‘Avatar’ creators fund reforestation project in Costa Rica
Image from the movie "Avatar"
Giant Studios, creators of Avatar (a film released on December 18th), have come forward with the final infusion of funds needed for a reforestation project in Costa Rica
Avatar, directed by James Cameron, stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang. Set in the year 2154 on Pandora, a fictional inhabited Earth-like moon, the film portrays the mining of Pandora’s precious minerals. A race of humanoids indigenous to the moon, based in a settlement called Hometree, resist the human mining project, which threatens the Pandoran ecosystem.
More trees mean more monkeys; photo of baby howler monkey by Dan Wilson, co-founder of La Reserva in Costa Rica
It seems fitting that the creators of a film that explores the exploitation of ecosystems would fund “Connecting Forest Islands in Costa Rica,” a project of the Lake Arenal-area La Reserva Forest Foundation.
Giant Studies named their donation “Project Hometree.”
Tags: Arenal, arts, avatar, movie
Sustainable Development | Erin Van Rheenen | 
December 28, 2009 9:03 am
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By Wendy Cruz, March 23, 2010 @ 5:21 am
come and visit our project ! greetings from Costarica http://www.arribadas.com we are changing our projecto from INMOBILIARY development to BIOLOGICAL STATION inspired by your MOVIE ! http://WWW.LORAHILLS.COM .
We are INTO THE CHANGE.
WENDY