THANK YOU SO MUCH!

 
 

Trees for Seas

A reforestation and stewardship program restoring degraded and vulnerable ecosystems in the Bellbird Biological Corridor, Costa Rica. We have planted 9,000 trees since 2020, creating several jobs in our community, and with your support we will plant much more. Read our latest planting report here.

AstilleroVerde is part of the worldwide movement to plant 1 Trillion Trees!

 
 
 
 
 

Camarita Regenerative Center

The Camarita Regenerative Center will be a living demonstration of an agroforestry system, growing food and lumbar together regeneratively. The education center will provide training in agroforesty, permaculture and boatbuilding.

 
 
 
 
 

Beats for Trees

Support our Beats For Trees program to provide Marimbas and Beatboxes to schools in Costa Rica. Support the scheme by donating or buying an instrument of your own.

 
 
 

With gratitude for your support!


Thank you for choosing to support our non-profit shipyard association. As an affiliate of Amigos of Costa Rica, a 501(c)3, your donation is eligible for tax deduction in the United States.

Donation options, particularly for larger donations, include national and international transfers, credit card payments, wire transfers, and cheque payments to Amigos of Costa Rica.

 
 

Please read the Donation Information Sheet to learn how to donate to us. Thank you very much!

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[EN] Our nursery manager, Lucas, and nursery assistant, Bryan, collect seeds and germinate them to grow the saplings we plant in the TreesForSeas program. Lucas and Bryan record the coordinates of each tree, allowing us to create a database of trees
[EN] Common name: Jatobá Scientific name: Hymenaea courbaril Distance from shipyard: 8 km Jatobá has been used extensively by @sailcargo in the building of Ceiba. It is an extremely hard wood used for places in the ship which need to
[EN] Fact: This tree, native to Central America, has extremely hard seed pods, the only species strong enough to open these casings in the area are horses and humans! Common name: Jicarillo pequeño Scientific name: Crescentia alata Distance
Ros Strang came to us from the UK where she worked in clinical trials for the National Health Service. She has since spent the last 7 months working for us at AstilleroVerde, streamlining everything we do. She worked as an administrator to ensure our
[EN] Take a look around the Camarita Regenerative Centre! See here Pancho, Misael, Zorro and Brian, who have built this beautiful structure in the searing heat of Costa Ricas dry season. We're proud to be regenerating this land from a former teak pl
[EN] Introducing Seed Saturdays! Throughout the TreesForSeas tree planting season this year we’ll be posting profiles of the seeds which make reforestation possible. These seeds are collected by hand by our local team, germinated in our nurse
[EN] Happy Earth Day 2023! The theme of this year's Earth Day is 'Invest in our Planet' which highlights the importance of dedicating our time, resources, and energy to solving environmental issues. Invest in us by donating to our TreesForSeas campai
[EN] We're currently developing our 2022 - 2025 Social Action Plan. At the end of 2022 we conducted a survey of 127 households, representing over 480 residents of our local community to help us best understand the needs and priorities of the people w
[EN] Building at our Camarita Regenerative Center is nearly complete! This handcrafted building will host our educational programs and provide shade and shelter for our staff who manage our nursery and agroforestry area. Keep following us for more ex
[EN] Biochar is a key element in our ‘Un-Waste management system’. Wood scraps from shipbuilding and our offcuts shop are turned into biochar in our purpose built kiln. Biochar provides a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to chemica
[EN] At our green shipyard we are lucky to receive two meals a day lovingly prepared by cooks from our local women's association. All our food is cooked on wood fired stoves, using offcuts from @sailcargo shipbuilding as fuel. This provides an impor
[EN] The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration have recently published a report on Why Native Forest Reforestation Matters. 'To ensure forests sustainably and permanently capture carbon, planting initiatives need to shift toward native forest restorat
Donate to support TreesForSeas Season 4! / Done para apoyar la Temporada 4 de TreesForSeas! [EN] $10 = 1 tree planted Once the rains return to our corner of Costa Rica, we'll start digging holes for TreesForSeas Season 4. We're busy preparing for ou