Going green

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The Sandals Foundation run by Sandals Resorts has teamed up with the Netherlands AFC Ajax team to launch a Future Goals initiative to encourage kids on Dutch Caribbean island Curacao to play football sustainably.

The Foundation is working with a local plastic recycling company making colourful goalposts using plastic waste – with nets made from fishing nets lost at sea.

These will be installed in 48 primary schools on the island

Using footballs donated by Adidas, Ajax coaches will mentor “Future Coaches” on Curacao across an eight-week programme. sandalsfoundation.org

■■Hotel Fairmont Maldives Sirru Fen Sushi has been awarded the

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Green Global Certificate for its sustainability efforts to be the first carbon-neutral Maldives destination by 2030.

It has just launched a Sustainability Lab which sees machinery turning ocean waste (including nets and plastic) into souvenirs, luggage tags and products for schools such as tables, rulers and clipboards.

It is also running a coral restoration project in which guests will help marine biologists and receive photos and updates of its progress. fairmont.com/maldives

■■Spain’s state-owned Paradores hotels are extending a naturebased project to include two new properties in La Mancha, Parador de Almagro and Parador de Manzanares El Real. Guests can learn about cultivating pistachios and olives, visit eco-friendly farms, and sample artisan wines at vineyards. paradores.es