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  Eco-friendlier Travel Site Launches

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:19 PM ET

  So if the all-inclusive Sandals resort and its mirage of abundance is not your thing, but visiting and learning about the fragile ecosystem of Costa Rica's sea turtles sounds cool (believe me, it is), then perhaps you should click over to ekoVenture.The new travel site specializes i Read More

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  Meet the No-meat Vegetarian Spider

  By David Bois | Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  to and reported by Scientific American, biologists Christopher Meehan and Eric Olson encountered the unusual creature during a field expedition in Costa Rica in 2001. Meehan rose early one day during the excursion, and a jumping spider caught his attention. Expecting to see it snag an insect, h Read More

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  Sing It Now - We're # 37!

  By Kirk Bromley | Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  ranking based on them, WHO no longer does such a report. But they did then, and the fact that America was placed at the abyssmal # 37 spot (between Costa Rica and Slovenia) has been fodder on both sides - the left saying it proves something is wrong with the US and the right saying it prove Read More

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  Build Well-being While Reducing Poverty

  By John Casey | Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  be taken into account, Rojas said, when evaluating poverty-abatement programs. Using data from a yearly, national survey out of the University of Costa Rica, Rojas focused on questions about household income and dependency on household income. He also examined subjective questions about lif Read More

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  Normal Green: Slacker Holiday Gifts

  By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:31 PM ET

  plastic bag nerd but I wasn't before I had one of these. Gift someone for under $20. I've had mine for years. For the kids, Xeko Mission: Costa Rica. Discover new ecosystems, protect the animals, have fun. $29.99 And there you have it. A little something for everyone to make thi Read More

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