

Have some big ideas or thoughts to share related to the natural products industry? We’d love to hear and publish your opinions in the IdeaXchange. EARTH University, teaching sustainable development to the world. Steven Hoffman is managing director of Compass Natural, providing brand marketing, public relations, social media, and strategic business development services to natural, organic and sustainable products businesses. The project was founded in 2016 by a large group of friends who were connected through their activism and the larger healing arts and medicinal plant communities. (Full disclosure: My agency, Compass Natural, compiles a quarterly e-newsletter for Finca Luna Nueva.) Brave Earth or Tierra Valiente is a young shareholder based community located on a 35 hectare property in the La Fortuna area of Costa Rica. Tom Newmark, a board member of Greenpeace USA, also is co-founder of The Carbon Underground, a nonprofit organization committed to drawing carbon from the atmosphere and into the soil to help mitigate climate change. Finca Luna Nueva was named among the Ten Best Eco-lodges in Costa Rica by Bookmundi in January.

Located adjacent to the 250,000-acre Children’s Eternal Rainforest preserve near the Arenal volcano, visitors can take farm and cacao tours, and view toucans, sloths and other wildlife along the hiking trails. MANILA - The grim realities of COVID-19 have painted a new picture of the ongoing Miss Earth 2020 pageant preliminaries with the revelation of Miss Costa Rica Kelly Avila Mora that she is infected with the virus and is still reeling from it. With its neighbor and program partner Brave Earth, Finca Luna Nueva offers educational workshops in sustainable building and regenerative agriculture, corporate retreats and more in the heart of one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. Here amidst the jungle, thermal pools, and cloud forest, we are exploring new and ancient ways of living. New Chapter’s former CEO Tom Newmark and his wife Terry, and their longtime business partner Steven Farrell own this property. Brave Earth (Tierra Valiente) is a burgeoning community, regenerative farm, and healing arts center based in northern Costa Rica. We have created an 80-acre commons nestled between the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, one of the largest protected regions of rainforest north of the Amazon and Volcano Arenal, which many consider to be the spiritual center.

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With a newly completed, open-air, poolside restaurant built from locally sourced bamboo and other sustainable materials, plus comfortable cabins, bungalows, a yoga studio and common areas, Finca Luna Nueva in Peñas Blancas is a jewel in the rainforest. braveearth Our living lab is located on the northwestern Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, about 2.5 hours from San Jose. Finca Luna Nueva (New Moon Farm) in Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica Finca Luna Nueva, a jewel of an eco-lodge near a rainforest and a volcano
