Aero: Tiffany Bane – Costa Rica 2016 – Biodiversity

Posted by LEAF Architect on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment

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There are microclimates within Costa Rica, it could be sunny and warm on one street or cold and foggy on another. We experienced this when we went from warm Alajuela to the cold area where the Volcano Poas is. Near the volcano the climate is foggy and colder than the climate in Alajuela which is a lot warmer and there isn’t fog. Microclimates are not common in New York, but they happen all the time in Costa Rica.

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Tiffany Bane

No matter where you go in Costa Rica there animals everywhere. The terrain of Costa isn’t just one flat surface. There are volcanos, which create mountains; there are lakes, beaches, and valleys, and all of these create a very beautiful country. The animals there are used to people and will hang around where ever they want. The animals just go on with their life and don’t worry about the humans who are walking around them. An example of this are the peacocks we saw near this little store, and in the zooave, they just walked around the place like they were in the wild and they didn’t have a care in the world. It was nice to see them so carefree, yet attentive at the same time.

When we were in Ricon de la Vieja we saw the horses they have there just come next to the pool where we were, they were just walking around and grazing not caring that we were there. The people of Costa Rica have access to plants all year-round and a lot of them believe that certain plants can help with certain things. Some plants can help toothaches, some with cancer, and some can be eaten if absolutely needed.

People in the United States, depending on where you are don’t have access to plants all year-round so we don’t have the same plants so we don’t know the same things. There is this one plant that they have that is believed to help with cancer, if you place it in tea. Costa Rica has so much biodiversity that when compared to the United States it looks like we have very little.

Tiffany Bane
LEAF Contributor
ML@FLCC: Costa Rica 2016

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