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ented), or the What (inno- this year the Green Aruba
vation oriented). GAVIII dis- will host the conference
tinguishes itself from other in collaboration with CAR-
conferences by also focus- ILEC. CARILEC, founded in
ing on the How of sustain- 1989, is the leading asso-
November 16 - 17: ability (best practices of ciation of electric utilities

GAVIII: Imagine That You’re on an Island… Aruba and other nations). and industry partners in the
Since 2010, Green Aruba Caribbean with currently
has served as an excep- 106 members. It focuses
PALM BEACH –Get Ready tional platform to deliver on electric utility advo-
for the 8th edition of the premium informational ex- cacy, growth and sustain-
Green Aruba Conference perience on how to reach ability in the Caribbean
(GAVIII), which will be held full sustainability, through region, Central and South
at the Hilton Aruba Carib- best practices and innova- Americas. Together, Green
bean Resort on the 16th tions. Aruba and CARILEC will
and 17th of November Most importantly, this con- enable more opportunities
2017. This year’s theme is ference has made it pos- for the conference partici-
“Sustainability in Motion”, sible for other countries, pants to engage in moving
which captures the focus institutions and experts sustainability forward by
on what it takes to move from all over the world to providing valuable insights
from talking about sustain- share valuable information, into how the evolution of
ability to actually doing and tourism. They are also wide variety of renewable knowledge, experiences the electric utility sector will
things in a more sustain- susceptible to climate energy. and best practices. affect us all.
able manner. change. To make this happen, GA- In the context of creating Visit www.greenaruba.org
Despite these facts, the VIII will focus on the theme sustainable partnerships, for more information.q
Imagine that you’re an is- natural conditions of is- ‘Sustainability in Motion’.
land… Would you realize lands show enormous op- From talking about sustain-
that you’re small and vul- portunities to transition to a ability to actually imple-
nerable for natural disas- sustainable energy society. menting sustainable prac-
ters? Islands can show the world tices and policies.
Small islands share almost how to encounter climate Conferences on sustain-
the same challenges and change and be less de- ability often center them-
vulnerabilities like heavy pended on international selves around the Why of
dependence on oil, trade trade with implementing a sustainability (concern ori-