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Rancho Margot promo code dollar rental car is a slice of ecological heaven overlooking Costa Rica s Lake Arenal. promo code dollar rental car Workers grow their own food, craft their own furniture, make their own soap, and derive all of their electricity from their onsite hydropower generators.
promo code dollar rental car A couple of years ago I spent some time touring around Costa Rica on the dime of that small nation's tourism board. I traveled with a pack of journalists, both from the U.S. and various Central American countries, and spent time visiting different resorts and learning more about Costa Rica's eco-tourism program, which is recognized around the world as the leading model for how to successfully combine tourism, economics and true-sustainability.
promo code dollar rental car Rancho Margot was started in 2004 after former fast-food executive Juan Sostheim and his family purchased 400 acres of former promo code dollar rental car cattle range. They set about turning the largely treeless promo code dollar rental car land into what it is today — a rich and verdant spread of land bursting with life. They take a holistic view of sustainability at Rancho Margot and design their systems to be closed looped and productive — the pigs eats food scraps from the kitchen which is turned into poop that is used to produce energy (the solids are composted to create hot water while liquids are put in a biodigester to create promo code dollar rental car methane gas) before being applied to fields to fertilize organic crops, which are then eaten by Rancho Margot's staff and guests. Rinse and repeat.
There's something special promo code dollar rental car about Rancho Margot that needs to be experienced first hand to fully comprehend. I'm not one to believe in the spiritual version of heaven, but I am a true believer in Rancho Margot's place as the earthly, sustainable analogue of that heavenly domain.
Rancho promo code dollar rental car Margot produces their own electricity through a small hydropower plant. The workers of Rancho Margot grow and raise most of the food eaten on site and make their own soap. Their furniture is built using wood harvested from trees growing on-site. Their engines are powered by biodiesel made, you guessed it, at Rancho Margot using leftover cooking oil from their kitchen and surrounding hotels and restaurants.
This dedication to building integrated closed loop systems (similar to how they do things at Polyface Farms ) has attracted attention around the world. Besides the tourists who come to vacation in one of Rancho Margot's numerous luxury bungalows, there are the volunteers who sign on for month-long minimum stints, the students and teachers from universities around the world studying Juan's sustainable system, and the occasional journalist and blogger.
promo code dollar rental car CNN recently sent Sanjay Gupta to Rancho Margot to film an episode of the show "The Next List." CNN produced this in-depth look at the magic of Rancho Margot. Take the time and give it a watch. Then book your tickets promo code dollar rental car to Costa Rica and reserve your room at Rancho Margot .
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