Welcome to Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico does it better! Aloha, or should I say, hola from Puerto Rico, where I've been lucky enough to been staying the past week thanks to my friend
Yahayra Rosario Cora (whose doing her project on Urban Sustainable Farms and education with the Laura Mercado School in Rosario, PR... her mission?...
Use Small Urban/Suburban Farms to educate and enable low-income communities in Puerto Rico to reduce the high dependence on government economic assistance; and produce, promote and market local food products in order to improve the local economy and meet the nutritional needs of the community.
read more about it at her blog
http://switchfoodchainpuertorico.tumblr.com/).
On another note, as part of this trip, I've made my way over to the
San Juan Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino to check out what this property is doing on the "green" front. Here are just some "undercover" (ethnographic research) pictures, I'll fill you in on exactly what the property's doing after my conversation with the engineering department.
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| view of the front desk, rest of the lobby is being renovated |
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| as you can see here! (hope they're using local materials :) |
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| construction... |
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| view from the steps leading to the pool... ahh puerto rico! |
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| view of the pool |
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| looks like the property's upscale dining outlet... everybody loves Italian! |
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| pool bar where we enjoyed some cocktails... all part of the research of course! |
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| yay sustainability! a public recycling bin |
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| nicely renovated and maintained room hallways, good use of fluorescent bulbs |
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| I might have to fly back to see this "sensational" new lobby someday! |
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