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Host a solutions journalism circle: a quick-start guide for all ages

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How to love a country

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What happens when you love it with detachment? That’s the question I’m left pondering after 20 years of loving one country that isn’t mine—and my own, from afar—and learning just...
Recycling

I built a recycling center at my hotel. Others should do it, too

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When I moved to rural Costa Rica 2007, all the neighbors burned their rubbish. There was no municipal waste collection scheme. People would dump...
Recycling

How to dispose of medications in Costa Rica—and why it’s so important to do it right

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We all know that we can and should take care when disposing of recyclable materials such as cardboard, paper, glass, and certain plastics—or hazardous...
Recycling

The ecoins program: six years of learning and new challenges

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The ecoins program emerged in 2018 with the goal of offering a solution to a real need: the comprehensive management of solid waste. On...

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Mental Health

The Wellbeing Route at El Colectivo 506

Why not this? Peer-to-peer mental health support

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When we published our first edition on mental health in 2022, one of the biggest limitations we came up against was: there just aren’t...
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HIV and mental health in Costa Rica: read (or listen) to the full series

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This longform series about HIV and mental health in Costa Rica, published in four parts, was supported by the Internews Health Journalism Network. Learn...
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El Colectivo 506 series on HIV wins global reporting prize

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On October 12th, the Internews Health Journalism Network announced that El Colectivo 506 co-founder Katherine Stanley Obando’s four-part series on HIV in Costa Rica,...
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Tips 506

El Colectivo 506 editorial staff explains the how, when, where and what of things to do and experience in Costa Rica.

Past Editions

Recycling closes the circle - April 2024

Rearview 2023 - Dicember 2023

Ripple effect - November 2023

HIV @ 40 - September October 2023

Let's Read! - April May 2023

Measuring Up - March 2023

Start at the river - February 2023

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Rearview 2022 - Dicember 2022

Hop on the bus - November 2022

Las Titas - October 2022

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Costa Rica Inside Out - August 2022

Bilingual by 2040 - July 2022

Food that roots us - May 2022

Animal Coexistence - April 2022

The Lineup - March 2022

Long live CR! - February 2022

Toolkit 2022 - January 2022

Rearview - Dicember 2021

Tenacious - November 2021

The Future of Cancer - October 2021

Infodemic - September 2021

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