MAGAZINE September 2016
RACE FOR SUSTAINABILITY CURAÇAO INTRODUCES CERTIFICATION
EYE ON CURAÇAO CHRISTOFFELBERG
“Hundreds of tired, over-civilized Curaçaoans are beginning to find out going to the Christoffelberg is going home; that wilderness is a necessity… People pull together in an odd way when they go up the trail. It’s astonishing how few of them litter and how much they help one another to reach the top.’”
EYE ON CURACAO
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BECOMING A SUSTAINABL DESTINATION
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The race for sustainability is on. Over the last eight years, the Curaçao Business Council for Sustainable Development has successfully raised awareness, seeing its membership grow from 6 to 60 companies. ‘Now we feel the time is for action,’ says John Amarica, chairman, who emphasizes the importance of adherence to international standards. ‘We’ll be left behind if we don’t.’ FOR THE ARTICLE, GO TO OUR BLOG: HTTP://WWW.SUSTAINABLECURACAO. COM/BLOG/2016/8/25/RACE-FOR-SUSTAINABILITY
‘IF WE CONTINUE TO USE IRRESPONSIBLY — IF WE WASTE FOOD, WATER AN WE ARE NOT EVEN IN THE
E RESOURCES CONTINUE TO ND ENERGY — E RACE.’
BONAIRE AND SABA ARE IN THE G TAINABLE DESTINATIONS – CURA NOT GOING TO BECOME MORE SU ROOMS, WE HAVE TO BE PRO-ACT CA, ‘AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT WITH SUSTAINABILITY.’
GLOBAL TOP 100 OF SUSAÇAO IS NOT. ‘WE ARE USTAINABLE IN MEETING TIVE,’ SAYS JOHN AMARIAT CURAÇAO IS CONCERNED
‘WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO SAYS JOHN AMARICA. ‘SO W MINIMAL SUSTAINABILITY THAT ARE EASY TO IMPLEM
O GET STARTED,’ WE DESIGNED Y STANDARDS MENT.’
‘WITH EACH LEVEL IT BECO CULT, AND WE HOPE THAT LEVEL 1, BY THEN, PEOPLE BUSINESS IS GOING, WHER BUSINESS IS GOING, AND TO KEEP MAKING CONSCIO
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OMES MORE DIFFIT AFTER COMPLETING E SEE WHERE THEIR RE WORLDWIDE REALIZE THEY NEED OUS CHOICES.’
THE ARTICLE, GO TO OUR BLOG:
USTAINABLECURACAO.COM/BLOG/2016/8/25/ R-SUSTAINABILITY
CURALOE WANTS TO BECO COMPANY THE PEOPLE OF CURAÇAO CAN BE PROUD OF.
OME A F ‘We focus on doing international business, bringing money into the economy and also giving a good example. We are striving to become the first company in Curaçao to reach BPM’s Minimal Sustainability Standards and be awarded certification.’ Remco Ernandes, Commercial Consultant Curaçao Ecocity Projects NV/CurAloe
CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, EINSTEIN & JONES HA TRIPLE P’S INTO
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, PLANET AND PROFIT AS TRANSLATED THESE O THE ‘TRIPLE W’
THE CATHEDRAL OF THO
ORNS A building-sized work of art by Herman van Bergen, is currently being built on Curaçao. ‘To expand consciousness,’ he says, ‘about are past and our future what we have done and our doing to Mother Earth and fellow beings is pika. It’s time to respect nature and each other.’
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INDIGENOUS FLORA AND FAUNA SHIMARUKU. KADUSHI. CHUCHUBI. THESE ARE CAQUETIO WORDS, GERARD VAN BUURT EXPLAINS IN HIS BOOK ON AMERINDIAN WORDS IN THE PAPIAMENTU LANGUAGE. THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND LEFT US WORDS FOR MOSTLY PLANTS AND ANIMALS, SHIMARUKU MEANING A SMALL TREE OR SHRUB WITH ORANGE-RED, KADUSHI IS THE NAME FOR A COLUMNAR CACTUS AND CHUCHUBI IS A TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD. VAN BUURT PRESENTS A LIST OF WORDS IN HIS PUBLICATION CAQUETÍO INDIANS ON CURAÇAO DURING COLONIAL TIMES AND CAQUETÍO WORDS IN THE PAPIAMENTU LANGUAGE. FOR THE ARTICLE, GO TO OUR BLOG: WWW.SUSTAINABLECURA-
CAO.COM/BLOG/2016/9/6/INDIGENOUS-HERITAGE-OF-CONTINUING-SIGNIFICANCE
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