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The first Sustainability program for the Taupo region finished this week with speeches made by eleven operators about achievements made during the 12 week programme. On Tuesday I completed a 12 week Tourism Industry Aotearoa Sustainable Tourism Programme alongside eleven other Taupo Operators. We presented our achievements with short speeches detailing sustainable changes we are making in our businesses and plan to continue making into the future. The presentations were a beginning of our collective long term hopes for a sustainable region. I hope to see other groups go through the process in the near future. Lava Glass were our hosts for the afternoon. We celebrated with delicious platters and prosecco. My thanks to TIA and DGLT-Love Taupo Visit us for more information :- sail barbary taupo sailing on yacht fishing charters lake taupo charter sailing trips errol flynn sailboat sailing cruises

If you have seen the logo or posters as you travel around NZ you may have wondered what it means. It is called the Tiaki Promise #tiakipromiseTiaki means to care for people, place and cultureNew Zealand is precious, and everyone who lives and travels here has a responsibility to look after it.  The Tiaki Promise is a commitment to care for New Zealand, for now and for future generations. By following the Tiaki Promise, you are making a commitment to New Zealand. To act as a guardian, protecting and preserving our home. We can help you be a good NZ guardian while sailing on Barbary II. Firstly you are showing you care for the environment as we are an electric eco friendly boat. Pleaseenjoy our eco commentary on sustainability for the lake. It’s a success story!   Dispose of your rubbish thoughtfully and respect your fellow passengers.Drive safely when you leave. That's all you need todo, it is easy to be a guardian.  Visit us for more information :-  boat trip la...

  Customer focused and progressive we developed NZ’s first commercial electric yacht in 2010. From the goal of reducing carbon emissions we have evolved to embrace Sustainability as our core value.  Sail Barbary is currently involved with Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) and Love Taupo’s sustainability 12 week programme. The group has been learning together and sharing information about the sustainability work we have been doing so far.  I have been looking at Carbon calculators to measure our carbon footprint. This year we went with EKOS. We measured our emissions using the EKOS carbon calculator and offset both our boats through EKOS.  I have been trying to minimize the waste the yacht generates. You will now find recycled cups on our boat which I purchased from our local Hospice shop. Remember the hard wearing Arcoroc cups from the 1980’s? Yep, they are still going strong.  I recently purchased a new rubbish bin to help with rubbish separation. We are very kee...

 Customer focused and progressive we developed NZ's first commercial electric yacht in 2010. From the goal of reducing carbon emissions we have evolved to embrace Sustainability as our core value.  Sail Barbary is currently involved with Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) and Love Taupo's sustainability 12 week programme. The group has been learning together and sharing information about the sustainability work we have been doing so far.    I have been looking at Carbon calculators to measure our carbon footprint. This year we went with EKOS. We measured our emissions using the EKOS carbon calculator and offset both our boats through EKOS.  I have been trying to minimize the waste the yacht generates. You will now find recycled cups on our boat which I purchased from our local Hospice shop. Remember the hard wearing Arcoroc cups from the 1980's? Yep, they are still going strong.  I recently purchased a new rubbish bin to help with rubbish separation. We...