{"id":189,"date":"2009-04-16T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2009\/04\/16\/costa-rica-is-giving-me-hope\/"},"modified":"2009-04-16T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T21:45:00","slug":"costa-rica-is-giving-me-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/costa-rica-is-giving-me-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica is giving me hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I highly recommend reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/12\/opinion\/12friedman.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">Thomas Friedman&#8217;s April 11th Op-Ed column<\/a> in the New York Times. The ELCA World Hunger staff has been talking a lot about climate change recently, and the disproportionate impact it has on those living in poverty. It&#8217;s not particularly encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>So what fun to read Friedman&#8217;s article! I have to admit, I don&#8217;t know much about Costa Rica&#8217;s governmental structures or energy usage, which is a shame. Because as Friedman describes it, they are both innovative and hopeful. Apparently &#8220;it did something no country has ever done: It put energy, environment, mines and water all under one minister.&#8221; As a result, environmental, energy, and economic considerations have more balanced influence in policy decisions. And the result of <em>that<\/em> is that Costa Rica now gets some 95% of their energy from renewable sources and has reversed its deforestation. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/library\/publications\/the-world-factbook\/geos\/cs.html\">what I can tell<\/a> from a very quick check, they&#8217;ve also managed to do it while maintaining a reasonably stable economy.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly Costa Rica&#8217;s opportunities and challenges are different than, say, the United States. But how hopeful to be given such an example!<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">-Nancy Michaelis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I highly recommend reading Thomas Friedman&#8217;s April 11th Op-Ed column in the New York Times. The ELCA World Hunger staff has been talking a lot about climate change recently, and the disproportionate impact it has on those living in poverty. It&#8217;s not particularly encouraging. So what fun to read Friedman&#8217;s article! 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