Costa Rica Rural Community Empowerment Project

- history - goals - who's involved -

Vancouver Island University Project Affiliates:

• David Robinson, PhD, Project Director, VIU
• Silvio Caldera, Project C--director, VIU Alumni
• Leslie King, PhD, Royal Roads University
• Dave Twynam, PhD, Dean Faculty of Management, VIU
• Graham Pike, PhD, Dean, International Education
• Bob Payne, PhD, Professor, Lakehead University, Ontario

Vancouver Island University/Nanaimo Project Partners:

• Wildwood Eco-forestry, Nanaimo, BC
• Kevin Bell, Manager, Bean Positive Organic Coffee Importers, Nanaimo, BC

Costa Rican Research Partner Institutions:

• Earth University
• Cartago University College
• The Rainforest Alliance of Costa Rica

Costa Rican Community Organization Partners:

• The Nubotropica Foundation, Santa Maria de Dota
• Farm & Agro-tourism Association of Los Santos (FAALS)
• Association of Farming Families of the Los Santos Eco-Tourism Trail
• Canadian Embassy, San Jose

"I want to live, I want to give... I crossed the ocean for a Heart of Gold." (Neil Young)