Buckingham Place Guest House
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Paula Murray & Liesel Boshoff
Paula Murray is a psychology honours graduate and so is good at listening to guests. We are empathetic with people who are here for medical crises or any other reason. We are flexible, kind and environmentally aware and are striving to make the business self-reliant on alternative energy and water. All our kitchen leftovers are used for the compost heap which keeps the garden going. Moreover, we have a social conscience and like to help those in need of basic hungry or basic training.This accommodation provider has taken action to address one or more issues (whether environmental, social or cultural) which will contribute positively to the long term viability of the destination and hence their site displays a Caring for the destination rating.
Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:
- Abused children
- Preserving and planting trees
- Environmental issues
- Sustainable and alternative energy
- Training disadvantaged people
- Keeping staff aware of water shortages and electricity
Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative:
We would very much like to implement an alternative energy source over the coming year by means of solar power. We have a water tank which is used to water the garden and fill our kettles, etc. We have a compost heap for all our wasted leftover food and give bread to some of the homeless shelters and people in our area.
We are fanatical about trees and are trying to plant indiginous trees in and around our surrounding area and in our property grounds. We are intensely aware of the poverty in our region and have a strong calling to help abused children. Our guesthouse is a heritage site as it is more than 100 years old and is also a lovely old building which has been restored and maintained to its former glory. The guesthouse carries a part of history in Port Elizabeth, the mayor in 1940 bought the building for his daughter Dr Ray Schauder, who altruistically opened it as a home for unmarried mothers in the 60's. After she died, it was declared a memorial home to her. Adolf Schauder had a location in PE named after him for all his good work called Schauderville and it has been keeping that name up to now.
We could do more and are busy researching the costs of installing further water tanks, pumps and solar energy sources.
Buckingham Place has installed a rain water tank and run a successful compost heap and has planted and preserved several very old trees in our area and garden. We have restored and maintained our 100 year old main building (built in 1908) which is a heritage site today. We regularly attend teas for charity and donate money to children causes or people we have heard are in dire straits via the media. We could and would like to do more in 2010 as we do have a social conscience and are extremely environmentally aware and concerned about the energy crises worldwide and especially in South Africa. We have demonstrated against the ghastly aluminum smelter that was proposed for Port Elizabeth last year. We would like to do more in 2010 by educating people in and around Port Elizabeth about the importance of looking after our natural environment.
We would very much like to implement an alternative energy source over the coming year by means of solar power. We have a water tank which is used to water the garden and fill our kettles, etc. We have a compost heap for all our wasted leftover food and give bread to some of the homeless shelters and people in our area.
We are fanatical about trees and are trying to plant indiginous trees in and around our surrounding area and in our property grounds. We are intensely aware of the poverty in our region and have a strong calling to help abused children. Our guesthouse is a heritage site as it is more than 100 years old and is also a lovely old building which has been restored and maintained to its former glory. The guesthouse carries a part of history in Port Elizabeth, the mayor in 1940 bought the building for his daughter Dr Ray Schauder, who altruistically opened it as a home for unmarried mothers in the 60's. After she died, it was declared a memorial home to her. Adolf Schauder had a location in PE named after him for all his good work called Schauderville and it has been keeping that name up to now.
We could do more and are busy researching the costs of installing further water tanks, pumps and solar energy sources.
Buckingham Place has installed a rain water tank and run a successful compost heap and has planted and preserved several very old trees in our area and garden. We have restored and maintained our 100 year old main building (built in 1908) which is a heritage site today. We regularly attend teas for charity and donate money to children causes or people we have heard are in dire straits via the media. We could and would like to do more in 2010 as we do have a social conscience and are extremely environmentally aware and concerned about the energy crises worldwide and especially in South Africa. We have demonstrated against the ghastly aluminum smelter that was proposed for Port Elizabeth last year. We would like to do more in 2010 by educating people in and around Port Elizabeth about the importance of looking after our natural environment.
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