{"id":251182,"date":"2026-05-19T19:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/neue-leitung-umweltbildung2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:09:15","slug":"neue-leitung-umweltbildung2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/neue-leitung-umweltbildung2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental education network in Costa Rica continues to grow and gets new management"},"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_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\/05\/PastedGraphic-1.png\" width=\"934\" height=\"782\" class=\"wp-image-251151\" alt=\"Presentation at the 2023 Annual General Meeting\" title=\"Ariana takes over the management of the environmental education network\" \/><\/span><\/div><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 data-section-id=\"1ik2bhl\" data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"120\">Tropica Verde further strengthens environmental education<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"613\">In 2022, we started to set up an environmental education network in Costa Rica. Since then, this very successful program has enabled a continuous exchange on methods and content of teaching topics. With \"Teach the Teacher\" concepts in teacher workshops, we also multiply the knowledge for teachers. Since 2025, the concept has even reached into the indigenous areas of the Talamanca, and this is greatly appreciated by groups that are normally difficult to access.   <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"t76zeu\" data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"691\">Ariana Oporto-McCarthy takes over as Head of Networking<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"989\">In March 2026, Ariana Oporto-McCarthy, a marine biologist and experienced educator in environmental education, took over responsibility for environmental and network education in the Caribbean region.  <\/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_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 data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1283\">She is thus continuing the successful work of her predecessors Karla Murillo and Monica Chinchilla.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1283\">Ariana has been working as an environmental educator for Tropica Verde since the beginning of 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/project-partners-introduce-themselves-interview-with-ariana-oporta-mccarthy\/\">( &gt;&gt; click here for the interview with Ariana)<\/a> and knows the project work very well. Her place of residence near the small town of Bribri gives her ideal options for expanding <a href=\"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/projekte\/environmental-conservation\/\">our environmental education<\/a> in the indigenous areas, which she already supervised independently in 2025. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1518\">We are delighted to have found a committed young biologist in Ariana for this responsible position and wish her a good start in this new role.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Stefan Rother  <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/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_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\/05\/IMG-20260511-WA0012.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"wp-image-251153\" alt=\"Environmental education Costa Rica\" title=\"Ariana Oporto-McCarthy\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":251170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251182","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\/251182","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252503,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251182\/revisions\/252503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tropica-verde.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}