Bamboo Design Masterclass

We are excited to be hosting a Bamboo Design Masterclass this coming June 2019 with prestigious Jorg Stamm, one of the builders of the Green School in Bali. We will be building a bird observation tower. If you are interested in joining us. Please read our information below. First course will be in English and […]
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The Soil Carbon Initiative

Article published by Sustainable Herbs ProgramApril 8, 2019 Photo by Steven Foster A Conversation with Tom Newmark by Ann Armbrecht Sustainable Herbs Program I spoke with Tom Newmark by Skype. I asked him if he could describe the Soil Carbon Initiative standard and why it is important. He spoke clearly and passionately and without pausing for ten minutes, […]
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Welcome, Kathryn and Amy, to the Lunatica Family!

One of our recent guests, Kathryn Field, wrote of her experiences at Luna in her TripAdvisor review.  Here’s what she had to say: From farm fresh yogurt, produced using biodynamic farming to freshly made espresso every morning to wandering through the rainforest with sunlight streaming through the ancient canopy, turning the water into liquid gold, […]
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Hiking the Children’s Eternal Rainforest!

Finca Luna Nueva Lodge is proud to be the neighbor of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, the largest private reserve in Costa Rica and the anchor of the 250,000 acre rainforest system that defines our region of the Caribbean slope.  The Children’s Eternal Rainforest connects a series of smaller national parks, preserves, and forests, and together […]
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Flanders, Fields, and Farming

  Finca Luna Nueva Lodge is hosting a gathering of more than 50 students and faculty from The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), a famous research university in Leuven, a city in Flanders, Belgium.  These visitors are all classical musicians, and music surrounds us during their visit.  The brass sections are rehearsing up in Casa […]
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Sloths in Paradise!

Nature guides declare that two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths share common territories in the Costa Rican rainforest, and we now have photographic proof!  Yesterday, a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni,  parked herself in an acerola cherry tree near our reception area. She calmly (of course!) posed for our guests and spent a leisurely day with […]
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A Glimpse of Regeneration

The answer is soil:  the question is irrelevant!  That’s our deepest belief at Finca Luna Nueva.   How do we satisfy the bottomless hunger of the mounting human population?  How do we remedy the loss of up to 70% of the planet’s topsoil?  How do we maintain productivity in the face of climate extremes, including […]
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There’s a New Sloth in Town!

    We’ve watched this mama sloth raise her baby girl, and for those of you who follow our journal we’ve documented some of her tender care.  As Carlos Rodriguez from our reception team has said, she’s a very good mama, and for months she’s put on a show of her mothering skills right in […]
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