Wonderful video produced by Michael and Katie Garrett of Garrett and Garret Videography, a brother and sister videography team based in Southampton. They produced this video as part of their Value of Volunteering project, where they filmed 14 volunteering opportunities in 6 countries in Central America. Here’s a brief write-up of their experience of visiting [...]

Elizabeth Henke, Program Director Montessori Institute for the Science of Peace In March 2013, FCER’s partnership with the Montessori Institute for the Science of Peace sent its first exploratory group of adolescents into the Children’s Eternal Rainforest (CER) for eight days of immersion. The mission was to take a comprehensive natural history and tropical science [...]

The Children’s Eternal Rainforest is located in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The rainforest in the area is home to not only amazing birds, snakes, plants, and other animals, but also has some extreme attractions if you end up going. Check these videos out — guaranteed to get your heart pounding! The first: 1 Kilometer long zip-line, [...]

Enjoy this video of Dr. Peter Raven’s informative talk given at our 2012 Fundraising Event, held at the Saint Louis Zoo on April 26, 2012. Our Speaker: Dr. Peter Raven is described by TIME magazine as a “Hero for the Planet”. He is one of the world’s leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity. [...]

Last week when the board of Friends of the Rainforest were visiting Costa Rica they spent the night in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest at Poco Sol. Jim Wolfe, biologist, film maker and ex-board member who has a cabin nearby, put his camera out overnight near the trail from the lake down to the waterfall at [...]

Laurie Waller met with Dr. Peter H. Raven, Presient Emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden and member of the MCLUS board. He speaks here of the tremendous value of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. You can learn more about Dr. Raven and his career at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_H._Raven.

MCLUS President Laurie Waller had an opportunity to interview MCLUS board member Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy on two separate occasions. In this brief chat Dr. Lovejoy shares his views on the environment and protecting biodiversity for a more livable planet. Find out more about Dr. Lovejoy on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lovejoy. And here Dr. Lovejoy shares [...]

Please watch this video about the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. It was created by Mark Wainwright, author of The Mammals of Costa Rica and President of the Monteverde Conservation League.