Ever heard the saying “there are plenty more fish in the sea”? Little bit of an exaggeration nowadays, given the excessive rate of global fish consumption. Our insatiable appetite for seafood has seen certain species pushed to the brink of …
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Tag Archives: Sustainability
Meet Marcela – Jicaro’s New Sustainability Coordinator, and the Hilarious Girl behind Jicaro’s Instagram
At Jicaro Island Lodge, we’re a tight-knit team. A familia of just 32, headed up by our owner: Mama Karen as we like to call her. Over the past decade, Jicaro has become something of a second home for many …
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Cool off with Our Favorite Cocktail
As a sustainable eco lodge, we’re all about sourcing local. We eat local fruit, hire local staff, decorate our casitas with local art. The list goes on! Nicaragua is a country full of tropical treasures and practically everything we need here …
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If You Like Bread You’ll Love this Nicaraguan Fruit
Carb lovers rejoice, we’re here to tell you you can have your bread and eat your fruit too. How? Breadfruit—or Fruta de Pan as the locals call it. This large oval shaped fruit grows year round along Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast …
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A Quick Update on our Sustainability Projects
The past years have been busy for us in terms of our work with the local community around Jicaro. We’ve been focused on improving the conditions and installations of the Padre Nello school near Jicaro and–over the next months– we would like …
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Sustainable Tourism at Jicaro Island.
Jicaro Ecolodge is more than a luxury resort. Even though we are very proud of our level of service and our property what we are most proud about is our effort to be a positive force in the community. We …
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A time to give back.
One of the greatest joys of the holiday season is giving and the Cayuga Collection, and particularly Jicaro Eco-Lodge loves to give back to the community and the environment that are so kind to have us as their neighbors. During …
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Padre Nello is all lit up!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the guests who have come to Jicaro Island Ecolodge and helped us turn this project into a reality. We have been working with Earth Equilibrium to improve the conditions of Padre Nello …
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Jicaro Community Project: Playground for children at Padre Nello School
The Padre Nello’s school children on Granada Isletas are very happy again, having a renovated playground to now enjoy! Children’s games are one of the most important environments for children in school to develop social skills. Most forms of play …
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Birdwatching and Community Support at Jicaro Island Eco Lodge
Recent guests at Jicaro Island Eco Lodge, Rhonda and her husband Lyle, visited Padre Nello School to give students school supplies that will be very important for their education. This is one of the schools that Jicaro works with to …
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