SUSTAINABILITY CENTER OF COSTA RICA

The Sustainability Center of Costa Rica is located in Guacimal, Puntarenas in the historical building known as La Casona, which means "big house" or "big home" in Spanish. La Casona was built in a style ahead of its time and it is now a community cultural and educational space. Nobody really knows exactly how old the original building is, but the oldest part of La Casona is at least 100 years old- what once was a beauty parlor belonging to the family which owned all the shops in town, is now a barber shop belonging to a young man in our community! The main structure of the existing building is over 80 years old. The original structure of La Casona has been maintained with few changes, and is a beautiful place to live and work... The Sustainability Center of Costa Rica is an organization dedicated to the fostering and support of the Buen Vivir (which means good living in Spanish) philosophy of life which encompasses environmental as well as socioeconomic and philosophical aspects of..