Solutions Journalism
The green veins of our concrete cities
It's Saturday morning. Children, teens, homemakers, senior citizens and other residents have gathered, all ready to work for a common goal: to reclaim this...
In our final longform of 2022, we’re proud to present our first longform story created for audio. We talk to two women who have...
‘We need less bureaucracy and more action’
Who would you rely on if flood waters took your bedding, your belongings, or even your home?
The thing is, none of us know that...
Why you are the key to solutions journalism
When a journalism student asked me earlier this week how El Colectivo 506 finds the solutions that we report about, a series of faces...
Caregiving as a shared public-private responsibility in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, 80% of households with children under four assume 100% of the caregiving. This usually means that women take on this task....
The economy of care and its professionalization
Paola Mejías Molina was in the last months of her nursing degree at Santa Lucía University when she decided to start a business: highly...
The hardworking teens leading Costa Rica’s bilingual push
“What is the topic of the day? Let's see”, says teacher Marcela Aguilar Alpizar to the students of section 11-2-A of the Liceo San...
Starting small: Costa Rica creates language immersion for public preschools
“Teacher! Here are 22,” says the cook at the Guachipelín School in San José when she hands Alexandra Wong Carbonell a bowl of 22...
How Costa Rica transformed the way it assesses its English students
In 2018, the Costa Rican government set a goal: to graduate completely bilingual high school students.
When? No later than 2040.
How? Achieving this goal is...
Supporting youth mental health: the JovenSalud tool
“We thought it was a fantasy at the beginning, but now we’ve had results,” says Juan José Hernández, counselor at the San Rafael de...
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Florex and the B Assessment: proving you’re green in a developing country
When environmental lawyer and Grupo Florex CEO Silvia Chaves heard about Certified B Corporations some seven years ago, she was intrigued.
“The comprehensive nature of...
