{"id":250785,"date":"2026-04-30T01:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/motor-des-wandels\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:07:59","slug":"motor-des-wandels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/motor-des-wandels\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication as a driver of change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>A meeting to strengthen the environmental education network<\/h2>\n<p>On On February 12 and 13, 2026, the 3rd Exchange of Experience and Knowledge on Environmental Education took place in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a training event initiated by Tropica Verde and attended by 23 participants from different institutions, municipalities and regions of the country.  The generational, cultural and institutional diversity enabled an enriching dialog aimed at strengthening communication as a tool for socio-ecological change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260212-WA0027-scaled-e1777504272238.jpg\" width=\"1441\" height=\"905\" class=\"wp-image-250765\" title=\"IMG-20260212-WA0027\" alt=\"Protecting the rainforest Rainforest show\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Among the participants were representatives from SINAC, MEP, technical schools, community organizations and the indigenous territories of the Bribri and Cab\u00e9car, which highlighted the territorial scope and cross-sector networking that characterize these processes.<\/p>\n<h2>When information becomes action<\/h2>\n<p>The meeting integrated participatory methods, experiential exercises and hands-on workspaces that allowed for the exploration of different forms of communication - physical, visual, narrative, digital and artistic - as tools for environmental education. Participants analyzed and elaborated messages in printed form, practiced oral storytelling, theater and the strategic use of social networks for educational purposes, accompanied by facilitators from Tropica Verde, Bosque Azul and the Jaguar Rescue Center. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"wp-image-250766\" title=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3.png\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"wp-image-250768\" title=\"3\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Results that inspire continuation<\/h2>\n<p>The evaluation of the meeting showed an outstanding level of satisfaction: the overall experience received top marks and more than 90% of participants said they were motivated to apply what they had learned in their work, community or educational projects. Key takeaways included the importance of clear, creative communication that keeps the target audience of the message in mind.<br \/>Suggestions received were mainly aimed at extending the duration of future meetings and deepening the content, demonstrating an interest in further strengthening skills. <\/p>\n<h2>Establish networks<\/h2>\n<p>The meeting also highlighted the fruits of the continuous collaboration that has taken place in recent years. The logistical support from partner institutions enabled people from different regions to participate and showed that inter-institutional cooperation is crucial to consolidate transformative educational processes.<br \/>This third exchange not only strengthened communication skills, but also reinforced something essential: when people come together, share knowledge and build something together, environmental education becomes a living force for change. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260212-WA0010-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1441\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-image-250771\" title=\"IMG-20260212-WA0010\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260212-WA0005.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" class=\"wp-image-250770\" title=\"IMG-20260212-WA0005\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG-20260212-WA0023-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" class=\"wp-image-250772\" title=\"IMG-20260212-WA0023\" alt=\"\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On On February 12 and 13, 2026, the 3rd Exchange of Experience and Knowledge on Environmental Education took place in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a training event initiated by Tropica Verde and attended by 23 participants from different institutions, municipalities and regions of the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":250787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational-work-cr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250785"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252465,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250785\/revisions\/252465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}