Mother earth: Hotel staff devote own time to clean up park

Staff from the Islamabad Serena Hotel voluntarily participate in cleanliness drive at Fatima Jinnah Park.

ISLAMABAD:

Although Earth Day, the global event to promote environmental protection, is still two weeks away, efforts to demonstrate care for the environment have already started in the capital.

On Saturday, staff from the Islamabad Serena Hotel voluntarily participated in a cleanliness drive at the Fatima Jinnah Park.

The hotel has in the past also supported environmental conservation through Serena Environmental and Educational Development, the hotel’s corporate social responsibility programme.

Hotel officials said the drive was in connection with the upcoming Earth Day and it will be followed by other initiatives by the time the international day is celebrated worldwide on April 22.

Staff members collected litter from different parts of the sprawling park before properly disposing of it in the numerous garbage bins around the park.

The activity was supposed to send a message of environment-friendliness to the park users and also reiterate Serena’s commitment to eco-friendly attitudes, officials said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6^th, 2014.