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LOCALFriday 16 October 2015

Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa Celebrates Annual Green Week

EAGLE BEACH - Manchebo together, confronting the The Green week con- presentation & tour at Brou- and everyone to local and
Beach Resort & Spa cel- common barriers we face, cluded with a Green Eco werij Balashi and closure sustainable aspects of food
ebrated their Green Week identifying the solutions Walk in the morning & Af- luncheon at Balashi Gar- purchases and employee’s
this year from September moving forward and creat- ternoon at the Franse Pas dens. meals, environmental vision
28 – October 3, 2015. The ing the essential roadmaps Gold Mine Ruins thru the Focus on this year’s Green as well as allowing us to
Green week kicked off on to achieve desired growth Mangroves leading to the Week was to make sure contribute more to a num-
Monday afternoon, with paths of the sustainability two connecting bridges that there were combined ber of related sustainability
an Opening Presentation journey for Aruba. (old & new), followed by a commitments from each goals.q
about what Sustainability
entails and the importance
as this applies to the Three
P’s Balance (planet, peo-
ple & profit), representing
the relationship between
the Global Environment &
Society. We need to re-
duce the environmental
impact of society to a level
that the Earth’s self recov-
ering capability can deal
with.
Meatless Monday lun-
cheon followed at the
resort cafeteria. The idea
was simple: offer more op-
tions for meatless dining
one day a week.
There are health benefits
as well with meatless al-
ternatives helps support a
diet with more fiber and
less saturated fat.
A presentation was also
given by Hans Beverwi-
jk, Director at Soap Oro
and Emendo Eco Green-
ery, about different local
products s.a. (Soaps, Pa-
paya pepper, Jams, Aloe
face products and much
more produced right here
in Aruba). Guest Speak-
er, Gisbert R. Boekhoudt,
Government, Nature &
Environment Director pre-
sented Government’s vi-
sion and planning as this
relates to sustainability on
Aruba (green education,
investments e.g.) & green
initiatives Aruba was pres-
ently undertaking. Also
explained the main focus
on sharing sustainability