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Solutions Journalism

Costa Rican fashion in search of sustainability: the story of Selfmade

The fashion industry is one of the world’s worst polluters. It is produced on a massive scale and in less than ideal conditions. However,...

How can Costa Ricans read more if they don’t have books?

“The cruel reality was that there were no books and there were no libraries. It was like a bucket of cold water," says Alda...

The green veins of our concrete cities

You can listen to this story on Spotify It's Saturday morning. Children, teens, homemakers, senior citizens and other residents have gathered, all ready to work...

Podcast in Spanish: For these rural Costa Rican communities, the solution to forest fires comes from within

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. An...

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...
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Guaranteeing water access isn’t easy. ASADAs show that it’s possible

“It makes me feel very proud because it's a little treasure that's now protected,” says Karina Villalobos. She’s referring to a plot of a...
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