Here you can find a feed of our latest Instagram posts. Click on the pictures to see a detailed description in Spanish and English. For more updates follow us @AstilleroVerde.
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1684601061265-AYQXNKP9QV4T2RQ55EAI/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1683997700429-HZPRQE3GLADHSMBHJV2S/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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
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![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1683226214972-EEZ5DLECHAHB5WLD49XQ/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1682790562692-J72O7R91AAXTI7UIAKV7/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1682183420499-4645OK4VKTEL7USI7XXE/image-asset.jpeg)
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![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1681600702265-NPEC8QAQ75RDBZ0LI2PP/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1681332714518-WIC0IAPHKEGZF1ZK92L6/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1680718676847-L80XGH0GBC72S8JKXJR8/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1680131329401-YKQYTUXL6Y3822ZDWR93/image-asset.jpeg)
![[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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1679669499831-A6SYLIJ4SQXQIJ0HHOIC/image-asset.jpeg)
![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](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1679516010457-Z1NK08NO1EQYE6UM34PB/image-asset.jpeg)
![[ES] ¡Visítanos! Reserve un recorrido por el astillero para ver cómo se está construyendo el buque de carga de cero emisiones Ceiba y aprenda sobre nuestro astillero regenerativo.
Sigue el enlace en nuestra biografí](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1678926077498-P2PNAIS139TCOVGUDOBF/image-asset.jpeg)
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![[EN] How many of these plants in our shipyard garden can you identify? Let us know what you can see in the comments!
[ES] ¿Cuántas de estas plantas de nuestro jardín del astillero puedes identificar? ¡Háganos saber](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5f12df92441baf8b8e71a0/1678141051713-6JDXPKJO817JKIGUKRG6/image-asset.jpeg)
![[EN] These beautiful marimbas are made from @sailcargo shipbuilding off cuts as part of our BeatsForTrees program! You can buy one of these marimbas through our website, for each purchase we donate one marimba to a local school. Link in bio.
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