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...also the perfect setting for those who like their outdoor experiences spiked with adrenaline: harnessed and helmeted nature lovers can whiz through the Tsitsikamma's treetops by strapping themselves onto a web of steel cables threaded through the forest canopy. Biologists studying the flora and fauna in the Costa Rican cloud- and rain-forest canopies invented the system in the 1980s. It's an adventure that is eco-friendly?not one nail or bolt is drilled into a tree, as the whole system is held together with tension and leverage forces. The highest point is 30 m above the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Green Fun | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...also the perfect setting for those who like their outdoor experiences spiked with adrenaline: harnessed and helmeted nature lovers can whiz through the Tsitsikamma's treetops by strapping themselves onto a web of steel cables threaded through the forest canopy. Biologists studying the flora and fauna in the Costa Rican cloud- and rain-forest canopies invented the system in the 1980s. It's an adventure that is eco-friendly - not one nail or bolt is drilled into a tree, as the whole system is held together with tension and leverage forces. The highest point is 30m above the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Green Fun | 3/28/2006 | See Source »

FIMRC is a global non-profit organization that provides health education programs and medical care for the underprivileged. Four undergraduate FIMRC members will travel to a clinic in Alajuelita, a community located near the Costa Rican capital, San Jose...

Author: By Rachel Banks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Four Undergrads To Work at Costa Rican Clinic | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

...temporary home at the Holiday Inn, could easily have been the subject of an episode of Larry David’s HBO series, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” There was not a single word of English spoken between my new Venezuelan, Dominican and Puerto Rican teammates. I would venture to say that there were at least five good laughs at the expense of the white kid in the back with the “Harvard Baseball” t-shirt on. I have no doubt that I will spend the next six months kicking myself...

Author: By Frank Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rookie Learns Spring Lessons | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

While much of corporate Europe shut down last week, top officials at the Luxembourg steel company Arcelor were working harder than ever. In the space of just seven days starting Dec. 22, the firm bought a 50% stake in two Costa Rican firms and snapped up 20.5% of a Turkish steel company. By far its biggest move came on Dec. 23, when ceo Guy Dollé announced a $4.2 billion hostile takeover bid for Canada's leading steel producer Dofasco, topping an agreed offer by Germany's ThyssenKrupp. Arcelor is trying to reduce its heavy dependence on the European market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's High Time for Mixing Brands | 12/31/2005 | See Source »

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