Category: Guardians of Nature
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This Week In Nosara #40 Late September 2024: Surf, Water Moratorium Updates, Old Honolei, Happy Birthday Brian!!!
This Week In Nosara #40 is late September 2024…Here’s basic outline of this episode:
- Some quality surf photos & a couple videos from Kaiya at Surfing Nosara.
- Take a look from the air Playa Guiones overlooking Las Huacas, Pelada, North Guiones, Main Street Calle Modelo, J & K sections, South Guiones, Punta Garza, Esperanza & South Las Huacas
- Updates from the Playas de Nosara ASADA available to everyone on their Facebook page. They are providing updates about water outages, updates to the system, which areas are to be affected, community updates & answering questions.
- The biggest update is water moratorium in place for new water approval letters. The ASADA can not say when this will change because we need to provide 20 year in advance coverage so need new wells & legal processing all to take place
- Rich predicts existing construction & properties with water meters like K45 & ones with approved water letters like R6 will become highly sought after. However, there are not many properties with water letters in place
- K45 is going on the market for sale (3000m2 with ocean view in K section & a water meter). It is the old Honolei Restaurant & house Brian & Kyle Bombard used to live in. Rich had birthday party there 15 years ago photo with a young Brian in the background & ironically today is Brian’s birthday! Didn’t know about that till after this was done.
- Surf footage from Guiones thanks to Kaiya
- Nosara Civic Association reminds us to celebrate 203 years of Independence!
- NOCA leader Michel came on the Nosara Podcast; he’s an awesome guy check it out when you want to feel good
- WCA water updates & need volunteers
- MoviemientoGuardianes is doing awesome things!!
- Stop by La Roca next time driving into or out of Nosara… Terrific views & great experience
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NP #115: Dr. Robert Edgeworth explains scientific results about Nosara’s water pollution; Asks homeowners and businesses to support a cleaner Nosara
In this Nosara Podcast episode, Dr. Edgeworth explains the ocean water pollution situation in Playa Guiones and Rio Nosara areas plus calls residents, in particular homeowners and businesses, to support a cleaner Nosara based upon the data from their water collection study.
He explains Dr. Vanessa Bezy’s efforts on this project, how it is funded, and shares some of his personal opinions about leadership in our area. Robert states: “It’s a big responsibility to apply government power against people’s property rights… So if you want to do that, at least do it well.”
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NP #114: Dr. Salas says his results are showing Nosara is in a ‘ticking time bomb’ situation and wants to help; announces July 29th event with other leading scientists focusing on Nosara
In this Nosara Podcast, Dr. Alvaro Salas quickly addresses the hotbed of contention surrounding the building regulations and announces he is bringing some top level scientists in his field to Nosara on July 29th event to help us address much more than just the building regulations.
Big thanks to everyone participating in the study and those helping make this event happen. It looks like El Local & The Gardens is the location for the event.
We’ll have more details soon including a podcast episode with the scientists to further explain what’s happening.
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NP #112: Guardians of Nature is on a mission… And it is working! In 23 minutes Jessica Sheffield updates how Nosara is turning into an ‘innovation lab’ and ‘faith, hope, and strategy can change anything’
In this Nosara Podcast episode Jessica Sheffield updates us about Guardians of Nature and shares her vision of increasing eco literacy throughout Latin America and beyond. The program is working already in Nosara and quickly expanding in Latin America and beyond.
Here’s my notes:
- Intro… GoN ‘Mom’ and DMA cofounder
- Nosara is an innovation lab for public schools
- Importance of trajectories
- Trees in CR almost all gone by the 1980’s yet CR changed trajectory and is now inventor of ecotourism (will put in map photos)
- DMA was not intended to ever be an island
- Local schools in Nosara having impact and ripple effect
- Step by step… Not 1 huge one
- Covid, floods, strikes, etc. Really hurt kids
- Enriching English very important
- How can people get involved?
- Can donate time, financially, or preferably both
- Could Nosara’s public school be model for the world?
- Faith, hope, and strategy can change anything
- Local businesses adopted local schools and now composting, recycling, English enrichment, etc.
- Bram recommendation of book Rocket Man
- GoN using bottom up approach, not top down
- Working with government much better in accomplishing greater reach
- Check site also 501c3 available via Amigos site
