The Sustainable Jungle Podcast
Society & Culture
Rafael Robles is a biologist, researcher and an esteemed leader in the rural town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Rafa has also lived and worked in Mexico and has contributed to conservation projects all over the world. He is passionate about his country and their significant efforts to protect their wild places. Rafa has spent a lifetime protecting and improving both human and “wild” life in Tortuguero, Costa Rica and has made extraordinary contributions to making this a model sustainable, rural town
We visited the small village of Tortuguero Costa Rica with our friends from the Oropopo Experience and were really impressed by the village’s intense focus on sustainability and protecting their wild. We were fortunate to get time with local leader, Rafa and enjoyed sitting down in his very ‘alive’ garden (we had a sloth hanging about overhead!) on the edge of the Tortuguero National Park to discuss small town sustainability, surviving a pit viper snake bite and Costa Rica’s success in prioritizing conservation and sustainability.
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72 · MEG CARNEY · FOREVER CHEMICALS & THE OUTDOOR MINIMALIST
71 · DR. SALEEM H. ALI · ALUMINUM AND THE QUEST FOR INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY
70 · KATE FLYNN · MAKING PLASTIC-FREE, HEALTHY FOOD MORE ACCESSIBLE
69 · DAPHNA NISSENBAUM · PIONEERING COMPOSTABLE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
68 · CARL GISH · TECH DRIVEN, CARBON NEGATIVE HOUSING
67 · JENNY HU · FEMALE FOUNDED TECH FOR SUSTAINABLE FASHION
66 · STEPHANIE DEVINE · BOTANIC CIRCULARITY & THE VERY GOOD BRA
65 · ERIN MEEZAN · LEADING BEYOND MISSION ZERO @ INTERFACE
64 · SAMUEL LEROUX · CHANGING TIME(S) @SOLIOS
63 · GAUTAM SHAH · GROUNDBREAKING TOOLS FOR CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT WITH WILDLIFE
62 · ADAM LOWY · REDUCING FOOD WASTE AND FIGHTING HUNGER @ MOVE FOR HUNGER
61 · NOEL KOK · CREATING A PATH TO CONSERVATION THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS
60 · SIMON GRIFFITHS · WHO GIVES A CRAP?
59 · MEERA JAIN · GREEN HOLIDAYS WITH THE GREEN MUM
58 · GEORGINA WILSON-POWELL · IS IT REALLY GREEN?
57 · CARLEE JACKSON · MINORITIES IN SHARK SCIENCES
56 · ALFRED ADJABENG · SCHOOL FARMS IN GHANA
55 · WONG SIEW TE · SAVING SUN BEARS
54 · NDÉYE MARIE AÏDA NDIÉGUÈNE · LEADING WITH SOLUTIONS & ACTION IN SÉNÉGAL
53 · TAMSIN CHISLETT · IN WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW @ ONLOAN
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