Event Highlights General Admission is FREE Private VIP cocktail reception with Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy and Dr. Peter H. Raven ($50pp, space limited) Food, drink and live “animal” entertainment Silent Auction & Fund-a-Need to support rainforest conservation Dress is business casual. Free parking in the North Lot of the Saint Louis Zoo. Registration is required. [...]

  Walking on almost any trail in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, you are likely to pass heliconias. Their large, paddle-shaped leaves resemble banana leaves, giving them one of their common names, platanilla, which means little plantain in  Spanish. Heliconia tends to grow in clusters, often in light gaps in the forest and along the banks of streams. The [...]

Written up in 501Connect: SAVE THE DATE! Make plans NOW to attend the Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest’s upcoming “Wild About Conservation!” Annual Awareness & Fundraising Forum. This annual event to benefit the Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest (FCER) will take place from 6:00 until 9:00 pm Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the [...]

A generous donor has given FCER 2 certificates to auction off as a fundraiser.  The week-long packages include food, lodging and diving at the beautiful island of Utila in the Honduras.  If you’re interested, please place your bid in our online auction here. The auction ends April 01, 2013, so get your bids in now! [...]

Board Member Carol Weisman and FCER Director of Development discuss the story behind the Children’s Eternal Raniforest, FCER’s work to support and protect this uniquely important and inspiring rainforest, and FCER’s upcoming Wild About Conservation awareness and fundraising event to benefit the forest.   Give it a listen at http://www.klou.com/pages/MichelleEsswein.html?article=10778609.  If you’re in St. Louis, we [...]

By THOMAS E. LOVEJOY WHETHER in Davos or almost anywhere else that leaders are discussing the world’s problems, they are missing by far the biggest issue: the rapidly deteriorating global environment and its ability to support civilization. The situation is pretty much an endgame. Unless pressing issues of the biology of the planet and of climate [...]

We’re mentioned in the STL Beacon: If you can’t like an organization named Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, something is wrong. But the moniker is not whimsical. “The Children’s Eternal Rainforest is a 55,000 acre reserve in Costa Rica founded by the efforts of school children from around the world (44 countries and counting),” [...]

Local Students Learn the CER A $100,000 grant from an anonymous donor has seeded a 5 year education program for local residents and school children in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. Critical to conservation and wildlife protection efforts, the program will build understanding of why it is important to protect the reserve and prevent the illegal [...]

  The Children’s Eternal Rainforest is the largest private forest reserve in Costa Rica and is managed locally by the Monteverde Conservation League, a non-profit organization with offices bordering the reserve. Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest does fundraising and outreach from afar in order to support the Monteverde Conservation League’s efforts to expand and [...]

The view of Lake Arenal from the Children’s Eternal Rainforest is captivating: bright blue waters flanked by the gray cone of Arenal Volcano and a foreground of thousands of deep green treetops. Visitors to San Gerardo can enjoy this view on the way to the field station. While the beauty of Lake Arenal is undeniable, [...]