Locality plays a key role in Minos Beach Art Hotel’s conscious actions, too. The Cretan property features locally sourced food and wines as well as environmentally oriented experiences and activities. Guests can volunteer to plant trees, to help clean the coastline and beaches, and to even support the local animal shelter. A robust recycling program has been implemented throughout the property, and pollution is controlled via monthly chemical and microbiological analyses. Similarly, the on-site restaurant at Baja Club in La Paz features a menu that changes daily according to what local producers have available and the seafood is sourced with sustainable fishing practices. Moreover, when restoring the 19th-century hacienda in which Baja Club is housed, a bioclimatic design—with elements like cantilevered reinforced concrete floor plates—was also used to reduce solar heat gain and thus guests’ dependency on air conditioning.
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