Pirates Point Resort, Little Cayman
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
The resort has been the leader in environment concerns for Little Cayman for the past 20 years. As the organizer of the National Trust on Little Cayman (and owner of the resort) the majority of the clean-up projects that have been organized and carried out on the whole island were by our resort.
We have pushed the Dept of Environment Health into doing recycling of all items and have succeeded in getting only aluminium cans to be part of the program here in Little Cayman (so far, still working on more recycling!)
When constructing the National Trust Building, that has observation decks to observe the largest Red-footed Booby Bird sanctuary in the Western Hemisphere, that is a RAMSAR site, I selected recycled materials such as TreX for the decking and recycled concrete board for the facing on the building. I have worked on promoting native plants for landscape for water conservation, and have urged new construction projects to only clear only the parcel and not bulldoze the entire lot.
At my resort, we have installed shade shutters on all of our window openings to cut down on our electrical consumption, we also issue drink bottles with the guests' names on them for the guests to use during their stay with us and to take home. This eliminates disposal plastic glasses for use in rooms, around the pool and on the dive boat. We have installed limiting shower heads in all rooms for water conservation, and urge guests to reuse their towels for less laundry, as well as not changing sheets but once a week unless necessary. We also urge our guests not to flush every time, with signage that says "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if brown, flush it down". Our guests agree with this program and act accordingly!! We do not offer single use bottles of amenities in our rooms.
We recycle left over food into soups for the following day with great success!! We try to conserve fuel by combining runs with several stops. We are presently "Go Green" and are working on Green Globe. Over the years I have organized activities on this island to promote environmental awareness and to try to keep our small island as pristine as possible.
Community
The Trust building also has the island's only library and is used by the entire island as a community centre. It has a Tea room where homemade ice cream and coffee, teas, and home made pastries are served.
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