Earth Hour: Mövenpick Hotel teams up with St Mary’s Girls School, Kollupitiya
View(s):With Earth Hour fast becoming one of the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, Mövenpick Hotel Colombo teamed up with St Mary’s Girls School, Kollupitiya, to not only celebrate this event but also carry out a long-term plan through a tea planting programme.
The initial programme was conducted by Dr. Varuna Fernando, an Environment specialist, delivering a lecture to the students on March 14 in preparation for Earth Hour. Dr. Fernando is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, previously holding top positions across the world, and currently a consultant in Hotel Engineering systems, environmental management systems and power generation. Over 75 students participated together with the school principal, the hotel said in a media release.
The tree plantation programme was the second event conducted within the school premises together with the colleagues of Mövenpick Hotel Colombo, on March 21. The team assisted in fixing a gate for the herbal garden, levelling the ground and together, planted 15 herbal trees with the students of the school.
Mövenpick team with the staff and students of St. Mary's Kollupitiya.