The Green Post

YOUR MONTHLY, GREEN ISLAND UPDATE!

Volume 1—issue 8 September 2009

Rocky's and the 100 Swiss Travel Agents

Last month in total 100 Swiss TO rep-
resentatives on 3 different days visited
Samui organized by TAT Switzerland
the delegates were shown the beauty
and the development of Samui and
Phangan island and visited Several
up market resorts on both islands.
The management of Rocky's decided
that to follow their green policy it
would be a good idea to let all the
delegates plant their own tree in
Rocky's own nursery managed by khun
Jack and his gardeners team. After a
info session in Rocky's banquet room
with info about the resort and their
main markets as well as the green phi-
losophy of the THA the delegates
were shown the different categories of
room types and then walked over to
Rocky own nursery where they were
welcomed by Mr John Williams , chair-
man of the Green committee of the
THA.

Continued:
All delegates were very enthusiastic ing session the Larsen family owners of
about the idea and had great fun in Rocky's thanked all gusts fir their visit
planting their own tree on Samui. and support and wished good selling!
John Ens .GM of Rocky resort assured
that all the trees would be used on the
Rocky grounds in the near future and
invited all delegates to check this next
year same time. After the tree plant-
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Inspection at the Nursery
The Agents taking a walk
round the nursery of rocky.
Top left picture shows the
new kitchen garden that ahs
began to take shape.
Jack the Gardner with one of
his staff at their new recy-
cling and separation shed.
A job well done as we say, if
you have some time call John
Ens for an inspection well
worth seeing.

ONLY WITH Hard at work!

DEDICATION,
John Ens, slave driver
COMMITMENT and GM extraordinaire
AND A VIEW FOR made these poor travel
THE FUTURE, WE agents plant hso own
garden for him? I wonder
CAN IMPROVE
if they saw this coming—
AND ENHANCE john go them to plant all
THE PLANET WE the trees and saved some
LIVE ON TODAY time for his team.
Good one you, they
loved the day in the gar-
den!

Eric & his tree!

Eric the Director of
Rocky's assisting the
agents to plant the trees,
By the way the layout of
this garden is well set
and nice lawn walkways
in between, I cant wait to
see the end result!

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The shredder
At the garden area the
gardening team can
mulch their own compost
and recycle, and re sue
the cuttings and vegeta-
tion they don't require.
Every top hotel should
have their own mulching
machine a great way to
save money by making
their own compost.
Save those baht

They loved it!

Talking to a few of them,
it was for them a new ex- THE KIDS IN THEIR
perience and thought koh COMPOST PIT.
samui was just a destina-
tion, they said they are GET THEM WHILE
pleased and very happy THEYA RE
that samui is becoming YOUNGA ND
known as a Green Island.
THEY WILL BE IN
They loved what Rocky FOR THE LONG
was doing.
RUN!

Well deserved refreshments

 To complement it all,
chilled fruit juices were
offered, organic of course
and scrumptious cookies
made with healthy oils and
butters.


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Re cycle, reduce and re use—what else is there to do!

THE INTREPID LITTLE SQUIRREL , HE LOOKING AT YOU!

Quench that thirst—the good effort team came through!!

John “Extraordinaire” Ens, once again serves his guests