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Welcome to our video library. Over the years, we've accumulated more than a handful of videos and slideshows of our forest sanctuary and its amazing personalities. Here is the result!

If you have any Flickr, YouTube or Vimeo content (videos, slideshows, ...) you'd like added to this growing library of work, send us the URL, description, artistic credits (please submit content you have created), and we'll post to our site.

Enjoy!

Chair Portraits, by Rachel Jackson
Rachel Jackson, close friend of Rancho Mastatal, frequent visitor to our town, former Ranch intern and talented photographer loves to share her pictorial aptitude with Ranch guests during her yearly visits.

In this work of art, Rachel set out a wooden chair, set up her tripod, and allowed visitors and locals alike (including our dog Pico) one chance to do whatever they wanted in front of, to the side of, on, or with the chair before taking a shot. This is the beautiful and sometimes hilarious result".

Sparky's Life at the Ranch Slideshow
This is a wonderful slideshow made by Brian "Sparky" O'Rourke in 2006 about life at the Ranch.  Click on the Watch on You Tube link.



Hope for the Flowers
This song, written by Alan "Sucia" Smith and others and performed by Alan and Erin "Soupy' Campbell, is a tribute to Trina Paulus' famous book Hope for the Flowers. The song was written in part for Sole and her generation and is quickly becoming a classic.



Bonito - A Video by Benji Zachariah

This is a short video made by volunteer Benji Zachariah.  Enjoy. 

Bonito - Life at Rancho Mastatal from benji zachariah on Vimeo.


Tour of Starboard Cork
This tour of the structure named "Starboard Cork" at Rancho Mastatal is given by Alan Smith, one of the designers and builders of this amazing house where he lives for part of the year.  


Montclair, NJ, The Porchistas - Underground "Cribs" Mastatal, Costa Rica from Michael McLean on Vimeo.

 

Mastatal's Big Foot
This is an amazing short film by Brian "Sparky" O'Rourke about Mastatal's Big Foot. It was made in an effort to "roast" a departing renewable energy workshop group.  Minor profanity.



Trailer, Sole's Fable
Filmmaker Brian "Sparky" O'Rourke made this trailer for the upcoming film entitled "Sole's Fable".



Waddling Fool

This is a song written by Alan Smith, performed by his band The Porchistas, and inspired by Rancho Mastatal.




Nellie's Mosaic

A wonderful slideshow featuring Nellie's amazing mosaic. 




 

Canines and Canadians
This is a hilarious short film by Brian "Sparky" O'Rourke. It was made in an effort to "roast" some members of a departing renewable energy workshop group. There is a bit of profane language.




Welcome to Rancho Mastatal
A five-second welcome to Rancho Mastatal.




Informal Wattle and Daub Demo
This is Timo giving an informal wattle and daub demonstration to Rancho Mastatal interns at the Ranch's biodigester structure. 

 

 

Rain
If you've never experienced a tropical rainstorm in the rainforest, this will give you a sense of what it's like. Here's a short walk around the Main House porch on a wet afternoon at the Ranch.


Walk to the Hen House
A quick walk to the hen house.


Artwork of Costa Rica
Delfino Cornali, the webmaster of Rancho Mastatal's site, put together this small slideshow of the artwork he's completed based on images from Rancho Mastatal. Delfino works mainly with oil and chalk pastels. Many of these pieces hang somewhere on the ranch.


Intern Orientation Spoof
This is a comedic orientation video for incoming Rancho Mastatal's interns created by Brian "Sparky" O'Rourke. This is required viewing for all interns. Hilarious.




The Plunge
This is one of the most popular swimming holes at Ranch Mastatal and as you'll see also provides an opportunity for those that like to jump from heights. We see Tom and his daughter Alana here taking the plunge.


Dona Maria
One of our closes friends, Doña Maria.


Frances' Slideshow

Here's a slideshow of a past intern's work in the gardens. 


View more presentations from nature works
Zombies Video
This video was shot at Rancho Mastatal to Tyler See's original song "Zombies".  

 

2009 Waterfall Classic
This is footage from the beginning of the 2009 waterfall classic which pitted Alan "Sucia" Smith against Jodee Adams-Moore. Needless to say that Jodee whooped Sucia's ass. Too bad we don't have any footage of the end.



Hankey House Tour
Here's a quick little informal tour of the Hankey House.



Villanova Slideshow 2008
The primary focus of this annual service experience is to expose students to the rainforest and the importance of living in harmony with the environment and the local population. Rancho Mastatal employs hands on experiential learning techniques using the rainforest as the classroom. Students work with Ticos and the nearby Huetar Indians, an indigenous tribe located a few miles from Mastatal, to learn about cultural differences and to find peace in the rural setting and adjacent rainforest.



Morning Tour, 2006
This is a morning tour of Rancho Mastatal by Hankey House architect and builder Rob Hankey from 2006. The quality's not great but it will give you a bit of an idea about what you'll find here. This was posted onto YouTube in March 2007.