by greenlifevolunteers | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Reviews, Reviews - National Park
Joe and his girlfriend Lila volunteered together in March 2019 on our National Park Project, in Piedras Blancas National Park. They spent two amazing weeks on the project, and send us this beautiful review: ‘We had an amazing time at Piers Blancas National Park...
by greenlifevolunteers | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Reviews, Reviews - National Park
Lila and her boyfriend Joe spend 2 weeks in Piedras Blancas National Park, and loved it. Here is her review. “We spent 2 weeks volunteering in Piedras Blancas National Park in March 2019, based at El Bonito ranger station. We were doing things like clearing...
by greenlifevolunteers | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Review - Solar Power Project, Reviews
Jamie from the USA participated in our Solar Power Project – A Hands On Workshop in 2018. My two week excursion with Green Life Volunteers exceeded my expectations. Janina’s organization, enthusiasm, kindness, and humor throughout the trip united the...
by greenlifevolunteers | May 15, 2015 | All Projects, Blog, Conservation Projects, Internships
Bird Conservation Project Would you like to help a Bird Conservation NGO on the Osa Peninsula with their research and education all around the topic of exotic birds? Then you should volunteer on our Bird Conservation project! Quick FactsDetails Volunteer's...
by greenlifevolunteers | May 12, 2014 | All Projects, Blog, Development Projects, Group Projects, Popular Projects, Special Projects
Are you interested in solar energy? Would you like to learn how to install Solar Panels and at the same time do something great for a small rural community in Costa Rica? Are you happy to meet other like-minded people and hang out with a group? Then this project is...
by greenlifevolunteers | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog
Morgan’s Blog – Morgan is a 27 year old volunteer from Canada, who is working for two months on our Environmental Education program in Puerto Jimenez, She’s an environmental sciences teacher in Canada with classroom experience. This is her first blog report....
by greenlifevolunteers | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog, Reviews, Reviews - Bio Research
Samantha participated in our Biological Research Project for 1 month in July – August of 2016. This is her write up about her experiences: “It’s been about 2 and a half weeks since I got to Costa Rica, and I’m already dreading going home in just 11 days! I...
by greenlifevolunteers | Jun 12, 2016 | Blog
Volunteer abroad: The benefits of flying the coop Article written by Green Life Volunteers alumni volunteer Cassie Daigle. Original Article here in the Red and Black. The desire to travel resides in a lot of us as undergraduates, stemming from that nagging voice in...
by greenlifevolunteers | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Cassie's Turtle Volunteer Experience - Day 5 / 6 It is quite the week this week for turtle nesting. The past three nights I’ve walked this week there has been a turtle every single time that has nested. Two nights ago, we were with one turtle for about thirty...
by greenlifevolunteers | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog
Hi everyone, We are working a lot on the website, movies, new projects, handbooks and a lot more, but we also need some relax time. And our relax time was next week. Some friends or Carlies were in Costa Rica and we did a lot of things in the Osa Peninsula. We went to...
by greenlifevolunteers | Jan 21, 2016 | Blog
Saturday 16 January we visited the Arboretum. Arboretum means a collection of trees, and now I have been there, I can confirm that it is a collection of trees. When we were there, we got a tour through the Arboretum by Juan. Juan told us a lot about the Arboretum and...
by greenlifevolunteers | Jan 18, 2016 | Blog
Hi everyone! On the 28th of December all staff members of Green Life Volunteers went on a little business trip! We visited three new projects Green Life Volunteers will offer in the future. On the first day of business trip we visited a Biological Research...
by greenlifevolunteers | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog
Last Saturday we went to the Christmas Bird Counting Hike in Puerto Jimenez. The Bird Counting group we participated was at Osa Interactive Gardens. The hike started at 05.30 o’clock, which we find very early. First we got an introduction and an explanation about what...
by greenlifevolunteers | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog
Hi everyone, I would like to inform you about the projects that I have been working on lately. The project that I have been working on is EducaOsa. EducaOsa is an organization which provide environmental education to the rural schools around Puerto Jimenez. I went...
by greenlifevolunteers | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
Hi everyone, I will give you an update about the two rescued dogs Mila and Dobby which you maybe remember from the last blog. Mila and Dobby are both rescued by a project of Green Life Volunteers, the ‘Dog Rescue Project’. Mila has been transferred to a...
by greenlifevolunteers | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog
Hi everyone, Last weekend, Janina had a big surprise for us. There were two dogs who where rescued, and we got the honor to take care of them. Saturday, on Thyrza’s birthday, we got Mila. She was rescued last Friday while we had a meeting for EducaOsa. We took her to...
by greenlifevolunteers | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog
Perhaps you already saw it on Facebook but there is some news for Green Life Volunteers. After a long process, and a lot of waiting, Green Life Volunteers has officially a non-profit status in Costa Rica! According to the Costa Rican Registro Nacional an association...
by greenlifevolunteers | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog
Hi everyone, let us introduce ourselves. We are the new interns of Green Life Volunteers. Our names are Thyrza (the blonde one) and Carlies (the curly hair). We are both Dutch students who are currently studying Bachelor Business with a degree on Vitality and Tourism...
by greenlifevolunteers | Jul 9, 2015 | All Projects, Blog, Group Projects, Special Projects
We are NOW offering special short term volunteer projects or “excursion” options to our volunteers. Normally the minimum amount of time that the projects would like to receive volunteers is around one week. But NOW we can offer 2, 3, 4 or 5 day volunteering projects...
by greenlifevolunteers | May 20, 2015 | Blog
My time has almost finished in Costa Rica so this would be my last blog story. The last two months I have been working on my research because this is also very important next to the work I have been doing for Green Life Volunteers. Transcribing and analyzing the...
