The pulse of Costa Rica holds a spell of enchantment within her bosom of diversity. Her fragile ecosystem contains some of the last remaining rainforests on our planet, ³Encanto² is about water, green oxygen making life, the people and the creatures found in this magical place.
Through this opening of inspiration and education, we can empower and inspire others to make shifts necessary toward embodying sustainable living solutions. Incredible Places is developing an innovative Made for the Media program that interfaces with the needs of the conservation community.
Costa Rica's biodiversity serves as a prime example of the inter connectivity of life on our planet. The Encanto Project serves as a catalyst to inspire and teach, while creating community around wilderness experiences, bio-diversity, cultural integrity, land and species conservation, sustainable living, as well as new technology.
We take this journey through five major ecosystems. The threads, which weave these critical issues into a tale worth telling, are the true story adventures of scientists, activists, and every day people.
We meet a local man whose life is changed by working with a start up conservation group. How was his life changed? What hope and pride came to his life by balancing the integrity of the land with the needs of his family? We meet his young wife, a pregnant woman on a pregnant horse entering a pregnant forest. She works the land with this man and the others who share their vision. They are at the beginning of forming Costa Rica Conservation Trust to preserve part of a threatened corridor for the endangered tapir and engage volunteers and students in culture and ecological expeditions.
"We are much more active now with projects that are focused on helping preserve not only the biodiversity," says Director of CRCT Harlow Newton, "but also to alleviate poverty, avoid the forced economic migration of small farmers and indigenous people, raise educational levels, and other related social issues that are inextricably connected to global environmental sustainability."
We follow a scientist to understand his drive and mission. Why are the species in this region so special? Why do we need to care about the tapir, the rain forests, and the jaguar? What medicines have they discovered and how do these forests affect the global community?
In contrast to the small start up conservation group, we are presented with stories told by Jack Ewin from the top of a 250 foot tree he saved along with an entire region now known as the Baru Reserve. We see the results of sustainable living techniques and ecotourism carried out over the decades. These successes pepper the dreams of the few who are willing to spend their lives conserving these areas.
During this journey, we delve into five key regions of biodiversity in Costa Rica known as ³hot spots². We follow the path of a young woman on her first journey outside of the US. We hear the moments and thoughts of inner city kids who have never seen a rainforest. We come to understand the devastating reality that so little of these precious places remain. We want to be there, we want to get our hands wet in the cleanest river on the planet while we gaze at monkeys gazing back at us.
Through words and imagery, experience is combined with footage relating to the primary subject of biodiversity and cultural preservation serving the greater community of Costa Rica. Through ³Encanto", individuals inspire others about the greater picture of a unique land.
Incredible Places has been documenting biodiversity and environmental restoration within Costa Rica and features the work of Costa Rica Conservation Trust as they supporting the tiny communities and environments within the region identified as The Path of The Tapir, as well as notable leaders in sustainable living and conservation.
"Encanto" and ³The Encanto Project² is registered with the Writer's Guild of America, Copyright 2003-2005
