Our
Commitment
to Our Environment
Community
Support
We
support
SIRCET Stewart Island/Rakiura Community and Environmental Trust by
sponsorship and locating predator pest traps in the forest reserve that
forms part of Kakapo Cottage.
To
support the Kakapo and Ulva Island,
we will be donating 10% of the value of our bookings during the time of the Kakapo
Encounter (September 8 to October 22nd 2008) to the Ulva Island Trust.
Environmental
Responsibility
At Kakapo
Cottage we are conscious of our environment and our carbon footprint.
Environmental impact is minimised by our recent renovation and
modernisation and the use
of:
 
We
encourage our guests to conserve water and energy and minimise your impact to
the environment during your stay.
Carbon
Neutral
We consider staying at Kakapo Cottage to be
carbon neutral activity. Using the calculators found in the CarboNZero
programme and the New
Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Carbon Sequestration Rates
data, our land planted in native podocarp forest reserve sequesters well in
excess the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by activities at Kakapo Cottage each
year.
  
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