that were part of the Green Days coordinated by Guardians of Nature in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education and the CR Alliance for Education.

Are you looking to enrich your lessons with the theme of climate change? Thanks to our collaboration with CORCLIMA, our free educational platform has more tools to enrich this topic. Visit our platform to download dynamic lessons for students from 9-15 years old.

Thanks to our collaboration with the author Mary Smathers you can access this beautiful story from our educational platform.

Looking for an interactive way for students to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This online game created by the students of Del Mar Academy with the support of their teacher Carlos García will make students learn in a fun way with clues and time bombs to save the world. FIND IT ON OUR PLATFORM.

To make Costa Rica a land of Guardians of Nature through the power of new generations and replicating our strategy of collective impact globally, because the well-being and survival of humanity depend on it.

To empower, equip and mobilize youth as Guardians of Nature from their schools and homes, through the collaboration and collective impact of the government, the private sector, and civil society.