Rancho Mastatal is an education center, working permaculture farm, lodge and community rooted in environmental sustainability, meaningful, place-based livelihoods, and caring relationships.
We offer profound, innovative and authentic apprenticeships, residential workshops and guest experiences. We practice, promote and teach about natural building, fermentation, permaculture design, renewable energy, agroforestry, wilderness medicine, homesteading in the tropics and more.
Our campus encompasses more than 300-acres of beautiful waterfalls, pristine rivers, idyllic swimming holes, impressive trees, extraordinary wilderness views, and intact habitat for the area's rich flora and fauna. Visitors and participants have access to over 10 kilometers of trails, an extensive library, our working permaculture farm, and the tireless team who make the Ranch such a unique place to learn.
We are located in the rural farming town of Mastatal, situated on the edge of the last remaining virgin rainforest of Costa Rica’s picturesque Puriscal County. It is a wonderful place to take in Costa Rica culture, practice your Spanish, visit other permaculture projects, or catch a pickup game of fútbol.
Events & Trainings held by Rancho Mastatal
ECOVILLAGE DESIGN COURSE (EVD)
- Date: 23 May – 6 June 2020
- Language:
- English
- Location: Rancho Mastatal, 100 metros NO del Centro de Acopio, Mastatal, Puriscal, Costa Rica
Join our very first Ecovillage Design Course at Rancho Mastatal! Ecovillages are intentional settlements that include indigenous villages, urban neighborhoods and new intentional communities. They are living laboratories for the development of regenerative tools to address the challenges that we face in our time. … Read more
GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK (GEN) TRAINING OF TRAINERS
- Date: 21 – 25 March 2020
- Language:
- English
- Location: Rancho Mastatal, 100 metros NO del Centro de Acopio, Mastatal, Puriscal, Costa Rica
The GEN Training of Trainers is an opportunity for you to strengthen your capacity to teach, facilitate and train people using GEN’s unique tools and ecovillage based pedagogy. … Read more
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We consider environmental concerns from personal to global perspectives and develop solutions that are regenerative, regionally appropriate, and maintainable. We source our food and materials locally while maximizing our diversified farm. We promote community resiliency by supporting regional efforts for clean water, healthy food, fertile land, and safe, naturally constructed buildings. … Read more
Events
ECOVILLAGE DESIGN COURSE (EVD)
- Date: 23 May – 6 June 2020
- Language:
- English
- Location: Rancho Mastatal, 100 metros NO del Centro de Acopio, Mastatal, Puriscal, Costa Rica
Join our very first Ecovillage Design Course at Rancho Mastatal! Ecovillages are intentional settlements that include indigenous villages, urban neighborhoods and new intentional communities. They are living laboratories for the development of regenerative tools to address the challenges that we face in our time. … Read more
GLOBAL ECOVILLAGE NETWORK (GEN) TRAINING OF TRAINERS
- Date: 21 – 25 March 2020
- Language:
- English
- Location: Rancho Mastatal, 100 metros NO del Centro de Acopio, Mastatal, Puriscal, Costa Rica
The GEN Training of Trainers is an opportunity for you to strengthen your capacity to teach, facilitate and train people using GEN’s unique tools and ecovillage based pedagogy. … Read more
