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Panama’s Coral Lodge to Feature Bio Digester for Waste Water

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ESCRIBANO BAY, PANAMA—Set to premier July 2011, Panama’s Coral Lodge eco-resort will offer families spacious over-the-water bungalows set in a pristine natural setting with coral reefs, golden beaches, a tropical rainforest, and the fascinating Kuna culture. The newest member of the Desires Hotels International collection of independently created boutique hotels, Coral Lodge’s thatch-roof bungalows will have 650 square feet of living space featuring local art.

Coral Lodge will make every effort to preserve and protect its host environment, while working with local people to prove that luxury and conservation are not mutually exclusive. Considered a model for eco-development in the area, every aspect of the lodge has been designed to protect the surrounding eco-system. For example, the toilets will discharge into a Bio Digester that will treat the waste water anaerobically. Ozone will be used instead of detergents in the laundry, and instead of chlorine to purify the drinking water and the swimming pool.

Gardens filled with native plant species and fruit trees that help sustain wildlife, along with the herbs and flowers that are grown for use in the kitchen and hotel, will be maintained without the use of toxic chemicals and fertilized with the resort’s composted kitchen waste. Bath products in the bungalows will feature biodegradable soap and shampoo.

There will be do-not-disturb the marine life guidelines for diving, and catch-and-release fishing policies. Earth Day is the inauguration day for the Bio Digester that will reduce the resort’s carbon footprint by lowering energy consumption by 30 percent, while using seaweed as its primary fuel. Other green initiatives at the resort include the use of solar energy in the new bungalows and the pool.

Go to the Coral Lodge.

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