Ahead of Earth Day this year (April 22), Pueblo Bonito Golf & Spa Resorts is highlighting its sustainable practices.
“When we started to develop in Los Cabos (in the late 1980s), with every new development we enhanced our commitment to the environment,” said Ernesto Coppel, founder of the Pueblo Bonito family of resorts, in a press statement. “For example, we have our own water treatment plant at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach. We also have our own power plants at the resorts. Back in 1997, when power and water were impacted by storms, Sunset Beach resort provided the city of Cabo San Lucas with these precious resources.”
To note: The hospitality company participates in beach and river clean-ups in coordination with the Los Cabos Hotel Association and other companies to reduce waste, improve habitats and prevent harm to wildlife and humans. Similarly, Pueblo Bonito Resorts’ “Save the Seas—Skip the Straw” campaign helps reduce plastic pollution in oceans and on beaches. Ecological efforts—notably, a turtle protection and release program—have been a mainstay for Pueblo Bonito Resorts and Quivira Los Cabos for more than 20 years.
From mid-July through mid-December, guests and residents can engage in active conservation by releasing turtle hatchlings from their protected nests. Guests and residents can assist conservation team members as they carry the hatchlings of four endangered sea turtle species (loggerhead, black, leatherback and olive ridley) to the ocean. Because the hatchlings are easy prey for natural predators, these gentle reptiles need all the help they can get to reach maturity and increase their numbers.
Pueblo Bonito also recently signed agreements with New Fortress Energy for the development of clean energy initiatives, which help conserve resources and reduce the carbon footprints of its properties.
The resort’s Quivira Golf Club is surfaced from tee to green in paspalum, a salt-tolerant, disease-resistant grass varietal that uses a fraction of the chemicals and pesticides required by normal grasses. Furthermore, the entire course is irrigated with recycled water.
As for recycling efforts, resort guests drain and recycle bottles by the ton. Israel Battista, a third-generation artisan who runs the nearby San Miguel Blown Glass Factory, collects up to two tons of empties from the resorts each month; each bottle is then cleaned, crushed and melted to be shaped into the fish, vases and hearts that have become symbols in Los Cabos and throughout Mexico. Pueblo Bonito buys back the art pieces to display around its hotels and communities and sell in the resorts’ gift shops.
For additional information, visit www.pueblobonito.com/resorts/pacifica.
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