September 17, 2004
Learning to Save the Rain Forest, One Small Business at a Time
An unusual Costa Rican university teaches students to be earth-friendly entrepreneursFrom her dorm room at Earth University, Paloma Macchi, a 21-year-old agricultural student from Brazil, looks out at thousands of acres of pristine rain forest. Scarlet macaws flit among the towering ceiba trees. And yellow heliconias, with their oversized petals, bob under the weight of the early morning mist.
Few university campuses in the world compare in terms of sheer natural beauty. But for
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