World Oceans Day (WOD) may have passed, but the Atlantis resort and its employees are celebrating the protection, honor and conservation of the world's oceans for the entire month of June, through various mediums. The resort's rallying cry is to unite, to protect, and to restore the blue planet. Atlantis officials said they are proud that every day is Earth Day at the resort – not only as a company, but as inhabitants of the earth, as they do more than just care – but do everything they can to celebrate, protect and support the ocean and environment.
For the remainder of the month, Atlantis is offering a specially created “Behind the Blue” back-of-house tour for its guests. Activities will also include a poster exhibit in The Royal Lobby, highlighting the resort’s conservation successes; virtual field trips from Atlantis today to schools; donating and planting hundreds of cultivated mangrove plants in conjunction with the Bahamas National Trust; releasing baby stingray and sharks born at Atlantis into the ocean; and Atlantis Kids Club hosting a resort-wide WOD Family Scavenger Hunt.
The food and beverage department has also created special blue pastries for the month. A portion of the sales will go toward funding the Atlantis Blue Project Foundation.
Michelle Liu, Atlantis senior vice-president, Marine and Water Park Operations, has said that Atlantis also seeks to give back to the ocean and ecosystem through its sustainable practices – banning single-use plastics; recycling program of cardboard, oil and green waste; community outreach educational programs working with NGOs (non-governmental organizations) to restore wetlands; research, rescue and rehabilitation of marine life; breed and release program for sea turtles; and through the Atlantis Blue Project Foundation, which is dedicated to saving sea species and their habitats throughout The Bahamas and surrounding Caribbean seas through funding scientific research, conservation programs and community outreach.
With Atlantis designed around the ocean and marine life, Liu said as such, it is the resort’s obligation to protect what is critical to their success and that of the local community.
“A healthy ocean is critical to our survival and that of future generations,” said Liu. “When we celebrate, we raise awareness to the role that oceans play in each of our lives, and the crucial actions needed to protect it.
“We need the ocean to breathe. The ocean produces 50 percent of the world’s oxygen, so every second breath we take comes from the ocean.”
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