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Thursday 26 OcTOber 2017

November 16 - 17 at the Hilton Aruba Resort:

‘Sustainability in Motion’ the Theme of Green Aruba 2017

PALM BEACH –Get Ready
for the 8th edition of the
Green Aruba Conference
(GAVIII), which will be held
at the Hilton Aruba Carib-
bean Resort on the 16th and
17th of November 2017. This
year’s theme is “Sustain-
ability in Motion”, which
captures the focus on what
it takes to move from talk-
ing about sustainability to perience on how to reach and industry partners in the
actually doing things in a full sustainability, through Caribbean with currently
more sustainable manner. best practices and inno- 106 members. It focuses
vations. Most importantly, on electric utility advo-
Conferences on sustain- this conference has made cacy, growth and sustain-
ability often center them- it possible for other coun- ability in the Caribbean
selves around the Why of tries, institutions and experts region, Central and South
sustainability (concern ori- from all over the world to Americas. Together, Green
ented), or the What (inno- share valuable information, Aruba and CARILEC will
vation oriented). GAVIII dis- knowledge, experiences enable more opportunities
tinguishes itself from other and best practices. for the conference partici-
conferences by also focus- In the context of creating pants to engage in moving
ing on the How of sustain- sustainable partnerships, sustainability forward by
ability (best practices of this year the Green Aruba providing valuable insights
Aruba and other nations). will host the conference into how the evolution of
Since 2010, Green Aruba in collaboration with CAR- the electric utility sector will
has served as an excep- ILEC. CARILEC, founded in affect us all.
tional platform to deliver 1989, is the leading asso- Visit www.greenaruba.org
premium informational ex- ciation of electric utilities for more information.q

Visit the New Aruban Donkey Sanctuary in Bringamosa!

BRINGAMOSA - After al- day of the week. and taken care of in a safe
most 20 years at Santa Lu- environment.
cia, it became high time for The move was unavoid- The stables are baby-proof,
the Aruban Donkey Sanc- able, as the herd had be- so that newborn donkeys
tuary to move to a newer come so large that it had can take their first steps
and larger area to house its to be housed at three dif- there. There is also a donkey
130 donkeys, so last year ferent locations. At Bringa- aid station for veterinary
the new Donkey Sanctu- mosa all the donkeys are treatments and dentistry;
ary’s doors at Bringamosa together, plus there are lots they can be washed there
opened wide for all to en- of new facilities: six stables too, if necessary. A donkey
joy! The new opening hours for sick or pregnant don- KIA (prison) will incarcerate
are from 9am to 4pm, every keys, who may be nursed the animals that are not

100% to be trusted; these you came by to meet the
are often donkeys with donkeys in their new habi-
traumas following abuse or tat; it could be an edu-
an accident. There is also a cational way of spending
spacious location for don- your free time. Enjoy sip-
key feed, running water ping your drink or eating
and electricity; especially an ice cream at Bringamo-
water is a first necessity for sa. Take the road at your
the donkeys. left to Frenchman’s Pass
For guests there is a cozy when coming from Santa
visitors’ center where one Cruz and take a left again
can have a cold drink and as soon as you can. From
an ice cream on the cov- there you will find signs how
ered porch, buy a souve- to find our new Donkey
nir in the shop and make Sanctuary. You are more
a stop at the restrooms. than welcome from 9am
All this makes a visit to the until 4pm. Please come!
Aruban Donkey Sanctuary For more information, call
worth your while. 593-2933, or visit www.aru-
It would be very nice if bandonkey.org q