Why Costa Rica?

Here are a few reasons (taken from the TITP site):

• In terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index, Costa Rica is ranked 1st in the Americas and 5th in the whole world. The EPI is a method of ranking a country’s environmental performance, taking into account factors such as adequate sanitation, water quality, marine protected areas, irrigation stress, and critical habitat protection.
• Costa Rica is home to half a million different species, out of which 300,000 are insects. It also hosts over 12 different ecosystems due to the country’s abundance of microclimates.
• Costa Rica protects 26% of its national territory and is considered to be one of the 20 nations with the greatest biodiversity worldwide, although geographically it only represents 0.03% of the Earth’s surface.
• Costa Rica has committed to becoming the world's first carbon-neutral nation by 2021.