Reconnecting with Nature with Alvaro Teran (Ep. 9)

Summary:

In this episode we go all the way to Costa Rica and interview Alvaro Teran. Alvaro is the motor behind www.wearmovement.com where they up-cycle waste fibers from pineapple leaves to create bracelets that generate jobs, help people re-connect with Nature and part of the profits go to restore ecosystems in need. He is also part of the Raisingcoral.org project where they are regenerating corals in Costa Rica and joining forces to regenerate corals in all the Americas. 

In this interview Alvaro tells about his teenage troubles and how a role model and Nature helped him be a happier person. Due to this he made his mission to give back to Nature. We talk about the current disconnection that we as humans have with Nature and we talk about his projects that aim to help us all reconnect with Nature. 

We finalize the interview with some beautiful tips to reconnect with Nature provided by Alvaro.

Show Notes:

• Immigrants to Costa Rica worked to save and protect the forest for new generations to enjoy.

• Nature can ground us and bring us back to the self.

• The current human disconnection is part of the cause of unsustainability

• Wear Movement - Water Earth Air Reconnect movement can guide us back to our true nature. The purchase of a bracelet we can help Raising Coral (water), recycle crop waste (earth) and protect the tropical dry forest (air).

• Research and technologies are being used to determine the most resilient corals in order the raise these corals that will survive in the future.

• Mission of Raising Coral is to create a human - coral symbiosis.

• Our actions as an individual do have an impact in nature regardless of where we live.

• Tip: Grounding in the grocery store can help us make the right ecological decision when buying our products.