Adopt a Stream

Our goals are to monitore water quality in a long-term basis with the help of students of local higschool; promote awareness about the ecology and health of aquatic ecosystems; and promote community participation in the protection, conservation and water resourses management.

How we do it?

  • Every two months we take samples at 7 sites in the Monteverde área (see map).
  • Physico-chimical parameters collected are: water temperatura, disolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, turbidity, coliforms and nutrientes.
  • Macroinvertebrates (aquatic insects) are used as bioindicators to determine wáter quality. Students or volunteers identify them to family level, and learn which groups depending on their tolerance to pollution indicate good, regular or bad quality.
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Board of Directors

President
Vicepresident
Secretary
Treasure
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Vocal 2
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Fiscal

Pedro Belmar
Celia Harvey
Maikol Cruz
Hazel Guindon
Elena Florian
Dinia SantamarĂ­a
Eugenio Vargas
Silvia Elizondo
Alexa Stickel

Campaign for

Sustainability

Fundraising Campaigns of the Monteverde Institute

Our priority is continuing to build programs that benefit both our visiting students and our local community.

Alliance for the

Monteverde

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Board of Directors, Alliance for the Monteverde Institute

The Alliance for the Monteverde Institute is a 501c3 public charity that provides financial & other support to the initiatives of the Monteverde Institute.

Planting

Sustainabilty

Restoring employment, food security, and forests 

Given the severe impact of COVID-19 on Monteverde, Costa Rica, a town whose economy relies almost solely on tourism, the community is eager to embrace new forms of sustainability—and you can fund these projects while providing income to people who have lost their jobs during this challenging time. Learn more on the following link: