“I traveled to Costa Rica in 2014, December. I was there for a week for study abroad for my Spanish class in high school and it was great. It was beautiful, it was a different scenery. They are so environmentally aware. They always make sure that they are conserving water and using natural resources … Everything that they have for electricity they use solar power, wind or water … They try not to pollute their environment, which is really eye-opening to see.”
Reporting and photo by Arielle Jackson