Environmental Action Initiatives
• Tico’s Camera Trap Program
Cameras were placed on lands acquired by the White Hawk Foundation to monitor wildlife to support Osa Peninsula conservation. Cameras capture data on animal behavior and population dynamics, helping to identify endangered species and combat poaching. Equipped with motion sensors and night vision, these weather-resistant cameras operate 24/7. Local community involvement fosters ownership and responsibility.
• Promoting environmental conservation education
through music and song. Máf é Tulá, a Costa Rican artist, holds songwriting workshops for local Carate children to foster conservation appreciation and awareness. Songs are recorded and shared with the world, inspiring communities to protect the environment and save the many marvelous creatures, helping to create young stewards for the rainforest.
This song was composed by a group of boys and girls from Carate Beach on the Osa Peninsula. They are students from the Río Oro school in Carate, Puerto Jiménez. The song was called “Sí podemos” (Yes, we can). It emerged as part of a series of workshops given by the national artist Máf é Tulá with the help of the White Hawk Foundation. Their voices came together to raise awareness about nature conservation. It premiered on Friday, October 18, 2024 as part of World Nature Protection Day.
• Created La Semilla
The mission of La Semilla (“the seed”) is to educate people on ways to protect the area’s biodiversity and the positive impact it will have on their health—and the health of the planet. La Semilla’s goal is also to address people’s primary needs for food, water, shelter, and clothing so they can tend to the earth’s requirements. This is accomplished by designing and implementing environmental and health programs in local schools and communities. It encourages behavior that has a positive impact on the local wildlife and creates a desire to preserve its biodiversity while also meeting basic human needs.
• Reforestation
At the Bamboo School and beyond, White Hawk Foundation is participating in a tree-planting "rewilding” program. Students, their families, and members of the surrounding community will plant endemic and other trees throughout the White Hawk Foundation’s protected land.
• Zero Carbon Footprint
The White Hawk Foundation’s founder and president, Lana Wedmore, participates in community meetings with the newly formed municipality, the local government of Puerto Jiménez. She proposed that all new buildings in Puerto Jiménez be constructed with a zero carbon footprint, aiming to be the first to do so and set a standard in Costa Rica.